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    Nordea knits together life & pensions business

    2001-01-19T03:00:00Z

    NORWAY – Scandinavian financial services group Nordea is integrating its life insurance and pensions businesses in Norway...

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    Corporate giants question research independence

    2001-01-18T07:03:00Z

    EUROPE – Europe's largest corporations are growing increasingly disenchanted with the independence of broker analysts involved in corporate transactions...

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    Nordea brands Scandinavian managers

    2001-01-18T06:58:00Z

    SCANDINAVIA - A slew of Scandinavia's best known investment managers will now trade under the Nordea Investment Manager banner, including Denmark's Unibank and Sweden's Trevise...

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    Alleato launched to bring technology into benefits

    2001-01-16T12:15:00Z

    SWEDEN - Ericsson and Skandia are launching a new company specialising in security, safety and health, called Alleato.

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    Merger creates world's largest settlement system

    2001-01-12T11:38:00Z

    BELGIUM/FRANCE - Sicovam, the central securities depository of France and Brussels based Euroclear Bank have finally merged - creating the world’s largest clearance and settlement system for domestically and internationally traded securities...

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    Government gets 'ruff' idea on stakeholder

    2001-01-12T11:37:00Z

    UK - Only a quarter of adults have heard of stakeholder pensions...government launches ad campaign featuring talking dogs to boost profile...

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    Nederlof to lead Deutsche global pensions team

    2001-01-12T11:35:00Z

    Maarten Nederlof has joined Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) as managing director and global head of pension strategies...

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    FOX may run free this summer

    2001-01-10T03:48:00Z

    FINLAND – The Finnish Traded Stock Index (FOX) is to tighten its stock weighting rules and is also likely to adopt free float as its basis for overall calculation by August 1, 2001.

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    Wassum branches out into Finnish market

    2001-01-09T04:16:00Z

    FINLAND – Swedish investment consultancy Wassum is to open an office in Helsinki in June...

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    Irish Pensions Board "customers" happy

    2001-01-03T06:33:00Z

    IRELAND – Survey finds most of public never heard of board

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    Dresdner RCM wins council mandate

    2001-01-03T06:18:00Z

    UK – Manager adds another cash brief to its trophies

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    Swedish kommun takes on foreign equity managers

    2000-12-22T03:22:00Z

    Sweden - The SEK100m Swedish kommun of Partille has selected Carlson Investment Management and Länsförsäkringar Wasa to Swedish balanced mandates of SEK40m each and pulled in overseas managers Fidelity and Indocam to manage SEK10m apiece in global equity funds.

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    Ireland puts away IR£6bn for the future

    2000-12-20T05:29:00Z

    IRELAND - The green light has been given to Ireland's National Pension Reserve Fund, which should see upwards of IR£6bn pumped into its coffers by the year end. RFPs for external mandates could be requested as early as February.....

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    German employees to lead the way

    2000-12-15T05:18:00Z

    GERMANY - German workers may be able to force employers to implement hybrid DB/DC second pillar pension plans under forthcoming German pensions legislation

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    Interest wanes in PPM funds

    2000-12-14T06:36:00Z

    SWEDEN - Fewer Swedes in the South have made a personal investment choice under the new PPM system than their fellow countrymen in the North

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    Myners spells out end of MFR

    2000-12-13T12:14:00Z

    UK - As expected Paul Myners, the chief executive of Gartmore, has recommended in his interim report on the UK pension fund industry that the minimum funding requirement be scrapped as a safeguard for pension funds.

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    FCPE shift

    2000-12-13T12:13:00Z

    FRANCE - The marked shift into shares within France’s FCPE (Fonds Communs de Placement D’Entreprise) individual company savings plans, is under scrutiny following recent dips in the equity markets, according to Richard Deville, managing director of Watson Wyatt in Paris.

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    Dutch funds build for the future

    2000-12-13T01:04:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Six Dutch pension funds will move into the same building next year, in a move which could herald future investment collaboration.

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    Russell switch

    2000-12-08T05:08:00Z

    UK - Frank Russell has appointed AXA Rosenberg Investment Management to manage a Europe ex-UK Broad Market portfolio, previously run by Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM).

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    Bacon and Callan reach parting of ways

    2000-12-08T04:52:00Z

    UK - consulting actuary firm Bacon & Woodrow and US consultants Callan Associates are set to unravel their global consultancy relationship.