All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 20
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NewsSPW pension fund blames 4Q loss on extensive hedge
€5.8bn scheme for Dutch housing corporations also cites rising long-term interest rates.
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Features
Liam Kennedy: Risk handicap
“Political risk is the hardest of all to handicap”, a well-respected analyst told me recently. Many investors largely disregard the political risk factor in emerging markets after the likes of Goldman Sachs successfully propagated the BRICs narrative and the old story of ‘risky’ emerging markets and ‘safe’ developed markets was ...
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NewsEmerging economies face daunting ageing problem, Zoellick warns
Many of the youngest countries show fastest growth in ageing, according to World Bank president.
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Country ReportThe Netherlands: Panic football or a long game?
Dutch opinion is divided over the regulatory reaction to the recent financial shocks, find Liam Kennedy and Mariska van der Westen. Whatever the outcome of the planned overhaul to the FTK, good communication will be essential
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Features
Liam Kennedy: Advice, please
Few consultants wear their heart on their sleeve when it comes to the outcome of their advice to pension funds in terms of hard numbers.
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NewsVan Nunen joins Syntrus Achmea, gives up Dutch consulting
Van Nunen to act as liaison between scheme boards and employer, acting as fiduciary manager.
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Features
Fiduciary expands in UK
Towers Watson received important backing in October for its implemented consulting offering following its appointment to an expanded ‘delegated CIO’ brief by the £3bn (€3.5bn) UK Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund (MNOPF). Terminology aside, this is a fiduciary management agreement and as such is the largest in the UK to ...
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News
Editor's choice: How Hugo Lasat at Amonis runs his money
Liam Kennedy asked Hugo Lasat, CEO of Belgium’s Amonis, about the challenge of running a pension fund after a career in asset management and private banking
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NewsTrickett to leave Towers Watson
UK – Towers Watson has informed staff and clients of the departure of its EMEA head of investment consulting, Paul Trickett.
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NewsMNOPF reappoints Towers Watson as delegated CIO, seeks new adviser
UK – The £3bn (€3.5bn) Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund (MNOPF) has re-appointed Towers Watson as its delegated CIO and is finalising an RFP for the appointment of an ongoing adviser.
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Features
Challenging beginnings
Liam Kennedy asked Hugo Lasat, CEO of Belgium’s Amonis, about the challenge of running a pension fund after a career in asset management and private banking
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FeaturesNetherlands: Towards constitutional rights
Two major reports on pensions set a challenge for the incoming Dutch government, writes Liam Kennedy
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Special Report
Fiduciary/Delegation: Your faithful friend?
Liam Kennedy assesses the European market for fiduciary management. Where the earliest fiduciary contracts outsourced almost the entire value chain of pension management, more recent agreements centre on different levels of delegation, and managers are having to learn new tricks
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Interviews
Munsters targets pension market
Robeco is boosting its efforts to cater to the Dutch pensions industry. This is not a huge surprise, considering the fact that CEO Roderick Munsters joined the asset manager from pension giant APG, Mariska van der Westen and Liam Kennedy write
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NewsBlackRock's O'Brien steps down, leaves investment management
GLOBAL – Mike O’Brien, head of EMEA institutional business at BlackRock, is to leave the company.
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Features
Pension Fund Horeca & Catering: Rare species
Liam Kennedy spoke with Ernst Hagen (pictured), head of asset management at Pension Fund Horeca & Catering (PH&C), which covers the Dutch hospitality sector
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Features
Cautious optimism in first GPS study
The first Global Pensions Survey (GPS) got off to a good start in February in the first phase of its launch, with a total of 78 European pension fund respondents from 16 countries in the initial round.
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NewsADIA returns average 8% over 30 years
GLOBAL – The investment returns of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) amounted to 8% annualised in dollar terms over the 30 years to end-December 2009, and 6.5% over 20 years. This is according to the authority’s first annual report since its inception in its present form in 1976.
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NewsMn Services implements client improvement plan
[15:30 CET 01-03] NETHERLANDS - Mn Services, the €56bn fiduciary manager owned by the PME and PMT pension funds in the Netherlands, is finalising a strategy to improve its overall service to clients and will introduce a dynamic asset allocation model.
