All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 22
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NewsEC to look at solvency rules on pensions
[14:15 CEST 27-05] EUROPE - The European Commission is to conduct an impact assessment of solvency rules for EU pension funds before it responds to last year's consultation on the topic and a public hearing that was held in Brussels today.
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NewsHenkel creates global fiduciary pensions structure
[16:00 CEST 27-04] GLOBAL - Henkel, the Düsseldorf-based personal and consumer goods multinational, has completed what is thought to be the first global restructuring of pension schemes as a notional pooling structure and appointed three firms to manage its plans globally as custodian, fiduciary and risk manager.
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NewsDeal confirms iShares sale to CVC
[16:25 CEST 09-04] GLOBAL - Barclays Global Investors today confirmed the sale of its iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) division to CVC Partners at a sale price of $4.4bn (€3.3bn).
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Country Report
Funding in a changed world
Liam Kennedy assesses the measures German companies are taking to address pension funding issues and future plan design
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Country Report
Case for complexity
Liam Kennedy spoke with Dr Boy-Jürgen Andresen, a grandee of German pensions who is shortly to retire as chairman of the board of Watson Wyatt Heissmann
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Features
Governance: more questions than answers
At IPE’s Pension Fund Governance Forum last month, Karel Stroobants, independent trustee and former director of the Belgian Amonis fund, wanted to know why there was so little debate on how the guardians of $20-plus trillion in retirement wealth actually govern themselves.
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NewsAndy Mack replaces Dilworth at MSIM Europe
[12:10 CET 25-03] EUROPE - Jim Dilworth has left his position as Europe head at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) after just two years in the role, a spokeswoman has confirmed.
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NewsNew group to reveal int'l pension opportunities
[16:50 CET 23-03] EUROPE - Europe’s first international pension education group will hold its first course on 25 May and is looking for the backing of more national pension associations.
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Special ReportIn the mix
Asset managers hire specialists dedicated to getting closer to them, their forays into multi-management have been the source of interest and controversy. Liam Kennedy assesses the new mix of services in the investment consulting industry
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FeaturesMake the portfolio sweat
Liam Kennedy spoke to the BVK’s Daniel Just and André Heimrich about the progress they are making with their diversification programme
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NewsAPG set to unveil its corporate strategy
[17:15 CET 27-02] NETHERLANDS – APG Group, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dutch pension fund for healthcare workers ABP, is now developing the next stage of its international expansion plans following its recent merger with rival firm Cordares.
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Features
Doing it whose way?
Frank Sinatra’s career was famously long-lived. It was also notable for a series of farewell concerts, at one of which the singer collapsed on stage. He was 78 at the time and died at 82. For DB pension funds, seeing members over 80 at annual pensioner meetings is not unusual, ...
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Features
Two paths to passive tactics
There are more and more ways to access passive investment strategies – in terms of fund types, approaches to benchmark replication and the range of providers. Here, Liam Kennedy looks at sampling and synthetic approaches to indexation
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FeaturesA driving interest in convertible hybrids
Convertibles are on the agenda. They played a leading role in financing the US railroad boom of the start of the 20th century, and in Japan in the 1980s when the countr y’s issuance represented 40% of the global convertible market. Bank recapitalisation will involve them. Goldman Sach’s agreement with ...
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Features
Tempered optimism across Europe
IPE asked six pension organisations across Europe: ‘How have you been affected by the recent market turmoil?’ Interviews conducted by Nina Röhrbein/Liam Kennedy/George Coats
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FeaturesPressure to re-bundle
Liam Kennedy concludes that the German version of fiduciary management will look different from its Dutch counterpart
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FeaturesImplementing personal accounts
Liam Kennedy spoke to Paul Myners, chairman of PADA, about default options, charges and implementing best practice for the new personal accounts system
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FeaturesThe step-by-step route towards efficiency
Liam Kennedy speaks to Bernhard Wiesner, head of corporate pensions at German multinational Bosch, about the challenges faced by creating a single Europe-wide pension scheme
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