All IPE articles in May 2005 (Online) – Page 7
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EU Commission eyes hedge fund regulation
EUROPE – The European Commissioner in change of the internal market, Charlie McCreevy, has identified the “patchwork quilt” of hedge fund regulation in Europe as something that needs to be looked at.
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Dutch cabinet consults on later retirement
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government has started a consultation process on removing legal obstacles for people who prefer to keep on working after the present retirement age of 65.
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Consultants ‘lack house view on commodities’
UK - Consultants need to reach a “house view” on commodities says Barclays Global Investors’ head of commodities strategy.
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Commodities need governance - consultant
UK - Lack of time and resources are among the factors behind the lack of development in commodities in the UK, according to a Watson Wyatt consultant, Alasdair Macdonald.
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GSAM names Curtis head of sub-advisory
UK - Goldman Sachs Asset Management has appointed Merrill Lynch’s David Curtis to the new role of head of sub-advisory.
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EU committee sees more pension supervision
EUROPE – The European Union’s committee of pensions supervisors has signalled further supervisory “attention” on occupational pension schemes.
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Pensions directive at risk amid German vote
GERMANY - Germany could miss the deadline for transposing the directive on occupational pensions if early elections take place, pension experts say.
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MLIM’s Germany sales head joins AXA
GERMANY - Frank Richter, director of institutional sales for Germany and Austria at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, is to join AXA Investment Managers.
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Equities forgotten as UK schemes shift €58bn
UK – Equities are becoming the “forgotten asset class” as UK pension schemes shifted £40bn (€58.3bn) out of stocks into bonds last year.
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BT, Royal Mail schemes back property fund
UK – The British Telecom, Royal Mail and BAe Systems pension schemes have invested in a real estate fund focused on small retail parks in the UK.
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Italian reform reduces redistribution – study
ITALY – A new academic study of the Italian pension reform of the 1990s – which saw a switch into a notional defined contribution system – says the changes reduced both the perverse and good redistribution of the past.
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Professor slams Dutch pension tax discrimination
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch tax system discriminates against entrepreneurs as they build up their pensions, according to professor Gerry Dietvorst of Tilburg University.
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Schroders sees doubling of German business
GERMANY - The chief executive of the German arm of Schroder Investment Management expects to double institutional and wholesale business in Germany and Austria for the second consecutive year in 2005.
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Citigroup fund exec joins Threadneedle
EUROPE - Peter Lindqvist, a director at Citigroup Asset Management, has joined Threadneedle Investments as head of strategic alliances.
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PGGM raises allocation to commodities
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the €60bn Dutch health care scheme, says it has increased its allocation to commodities due to a new asset mix.
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Fortis gets OK for Luxembourg pooled LDI funds
LUXEMBOURG - Fortis Investments says it has received approval for pooled liability-driven investment funds from Luxembourg.
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Northern Trust in new pension pooling move
GLOBAL – Northern Trust says it has boosted its pension pooling offering by developing a product that allows multinational companies to “commingle” US pension assets with non-US assets.
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Railpen sees bigger role for absolute returns
UK – Railpen Investments, part of the £15bn (€21.8bn) railways pension scheme, has said it sees an increasing role for the absolute return approach for pension funds.
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MLP sees excellent start to Rürup Rente
GERMANY - Independent financial advisor MLP says Germany’s new private pension, the so-called ‘Rürup Rente’ has had an excellent start since being launched last January 1.
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SGAM gains €4bn in assets
FRANCE - Société Générale’s asset management arm SGAM had net inflows of €4bn in the first quarter of 2005.
