All IPE articles in November 2001 (Online) – Page 5
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Fortis opens new Irish funds office
IRELAND – Fortis Fund Services (Ireland) Ltd (FFSI) has opened a new branch office in Galway City, which is expected to employ over 50 people....
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Aon wins Crown Estate pensions advisory brief
UK – Aon Consulting has been appointed as actuarial adviser, pensions consultant and scheme administrator to the £12m (€19.5m) defined benefit (DB) pension plan of the Crown Estate....
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Finnish social partners in last ditch pension plan
FINLAND – Finnish employers and trade unions have until Monday (November 12) to reach agreement on structural changes to the country’s first pillar pensions system, before the government steps in to take action....
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Pioneer lands Fidelity's Kremer as Germany manager
GERMANY – US investment fund house, Pioneer Investments, has lured Dominik Kremer from Fidelity to become the new general manager for the firm’s German office in Munich......
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Europe gets a thousand new CFA affiliates
EUROPE/GLOBAL – Over a thousand European investment professionals have passed the Association for Investment Management & Research’s (AIMR) CFA charter exam out of a total of more than 6,000 new affiliates worldwide....
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New EU report on Europe's pension demographics
EUROPE – A European report re-examining the demographic outlook for the continent and the budgetary impact of ageing populations on its pension systems in the future has been presented to the European Council of Economics and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN), as part of the European consultation process on pensions....
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New Italian mutual fund database launched
ITALY – Ratings company and mutual fund information provider, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has launched its Italian database, covering 1,170 Italian mutual funds and more than 1,580 foreign funds registered for sale in Italy....
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Aon retains €3.4bn Philips fund admin brief
UK – Aon Consulting have retained the mandate to provide administration services to the €3.4bn Philips Pension Fund, the UK pension fund of major Dutch global electronics firm, Philips Electronics.....
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Punter Southall names two new principals
UK – Consulting actuary firm, Punter Southall (PS), has promoted Gail Chorley and James Saunders to the position of principal, bringing the number of principals at the company to 23....
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Hermes chief slams private equity industry
UK/EUROPE – Alistair Ross Goobey, the chief executive of Hermes Pensions Management has warned the private equity industry that it needs to cultivate a little more “humility” in its claims of outperformance, arguing that managers have confused a prolonged bull market with genius....
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AMF Pensions gets GIPS accreditation
SWEDEN - AMF Pensions has become the latest Swedish investment outfit to gain accreditation under GIPS – the global investment performance standards....
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USF/MAM trial focuses on new management agreement
UK – The High Court trial between the Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), today (November 8) honed in on the period immediately before and after the establishment of the new investment management agreement (IMA), with MLIM chief operating officer (COO) Carol Galley continuing to be ...
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Mercer and Attica launch one-stop pensions product
UK – Consultant William M.Mercer has teamed up with multi-manager outfit Attica Asset management to launch a new investment service, Mercer 360, for smaller defined benefit (DB) pension plans in the UK....
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Carlson grabs SEK160m in new Kommun briefs
SWEDEN – Carlson Investment Management, has won two new local authority pension fund mandates worth SEK160m (e17m)....
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AGF/Dresdner create new €54bn French manager
FRANCE – Paris-based asset management companies, AGF Asset Management and Dresdner RCM Gestion have joined forces to create one of France’s largest asset managers, with €54bn under management....
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Swiss ABB scheme launches new venture fund
SWITZERLAND – The €3.6bn Baden based ABB Vorsorge (ABB) pension fund company has launched its fourth closed-end private equity fund, which has already raised CHF 80m (€54.5m) in its first closing....
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SEC seeks comments on introduction of active ETFs
US - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a discussion document seeking public comment on the introduction of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs).....
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JLT wins consulting brief at Leek United
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has been appointed to provide actuarial, consulting and administration services to the Leek United Building Society pension and assurance scheme....
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EMAC votes unanimously on pensions tax report
EUROPE - The European Parliament committee on economic and monetary affairs (EMAC), has unanimously voted in favour of the adoption of the draft report on taxation of occupational pensions by Dutch socialist MEP, Ieke van den Burg – throwing its weight behind the European Commission’s proposal for a communication on ...
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Parliament could save EIORP pension project
EUROPE – The European Parliament could throw a lifeline to the proposals of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) for its tax neutral pan-European occupational pensions framework – the EIORP – by amending it to become a European ‘statute’ for pensions – similar to that used by European companies ...
