All IPE articles in November 2006 (Online)
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IPE AWARDS: Full list of winners
IPE AWARDS – Below is the full list of winners of the 2006 IPE Awards, held today in Paris:
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IPE AWARDS: Ilmarinen named Best European Fund
IPE AWARDS – Finland’s Ilmarinen was named Best European Pension Fund 2006 at the sixth annual IPE Awards ceremony in Paris today.
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IPE AWARDS: Build stronger portfolios, schemes told
EUROPE - Pension funds should build stronger portfolios to brace themselves for worst-case scenarios rather than just researching them, the annual IPE Awards Seminar in Paris was told today.
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UK: actuarial liability disclosure “meaningless”
UK – The Pensions Regulator says 83% of respondents to a consultation reckon the inclusion of actuarial liabilities within pension funds’ financial statements would be meaningless and costly.
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Irish schemes shun alternatives - IAPF
IRELAND – Alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity and currency are “generally unpopular” with the trustees of defined benefit pension funds in Ireland, says the Irish Association of Pension Funds.
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Merrill Lynch pension solutions MD to leave
UK – Anthony Simpson, managing director at Merrill Lynch’s Insurance and Pension Solutions unit, is to leave to join Ramius HVB, IPE has found.
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France's FRR names 'extra-financial' providers
FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the €29bn French Pensions Reserve Fund, has named three providers of "extra-financial" advice.
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Merseyside Pension Fund head Parry retires
UK – The £4bn (€5.9bn) Merseyside Pension Fund is seeking a new head to take over from John Parry, who is retiring.
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IPE AWARDS: Panel hails CEE 2nd-pillar
EUROPE – Second-pillar pensions have taken firm root in the central- and eastern European (CEE) countries of Estonia and Hungary but play only a small role in Croatia and virtually none in the Czech Republic, according to a panel of CEE experts.
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IPE AWARDS: More needed for pan-European funds
EUROPE – European pension fund representatives told the sixth annual IPE Awards seminar that more will need to be done for pan-European pension funds and cross-border activities to "grow and blossom".
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Pension directive cases launched today (Update)
EUROPE – Cases against three European Union member states over the pension fund directive have been launched today at the European Court of Justice, Internal Markets Commissioner Charlie McCreevy told the annual IPE Awards (Updates with more detail.)
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Aberdeen goes to Luxembourg
EUROPE – Aberdeen Asset Managers is opening an institutional business development and client servicing office in Luxembourg.
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USS buys into Bulgarian real estate developer
REAL ESTATE – The £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme, the pension fund for university staff, has made a move to increase it Eastern European real estate holdings.
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Finland’s Filatov to chair portability meeting
EUROPE - Tarja Filatov, Finland’s Minister of Labour, is to chair a meeting of European ministers on Friday that will discuss the Commission’s proposed directive on pensions portability.
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Hewitt nabs Robeco’s du Penhoat for France (amended)
FRANCE – Nicolas du Penhoat will be the head of Hewitt Associates' investment consulting for France.
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Henderson makes European appointments
EUROPE – Henderson Global Investors has made a series of appointments in Zurich and Amsterdam.
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Nordea asset head to take over as CEO
EUROPE - Christian Clausen, Nordea’s head of asset management and life, is to take over from Lars Nordström as president and group chief executive.
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Belgian firms facing DC “nightmare”
BELGIUM – Belgian companies operating defined contribution (DC) schemes could soon face a financial and human resources “nightmare” in managing their ageing workforces, pension consultants say.
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UK government publishes new Pensions Bill
UK – The UK government has published its long-trailed Pensions Bill, including provisions to set up a “delivery authority” for the proposed national pensions accounts system.
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Barclays Global Investors’ Europe CEO to leave
GLOBAL – Nigel Williams, chief executive of Europe and Asia (excluding Japan) at Barclays Global Investors, is to retire in mid-2007 and be replaced by David Semaya.
