All IPE articles in November 2006 (Online) – Page 7
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Liljeström to head merged €6bn Tapiola fund units
FINLAND - Tom Liljeström has been named as managing director to oversee the merger of Tapiola’s asset management and fund arms.
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Watson hires two for UK investment strategy team
UK - Watson Wyatt has made two new hires, from ABN Amro and the London Business School, for its investment strategy team.
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Allianz gets new pension research head
GERMANY – German financial services giant Allianz has named a new head of pension research.
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Cyprus passes pension fund law
CYPRUS – Bringing it one step closer to meeting the EU pensions directive the island’s parliament passed a draft law “regarding the establishment, operation and supervision of pension funds,” Cyprus’ business newspaper Financial Mirror reports.
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Norway global fund awards seven new mandates
NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global says it has transferred capital into three new fixed income and four new equity mandates in the third quarter.
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UK life expectancy reaches record – statistics office
UK – UK life expectancy at 65 has reached its highest level ever for both men and women, the Office for National Statistics says.
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Political row erupts over Swiss life insurance
SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party (SP) has fiercely attacked life insurers in Switzerland, accusing them of stealing money by violating a legal requirement on surplus earnings.
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UBS asset arm appoints Nordic sales director
SWEDEN – Henrik Af Donner has been appointed director of Nordic sales in the UBS Global Asset Management offices in Stockholm.
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Real estate ripe says Schroders' Brown
REAL ESTATE – The real estate market is “ripe” for a more global investment approach, says Schroders’ investment chief Alan Brown.
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Lane Clark & Peacock’s parent profit slumps
UK – Alexander Forbes, the parent company of actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock, has reported a 17% decline in first-half pre-tax profits.
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Morley names European marketing manager
UK – Morley Fund Management has named American Express’s Nicolas Portet as European marketing manager.
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More evidence of interest-rate swaps demand
UK – Further evidence of the growth in the interest-rate swap market - boosted at least in part by pension fund demand - came today with figures from brokerage firm ICAP.
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Cordares eyes international property pooling
REAL ESTATE - Pensions provider Cordares says it’s considering setting up direct real estate pooled funds with pension funds abroad as a way to diversify risks.
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New EU pensions portability draft text published
EUROPE – The Finnish presidency of the European Union has drafted a new text of the proposed directive on pensions portability, in a bid to meet some of the concerns expressed by Member States.
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Pension funds losers in private equity - Citigroup
GLOBAL – Pension funds are the ultimate losers in the shift from public to private equity, according to Citigroup.
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Cambridge fund awards custody to ABN Amro Mellon
UK – The Cambridgeshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded a £1.2bn (€1.8bn) custody, investment accounting and securities lending mandate to ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services.
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Fidelity names German institutional sales head
GERMANY – Fidelity’s German arm has recruited Hans-Jörg Frantzmann from a Frankfurt-based asset manager as its new head of institutional sales, effective January 1.
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Dutch associations in election plea
NETHERLANDS – The Netherlands’ three Dutch pension associations – the OPF, VB and UvB - have outlined their ideas for the sector ahead of today’s parliamentary elections.
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British Waterways selects Barnett Waddingham
UK – The British Waterways Pension Fund has moved its actuarial and pension consultancy brief to Barnett Waddingham.
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Finland’s VER goes hedge fund shopping with €2bn
FINLAND – Thanks to the good financial situation of the €8.3bn Finnish state pension fund VER, parliament has decided to inject €1.9bn into the fund by year-end 2007.
