All IPE articles in November 2007 (Online)
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CASAM hedges fund data
[14:30 CET 01-11] FRANCE – Credit Agricole has launched a new hedge fund analysis service targeted at institutional investors, pension funds and consultants.
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High inflation benefits funds not pensioners - Aon
[15:00 CET 01-11] UK – FTSE100 companies saw their pension surpluses rise to record heights on the back of rising inflation, while benefit payout increased only enough to maintain purchasing power of pensions, consultancy Aon has found.
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Pension costs cripple Royal Mail profit
[16:00 CET 01-11] UK – Soaring pension fund costs reduced the profit for Royal Mail by one third over the last year.
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National Grid seeks plug for pensions vacancy
[16:00 CET 01-11] UK – Trustees of the £12.7bn (€20.9bn) National Grid pension schemes are close to signing a replacement UK pension manager.
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IPE-QUEST: €50m commodities mandate
[16:15 CET 01-11] DENMARK – Danske Capital is searching for an active long only commodity fund via IPE-Quest.
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Small funds may be unaffordable in future – DNB
[16:30 CET 01-11] NETHERLANDS – The average pension fund may well be too small to be affordable, says Klaas Knot, director of supervisory policy at the Dutch central bank DNB.
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State Street sued over sub-prime saga
[16:30 CET 01-11] GLOBAL – State Street says it is "disappointed" by the three lawsuits its faces from a number of its fixed-income clients, concerning losses linked to the recent sub-prime credit crunch.
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Pension companies double hedge fund investment
[16:45 CET 01-11] FINLAND – Pension insurance companies are moving to hedge funds for better returns as bond markets fail to impress, statistics reveal.
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Hedge funds and private equity 'have positive impact'
[13:30 CET 02-11] NETHERLANDS - The effect of private equity investors and hedge funds on the Dutch economy and companies are modestly positive on average, researchers from Erasmus University have claimed.
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Ministers seek improved pension terms
[15:45 CET 02-11] UK/IRELAND – Government ministers' pensions have fallen under the spotlight, as MPs in both the UK and Irish Republic have sought improvements to their financial arrangements.
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BA refuels pension with cash
[16:15 CET 02-11] UK – British Airways saw its pre-tax profits rise in the six months to end of September, even though substantial payments to the final salary pension scheme reduced its cash position.
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BidRoute bulk trading goes live
[16:30 CET 02-11] EUROPE – An electronic system has officially been launched which allows investment managers to place bulk order portfolio trades of 35 stocks or more on a single online platform.
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IPE-QUEST: Fund seeks debt manager
[16:30 CET 02-11] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund today has tendered for a €300m corporate Eurozone debt mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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CEIOPS changes direction on Solvency II (amended)
[16:45 CET 02-11] EUROPE – The widely-criticised Solvency II directive, an EU-initiated project aiming at creating a more risk-related solvency model, may not be adopted for pension funds after all, IPE has learnt (Including amended remarks in last paragraph).
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Lærernes taps new domestic equity managers
[16:45 CET 02-11] DENMARK – The DKK24.5bn (€3.3bn) Danish teachers' pension fund, Lærernes Pension, has selected Gudme Raaschou and FMS04 to manage a Danish equities portfolio.
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Italian government to reform INPS
[17:00 CET 02-11] ITALY - The Italian labour ministry will unveil plans to restructure the national pension institute INPS (Istituto Nazionale di Previdenza Sociale) before the end of the year, minister Cesare Damiano has announced.
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J Sainsbury goes it alone (Update)
[13:00 CET 05-11] UK/QATAR – Qatari-backed investment fund Delta Two has confirmed it has terminated its takeover bid for supermarket chain J Sainsbury, citing market turmoil and concerns over pension fund demands (Updated with comments from Punter Southall).
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CAAM mixes strategies to deliver alpha gem
[15:00 CET 05-11] GLOBAL – Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has unveiled two global equity funds which incorporate a mixture of top-down, tactical and bottom-up strategies designed to generate uncorrelated performance.
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Anger over Cordares chairman's severance
[16:00 CET 05-11] NETHERLANDS – Delegates of the Dutch pensions sector have boycotted the departure reception of Joep Schouten, chairman of the €26.5bn pensions provider and asset manager Cordares, because of his severance package.
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HVB sells out pension consulting
[16:10 CET 05-11] GERMANY – The Bavarian HypoVereinsbank (HVB) has sold parts of its subsidiary Pension Consult in order to focus solely on Pensionsfonds.
