All IPE articles in November 2007 (Online) – Page 6

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IPE AWARDS: Politicians fail to understand pensions

2007-11-16T14:45:00Z

[15:45 CET 16-11] EUROPE – Politicians lack the basic financial knowledge for meaningful dialogue with pension funds, delegates at an IPE seminar in Vienna heard.
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IPE Awards: ABP/Cordares will bring new ideas to Italy – Frijns

2007-11-16T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 16-11] NETHERLANDS/ITALY – The Italian pension fund industry could develop more towards the Dutch model, Jean Frijns, consultant to the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, has suggested.
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Building scheme to grant full indexation

2007-11-16T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 16-11] NETHERLANDS - The industry-wide pension fund for the building industry BPF Bouw has announced it will fully index the pension claims and benefits next year.
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Philips fund fraud brings calls for transparency

2007-11-16T15:10:00Z

[16:10 CET 16-11] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Association of Property Participants (VVP) has called for more transparency around property transactions, to prevent fraud such as that now being investigated at the company pension scheme of electronics giant Philips.
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Hewitt eyes risk as Watson Wyatt looks to DC

2007-11-19T14:15:00Z

[15:15 CET 19-11] UK/EUROPE - Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has unveiled a pension provider research database services detailing how schemes operate across Europe, at the same time as rival firm Hewitt is turning its attention to enhancing pension funds' risk and reward potential.
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Asset managers launch to tap market uncertainty

2007-11-19T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CET 19-11] UK – Two new investment houses are entering the UK institutional market with services aimed at the European pension funds arena.
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IPE Awards: 130/30 craze is "overplayed"

2007-11-19T14:45:00Z

[15:45 CET 19-11] GLOBAL – The hype around long-short investment products, such as 130/30 strategies, is very much overplayed, delegates at the annual IPE Awards in Vienna were told.
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SNS Reaal buys Dutch and Belgian Swiss Life

2007-11-19T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 19-11] NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM - The €83bn bank-insurer SNS Reaal is to acquire the Dutch and Belgian businesses of Swiss Life in a €1.5bn (€2.09bn) deal.
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Overhyped pension buyout market falters – Aon

2007-11-19T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 19-11] UK – Both the number of cases and the total value of business placed in the UK's pension buyout market have fallen in the third quarter of this year.
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PPM chooses new SRI fund

2007-11-19T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 19-11] SWEDEN - The SEK1.3bn (€140m) Swedish Premium Pension Authority (PPM) has appointed four new managers for its equity portfolio, and among them is State Street for a socially-responsible investment (SRI) mandate.
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EC brings microfinance to Europe

2007-11-19T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CET 19-11] EUROPE – The European Commission is seeking to support the development of microfinance initiatives across Europe by implementing a regime to improve access to the non-banking credit scheme.
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Smurfit goes to Invesco

2007-11-19T16:00:00Z

[17:00 CET 19-11] UK – Two pension funds of the manufacturing firm Smurfit Kappa have handed asset manager Invesco Perpetual a mandate to manage some of its UK equities.
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UK regulator's role extended - O'Brien

2007-11-20T11:00:00Z

[12:00 CET 20-11] UK – Mike O'Brien, UK minister for pension reform, has said the role of the UK pension regulator (tPR) will be extended for the launch of the personal accounts pension scheme in 2012.
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Finish Solvency II in 2008 - Skinner

2007-11-20T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CET 20-11] EUROPE - Peter Skinner, of the committee on economic and monetary affairs at the European Parliament, has warned the Solvency II project has to be finished by next year.
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Pensionsfonds gain more freedom

2007-11-20T12:30:00Z

[13:30 CET 20-11] GERMANY – The German Parliament has approved changes to the insurance law which will give Pensionsfonds greater leeway in dealing with underfunding.
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Private equity ‘code’ requires more info

2007-11-20T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CET 20-11] UK - Private equity firms in the UK and the companies they own will have to publish more information on the way they do business and the risks they face, according to a new code of conduct unveiled today.
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Telent solution 'achievable', says PensCorp

2007-11-20T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 20-11] UK – Pension buyout firm Pension Corporation expects a resolution with the UK's Pension Regulator (TPR) in its feud over Telent, following last week's unconditional offer for the telecoms firm.
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First 130/30 index unveiled

2007-11-20T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 20-11] GLOBAL – Standard & Poor’s has launched the first 130/30 strategy index, and begun by linking to activity of S&P 500 stocks.
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Italian class actions move a step closer

2007-11-20T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CET 20-11] ITALY - Italy is close to introducing 'class action' lawsuits in its legal system for the first time, as the country's higher parliament house last week approved the much-discussed Italy's 2008 budget law.
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Currency pressure reduces Norway pension fund

2007-11-20T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CET 20-11] NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global saw its market value drop by NOK7.2bn (€900m) during the third quarter, despite transfers and investment profits, because of the strength of the Norwegian currency.