All IPE articles in October 1997 (Magazine) – Page 4
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Sedgwick backs French
Sedgwick Noble Lowndes has placed its faith in the development of French retirement market, despite the stalled law, by basing the first of a number of European ‘centres of excellence’ in Paris.The move has been prompted, the company says, by the increasing privatisation of benefit provision in Europe. In addition ...
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Pension funds test asset limits
The Danish system of pension investment limits is under pressure from an unusual quarter. A 30% rise in the value of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange has created problems for two of the largest public sector pensions funds. ATP (Arbejdsmarkedet Tillaegspension) and LD (Lomodtagernes Dyrtidsfond) have found themselves close to the ...
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PGGM appointment
The Dutch health and welfare pension scheme PGGM has appointed Roderick Munsters as its new director of investments, based in Zeist. He takes up the position in the new year and will take over from Gerard Wieringa, who retires at the end of 1997. Munsters, who is 33, is currently ...
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Nikko appointment
Nikko International Capital Management, with £11bn under management, has appointed Tony Thomson as managing director of NICAM (UK). This is a newly created position within the company, though he takes over in London from David Somers who left the company last month. He joins from Foreign & Colonial where he ...
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Getting all in one picture
Eastman Kodak could become the first multinational to establish a pan-European system that will allow it to manage its European assets as if they were in one investment pool.By the end of 1998 all assets in Europe will be managed centrally on a long-term eq-uity basis, saving the company an ...
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Privatised AGF ventures out
In its first foray into asset management outsourcing, French insurance giant AGF has awarded a clutch of mandates worth Ffr2bn ($340m). And it has already launched another search for fund managers to look after a further Ffr2.5bn of assets.The next mandates will be in the investment areas of global high-yield ...
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Play your cards to best advantage
Securities lending is a means for pension funds to make their assets work harder. On this page, Rachel Oliver looks at how some pension funds are exploiting the market. Opposite, Mark Faulkner examines the options for those testing the water. On subsequent pages, John Lappin talks to the borrowers and ...
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