All IPE articles in October 2001 (Online) – Page 3
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Denmark's Tryg-Baltica reshuffles executive board
DENMARK – Tryg-Baltica Liv og Pension has reshuffled its executive management board and changed its name to Tryg-Baltica Pension to reflect its new status as a separate legal entity as well as a separate business unit.....
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Punter Southall wins £67m BACS fund brief
UK – Pensions and benefits consultancy firm, Punter Southall, has been appointed as actuaries and administrators to the £67m (€107m) defined benefit (DB) pension fund of BACS, the global automated clearing house company....
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Watson Wyatt loses senior Swiss consultant
SWITZERLAND – Watson Wyatt in Switzerland has lost one of its senior investment consultants with the departure of Gioacchino Puglia to Swiss private bank Darier Hentsch....
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Dutch construction fund splits into three schemes
NETHERLANDS – The NLG500m pension fund for construction related group, NBM Amstelland, is to divide into three different schemes after the company was split up, in a move that has put a number of investment management and administration mandates up for grabs in the Dutch market....
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e150bn ABP fund launches Loyalis insurance arm
NETHERLANDS – The e150bn ABP pension fund has re-branded its insurance division as Loyalis, dropping the former ABP Insurance name in line with legislation to come into the Netherlands from January 1 next year....
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EC calls on Europe's pensions community to act
EUROPE - The EFRP proposal for a pan-European pension vehicle – the European Institute for Occupational Retirement Provision (EIORP), did not get through the ECOFIN council meeting last week, tax expert Peter Schonewille said today (Oct 22) at the EFRP/NAPF International conference in Brussels....
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Nasdaq Europe names new CEO
UK – Nasdaq Europe has appointed Michael Sanderson as chief executive officer (CEO)....
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Zurich hosts European pension systems conference
EUROPE/UK – The Oxford Institute of Ageing is organising a one day conference, hosted by Zurich Financial Services, to highlight the ways different countries approach private and public pension provision....
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Dobson joins Schroders as new chief executive
UK – Schroders has appointed Michael Dobson as chief executive and set out proposals to acquire Dobson’s own asset management firm, Beaumont, for £33.5m (€53.4m) as part of the deal...
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e150m Italian electric fund appoints five managers
ITALY – Fopen, the e150m pension fund for employees of the Italian electricity utility, Enel, has appointed five new investment managers to the fund – two overseas and three domestic players....
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Karas accuses ECOFIN of delay tactics on pensions
EUROPE - Othmar Karas, the European Parliament rapporteur for the occupational pensions directive, has hit out at the lack of progress made in the ECOFIN meeting of October 16 and accused the Council of Ministers of delaying tactics over the pensions debate.....
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MFS appoints new head of UK sales
MFS International U.K. has appointed Jonathan Willcocks as its director of sales....
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Europe's best third-party fund suppliers named
EUROPE – Fidelity has been ranked the best supplier of third party funds in Europe for the fourth year running, according to a survey of 300 European distributors carried out by Sector Analysis, the London based pan European asset management research firm....
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Only one in ten expect state pension to suffice
UK – Only one in ten adults in the UK expects to be able to live off the state pension, yet 39% have made no provision for their retirement, according to research undertaken by HSBC....
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Mercer has right chemistry for £50m DuPont mandate
UK – Chemical firm DuPontSA has appointed William M. Mercer as consultant and actuary for its new £50m (€80m) UK pension fund...
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Foreign and Colonial launches German charity fund
GERMANY – Foreign & Colonial (F&C), has begun marketing a new fund aimed at German charities, F&C HVB-Stiftungsfonds, which has already raised €40m in the pre-marketing stage....
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Deutsche runs European pensions roadshow
EUROPE – Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) is to hold a series of investment conferences for institutional investors across Europe later this month...
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US DB plans 'fine-tuning' portfolios, says Mercer
US - Defined benefit plan sponsors are fine-tuning their investment portfolios rather than making any dramatic changes, according to a survey by consultant William. M. Mercer....
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COREDEAL and EuroMTS strike debt platform deal
UK - COREDEAL, the European screen-based exchange for international credit trading, has entered into a proposed partnership with EuroMTS, the leading pan-European trading platform for government benchmark securities....
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Hermes Pensions joins Railtrack shareholder fight
Hermes Pensions Management (Hermes), the wholly owned investment manager of the UK’s BT pension scheme, has joined the Railtrack Shareholders’ Action Group, a coalition of Railtrack investors fighting for the interests of shareholders following the UK government's decision to force the firm into administration....
