All IPE articles in October 2001 (Online) – Page 5
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Punter Southall wins £85m fund advisory brief
UK – Consulting actuary firm Punter Southall has won the mandate to administer and advise on the £85m (€135m) defined benefit (DB) scheme of Oxford Instruments, a medical and superconductive equipment provider....
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Russia considers new draft law on pensions
RUSSIA – A fourth draft law on pensions has been put before the State Duma, the Russian lower legislative house...
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Rothschild names new fixed income head
UK - Rothschild Asset Management (RAM) has appointed Abdallah Nauphal as the new head of its fixed income & currency group....
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Growth managers struggle to match benchmarks
UK – Growth fund managers were severely tested by market volatility during the 12 months to August 1, with both mainstream and small cap funds struggling to match their respective benchmarks, according to the latest report from Standard & Poor’s....
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Dutch custodian rebrands to become KAS BANK
NETHERLANDS – Dutch custody bank Kas-Associatie is to rebrand in the new year to become KAS BANK....
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Vontobel expands institutional venture services
SWITZERLAND – Zurich based Vontobel Private Equity is to launch two new direct investment products, Vontobel Early Stage Ventures and Vontobel Late Stage Ventures, to be funded by the Vontobel Group....
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Hedge fund returns dip for September
HEDGE FUNDS – Hedge funds took a hit in September but remain in positive territory for the year to date, according to figures collated from the CSFB/Tremont hedge fund index....
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Private equity investment drops off this year
EUROPE – Private equity investment across Europe decreased during the first six months of this year compared to last year, according to the EVCA Mid-Year Survey of Pan-European Private Equity and Venture Capital Activity, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers....
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Bolkestein: EU directive is going 'nowhere fast'
EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE SPECIAL – EC Commissioner Frits Bolkestein has expressed his ‘deep concern’ to the European Council about the lack of priority given to the proposed European directive on occupational pension funds presented by the Commission a year ago, warning that it is going ‘nowhere fast’....
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ECOFIN gives 'five minutes' to pensions directive
EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE SPECIAL – The meeting of the Council of Economics and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) in Luxembourg yesterday (Oct 16), gave little more than five minutes to the question of the European pensions directive and appears to have made scant headway in bringing a solution to the table for pan-European ...
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EC moves towards SRI standardisation welcomed
EUROPE – European Commission moves towards standardisation of SRI investment principles have been welcomed by Claudia Kruse, a leading UK SRI researcher, with a caveat that their implementation may not be so easy....
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UK balanced funds record worst returns since 1990
UK - Balanced funds have recorded their worst performance figures since the third quarter of 1990 during the last three months with a median return of –12.6%, according to the CAPS pooled pension fund survey Q3 2001 results....
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Crédit Agricole starts funds in Holland and Norway
NETHERLANDS/NORWAY – Crédit Agricole has gained approval from regulatory authorities in both the Netherlands and Norway to begin marketing the group’s Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV, CA-Funds, to institutional investors....
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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....
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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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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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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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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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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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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....
