All IPE articles in October 2004 (Online) – Page 2
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EFRP economist Ruttens leaves
EUROPE - Christel Ruttens, an economist at the European Federation for Retirement Research, is leaving the EFRP for a role outside the pensions industry.
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Training could aid EU pension crisis - institute
EUROPE – Life-long training could help solve the European Union’s pension problem, the European Institute of Public Administration says.
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Sweden takes step to IORP implementation
SWEDEN - The government’s insurance corporation overhaul committee has today presented its proposal for the implementation of the EU pension fund directive to deputy minister of Finance Gunnar Lund, Alex Inkapool writes.
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Aon names Hewitt’s Macro to head DC consulting
UK - Aon Consulting has hired Paul Macro from Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow to head its defined contribution consulting business.
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ING IM names new risk management head
NETHERLANDS – Luciano de Almeida has been named as head of risk management at ING Investment Management Europe to replace Remco van Eeuwijk, who has joined Wilshire Associates.
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UK’s Dorset allocates to hedge funds in revamp
UK - The 900 million-pound (1.3 billion-euro) Dorset County Pension Fund has allocated five percent of its portfolio to hedge funds investments as part of a review of investment strategy.
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Diageo transfers shares to cut E1.1bn deficit
UK – Drinks firm Diageo has transferred four million shares in US cereal maker General Mills to its UK pension plan to help cut the scheme’s 750 million-pound (1.1 billion-euro) deficit.
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T. Rowe Price revamps London research team
EUROPE – T. Rowe Price has revamped its London-based non-US equity research team with the appointment of former Goldman Sachs research executive Kamran Baig.
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German consultant Faros hires FERI’s Umlauf
GERMANY - Faros Consulting, a new German investment advisor for institutional clients, has poached a senior executive from rival FERI.
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Hewitt global investment head Fitzpatrick to retire
GLOBAL – Nick Fitzpatrick is to retire as head of global investment consulting at Hewitt Associates and be replaced by former Schroders investment head Nicola Ralston.
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DeAM unfazed by E4.3bn UK mandate losses
EUROPE – Deutsche Asset Management has said a total of three billion pounds (4.3 billion euros) in recent pension fund mandate losses is not such a “big shock”.
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Ex-Belgian pensions minister joins consultant
BELGIUM – Former Belgian pensions minister Freddy Willockx has joined the new full-service consulting firm Akkermans Stroobants & Partners.
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Deka says institutional funds still healthy
GERMANY - Deka Bank has confirmed that one of its mutual funds investing in real estate suffered outflows totalling 1.2 billion euros in the first eight months of 2004, but said its institutional funds investing in the asset class remained healthy during the period.
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Interest rates rattle Swiss funds, report says
SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds’ confidence has slumped, bashed by the latest developments in global interest rates, says asset manager Bearbull Gestion Institutionelle.
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Austrian pensionskassen return 3.28% - OeKB
AUSTRIA - Austrian pensionskassen returned an average of 3.28% in the first half of 2004, according to the Austrian Control Bank (OeKB).
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Italy: regions on ‘front line’ of pension reform
ITALY- Regions must prepare to be on ‘the front line’ to face the consequences of pensioner poverty brought about by welfare reforms, says one of the architects of the pension fund for the semi-autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige.
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Skandia, Commerzbank in German pension pact
GERMANY- Skandia Portfolio Management GmbH, the Berlin-based arm of the Swedish insurer, has started a partnership with the Commerzbank’s European Bank for Fund Services GmbH, or ebase, to reinforce its position in the German institutional market.
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Pension consultants slam UK’s property policy
UK – The Society of Pension Consultants has said the government is in danger of “shooting itself in the foot” over its plans to ban upward-only reviews of property rents.
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Ontario scheme eyes European private equity
EUROPE – The Ontario-based public pension scheme OMERS says it is in talks about a European private equity investment worth around 160 million euros.
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RMB in Austrian institutional tie-up
AUSTRIA - Alternative investments specialist Absolute Return Consulting GmbH has started a partnership with London-based RMB International to represent the asset manager on the Austrian institutional market.
