All IPE articles in October 2005 (Online) – Page 4
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SPD’s Müntefering takes over pensions
GERMANY – Franz Müntefering, chairman of the Social Democrats, will replace Ulla Schmidt as the minister in charge of pensions in the new conservative-led government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the SPD has confirmed.
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Funds to embrace independent research – McCreevy
EUROPE – European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy is confident that UK and European pension funds will embrace independent research.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss fund tenders Japan equities
SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund has tendered up to $70m (€58.4m) in Japanese equities via IPE-Quest.
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Dexia AM opens Stockholm branch
SWEDEN – Dexia Asset Management is opening a branch in Stockholm headed by Fredrik Wilkens from Key Asset Management.
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PGGM’s equities director Sol replaced
NETHERLANDS – Dutch health care fund PGGM has replaced Marjolein Sol as director of equities with Leo Lueb as of November 1.
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Pensions Trust names sales manager
UK – Occupational pension fund The Pensions Trust has appointed Phil Bradish as sales manager following an expansion and restructuring of its sales team.
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AMF names new bond head
SWEDEN – Bengt Björkén has been named head of bond management at AMF Pension.
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Ex-Mercer partner appointed Hewitt consultant
UK – Hewitt Associates has hired former Mercer HRC European partner Jonathan Gainsford as consultant at the group’s UK retirement business practice.
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JP Morgan Chase assets rise 13% to $828bn
GLOBAL – Total assets under management at JP Morgan Chase surged to $828bn (€692bn) in the third quarter of 2005, up 13% since the third quarter of last year and up $45bn since June 30.
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Portuguese pension stimulus gets go-ahead
PORTUGAL -- Tax incentives on employee contributions to defined contribution occupational pension schemes will be reintroduced.
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Aegon aims to be major Polish pensions player
POLAND – Dutch insurer Aegon has stated that it wants to be “one of the leading players” in the Polish pension fund industry. This follows its acquisition of Polish life insurance company Nationwide TunZ in June.
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Finns change OECD pension data reporting
FINLAND - Finland’s ministry of social affairs and health has corrected its pensions data it presented to the OECD.
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UK: Mercer to take on 21 Co-op pensions staff
UK – Twenty-one pensions administration staff of consumer cooperative the Co-op are to be transferred to Mercer Human Resource Consulting in an outsourcing arrangement.
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MEPs to probe pension directive transposition
EUROPE – The European Commission is facing a series of questions about the poor transposition of the occupational pension directive from the European Parliament.
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PAYG schemes exempt from portability directive
EUROPE – Pay-as-you-go and book reserve schemes are set to be exempt from the European Commission’s proposed directive on pensions portability.
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Cominvest gets new chief executive
GERMANY – Commerzbank has created a new management board for its asset management division and named a new chief executive for German fund arm Cominvest in a bid to revive the division’s sagging fortunes.
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MLIM gets European institutional boost
EUROPE - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers had a net inflow of $12bn in assets under management in the third quarter – boosted in part by European institutional strength.
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Lloyd’s taps AEGON for bond brief
UK – The Lloyd’s Superannuation Fund – part of Lloyd’s of London - has awarded an £185m (€271m) fixed income mandate to AEGON Asset Management UK.
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Dutch pensioners ‘still not involved in funds’
NETHERLANDS – Pensioners are still not sufficiently involved in the running of Dutch pension funds, says the Social Economic Council, or SER.
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SSGA assets rise 14% to $1.4trn
GLOBAL - Total assets under management at State Street Global Advisors have risen 14% to $1.4trn (€1.17bn), parent State Street Corp. said.
