All IPE articles in October 2005 (Online) – Page 4
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Belgium defies unions and raises retirement age
BELGIUM - Belgium has decided to increase the minimum age for retirement from 58 to 60, in line with recommendations from the European Commission – despite trade union concern.
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Watson Wyatt makes three Dutch hires
NETHERLANDS – Watson Wyatt has hired three new staff for its “rapidly expanding” investment consulting team in the Netherlands.
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Aegon offering levensloop investment account
NETHERLANDS - Insurer Aegon has introduced an account for the ‘levensloop’, or life-course, scheme which offers the possibility of saving as well as investing, it said.
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CEIOPS gets closer to sister committees
EUROPE – The European pension supervisory committee CEIOPS is getting closer to its sister banking and securities committees with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
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NAPF chairman rounds on MPs
UK – Robin Ellison, the chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds, has lambasted MPs as part of a wide-ranging critique of the UK’s pension policy apparatus.
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Commission set to present portability directive
EUROPE – The European Commission is set to approve a delayed occupational pensions portability directive on October 20 - yet the document has already drawn fire from Germany’s occupational pensions lobby Aba.
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Global pensions forum set for Jordan
GLOBAL - Amman, Jordan, is to play host to the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions in December.
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Fund-of-hedge-funds ‘worst for seven years’
GLOBAL – Fund-of-hedge fund managers are suffering the worst market conditions for seven years, according to Standard & Poor’s.
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IPE-QUEST: European bank tenders three mandates
EUROPE – A European bank has tendered three mandates, covering UK and Ireland equities via IPE-Quest.
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Watson Wyatt seeking manager researchers
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has advertised job vacancies for manager researchers, based in Reigate or London.
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Schroders loses British Medical bond brief
UK – Schroder Investment Management has been ousted as fixed interest investment manager for the British Medical Association Staff Pension Fund following a review – the £33m bond mandate has now been awarded to PIMCO Europe.
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Mercer disbands international consulting team
GLOBAL – Mercer Human Resource Consulting is to dissolve and re-deploy its international consulting team from January 2006 to “maximise its impact and potential”, according to an internal memo seen by IPE.
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ABP grows by €8.6bn to €186.9bn
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, got even bigger in the third quarter – growing by €8.6bn to €186.9bn with a 4.6% investment return.
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ABN Amro names new asset management CEO
GLOBAL – ABN Amro has named Sarah Russell, an Australian who joined the bank in 1994, as chief executive of its asset management division.
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WH Smith adopts State Street LDI approach
UK - The trustees of retailer WH Smith's pension scheme have moved to a liability-driven investing approach from State Street in a bid to limit volatility and cut risk.
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Row erupts over German master funds
GERMANY – The head of investments at German insurer VHV has blasted German master funds, saying they haven’t delivered on their promises.
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EU sees UCITS role in occupational pensions
EUROPE – Charlie McCreevy, the European Union’s internal markets commissioner, says UCITS investment funds are a ready-made solution for defined contribution occupational pensions.
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IPE's Hurst wins SSGA fund management award
EUROPE - Martin Hurst, Features Writer at IPE Magazine, has won the Best Fund Management Trade Journalist award at State Street Global Advisors' annual UK institutional press awards.
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New ABP scheme to increase retirement age
NETHERLANDS - As of 2006, the million members of Dutch civil service pension fund ABP will have to deal with a new scheme, which will overall increase their pension date, it said in a statement.
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Changes to UK PPF levy broadly welcomed
UK – The Pension Protection Fund’s plans to change the risk-based levy have been broadly welcomed by the industry today.
