All IPE articles in October 2005 (Online) – Page 9
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IPE-QUEST: Danish manager tenders high yield
DENMARK - Kirstein Finans has tendered an initial $100m in global high yield bonds on behalf of a Danish asset manager via IPE-Quest.
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IXIS Asset Management names Leroux as CIO
FRANCE – IXIS Asset Management has named SCOR Asset Management’s Véronique Leroux as its new chief investment officer.
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Petroleum Fund influencing saving behaviour
NORWAY – The Norwegian central bank says the existence of the Petroleum Fund may be influencing Norwegians’ saving behaviour.
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Northern Trust has $4bn in pooling pipeline
EUROPE – Northern Trust says six multinational clients have committed around $4bn for pension pooling vehicles in Ireland and Luxembourg.
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ING completes €35m Slovakia pensions deal
SLOVAKIA – Dutch banking group ING has completed the previously announced €35m acquisition of Slovak pensions provider VSP Tatry Sympatia.
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GlaxoSmithKline consolidates €6bn custody
EUROPE - Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has consolidated €6bn in custody with ABN Amro Mellon, according to the provider.
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Watson, Mercer, Hewitt have UK “stranglehold”
UK – New research claims the “big three” firms – Watson Wyatt, Mercer and Hewitt - dominate the UK corporate pension consulting market.
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Pensions an issue in €10bn Boots merger
UK – Retailer Boots has confirmed that pension discussions are underway ahead of its proposed £7bn (€10.3bn) merger with Alliance UniChem.
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PGGM’s levensloop arm in outsourcing move
NETHERLANDS – PGGM’s new pension fund subsidiary Careon Levensloop has finalised a seven-year outsourcing contract with KAS Bank and Ordina.
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MN Services’ Rademaker quits to join Kempen
NETHERLANDS – MN Services’ managing director of asset management, Hans Rademaker, is leaving to become managing director of fiduciary management at Kempen & Co.
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UK pension regulator finds “very poor” standards
UK – The Pensions Regulator has surveyed occupational pension schemes in the UK and found a lot of scope for raising standards – with often very poor standards seen in defined contribution.
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We need to rethink pensions – EU’s Spidla
EUROPE – Vladimir Spidla, the European Union’s employment and social affairs commissioner, has called for a rethink of pension schemes and retirement – adding that early retirement is a shortsighted answer.
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Dutch doctors' fund names new CIO
NETHERLANDS - The €11bn Doctors Pension Funds Services has hired TKP Pensioen's Jan Willem Baan as its new chief investment officer.