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Equities returned 6.85 in Q2 - DNB
[11:30 CEST 01-10] NETHERLANDS - Equities were the best performing asset class for pension funds during the second quarter, returning an average 6.85%, pensions supervisor De Nederlandsche Bank has announced.
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UBS changes top team and cuts 1500 jobs
[14:00 CEST 01-10] SWITZERLAND – UBS has announced a major reshuffle of its senior management following the recent market turbulence.
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Nest outperforms Swiss funds in SRI approach
[14:30 CEST 01-10] SWITZERLAND – Nest, a CHF600m (€361m) Swiss corporate pension fund, is outperforming competitors with its strict socially responsible investment (SRI) approach, according to Nest chief executive Felix Pfeifer.
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Severance pay for self-employed
[15:00 CEST 01-10] AUSTRIA – Approximately 500,000 self-employed people will be granted access to the severance pay funds from next year.
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OECD to revise governance guidelines
[16:50 CEST 01-10] EUROPE – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will revise its guidelines on the governance of pension funds, IPE has learned.
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'If you don’t know it, don’t buy it' – Laboul
[16:45 CEST 01-10] EUROPE – Pensions funds should be more prudent to prevent losses on asset-backed securities related for instance to the recent US subprime credit crunch, says the OECD’s Andre Laboul.
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Pensions bodies urge minister to refine indexation
[17:00 CEST 01-10] NETHERLANDS - The umbrella organisations for pension funds and insurers and the Labour Foundation (STAR) have accused Social Affairs’ minister Piet Hein Donner of being in too much of a hurry to develop the indexation label.
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Shell to take contributions holiday
[17:00 CEST 01-10] UK – Trustees of oil company Shell's UK pension plan have agreed to stop company contributions for the time being.
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European Parliament hires Aon for controversial second study
[17:00 CEST 02-10] EUROPE – The European Parliament will pay Aon Consulting €36,000 for a full actuarial study of the voluntary supplementary pension fund for MEPs.
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Carnegie faces losing its licence
[17:00 CEST 02-10] SWEDEN – The financial regulator Finansinspektionen (FI) has called on Stockholm-based Carnegie bank to replace its chief executive.
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Cost of Swiss APK bailout: 31 leave, one stays
[17:00 CEST 02-10] SWITZERLAND – Around a fifth of employer clients - some 31 local authorities - are to leave the Aargauische Pensionskasse (APK), the CHF6bn (€3.6bn) pension fund for local government employees. The move is planned for December.
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DWP clarifies section 75, issues new consultation
[17:00 CEST 02-10] UK – The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has clarified that triggering employer debt is only intended to prevent scheme abandonment.
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Decline in confidence ups UK scheme surpluses - Aon
[17:00 CEST 02-10] UK – Recent market turbulence and the subsequent decline in confidence in the UK banking sector have helped to improve pension fund surpluses – at least on paper, Aon Consulting claims.
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Irish pensions green paper 'imminent'
[17:00 CEST 02-10] IRELAND – The Irish government is preparing to launch its delayed green paper on pension reform and is now expected to unveil it within the month.
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Watson Wyatt plans career average switch
[17:00 CEST 02-10] UK – The consulting actuary Watson Wyatt has said today it plans switch its £200m (€288.3m) defined benefit (DB) pension arrangement to a career average scheme from early next year.
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Swiss newspaper apologises over Swissfirst scandal
[17:00 CEST 02-10] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss tabloid 'Blick' has apologised to Jürg Maurer, head of investments at Rieter Pensionskasse, for the way it portrayed him in its coverage of the Swissfirst scandal.
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Wednesday people roundup
[11:30 CEST 03-10] GLOBAL – PGGM, GSAM, HSBC, State Street, Barings, CEIOPS, Nordea, Hewitt, Mercer, BlackRock, DekaBank, Sprenkels & Verschuren, Aon.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m UK large cap equity mandate
[12:00 CEST 03-10] UK – A private bank based in the UK is looking for a manager for a domestic active large cap core mandate using IPE Quest.
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Dutch speed pension build up - DNB
[12:00 CEST 03-10] NETHERLANDS - A large portion of Dutch employees have been able to speed up the build-up of their pension in the past five years, according to pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank.
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AP2 outperforms by 18.7% in Swedish equities
[16:00 CEST 03-10] SWEDEN – The domestic equities portfolio of the second Swedish buffer fund AP2 has outperformed its benchmark by 18.7% over the past five years.
