All IPE articles in October 2007 (Online) – Page 3

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PMA and Blue Sky target under-30s

2007-10-08T12:15:00Z

[13:15 CEST 08-10] NETHERLANDS – The €1bn Dutch pharmacists pension fund PMA and Blue Sky Group, manager of the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' pension fund, are setting up new initiatives targeting the under-30s.
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Physios seeks closer links to medical schemes

2007-10-08T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 08-10] NETHERLANDS – SPF, the €1.8bn occupational pension fund for physiotherapists, has announced it is considering closer collaboration with the occupational schemes for obstetricians (SPV) and veterinary surgeons (SPD).
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'Riot point' may take time to disperse - State Street

2007-10-08T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 08-10] GLOBAL – State Street Global Markets is predicting investment markets will continue to be turbulent in the coming months as recent stabilising action of the US Federal Reserve appears at odds with other central banks.
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Personal Accounts Delivery Authority names chief

2007-10-08T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CEST 08-10] UK – Tim Jones, a former chief executive of retail banking at the British NatWest bank, has been appointed as chief executive of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority, the government has announced today.
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Resolution trustees OK Friends merger

2007-10-08T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CEST 08-10] UK – Resolution Asset Management got the go ahead for the merger with Friends Provident from its pension fund trustees.
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DC will face same problems as DB - Mercer

2007-10-08T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 08-10] UK – A rise in the development of defined contribution (DC) schemes will trigger more government intervention and this will in turn increase costs, consultancy firm Mercer has predicted.
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MP seeks pensions rights for terminally-ill

2007-10-08T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 08-10] UK – MP for Preston Mark Hendrick is campaigning for reforms to give the terminally-ill access to their pensions at an earlier age.
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ABP and PGGM invest in windmills and biomass

2007-10-08T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 08-10] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension giants ABP and PGGM have made a combined €200m investment into a new sustainable energy fund set up together with sustainable energy project developer Evelop.
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Hansa equity team defects to build Limestone

2007-10-09T10:00:00Z

[11:00 CEST 09-10] ESTONIA – A total of nine people have left Estonia-based Hansa Investment Funds to set up their own specialist Eastern European and Central Asian asset manager.
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Finnish to revisit SRI on pensions

2007-10-09T11:00:00Z

[12:00 CEST 09-10] FINLAND - A group of Finnish pensions industry representatives is reviewing existing guidelines concerning socially responsible investments (SRI).
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Irish pensions eye 'Netherlands-style' schemes

2007-10-09T13:15:00Z

[14:15 CEST 09-10] IRELAND – The Irish Association of Pensions Funds (IAPF) is calling on the government to encourage a growth of industry-wide pension arrangements similar to that seen in the Netherlands.
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Deficit set to hit Swedish buffer funds

2007-10-09T14:15:00Z

[15:15 CEST 09-10] SWEDEN – A deficit is set to arise in 2009 between contributions into and benefits paid by the Swedish National Pension buffer funds, according to a new government report.
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Swiss Pensionskassen 'suffocated' by regulation

2007-10-09T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 09-10] SWITZERLAND – Increasing regulation on investment limits and higher demands on Pensionskassen regarding pensions benefits guarantees is hindering the growth of pension funds, a father of the Swiss pension system has claimed.
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Danish members gain accrual portability

2007-10-09T15:05:00Z

[16:05 CEST 09-10] DENMARK - Arrangements have now been introduced to Denmark’s pensions industry which make it easier for workers to transfer their occupational pension from one scheme to another when they change jobs.
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Sainsbury pensions pressure builds for Delta Two

2007-10-09T15:30:00Z

[16:30 EST 09-10] UK – Delta Two, the prospective buyers of J Sainsbury, could yet see their £10.6bn (€15.3bn) bid to acquire the supermarket chain scuppered by family shareholders unless it can agree a funding deal with pension fund trustees.
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EC amends mobile pensions rights directive

2007-10-09T15:40:00Z

[16:40 CEST 09-10] EUROPE – The European Commission has adopted an amended proposal to reduce obstacles to workers' mobility across the European Union, which gives them better preservation of supplementary pension rights.
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Hermes brands German law 'counterproductive'

2007-10-09T16:00:00Z

[17:00 CEST 09-10] GERMANY – Hermes, the BT pension fund-owned asset manager, has warned planned German legislation to curb co-operation between investors could weaken corporate governance standards.
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TNO considers commodities

2007-10-10T11:00:00Z

[12:00 CEST 10-10] NETHERLANDS - Pensioenfonds TNO, the €2bn pension fund of the applied scientific research institute, has said it is considering to diversify its portfolio further by investing in commodities.
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Three in four firms top pensions minimum

2007-10-10T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CEST 10-10] SWITZERLAND – More than 75% of employers in Switzerland contribute more to their occupational pension funds than is required by law.
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Private equity falls out of love with Darling

2007-10-10T14:45:00Z

[15:45 CEST 10-10] UK – The UK government has introduced a series of reforms which are designed to improve employees’ access to tax-free pensions cash and post-retirement income but which could also impact the future returns for pension funds on private equity investments.