All IPE articles in October 2007 (Online) – Page 7

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Growth will become scarce - Merrill Lynch

2007-10-19T14:47:00Z

[17:00 CEST 19-10] GLOBAL – Investors expect growth will become increasingly scarce, according to the latest Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
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Italian €3bn Previndai fund tenders bonds and equities

2007-10-19T15:11:00Z

[16:40 CEST 19-10] ITALY – Previndai, the €3bn Italian industry wide pension fund for managers of industrial companies, has launched a major investment manager search for several bond and equity mandates, IPE has learned.
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UK regulator appoints trustees to Telent scheme

2007-10-22T11:30:00Z

[12:30 CEST 22-10] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) on Friday appointed three independent trustees to the Telent pension scheme, which is to be bought by Edmund Truell’s Pensions Corporation.
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PGGM targets ESG in emerging markets

2007-10-22T11:33:00Z

[12:33 CEST 22-10] NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the €88bn Dutch healthcare pension fund, has asked Mercer to search for high-performing emerging markets equities managers with ESG at the core of their strategy.
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T-Charter labelled as 'too weak'

2007-10-22T14:00:00Z

[15:00 CEST 22-10] GLOBAL – Standards set by the newly-launched charter for best practice in transition management should be raised, State Street, Barclays Global Investors (BGI) and Russell Investments have demanded.
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Norwegian fund rated second best

2007-10-22T14:15:00Z

[15:15 CEST 22-10] GLOBAL – The NOK2trn (€250bn) Norwegian government pension fund is ranked second in research looking specifically at the structure, governance, transparency, accountability and behaviour of 32 sovereign wealth funds (SWF).
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Kier Group refutes buyout rumours

2007-10-22T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 22-10] UK – The Bedfordshire-based construction company Kier group has confirmed it is not thinking of selling its £540m (€774m) pension fund to a specialist buyer.
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New hedge fund performance labels suggested

2007-10-22T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 22-10] GLOBAL – The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has suggested hedge funds should be differentiated by 'cluster analysis' instead of categorising them by investment style.
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DWP starts own IORP review

2007-10-22T15:40:00Z

[16:40 CEST 22-10] UK – The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a consultation paper to find out how successful occupational pension schemes have been in implementing the European pension fund directive IORP.
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ABP sets date for fund’s split

2007-10-22T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 22-10] NETHERLANDS – The €215bn Dutch ABP pension scheme has today named the date for its earlier announced split into a fund and an - as yet nameless - separate administration body.
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Research finds Dutch are willing to go part-time

2007-10-23T11:30:00Z

[12:30 CEST 23-10] NETHERLANDS – Over half of Dutch employees are prepared to keep on working part-time after the official retirement age of 65, according to pensions and ageing think-tank Netspar.
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T-Charter chair defends principles

2007-10-23T12:30:00Z

[13:30 CEST 23-10] GLOBAL – Including stronger principles on best practice for transition managers in the so-called 'T-Charter' could have amounted to restriction of trade, Rick Di Mascio, chief executive of Inalytics, explained.
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AP1 reviews Pacific mandates

2007-10-23T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CEST 23-10] SWEDEN – The SEK221bn (€24bn) buffer fund AP1 is tendering a $680m (€478m) Pacific ex-Japan equities mandate.
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Tesco staff have lower life expectancy - study (Update)

2007-10-23T13:30:00Z

[14:30 CEST 23-10] UK – Life expectancy of individuals varies significantly, not only by the size of the pension fund analysed but also by industry sector, suggests new research by Pension Capital Strategies (PCS) and Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).(Update with quotes from Charles Crowling)
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Eumedion sees detriment in 'acting in concert' plan

2007-10-23T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 23-10] GERMANY/NETHERLANDS - German government proposals to sharpen the rules on 'acting in concert' will be detrimental to the attractiveness of the German capital markets, said Eumedion, the Dutch platform for institutional investors.
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Scottish MPs plan 'flexible retirement'

2007-10-23T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 23-10] UK – Nearly half of Scottish members of parliament (MSPs) would be able to claim their pensions while still serving, under new plans being considered by the Scottish Parliament.
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Pension experts disagree over deferred benefits

2007-10-23T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 23-10] UK – The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has backed a proposal by the government to half the cap on indexation of deferred retirement benefits, but consultancy experts have criticised such reforms.
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EFRP appoints new chair and directors

2007-10-23T15:25:00Z

[16:25 CEST 23-10] EUROPE – Angel Martinez-Aldama, director general of Spanish fund association Inverco, has succeeded Jaap Maassen, director of pensions at Dutch ABP, as chairman for the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP).
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ATP makes first move on Burma investments

2007-10-23T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 23-10] DENMARK - Danish labour market pension fund ATP said it has decided to sell its shares in Total and other oil companies that work directly with Myanmar Oil.
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Call for pension funds to push OTC standards

2007-10-24T11:00:00Z

[12:00 CEST 24-10] GLOBAL - Asset servicing giant Northern Trust says pension funds could face higher than necessary costs unless they put pressure on asset managers to adopt standardised language when trading in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.