All IPE articles in October 2007 (Online) – Page 8
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Hansa equity team defects to build Limestone
[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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ABP and PGGM invest in windmills and biomass
[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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MP seeks pensions rights for terminally-ill
[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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DC will face same problems as DB - Mercer
[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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Resolution trustees OK Friends merger
[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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Personal Accounts Delivery Authority names chief
[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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'Riot point' may take time to disperse - State Street
[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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Physios seeks closer links to medical schemes
[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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PMA and Blue Sky target under-30s
[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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F&C ready to go fiduciary
[16:30 CEST 05-10] NETHERLANDS – F&C today unveiled details of its anticipated move into fiduciary management for the Dutch pension market.
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West Sussex splits private equity holding
[16:30 CEST 05-10] UK – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund has appointed the Swiss alternative investment house Partners Group as an additional private equity manager, IPE has learned today.
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BGI denies mandate loss
[16:30 CEST 05-10] UK – Asset manager Barclays Global (BGI) Investors has denied it is under review at electronics major Philips’ UK pension fund.
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Swiss Life mulls sale of Dutch and Belgian firms
[16:15 EST 05-10] EUROPE – Zurich-based life and pension insurer Swiss Life confirmed it might sell its businesses in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Barclays drops ABN Amro bid
[16:15 CEST 05-10] UK – Barclays Bank today withdrew its offer on Dutch bank ABN Amro, clearing the way for the rival bid of banking consortium Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Fortis (RSF).
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Liechtenstein finally linked to Swiss security fund
LIECHTENSTEIN/SWITZERLAND – Liechtenstein’s second pillar pension schemes can definitely link into the Swiss pension protection fund, the Swiss senate has decided.
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Ex-Mercer consultants set up independent trustee firm
[14:00 CEST 05-10] UK – Roy Carr, Bill Rayner, Paul Greenwood and John Hawkins have joined forces to form Foresight Trustees.
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Solvency II could up pension costs by half - EFRP
[13:45 CEST 05-10] EUROPE - Implementing the Solvency II framework on pension funds could increase occupational schemes’ liabilities by as much as 60%, according to the European Federation For Retirement Provision (EFRP).
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IPE-QUEST: €25m global equity mandate
[16:15 CEST 04-10] GLOBAL – An Australian multi-manager is looking for an active global developed markets manager using IPE-Quest.
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Mercer sees threat to PPF
[16:00 CEST 04-10] UK – The UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) could find itself unable to finance a future risk exposure if legislation does not change, according to consultancy firm Mercer.
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One fifth of funds say 'it's too late' to save DB
[15:45 CEST 04-10] UK – Some 19% of pension funds responded to a question from the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) on what the British government could do to encourage defined benefit pension prevision, by saying it was "too late" to do anything.
