All IPE articles in October 2007 (Online) – Page 9
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ABP to give paid premiums information
[15:30 CEST 04-10] NETHERLANDS - ABP, the €215bn civil service scheme, is considering a plan to regularly update its participants on the level of contributions they have paid.
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SRI lobby names most responsible pension funds
[15:30 CEST 04-10] UK – Shareholder pressure group UK Socially Responsible Investment Forum (UKSIF) has named the three pension funds that have the most socially responsible investments in the UK’s pension arena.
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Irish managed funds down 3.3% in Q3
[15:30 CEST 04-10] IRELAND – Managed pension funds reported an average third-quarter decline of 3.3%, according to a report by Rubicon Investment Consulting.
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Siemens faces strike over DB scheme closure
[14:15 CEST 04-10] UK – German technology firm Siemens could face strike action by its British workers over plans to close its £2.5bn (€3.6bn) UK defined benefit (DB) scheme to all members.
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Conference told of IORP problems for CEE states
[14:00 CEST 04-10] HUNGARY – The EU pension directive is having more of a negative than a positive affect on the pension systems of central and eastern European (CEE) countries, a conference in London's Chatham House was told.
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Interpolis taps ABN Amro Mellon
[17:00 CEST 03-10] NETHERLANDS – The pension asset management division of the Dutch insurer Interpolis has tapped ABN Amro Mellon Global Securities Services to take on the accounting for its €220m global high yield pooled fund.
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Pioneer soaks up Capitalia assets
[16:30 CEST 03-10] ITALY – Pioneer, the asset management arm of the UniCredit group, will grow its assets under management by €30bn following the merger with Capitalia.
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Pension funds eye traded life strategies
[16:30 CEST 03-10] EUROPE – European institutional investor interest in traded life policy (TLP) funds has risen since the recent subprime credit crunch, according a report prepared by Bristol Business School for Managing Partners Limited (MPL).
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Irish DB closure total triples
[16:00 CEST 03-10] IRELAND – The number of employers that have closed their defined benefit schemes has risen from 12% to 39% in the last five years, a new study commissioned by the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) reveals.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
