All IPE articles in October 2012 (Online) – Page 6
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Mandate roundup: USS, Merseyside, Northern Trust, AllianceBernstein
EUROPE – USSIM provides £100m of inflation-linked financing to South East Water Finance.
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NewsUK pensions minister proposes DB with 'no liability beyond employment'
UK – There is 'interest and demand' for defined ambition pensions, Steve Webb argues at NAPF annual conference.
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NewsDutch asset manager APG to slash 800 jobs as part of 'change programme'
NETHERLANDS – Cuts to come in admin, collection, communications and IT.
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NewsNearly half of European insurers unready for Solvency II
EUROPE – Ernst & Young survey shows almost 90% of insurers would be prepared by 2015.
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Austria's VBV calls for separation of active, retired pension fund members
AUSTRIA – Having separate portfolios would help schemes adjust to low interest rates, CIO says.
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NewsPensions compulsion would cause 'awful lot of trouble', Webb warns
UK – Pensions minister tells NAPF conference that industry has more pressing problems.
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NewsBrussels should allow DC pensions to invest in 'illiquid' funds – AREF
EUROPE – Association urges EC to keep illiquid real estate funds open to retail investors.
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UK PPF sees returns of 25% boosted by hedging activities
UK – Investment returns at Pension Protection Fund boost funding to 106%.
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NewsDutch Pensions Federation calls for 'random' admin checks
NETHERLANDS – Recommendation follows DNB report highlighting 'considerable' discrepancies.
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NewsEDHEC, Natixis launch research chair on infrastructure debt
EUROPE – Partnership aims to explore risk/return characteristics, diversification benefits.
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Dwindling reserves prompt Agirc-Arrco to review funding
FRANCE – Social partners at French second-pillar fund to meet next month.
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Study reveals gulf between employers, employees' retirement expectations
GLOBAL – More than half of employees expect to work beyond retirement age, survey shows.
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Industry organisations accuse Brussels of ignoring EIOPA advice
EUROPE – Group of Eight calls on authority to conduct additional IORP Directive impact exercises.
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NewsInterest in buyouts doubles among Irish pension funds – IAPF
IRELAND – Organisation's annual Benefits Survey shows 23% 'considering' buyout of liabilities.
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Irish Life sells 17% stake in NAMAIL to UK-based Walbrook
IRELAND – Deal allows Irish government to remove risky-loan vehicle from books.
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News300 Club: Asset managers must evolve beyond 'short-term salesmanship'
EUROPE – Kempen CIO says industry failing in expertise, discipline and reliability.
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Nordea sticks with 'capital-light' products despite weak profits
EUROPE – Third-quarter operating profit falls by 10% from previous quarter to €66m.
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NewsAon Hewitt Netherlands CEO Van den Broek steps down
NETHERLANDS – Jan Willem Siekman, executive director for retirement, will also leave company.
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NewsWednesday people [UPDATED]
GLOBAL – BlackRock, Finnish Seamen, SSgA, Aon Hewitt, IMQubator, PIC, Neuberger Berman
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NewsPIC finalises £400m deal with Reinet, rejigs board
EUROPE – Pension Insurance Corporation completes deal after more than year of negotiations.
