All articles by Perttu Jarvenpaa

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    Local authorities post lowest returns in 13 years

    2001-06-29T05:52:00Z

    UK – Local authority pension funds’ posted negative average returns for the first time in 13 years for the year to March 31, 2001, returning –6.3%, according to performance measurement consultancy WM Company....

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    Deutsche scoops £2.35bn Royal London custody

    2001-06-29T05:36:00Z

    UK – Royal London Unit Trust Managers has appointed Deutsche Bank as trustee and custodian to its entire fund assets worth over £2.35bn (e3.91bn)....

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    Fidelity pulls Horlick from Europe to US top spot

    2001-06-28T06:26:00Z

    US/EUROPE – Richard Horlick, president of investment manager Fidelity’s international institutional business, has been seconded for three years to become chairman and president of Fidelity Management Trust Company, based in Boston....

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    JP Morgan unveils risk management support database

    2001-06-28T06:22:00Z

    JP Morgan’s investor services information products group has launched a new risk management and decision support database for institutional investors....

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    Securities body reports on internet best practice

    2001-06-28T06:16:00Z

    The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has issued a report on best practice for securities activity via the internet, after identifying more than 2,400 sites for follow-up review on the basis of possible fraud, market abuse and unauthorised financial activities - including around 300 sites that involved cross-border activity.... ...

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    Invesco gets 'aa' rating from Fitch-AMR

    2001-06-28T06:05:00Z

    EUROPE – Invesco Continental Europe’s Frankfurt and London investment management offices and its Brussels-based European marketing office have been given an ‘aa’ intrinsic asset management rating by ratings provider Fitch-AMR....

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    Finnish regulators clarify legal positions

    2001-06-28T05:51:00Z

    FINLAND – A working committee set up by the ministries of finance and social affairs and health has suggested amendments to the current law governing the Finnish insurance supervisory authority (VVV) and the financial supervisory authority (RATA), in response to blurring divisions between Finnish insurers and asset managers....

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    Plans approved for giant Norwegian fund fusion

    2001-06-28T04:42:00Z

    NORWAY – Jørgen Kosmo, Norway’s minister of labour and government administration, has approved further plans for fusing the non-funded Norwegian public service pension fund, Statens Pensjonskasse (SPK), to the funded NOK100bn (e12.7bn) local authority pension fund, Kommunal Landspensionskasse (KLP)....

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    SEB selects Schroders for SEK12bn advisory brief

    2001-06-27T06:20:00Z

    SWEDEN/UK – Stockholm based financial services group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has appointed London based asset manager Schroders to advise it on the management of its SEK12bn (e1.3bn) Asian and emerging market equity assets....

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    Three million added to UK pension hardship figures

    2001-06-27T06:10:00Z

    UK – Three million more people face financial hardship upon retirement in the UK than they did in 1996, according to an annual report conducted by J P Morgan Fleming....

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    AP7 blacklists 30 companies on SRI grounds

    2001-06-27T04:58:00Z

    SWEDEN – The SEK14.5bn (e1.57bn) national premium pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7) has blacklisted 30 companies from its equity portfolio following a scathing report on their environmental and ethical records....

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    UK £1.7bn fund seeks private equity managers

    2001-06-26T10:09:00Z

    UK – Leicestershire County Council is seeking one or more private equity managers for some £50-75m (e80-e120m), or 3-5% of its £1.7bn total pension fund assets, according to Colin Pratt, investment manager at the council....

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    Threadneedle unveils web-based DC solution

    2001-06-26T09:23:00Z

    UK – Threadneedle Pensions, part of Zurich Scudder Investments, has launched a new web site for defined contribution (DC) pension scheme members that includes a ‘pension projection calculator’ allowing members to project forward the kind of benefit they may receive in retirement....

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    Sampo names new investor relations head

    2001-06-26T06:42:00Z

    FINLAND/SCANDINAVIA – Jarmo Salonen has been promoted to head of investor relations at Helsinki based financial services group Sampo, from September 1...

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    EAMA questions EU legislators on indexation

    2001-06-26T06:39:00Z

    EUROPE - The European Asset Management Association (EAMA) has published a collection of essays questioning European Union legislators’ approaches to the indexation of investments....

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    Sweden's AP2 and AP3 funds make top level hires

    2001-06-26T05:40:00Z

    SWEDEN – The government pension buffer funds AP2 and AP3 have made a number of top level appointments to their in-house investment teams....

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    Flanders seeks managers for BFr8bn fund

    2001-06-26T05:29:00Z

    BELGIUM – The regional government of Flanders is launching an ethically invested healthcare insurance fund at the start of next year with an initial BEF8bn (e200m) of capital, and an extra BEF4bn being contributed annually by the regional government....

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    INVESCO restructures retail and institutional arms

    2001-06-22T09:25:00Z

    UK – INVESCO has restructured its UK organisation in order to focus on its separate retail and institutional businesses and deal with the group’s expansion following the acquisitions of Perpertual and GT....

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    Mellon to consolidate in new European HQ

    2001-06-22T06:11:00Z

    UK/EUROPE – Pittsburgh based Mellon Financial is planning to open a new European headquarters in London by the end of 2003....

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    Japanese DC 'goldmine' won't happen, warns Cerulli

    2001-06-22T06:06:00Z

    JAPAN – The recently authorised Japanese defined contribution (DC) plans will not create a goldmine for foreign fund managers, raising only ¥5trn (e47bn) during their first three years of operations, according to Boston based research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates...