All Securities Services articles – Page 12
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Bridging the information gap
To what extent do the reporting requirements across Europe penalise smaller schemes? Rachel Fixsen investigates
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The big shake-up
Following a vote in July 2006 by the International Accounting Standards Board to embark on a two-phase project to improve its IAS19 pensions accounting standard, Stephen Bouvier rounds up the developments to date
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Attracting talented managers is not just a money game
Most pension funds cannot match the salaries big asset management companies offer for top class asset managers. But they have other perks, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Vying for supremacy
Will offshore jurisdictions such as Guernsey be able to retain their current popularity when pan-European pensions come on stream? Nina Röhrbein investigates
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Buy-out business grows as funds seek cost savings
The Netherlands in particular has seen a big increase in the use of external specialists as regulatory pressures grow and qualified staff prove hard to come by, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Cross-border push must bridge credibility gap
Belgium has laid out an attractive stall to become a centre for pan-European pension funds. Now it has to convince international fund managers, says Heather McKenzie
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USS restructures its custody arrangements
he UK’s £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has awarded ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services a £5bn global custody, cash management and securities lending solutions mandate, while the fund re-appointed JPMorgan as custodian for £24bn of its assets. The move follows USS’s 2005 review of all its custody arrangements, ...
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Battle for the top spots following spare of acquisitions
Jockeying for the top spots in the global securities services world continues following the merger between Bank of New York and Mellon Corporation late last year. That deal (if approved in the summer) will propel the resultant Bank of New York Mellon Corporation to the top of the securities services ...
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Greater than the sum of its parts?
Established to make indirect real estate investing more efficient, has the Danish Real Estate club met with expectations? Gail Moss investigates
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How ABP handles class actions
Dutch pension fund ABP is involved in several hundred class actions under US law. Marcel Vleugels talks to René Maatman, head of ABP Investments’ legal and tax department and professor of law at the University of Nijmegen, about ABP’s approach
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Rewarding pension fund communication
New legislation will make it mandatory for Dutch pension funds to supply their members with up to date information about their progress and a new awards scheme should help them to sharpen up their communication skills, says Alfred Kool
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Trustees learn to embrace alternatives
The plethora of hedge fund activity in Ireland has created a boon for fund administrators, says Heather McKenzie
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Custody merger is ‘different this time’
The merger between Bank of New York (BNY) and Mellon Financial in December last year is unique, says Tim Keaney, senior executive vice-president and head of the asset servicing business at BNY. “In the past in the custody industry, consolidation happened when either a big player bought a smaller player ...
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Putting youth appeal into pensions
How can pension funds persuade the young that pensions are important and should be taken seriously? Gerda Smits and Wieke Everts report on an initiative to involve young people in workplace pensions
