All IPE articles in September 2003 (Online) – Page 6
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Insight investment chief Deakin to retire
UK - Michael Deakin, chief investment officer of Insight Investments, has retired, and will be setting up his own consultancy.
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Devon pension scheme investment chief to retire
UK – Ian Faulkner, investment manager of the 2.1 billion-pound (2.99 billion-euro) Devon County Council Pension Fund, is to retire next year.
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Germany: Mercer takes on 38 PwC pension staff
GERMANY – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has taken on up to 38 pension staff in a deal with consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Luxembourg may outsource national pension fund
LUXEMBOURG – Luxembourg intends to modify the running of its national pension reserve fund, which could result in management of the four billion-euro fund being put out to tender next year.
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UK’s Audit Commission seeks investment consultant
UK – The 250 million-pound (356 million-euro) pension fund of the Audit Commission is tendering for an investment consultant.
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More Dutch pension assets now externally managed
NETHERLANDS – Almost three-quarters of Dutch pension fund assets are now externally managed, according to a new report by consulting firm Bureau Bosch.
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Morley wins E142m Unison SRI mandate
UK – The pension fund of the Unison trade union has appointed Morley Fund Management to run a 100 million-pound (142 million-euro) socially responsible investment mandate.
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German government plans pension reform conference
GERMANY – The German government is planning a conference on pensions reform for the leaders of all the political parties.
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Matheson pension plan opts for Russell
UK – The Matheson Group Pension Plan has awarded a 20 million-pound (28.5 million-euro) multi-manager mandate to Russell.
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Metalektro allocates 10% of assets to high-yield
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds Metalektro, the 12.5 billion-euro pension fund for the Dutch metals industry, has allocated more than 10% of its portfolio to high-yielding fixed income in a bid to improve returns.
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UBS and others unveil new Swiss pension product
SWITZERLAND – A group including UBS’s asset management arm is to launch pension fund provision for small and medium-sized Swiss companies to compete with insurers.
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Siemens sets up Luxembourg pension plan
LUXEMBOURG – German industrial group Siemens has launched an international pensions plan for its Luxembourg based employees.
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Switzerland lowers minimum guaranteed rate to 2.25%
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Council, the Bundesrat, has decided to lower the minimum guaranteed interest rate on pensions to 2.25% from 3.25% as of January 1 2004.
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Call for UK trustee regulation gets cool reception
UK – A call from the Pensions Ombudsman for tighter regulation of independent trustees has had a cool reception.
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Towers Perrin’s Bannet moves to Hewitt
NETHERLANDS – Hewitt Associates has hired Eddy Bannet from Towers Perrin to be joint head of investment in the Netherlands.
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OPRA hosts whistleblower workshop
UK – The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority is to hold a workshop to explain new rules on reporting problems with pension schemes.
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Property helps match asset/liabilities – DeAM
UK – Deutsche Asset Management’s property arm says property can help institutions such as pension funds match liabilities with their assets.
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France: supplementary pensions on the agenda
FRANCE – The French social partners began meetings today to discuss the impact of France’s state pensions reform on supplementary pensions.
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Serbia to raise retirement age by five years
SERBIA – Serbia says it plans to raise the minimum retirement age by five years from the current “in a phased manner”.
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Bristol University pension scheme opts for SEI
UK – The University of Bristol pension fund has chosen SEI Investments to run the entire fund as it switches to a manager of managers strategy.
