All IPE articles in September 2004 (Online)
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PVK consults on new pension fund rules, FTK
NETHERLANDS – The pensions and insurance regulator the PVK is to write to all Dutch pension funds about the changes to pension fund regulations and the Financial Assessment Framework, or FTK, next month.
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IPE’s Hay seeks Kenya bike ride sponsors
UK/KENYA - IPE’s Tony Hay is raising sponsorship funds for sustainable development projects in Kenya by cycling 250 miles from the slopes of Mount Kenya, across the Equator, to the shores of Lake Victoria 23-30 October.
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Law firm issues warning on pension directive
EUROPE – Law firm Hammonds - a member of the European Federation for Retirement Provision - has issued a warning that key elements of the European Union’s pension fund directive are under threat.
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Bank of Ireland in Swiss institutional fund move
SWITZERLAND - Bank of Ireland Asset Management says it has obtained approval for the sale in Switzerland of four equity funds targeted to small institutional clients and wealthy private clients.
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Mercer says Austrian reform disappointing
AUSTRIA - Kurt Bednar, managing director of Mercer Austria, has called for finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser to show more courage in reforming the pension fund law, or PKG.
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Railpen stresses human face of ALM
UK - Stephen Lowe, head of asset strategy at Railpen Investments called for the human component to be considered when pension funds set their asset liability models.
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Crédit Agricole unveils cross-border fund
EUROPE - Crédit Agricole Investor Services has unveiled a cross-border fund arrangement, between an existing Luxembourg-based fund and a Dublin-domiciled fund.
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Irish reserve fund taps Arcadian for small-caps
IRELAND - The 10.5 billion-euro Irish National Pension Reserve Fund has awarded Arcadian Asset Management a small-cap mandate worth one percent of the fund.
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Fidelity names Naylor to UK DC team
UK - Fidelity Investments has named Caren Naylor as associate director of defined contributions product development.
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London and West Midlands schemes in talks
UK – The London Pensions Fund Authority says it has had discussions with the West Midlands Pensions Fund on possible “partnership arrangements” that would serve their mutual interests.
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Netherlands’ de Geus firm amid strike threat
NETHERLANDS - Dutch Minister of Social Affairs, Aart Jan de Geus, has shown in answers presented to the Dutch parliament that he is not willing to consider reopening talks with the social partners on the pre-pension issue.
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Bank of New York targets European fund market
EUROPE – One of the Bank of New York’s top executives has said the bank is targeting the European investment funds market, saying there is “tremendous growth opportunity”.
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Leave allocation to managers – Hewitt
UK - Trustees could leave asset allocation to asset managers in order to motivate them to create wealth for the pension fund, says a consultant at Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow.
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Mercer advises funds not to follow fashion
UK – Pension funds should not give in to what is ‘in vogue’ but concentrate instead on why they are investing, says a senior investment consultant at Mercer.
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JLT, Norton Rose to run pension seminars
UK – Benefits consultancy Jardine Lloyd Thompson and law firm Norton Rose are to run a series of breakfast seminars on the pensions industry in 2003.
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Hedge funds now eye fundamentals – Integrated
GLOBAL – Hedge fund are now looking at market fundamentals over ‘momentum trades’, according to alternative assets firm Integrated Asset Management.
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Morgan Stanley IM global president Ennis quits
GLOBAL – William Ennis, president of global services at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is to leave the firm, a spokesman said.
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UK funds have
UK - Pension funds in the UK are relying more on consultants but have little or no idea how to measure their advice, a new survey has found.
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FundPartners founder Mansour leaves
NETHERLANDS – Amin Mansour, founder of FundPartners, is leaving to join a private bank.
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Dutch funds
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are looking to increase their use of unconstrained active investment management, according to a survey by JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management.
