All IPE articles in September 2005 (Online)
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Mobius sees ageing pressure in emerging markets
GLOBAL – Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton’s emerging markets guru, says demographics are going to play a big role in emerging markets in the long term.
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Dutch regulations boost pension outsourcing
NETHERLANDS – Complicated pensions regulations have made direct pensions outsourcing “almost unavoidable”, according to the 100 delegates at a debate regarding the future of outsourcing.
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IPE-QUEST: Three new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are three new searches on the IPE-Quest system, for global commodities, liability solutions and Australian equities.
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Barclays nabs PSolve’s Orpin for UK pensions
UK – Barclays Capital says it has hired Gavin Orpin from PSolve Asset Solutions for its UK Pensions Solutions team.
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Foreign managers gain in Dutch pension market
NETHERLANDS - Foreign asset managers have gained in the €528bn Dutch pensions market, according to consulting firm Bureau Bosch.
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European schemes shun hedge funds – Greenwich
EUROPE – European pension funds have not followed through on expectations that they would increase their use of hedge funds and private equity, according to new research from Greenwich Associates.
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Norway sets up new Petroleum Fund advisory body
NORWAY – The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has set up a new investment strategy advisory body for the state Petroleum Fund.
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Helaba rules out German multi-manager fund
GERMANY - Helaba Northern Trust, the asset management venture between German Landesbank Helaba and US bank Northern Trust, has, for the time being, ruled out launching a multi-manager fund for the German institutional market.
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AEIP organises Barcelona pensions conference
SPAIN – The AEIP, the European Association of Paritarian Institutions, is organising a pensions conference in Barcelona next month.
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Portuguese occupational schemes face tax boost
PORTUGAL – Defined contribution occupational pension schemes are likely to receive a boost through the reintroduction of tax incentives on employee contributions next year.
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DNB says funding rates fall despite good returns
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds saw their funding rates decline last year despite a much healthier investment return, the central bank said.
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UK: Mercer takes on 170 Marsh staff
UK – Consulting firm Mercer has taken on 170 staff from sister firm Marsh with the combination of the two firms’ benefits advisory and solutions businesses.
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Irish reserve scheme confirms tunnel bid
IRELAND – The €13.3bn National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) has offered to buy the nearly completed Dublin Port tunnel – part of its public-private partnership strategy (clarifies).
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German Pensionsfonds ‘set to double assets’
GERMANY – A leading pensions adviser, Richard Herrmann of consulting firm Heubeck AG, has outlined a strong future for German Pensionsfonds.
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Coats awards €2.2bn actuarial brief to Mercer
GLOBAL – Textile firm Coats has named Mercer Human Resource Consulting as global actuary covering £1.5bn (€2.2bn) of pension assets.
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NAPF trustee study toned down
UK – The final version of an academic study backed by the National Association of Pension Funds has had some of its comments about trustees’ lack of competence removed.
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UK protection fund says long way to go for T&N
UK – The Pension Protection Fund says it has not yet received an official application from the administrators of the Turner & Newall pension scheme following a £250m (€366m) injection into the scheme.
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IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system
GLOBAL – Four new searches, from pension funds in Switzerland, Denmark and Europe, have been tendered via IPE-QUEST.
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Workers ‘losing out’ in Irish building scheme
IRELAND – A report by consulting firm Mercer has found that workers in the Irish construction industry are losing out on benefits due to a loophole.
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IXIS AM set to name new CIO
FRANCE – IXIS Asset Management is set to announce the appointment of a new chief investment officer and general secretary next week, IPE has learnt.
