All IPE articles in September 2005 (Online) – Page 5
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Pension funds ‘central to world financial system’
GLOBAL – Pension funds are becoming more central to the global financial system because of the way they invest, the International Monetary Fund says.
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Consultant Fideas launches with €300m
EUROPE - New consulting firm Fideas Capital has officially launched, with clients having entrusted €300m in assets.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish manager tenders €30m
DENMARK – Consulting firm Kirstein Finans has tendered €30m in pan-European equities on behalf of a Danish asset manager via IPE-Quest.
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Dutch schemes need €255bn of long bonds – IMF
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds are estimated to require more than €250bn of long-term bonds to help them match liabilities, the International Monetary Fund says.
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Newton assets now 50% institutional
UK – Mellon Financial Corp.’s Newton Investment Management, says institutional assets have fallen to just under 50% of total assets under management – although they remain “core” to the firm.
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Equities return 11% for Dutch schemes
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds made returns of more than 11% on equity in the first half of the year, Statistics Netherlands, or CBS, has reported.
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UK local authorities to invest in Africa fund
AFRICA – Two UK local authorities are understood to be planning to invest in a new African fund run by regional asset manager Imara Asset Management.
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F&C sees €1.5bn for Citrine fund
UK – Asset manager F&C, which this week announced the departure of chief executive Howard Carter, says its Citrine hedge fund could go to €1.5bn.
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EFRP chief sees “shadows” over pension directive
EUROPE – Jaap Maassen, the chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision, has warned there are “shadows” over the implementation of the pension fund directive.
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CEIOPS sees supervisory challenges in directive
EUROPE – CEIOPS, the European pensions supervisory committee, says there are “particular challenges” in the transposition of the pensions directive due to differences at the member state level.
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Akkermans Stroobants director Andre dies
BELGIUM – Antwerp-based firm Akkermans Stroobants & Partners are looking to appoint a new independent board director following the death of Eric Andre, who passed away at the end of July.
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France’s FRR returns 7.63% on invested mandates
FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, made a return of 7.63% on its invested mandates in the first half of the year.
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IPE-QUEST: €30m in European equities tendered
EUROPE – Swiss investment consultant Kottmann Advisory has tendered a €30m actively managed pan-European equities brief via IPE-Quest on behalf of a client.
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NAPF calls for standing commission on pensions
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has called for an independent standing commission on pensions.
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SSGA wins €345m from France’s Agirc-Arrco
FRANCE – State Street Global Advisors in France has confirmed it has been awarded two mandates from French state pension fund Agirc-Arrco amounting to €345m.
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Henderson names hedge fund director
UK - Henderson Global Investors has promoted Kate O'Neill to director of hedge funds.
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50 staff to transfer in Achmea custody deal
LUXEMBOURG – Achmea has signed an agreement with Crédit Agricole on the transfer of the Dutch firm’s Luxembourg-based securities services activities.
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Shell pension chief sees three sources of return
NETHERLANDS – Sijb Bartlema, chief investment officer of Shell Pensioenfonds, has explained why he thinks there are three sources of investment return (Corrects spelling of name).
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Morgan Stanley asset management chief exits
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley says Mitchell Merin is to retire as president and chief operating officer of its investment management arm.
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Julius Baer may sell custody arm - Merrill
SWITZERLAND – Julius Baer may sell its custody business, according to a Merrill Lynch research report following the changes announced last week at the Swiss bank.