All IPE articles in September 2006 (Online)
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Norway: new pension asset department launches
NORWAY – The Norwegian Ministry of Finance’s new asset management department overseeing the state pension funds launches this month.
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European construction pensions task force (amended)
EUROPE – The European Association of Paritarian Institutions has a task force looking at the impact of portable pensions on the construction sector (amends to clarify earlier article).
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Study finds “very weak” case for funded pensions
EUROPE – A new academic study has found a “very weak” theoretical case for funded pension schemes over traditional pay-as-you-go systems.
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Dutch metals fund PMT returns –1.8%
NETHERLANDS - The industry-wide Pension Fund for Metalworking and Engineering, or PMT, has announced negative returns of 1.8% during the second quarter.
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Denmark’s Lærernes hires PanAgora for US mid-caps
DENMARK – The DKK20bn (€2.7bn) Danish pension fund Lærernes Pension (Teachers’ Pension and Life) has appointed PanAgora Asset Management for $50m (€36.4m) in US mid-cap equities.
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German board to discuss IAS19 minimum funding
GERMANY – The German Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is to hold a public discussion following a draft report released in August discussing the IAS19 minimum funding problem.
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Bexley, Lincolnshire name new managers
UK – The Bexley and Lincolnshire local authority pension funds have separately named new asset managers.
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Clayton joins Pension Real Estate Association
REAL ESTATE – The Pension Real Estate Association has named James Clayton as its new Director of Research as of today (September 1).
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USS drops GSAM and LGIM
UK – The £22bn (€32.6bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme has dropped Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Legal & General Investment Management as external managers to take more assets in-house.
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Aegon outsources €40bn to Citigroup
NETHERLANDS - Aegon Netherlands is to outsource €40bn to Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking as part of wider investment platform plans. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Belgian funds return 0.99% in first half
BELGIUM – Belgian pension funds returned an average of 0.99% on their investments in the first half, according to the Belgian Association of Pension Institutions.
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Dutch OPF wants one pensions supervisor
NETHERLANDS - The government should aim for only one pensions regulator instead of two, says the Foundation of Company Pension Funds, or OPF.
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EU Parliament to study migrants’ pension rights
EUROPE – The European Parliament is to study ways for migrants to access their European pension rights when they return home.
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Big UK schemes warm to private equity
UK – Representatives of some of the largest UK pension funds have come out in favour of private equity as an asset class – though they say a “new professionalism” is needed.
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Two leave Hewitt’s Dutch practice
NETHERLANDS – Investment consultancy firm Hewitt Associates’ Dutch arm has lost senior consultants Dick van den Oever and Eddy Bannet.
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Norway’s Ringerike seeks pension provider
NORWAY – The pension fund of the Norwegian municipality Ringerike is looking for an occupational pension service provider.
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IPE-QUEST: Three new fixed income searches
SWITZERLAND – There are three new fixed income searches from Swiss institutional investors on the IPE-Quest system.
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Italy-Germany cross-border pension fund planned
EUROPE - PensPlan, the pension services provider of the semi-autonomous Trentino Alto Adige region in northern Italy, is planning to offer a cross-border fund in Germany under the pension directive.
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New Swiss pension scandal emerges
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss pension industry – already reeling from the Swissfirst insider trading allegations – has been dealt another blow.
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UK pension regulator finds governance failings
UK – The Pensions Regulator has found a “significant minority” of UK pension funds have shortcomings in important areas of good governance practice.
