All IPE articles in September 2006 (Online) – Page 2
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ABP’s Loyalis wins Dutch ministry admin contract
NETHERLANDS – Loyalis Maatwerkadministraties, the pensions subsidiary of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has won a contract to administer two income-security schemes for the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Big Swiss funds closer to DC switch
SWITZERLAND – Two major Swiss pension funds, the Publica fund for federal workers and the SBB rail scheme, are now closer to switching to defined contribution.
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Dutch MPs back pension portability veto
EUROPE – Dutch MPs have almost unanimously passed a motion aimed at scuppering the European Union’s controversial proposed directive on pensions portability.
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ASIP admits best practice code ignored
SWITZERLAND – Only 10% of Switzerland’s 3,000 pension funds, known as Pensionskassen, have bothered to adopt a best-practice code developed six years ago by ASIP, the association for the schemes.
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Pensions driving tenfold rise in swaps – Barclays
UK – Pension fund demand is behind a tenfold increase in inflation-linked swaps activity at Barclays Capital, executives say.
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Gissings helps KLM UK scheme opt for Blue Sky
UK – The KLM (UK) Pension and Life Assurance scheme has appointed Blue Sky Group as new fund manager for its £34.8m scheme following an investment review by adviser Gissings.
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Regulator appoints trustees at Hoverspeed
UK – The Pensions Regulator has appointed HR Trustees to take over the £16m (€23.9m) pension fund of insolvent ferry firm Hoverspeed.
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GSAM-backed pension academy launches
UK – The Westminster Business School’s Pension Investment Academy today with backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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Most actuaries fail communication exam
UK - The Actuarial Profession's communications exam is failed by almost two-thirds of those who take it, says Institute of Actuaries president Nick Dumbreck.
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Principal Global Investors names European CEO
EUROPE - Principal Global Investors has named Nick Lyster as chief executive of its London-based European operations.
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Swiss association rules out governance laws
SWITZERLAND – Despite the Swissfirst scandal, Swiss pension fund association ASIP has urged the government to refrain from enacting new laws aimed at tightening regulation of Swiss schemes, known as Pensionskassen.
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IAPF Conference: Brennan outlines the challenges
IRELAND – Irish Social and Family Affairs minister Seamus Brennan today outlined the problems facing the Irish pensions industry.
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IAPF Conference: CFOPS on pan-European funds
IRELAND – Phelim O'Reilly, the general manager of the Irish Construction Federation Executive Pension Scheme has called for a pan-European pension fund for mobile workers such as those in the construction sector.
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Mercer replaces chief executive
GLOBAL – Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s chief executive Michael Caulfield is to retire and be replaced by Michele Burns, chief financial officer at parent firm Marsh & McLennan Companies.
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Bedford tenders £100m in passive UK equities
UK - The £773m (€1.1bn) Bedfordshire Pension Fund is seeking a passive (index-tracking) investment manager for £100m in UK equities.
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Row over Aer Lingus deficit ahead of sale
IRELAND – The Aer Lingus pension deficit could be almost double the originally estimated shortfall, an unpublished report commissioned on behalf of the Irish state airline’s unions warns.
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Whitbread fund appoints Watson Wyatt
UK – The £1.2bn (€1.8bn) Whitbread Group Pension Fund have appointed Watson Wyatt as its investment consultant.
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Belgium’s Kortrijk in €5m Silver Fund move
BELGIUM – The Belgian council of Kortrijk (Courtrai) is looking to put a mandate of €5m in to a so-called ‘Silver Fund’.
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Mercer names bundled pension services chief
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed Chris Evans as leader of its bundled pension services operations in the UK - Mercer Retirement Solutions and Mercer Employee Benefits.
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Dutch govt facing €60m divorcees’ pension payout
NETHERLANDS – A group of around 30,000 women divorced before 1981 who could not contribute to a pension are in line for a total payment of around €60m from the Dutch government.
