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PensionDanmark positive despite return hit
[16:00 CEST 03-09] DENMARK - PensionDanmark, the Danish labour market pension fund, has seen most its first-half return wiped out by recent market turmoil, despite improving its pre-tax investment return to 1.6%.
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Austrian funds defend performance
[16:15 CEST 03-09] AUSTRIA – Pensionskassen should have put more money into equities last year in order to get better results, consulting firm Mercer has suggested.
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AVH return slimmed on bond weakness
[16:15 CEST 03-09] GERMANY – Apothekerversorungswerk Hessen (AVH), a €900m pension fund for pharmacists in the state of Hessen, says underperformance of its fixed income investments was to blame for a decline in its return last year.
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AP7 outperforms benchmark in H1
[16:30 CEST 03-09] SWEDEN – The Swedish default fund for the Premium Pension System managed by AP7 returned 9.6% in the first half of 2007.
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Analysts "cautious" about Storebrand's Swedish push
[16:30 CEST 03-09] NORDICS – Norwegian life insurer Storebrand is to buy Swedish Handelsbanken's occupational pension branch SPP for SEK18bn (€1.9bn).
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Greater Manchester fund tenders property valuation
[16:30 CEST 03-09] UK – The £9.5bn (€14bn) Greater Manchester Pension Fund is reviewing Colliers CRE as the independent valuer for its property portfolio.
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Fonchim taps Schroders for TFR
[16:45 CEST 03-09] ITALY – The Italian €1.7bn Fonchim scheme, the closed fund for chemical and pharmaceutical workers, has appointed Schroders to manage its Trattamente di Fine Rapporto (TFR) assets.
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PGGM appoints new chairman
[17:11 CEST 03-09] NETHERLANDS – The €89bn Dutch pension fund PGGM has appointed Martin van Rijs as chairman of the executive board of its new administration cooperative.
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Spanish bank to float investment unit
[15:00 CEST 04-09] SPAIN - Barcelona-based savings bank La Caixa is to float 20% of its investment arm, Criteria Caixa Corp, in October.
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TNO scheme names BlackRock as fiduciary manager
[15:30 CEST 04-09] NETHERLANDS – TNO, the €2bn pension fund of the applied scientific research institute, has appointed investment management firm BlackRock as its fiduciary manager.
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One in four not saving for retirement
[15:45 CEST 04-09] UK – Britons are worried about their retirement income but the number of people without any pension provision is actually increasing, Alliance Trust research suggests.
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Nordic market growth increases pressure - Nordea
[16:00 CEST 04-09] NORDICS – Economists at asset manager and banking group Nordea are warning it may be "time to pull the brakes" as economic conditions in some Nordic countries are now reported to be "running at full capacity".
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Partners Group posts 27% rise in AuM
[16:15 CEST 04-09] SWITZERLAND – Partners Group, a Swiss asset manager specialising in alternatives, has reported a 27% increase in assets under management (AuM) and a 69% jump in pre-tax profit for the first half.
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SLI increases assets by 20% in six months
[16:30 CEST 04-09] UK – Standard Life Investments (SLI) has increased its assets under management by a fifth in the first half of this year to over £46bn, according to the life insurer group’s latest figures.
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Scandal-hit PZU gets new CEO
[16:45 CEST 04-09] POLAND – Agata Rowinska has today been appointed by the Treasury as new chief executive to the Polish insurance giant PZU.
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FRR reappoints State Street
[16:45 CEST 04-09] FRANCE – The €33.4bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has concluded its search for a currency overlay manager.
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Fonchim plans a guaranteed return fund
[11:00 CEST 05-09] ITALY – The E1.7bn Italian Fonchim scheme, the closed fund for chemical and pharmaceutical workers, is planning to launch a guaranteed return fund early next year.
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Switzerland to raise pension savings interest rate
[13:10 CEST 05-09] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government is raising the minimum rate pension funds must credit to paid-in savings to 2.75% from January 1, amid evidence suggesting schemes are earning more on financial markets.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:30 CEST 05-09] GLOBAL – Morley, F&C, Fortis, Credit Suisse, Watson Wyatt, EIB, East Capital, AWD/MLP, BDO Stoy Hayward, ASSET4.
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VB issues warning on Dutch VAT (amended)
[14:00 CEST 05-09] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch association of industry wide pension funds, VB has said the Dutch government should stop charging pension funds tax on the use of investment management services.
