All IPE articles in September 2007 (Online) – Page 5

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DNB director Dirk Witteveen dies

2007-09-14T14:48:00Z

[15:48 CEST 14-09] NETHERLANDS – Dirk Witteveen, a director at the financial regulator and pensions supervisor De Nederlandsche Bank, has died.
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KAS Bank steps closer to European expansion

2007-09-17T10:30:00Z

[11:30 CEST 17-09] NETHERLANDS – KAS Bank, the Dutch securities services bank, has said it is now in talks with European institutions over possible joint ventures.
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Borgdorff to leave VB (Updated)

2007-09-17T10:47:00Z

[11:47 CEST 17-09] NETHERLANDS – Peter Borgdorff has announced he will step down as director of the Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB) to join major Dutch pension fund PGGM.
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Carbon emission equity index launched

2007-09-17T14:00:00Z

[15:00 CEST 17-09] GLOBAL – ECPI has created a Carbon Winners Equity Index which tracks the performance of companies in the electricity, steel manufacturing and oil & gas industry.
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Scales heads Enhanced Analytics

2007-09-17T14:15:00Z

[15:15 CEST 17-09] UK – Former LPFA chief Peter Scales has been appointed as chief executive of Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI), which seeks to encourage investment research to look at 'extra-financial' issues.
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CEIOPS gets new secretary general

2007-09-17T14:45:00Z

[15:45 CEST 17-09] EUROPE – Alberto Corinti has resigned as secretary-general of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS).
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Northern Trust secures Italian tax concession

2007-09-17T15:30:00Z

[16:15 CEST 17-09] ITALY - Global custody and investment house Northern Trust has been granted a landmark Italian withholding tax ruling which will see one of its multinational clients’ funds pay lower dividends on equities.
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Aegon pension fund is worst performer (updated)

2007-09-17T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 17-09] POLAND – The second-pillar pension fund Ergo Hestia administered by Aegon's Polish subsidiary saw its assets reduced by 2.4% in August.
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Grancio to head Indexchange as Fehrenbach resigns

2007-09-17T15:50:00Z

[16:50 CEST 17-09] GERMANY – Andreas Fehrenbach, chief executive of Indexchange, is resigning after just one year in his post.
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German government sweetens Riester pension

2007-09-17T16:00:00Z

[17:00 CEST 17-09] GERMANY – The German government will provide additional financial incentives to the so-called “Riester-Rente” from next year, a subsidised third-pillar pension rolled out in early 2002.
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Malta dismisses IMF warning on pension reforms

2007-09-18T11:15:00Z

MALTA - The International Monetary Fund has urged the Maltese government not to delay plans for the introduction of second pillar pensions, amid concerns the Republic will be unable to sustain a heavily-burdened social security system.
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Lothian fund to discuss arms divestment

2007-09-18T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CEST 18-09] UK – The Lothian pension fund, the retirement scheme for the city of Edinburgh, will discuss possible divestments from arms companies following a motion put forward by one of its councillors.
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Swiss pension reaches full funding

2007-09-18T13:30:00Z

[14:30 CEST 18-09] SWITZERLAND – The CHF1.66bn (€1bn) pension fund of the Schaffhausen canton has reached a funding level of 100.21%.
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Call for Pensionsfonds' liberalisation

2007-09-18T14:00:00Z

[15:00 CEST 18-09] GERMANY – Germany’s pensions and insurance industry is lobbying the government to either drop or relax a rule requiring equity-oriented pension funds (Pensionsfonds) be at least 95% funded all of the time.
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ABP holds largest player status in carbon trading

2007-09-18T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 18-09] NETHERLANDS - ABP pension fund is now the largest institutional investor in the innovative asset class of emission rights as its total allocation to carbon trading is €500m.
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Small firm employees ignore company pensions

2007-09-18T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 18-09] UK – Only one in four small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) say all eligible employers are making use of pension arrangements.
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Swisscanto reports 13.6% AUM rise

2007-09-18T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CEST 18-09] SWITZERLAND – Asset manager and consultant Swisscanto saw its assets managed for institutional clients climb 13.6% to CHF21.7bn (€13bn) over the last year.
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UK schemes unfazed by Northern Rock debacle

2007-09-18T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 18-09] UK – UK pension funds remain confident about their funding positions, despite a reported hit for fund manager Baillie Gifford in its shareholding of UK bank Northern Rock.
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Parliamentary fund tenders admin

2007-09-19T10:00:00Z

[11:00 CEST 19-09] UK – Trustees of the £280m (€414m) House of Commons' Parliamentary Contributory pension fund are seeking a new pensions administrator.
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Norway fund's Kjær to step down (Update)

2007-09-19T10:10:00Z

[11:30 CEST 19-09] NORWAY – Knut Kjær, head of the €235bn Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, has resigned after 10 years at the helm to "pursue new challenges". (Updated with quotes from Kjær)