All IPE articles in September 2009 (Online) – Page 5
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75% of fund managers expect fall in active fees
[17:45 CEST 14-09] GLOBAL - Three-quarters of fund managers expect the fees for active asset management to reduce this year, according to a survey conducted by Skandia Investment Group (SIG).
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Two-thirds of UK workforce ‘unpensioned’ - TUC
[17:35 CEST 14-09] UK - Coverage of defined contribution (DC) schemes is not growing fast enough to fill the gap left by the continuing closure of defined benefit (DB) schemes, leaving two-thirds of the private sector workforce without a pension, according to data from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
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Northumberland scheme improves by £30m in Q2
[17:30 CEST 14-09] UK – The value of the Northumberland County Council pension fund increased by more than £30m (€34.1m) in the second quarter.
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TPR seeks expert advice to help investigations
[17:10 CEST 14-09] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is offering six contracts for expert services including actuarial and risk management advice, to aid in its investigations of serious governance, investment or funding issues.
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Dutch pension fund investments rose by 4.5% in Q2
NETHERLANDS – The investment portfolios of Dutch pension funds increased in value by 4.5% (€25bn) in the second quarter, according to latest figures from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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Ascoop returns 7.29% to July
[16:55 CEST 14-09] SWITZERLAND – The CHF2bn (€1.3bn) multi-employer fund for the Swiss transport industry is back on positive ground with its old strategic allocation.
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Vauxhall pensions ‘unlikely to change’ after GM Europe sale
[17:40 CEST 11-09] UK – GM’s decision to sell its Vauxhall subsidiary to the Canadian company Magna International, along with its German operation Opel, is very unlikely to affect the Vauxhall pension schemes, according to officials at the UK car manufacturing group.
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AIFM Directive may still be strengthened, warns Rasmussen
[17:30 CEST 11-09] EUROPE - Members of the fund management community have reacted angrily to suggestions that the scope of the European Union’s Draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) could be widened, and its provisions strengthened rather than weakened, before it becomes law.
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Gloucestershire appoints global equity manager
[17:00 CEST 11-09] UK - Gloucestershire County Council has appointed GMO as global equity manager for its £737.5m (€843.2m) pension fund.
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Irish public sector pensions hit €108bn
[17:00 CEST 11-09] IRELAND – The accrued present value of public sector pension liabilities was estimated at €108bn at the end of December 2008, according to figures from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG).
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Strathclyde completes strategy review
[16:55 CEST 11-09] UK – The £8.39bn (€9.6bn) Strathclyde pension fund is considering the creation of a "new opportunities" portfolio following the conclusion of the triennial review of its investment strategy and structure.
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Swedish AP funds join sustainability initiative
[15:45 CEST 11-09] SWEDEN/NORWAY – The four Swedish AP pension buffer funds are among 13 institutional investors that have signed up to the Sustainable Value Creation Initiative (SVC) to encourage companies to adopt good governance of sustainability issues.
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Swiss and Danish funds launch manager searches
[13:00 CEST 11-09] IPE-QUEST - Two new manager searches have been placed on IPE-Quest. The first is for a balanced mandate for a Swiss pension fund, the second is a real estate search for a Danish fund.
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Longevity may cut private pension income to 5.9% of GDP - PPI
[17:00 CEST 10-09] UK - Income from private pension schemes could fall from an estimated 6.1% of UK GDP in 2012, to 5.9% by 2032, if life expectancy increases in line with projections, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).
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Finland imposes DC pensions on state company executives
[16:50 CEST 10-09] FINLAND – The government has agreed new guidelines for the remuneration of executives in state-owned companies including a requirement that new pension schemes should be established on a defined contribution (DC) basis.
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German BMF accepts ECJ ruling on Riester
[16:45 CEST 10-09] GERMANY/EUROPE – The European Courts of Justice (ECJ) ruled today that Germany was violating European Union regulations on freedom of movement with parts of its law on the state-subsidized supplementary Riester pension.
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Belgian pensions return 4.2% in H1
BELGIUM – Belgian pension funds produced an average weighted return of 4.21% in the first six months of 2009, figures from the Belgian Association of Pension Institutions (BVPI) have revealed.
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Lothian appoints three transition managers
[16:00 CEST 10-09] UK - The £2.6bn (€2.97bn) Lothian Pension Fund has appointed BNY ConvergEx, Barclays Global Investors and State Street to its transition panel for pension fund investment services.
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Latvia plans pension changes from 2011
LATVIA – The Latvian government has revealed new pension reforms are being planned to come into effect from January 2011 in an attempt to further reduce the budget deficit.
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Romanian funds increase equity allocation
ROMANIA – Equity levels among second pillar pension funds have increased to between 5 and 6% over the last few months but remain low compared to last year, latest figures from the Romanian pension fund association (APAPR) have revealed.
