Justine Trueman
- Features
Unfazed by equities fallout
French pension funds’ risk-averse style means they haven’t been much hurt by this year’s equities fall, writes Justine Trueman. But the interest rate jump is giving them jitters
- News
French civil service scheme in SRI tender
FRANCE - France’s new civil service additional pensions scheme has launched a tender for fund managers of euro-zone socially responsible investments.
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Structured products strong in H1 – BNP Paribas
EUROPE - The first part of 2006 showed very strong growth for structured products, according to BNP Paribas Equities & Derivatives.
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Pensions worsen France's deficit
FRANCE - France’s plans to significantly reduce its social security deficit for 2006 will not be reached, latest figures show, due to an increase in the cost of state pensions.
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European Commission probes French savings
FRANCE - The European Commission has launched an investigation into the way France’s most popular tax-advantaged savings product, the Livret A, is sold - striking a blow to its main provider Caisse d’Epargne.
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France’s new Natixis to be €534bn heavyweight
FRANCE - After two and half months of discussion, Caisse d’Epargne and Banque Populaire yesterday signed an agreement to merge their investment subsidiaries Natexis and Ixis - creating France’s second largest funds management company with assets of €534bn.
