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Russell launches Aussie after-tax fund

AUSTRALIA - Russell Investments has launched its first after-tax fund to maximise returns for superannuation investors.

  • Australia
  • 09 February 2011
Irish QIFs totalled €153bn

IRELAND - Qualifying Investor Funds (QIFs) increased by 35% to €153bn ($209bn) during 2010, figures from Central Bank of Ireland reveal.

  • Ireland
  • 08 February 2011
NZ Super rises at the end of 2010

NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Superannuation Fund returned 4.42% in December 2010, up from -0.38% in the previous month, due to an increase in global equities.

  • New Zealand
  • 08 February 2011
Hong Kong's MPF has not encouraged additional savings

HONG KONG - The Mandatory Provident Fund has failed in its task to encourage additional savings, but pending legislation to encourage members to move their assets into other savings vehicles will do just that, said RCM.

  • Hong Kong
  • 08 February 2011
Australian Treasury looks to ID A$18.8bn in lost accounts

AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government has proposed super funds use tax file numbers (TFNs) to identify members' accounts to help recover the ‘lost' A$18.8bn ($19bn) in superannuation assets.

  • Australia
  • 07 February 2011
Monday Movers

Towers Watson; EIOPA; ATP; State Street; Janus Capital Group Inc; Transamerica Retirement Services; Mercer; T. Rowe Price; QIC

  • Global
  • 07 February 2011
Towers Watson appoints investment heads in the Americas

US - Towers Watson has named six investment heads, including one to the new position of head of strategy for North America.

  • US
  • 04 February 2011
CalPERS requests majority vote for Apple directors

US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking shareowner support for its proposal to have unopposed candidates to Apple's board be elected by a majority vote.

  • US
  • 04 February 2011
Russell Investments launches "stability" indexes

GLOBAL - Russell Investments has launched the Russell Stability Indexes which divide securities according to volatility and quality.

  • Global
  • 04 February 2011
Sunsuper acquires its fifth property

AUSTRALIA - Pension fund Sunsuper has acquired the Melbourne central business district (CBD) office property for AU$107m ($108.3m), the fifth in its direct property portfolio.

  • Australia
  • 03 February 2011
NZ Super kicks off rural land startegy

NEW ZEALAND - The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have appointed FarmRight as the first investment manager in its rural land strategy and acquired its first dairy property in West Otago.

  • New Zealand
  • 03 February 2011
Irish domiciled funds totalled €963bn

IRELAND - Irish domiciled funds reached €963bn ($1.3trn) in net asset value at the end of 2010, up nearly a third from €748bn in 2009, said the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA).

  • Ireland
  • 03 February 2011
State Street expands global transition team

US/ASIA - State Street Global Markets has appointed four senior transition managers for its global portfolio solutions groups in the US, Australia and Japan.

  • US
  • 03 February 2011
Aviva appoints Asia investment heads

ASIA - Aviva Investors has appointed Kevin Talbot as chief investment officer (CIO) of fixed income and Manish Singhai CIO of equities in Asia.

  • Singapore
  • 02 February 2011
Irish funds start the year at a standstill

IRELAND - Irish pension fund returns remained flat in January 2011, research by Aon Hewitt shows.

  • Ireland
  • 02 February 2011
Mercer makes leadership changes to Italy business

ITALY - Mercer has strengthened its management team in Italy with four internal appointments.

  • Italy
  • 01 February 2011
CRF deals total $145m in November

US - The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) closed four transactions worth $145.4m in November, latest figures show.

  • US
  • 01 February 2011
Taiwan fund appoints Russell as transition manager

TAIWAN - The Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF) has appointed Russell Investments as transition manager in what is thought to be the first mandate win of its kind in the country.

  • Singapore
  • 31 January 2011
Monday Movers

BT Pension Scheme; Robeco; INTECH Investment Management; PwC; Mercer; Aon Hewitt; Neuberger Berman Group; Standard Life Investments; State Street Global Services

  • Global
  • 31 January 2011
PFZW coverage ratio hits 104%

NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn saw its (PFZW) coverage ratio rise to 104% at the end of Q4, six percentage points higher than the previous quarter.

  • Netherlands
  • 28 January 2011
Denmark plans pension reform to boost finances

DENMARK - The Danish government has proposed to phase out the nation's early retirement scheme to save DKK18bn ($3.3bn) by 2020.

  • Denmark
  • 28 January 2011
EU Solvency II proposals to hamper real estate investments

Plans by the European Union to introduce Solvency II- type regulations to the pensions industry could hinder investments in real estate, delegates at the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles seminar heard.

  • Property
  • 28 January 2011
EU Solvency II proposals to hamper real estate investments

EUROPE - Plans by the European Union to introduce Solvency II- type regulations to the pensions industry could hinder investments in real estate, delegates at the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) seminar heard....

  • Europe
  • 28 January 2011
ABP coverage ratio hits 105%

NETHERLANDS - The coverage ratio for pension fund ABP hit 105% at the end of 2010, surpassing its target for the year.

  • Netherlands
  • 27 January 2011
Robeco appoints CFO

NETHERLANDS - Asset manager Robeco has named Jurgen Stegmann as chief financial officer.

  • Netherlands
  • 26 January 2011
Aon Hewitt appoint Ireland directors

IRELAND - Aon Hewitt has appointed Rachael Ingle and Donal Casey as joint managing directors in Ireland.

  • Ireland
  • 26 January 2011
Investor confidence drops in January

GLOBAL - Investor confidence has dropped 3.3 points to 100.9 in January from 104.2, State Street research shows.

  • Global
  • 26 January 2011
Forstmoser joins AFIAA board

SWITZERLAND - Former Swiss Re chairman Peter Forstmoser has joined the board of Swiss Foundation for International Real Estate Investments (AFIAA).

  • Switzerland
  • 25 January 2011
Germany tops property investment list

GERMANY/UK - Germany has replaced the UK as the preferred location for investment in non-listed real estate funds, new research shows.

  • Germany
  • 25 January 2011
APG invests $50m in Century Properties

NETHERLANDS - APG has invested P2.25bn ($50.4m) in real estate developer Century Properties in the Philippines.

  • Netherlands
  • 24 January 2011
Monday Movers

Russell Investments; Mercer; Aviva Investors; Hermes; BlackRock; Aegon UK; Newport Group; Xafinity Consulting; ETF Securities.

  • Global
  • 24 January 2011
Ireland sovereign annuity plan unaffected by early election

IRELAND - An early election in Ireland will not derail the launch of sovereign annuity bonds, the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) believes.

  • Ireland
  • 21 January 2011
Australian growth funds return 4.7% in 2010

AUSTRALIA - The median superannuation growth fund returned just 4.7% in 2010 following a downbeat first half, research by Chant West shows.

  • Australia
  • 21 January 2011
Mercer appoints retirement leader

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - Mercer has appointed Guy Thorburn as business leader for retirement, risk and finance consulting for Australia/New Zealand.

  • Australia
  • 20 January 2011
Russell Investments appoints alternatives director

GLOBAL - Russell Investments has appointed Darren Spencer as director of global alternative investments in its institutional consulting group.

  • US
  • 20 January 2011
AvSuper awards equities mandate to IFP

AUSTRALIA - AvSuper Fund has dropped US firm Wellington Management from its international equities mandate in favour of Independent Franchise Partnership (IFP) following a recent review.

  • Australia
  • 20 January 2011
AP7 returns 14.8% in 2010

SWEDEN - AP7 returned 14.8% in 2010, almost 50% more than the nation's private funds.

  • Sweden
  • 20 January 2011
Pension fund interest pushes commercial property sales up 44%

UK - Commercial real estate sales rose by 44% last year as pension funds and other institutional investors targeted supermarkets and central London office space, figures show.

  • United Kingdom
  • 19 January 2011
ATP confirms Jepsen for CIO role

DENMARK - ATP has named its deputy CIO Henrik Gade Jepsen as chief investment officer.

  • Denmark
  • 14 January 2011
AllianceBernstein to launch off the shelf target date range

UK/US - AllianceBernstein is to launch a range of off-the-shelf target date funds for trust and contract- based defined contribution schemes.

  • United Kingdom
  • 13 January 2011
AAA-rated Big Four must control pension spending

GLOBAL - France, Germany, the UK and US must rein in their pension and health care expenditure if they are to stabilise their debt in the long term, a report by Moody's warns.

  • Global
  • 13 January 2011
Allianz Global Investors CEO Faber to retire

GERMANY - Allianz Global Investors chief executive officer (CEO) Joachim Faber has announced his intention to retire at the end of the year.

  • Germany
  • 12 January 2011
FFR executive named CIO at Groupama

FRANCE - Antoine de Salins, executive director at Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR), has left to join Groupama Asset Management (AM) as chief investment officer.

  • France
  • 12 January 2011
Aviva wins Dutch SPMS property mandate

NETHERLANDS - Aviva Investors has been hired to run a €350m ($454m) global unlisted real estate portfolio for the Stichting Pensioenfonds Medisch Specialisten (SPMS).

  • Netherlands
  • 12 January 2011
NZ Super slumps in November

NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Superannuation Fund posted returns -0.38% in November due to significant falls in the global fixed income markets.

  • New Zealand
  • 12 January 2011
New mandate for GPFG management

NORWAY - The Ministry of Finance has finalised a new policy for Norges Bank's management of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) with a stronger focus on risk management.

  • Norway
  • 11 January 2011
Dutch Government to name troubled funds

NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government is to publish a new list of struggling pension funds which may be forced to cut benefits.

  • Netherlands
  • 11 January 2011
State Street completes BIAM acquisition

State Street Global Advisors has completed its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Asset Management for approximately €57m (£49m) including net assets of an estimated €14m.

  • Investment
  • 10 January 2011
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