GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.
US/NETHERLANDS - CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has completed the acquisition of ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) Europe, marking the final stage of CBRE's absorption of ING's real estate business.
LATIN AMERICA - Dutch firm ING Groep has agreed to sell its Latin America pension and life insurance business for €2.7bn ($4bn) to Colombian firm Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (GRUPOSURA).
PERU - Peru will seek to toughen laws to prevent presidential front-runner Ollanta Humala from tampering with $30bn managed by private pension funds should he win next month's election, Finance Minister Ismael Benavides said.
NETHERLANDS - ING Groep NV, the largest Dutch financial-services company, said it is in talks with potential bidders for parts of its global real estate investment unit as the firm is seeking to reduce property-related risk.
NETHERLANDS - ING Groep NV's Dutch pension fund's coverage ratio rose from 115% to 116% in November due to rising interest rates.
GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days (13 August - 20 August).
NETHERLANDS - ING Groep NV's Dutch pension fund's coverage ratio rose to about 116% at the end of July from 114% at the end of June.
MEXICO - ING Groep NV's Mexican pension fund, the nation's best performer in the past three years, is buying fixed-rate bonds as a bet that inflation will keep slowing and may lead the central bank to cut interest rates.
EUROPE - Reporting choices available to European banks under accounting rules can give investors a misleading view of the impact pension plans have on the banks' capital, a report by Moody's Investor Services revealed.