News
Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund manager APG said it plans to develop a formal policy surrounding environmental, social and governance factors for each asset class in 2010.
05 July 2010
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Australasia
AUSTRALIA - An independent and sweeping review into Australia's trillion dollar superannuation system has called for the creation of a new industry-wide default option and puts greater emphasis on governance for superannuation trustees.
05 July 2010
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Defined Benefit
Friends Provident has unveiled a corporate investment platform guide for trustees and employee benefit consultants.
05 July 2010
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Regulation
Legal & General and Hymans Robertson have unveiled a health liability insurance plan which could save local government pension scheme sponsors hundreds of thousands of pounds.
05 July 2010
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Appointments
Barnett Waddingham has promoted Steve Hitchiner and Julia Bassett to partner.
05 July 2010
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DB Buyouts
Scheme interest in risk transfer exercises increased over the second quarter, Pension Insurance Corporation says.
05 July 2010
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United Kingdom
Scheme interest in risk transfer exercises increased over the second quarter, Pension Insurance Corporation says.
05 July 2010
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United Kingdom
GLOBAL - UK-based consultant Hewitt Associates has launched a new service offering its global pension fund clients access to long term sustainability themes.
05 July 2010
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Investment
Hewitt Associates has launched a service offering pension funds access to long term sustainability themes.
05 July 2010
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Mexico
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.
05 July 2010
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