News
Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - The implementation of the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) in its current form could result in an annual loss of around €1.5bn (US$2.2bn) for Dutch pension funds, and a reallocation into more traditional asset classes,...
11 January 2010
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Defined Contribution
Making pensions compulsory is the only way to solve the burgeoning retirement provision crisis, a poll of employers reveals.
11 January 2010
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Investment
Dissatisfied institutional investors launched a spate of managerial reviews as returns flagged during the first half of 2009, research from bfinance reveals.
11 January 2010
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Europe
GLOBAL - Dissatisfied institutional investors launched a spate of managerial reviews as returns flagged during the first half of 2009, research from bfinance revealed.
11 January 2010
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Global
GLOBAL - Pension funds look set to fall tantalizingly short of enjoying their best year of investing in hedge funds since 1999, although any gains from 2009 will be welcomed after the alternative asset class suffered its worst ever losses the year before....
11 January 2010
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Regulation
Business model alignment with Ucits IV will compel companies to improve their operating models, Ernst &Young says.
11 January 2010
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Japan
JAPAN - Japanese pension funds will decrease their home equity bias in light of weak home-country equity returns, a consultant predicted.
11 January 2010
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Defined Benefit
Northern Rock has denied reports it shifted its £368m pension scheme into its "bad bank" side to facilitate a speedy sale of the good part of the business.
11 January 2010
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Defined Benefit
Towers Watson has confirmed who will take senior UK positions following the completion of the merger between Watson Wyatt and Towers Perrin last week.
11 January 2010
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Defined Benefit
Apache and FirstGroup have outsourced their pension investment decision making to Mercer's implemented consulting practice.
11 January 2010
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