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Led into temptation; Gurkhas lose equal pensions battle; Into a new age of pensions
12 January 2010
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Mandates
The Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund has appointed Aberdeen Asset Management to run a £25m emerging market equities brief.
12 January 2010
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ETFs
GLOBAL - ETFs are experiencing explosive product growth and offer untapped potential for institutional investors, according to a State Street report.
12 January 2010
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Italy
ITALY - Fondenergia, the pension fund for the Italian energy sector employees, has awarded a €760m (US$1.1bn) risk-overlay mandate to Feri Institutional Advisors, marking the largest institutional mandate for the advisor in Italy.
11 January 2010
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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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