News
Norway
NORWAY - The Governmental Pension Fund - Global has been urged to evaluate its ethical guidelines by environmental and solidarity NGO, the Future in Our Hands (FIVH).
21 January 2008
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Investment
CRU INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT has launched a fund investing in sub-Saharan Africa.
21 January 2008
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South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA - Experts have warned the government has been "dragging its feet" on pension reform and the 2010 deadline will not be met.
21 January 2008
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US
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has appointed Anne Sheehan to the CalPERS board.
21 January 2008
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Private Equity
The ripples of the sub-prime crisis have touched private equity, but there are still opportunities to be had. Andrew Sheen reports
21 January 2008
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Press
UK set to switch to alternatives, report says; MPs' pensions fail transparency test; Bid talk surrounds Friends Provident as JC Flowers builds new stake
21 January 2008
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Hedge Funds
AN INSURANCE product designed to protect pension schemes investing in hedge funds from fraud has been launched by Protean Investment Risks.
21 January 2008
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US
US - The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) have completed a US$100m investment in shipbuilding firm Signal International.
21 January 2008
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Risk Management
An increasing number of investment banks - and other providers - are launching products to tackle longevity risk, which loomed large over defined benefit pension funds in 2007. Elizabeth Pfeuti looks at what's out there
21 January 2008
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Uncategorised
ONLY 9pc of the UK's biggest 350 companies are complying fully with the provisions of the combined code on corporate governance, research from Grant Thornton reveals.
21 January 2008
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