News
Spain
SPAIN - The Spanish government has approved the proposed pension reforms which will see the retirement age raised and the minimum contribution period increased from 12 and a half years to 15 years.
19 February 2007
•
US
US - Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund executive director David Adams has submitted his resignation and will be leaving his post on 1 June 2007.
19 February 2007
•
Appointments
MERCER Human Resource Consulting has appointed Sarah Elwine as a principal within its retirement business.
19 February 2007
•
Uncategorised
PROFESSIONAL PENSIONS has moved to new offices on Stephen Street in London's West End.
19 February 2007
•
US
US - Alternative asset manager Partners Group is to open a San Francisco office in May after it "acquired" ten investment managers from US-based Pension Consulting Alliance (PCA)
19 February 2007
•
Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are hunting for more yield through alpha strategies and alternatives in reaction to the January introduction of the FTK (Financial Assessment Framework) solvency rules, said Jos Heuvelman, director of the pension fund...
19 February 2007
•
Sweden
SWEDEN - The First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1) has tendered a US$1.2bn Japanese equities mandate, as the fund undertakes a review of its current managers.
19 February 2007
•
Investment
F&C ASSET Management has begun marketing a pooled liability driven investment product
19 February 2007
•
US
US - The ten largest local government employee pension funds in North Eastern Illinois are faced with a collective deficit of over US$16bn, a trend which has shown no sign of abating, according to a report by the Civic Federation.
19 February 2007
•
