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Goldman sued again on bonuses
Global Pensions | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:16
US – The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 pension fund (IBEW) has sued Goldman Sachs accusing the firm of excessive bonus payments.
Wilshire private equity CIO resigns
GLOBAL – Wilshire Private Markets – Wilshire Associates’ private equity manager – chief investment officer Jeff Ennis has resigned, while the firm has decided to postpone fundraising for its next fund.
Global Pensions | 09 Mar 2010
Promise of returns lures pension funds back to illiquid strategies
GLOBAL – A growing number of hedge funds are launching with lock-ups as investors return to illiquid hunting grounds they left during the crisis.
Global Pensions | 09 Mar 2010
Other news
- BlackRock US DC head resigns
- Deficit position of DB schemes improves to £15.1bn
- Schemes launch study to assess impact of climate change scenarios
- Switzerland rejects pension cuts in referendum
- GESB hires Schroders for international equity mandate
- IAS19 reform proposals could wipe £8.7bn off company profits
- Enhanced annuities sales rise 24% to £1.79bn
Conservative investments, strong local markets help Brazilian funds boom
A conservative investment approach meant Brazilian pensions suffered only minor...
Global Pensions Awards 2010 – The winners
The service providers of the year were presented their awards...
Global Pensions 100 Panel
The Global Pensions 100 Panel was launched in July 2006 and every month asks pension funds two topical questions on events in the pensions industry.
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Comment: Avoiding past mistakes
Ask any asset management expert how they will remember the past decade, and the answers will be unsurprisingly grim. I heard about the end of the defined benefit plan, the swift unwinding of retirement security and the “lost decade”.
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Video: It is time to call it a day for defined benefit accrual?
UK - Senior correspondent Giovanni Legorano speaks to Steve Delo former chairman of the Pensions Management Institute/Independent Trustee, PAN Governance and Michael Chatterton, head of settlement solutions at Watson Wyatt.
CURRENCY MANAGEMENT FORUM TORONTO
Currency Management Forum Toronto
This year's Global Pensions Currency Management Forum Toronto will take place on Thursday 11th March at the Four Seasons Hotel. The forum will explore how to deal with currency volatility that is being driven by the government debt bubble instead of uncertainly in the markets.
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Comment: And the winners are...
I’m writing this month’s piece on the eve of the Global Pensions Awards 2010. Tomorrow night’s events are the culmination of months of work, not only from the judges and pension funds who took the time to nominate their providers, but from the asset managers that helped manoeuvre their clients through an unpredictable 2009.