Global Pensions | 12 Mar 2010
NETHERLANDS – APG, the asset management arm of Dutch civil service pension fund ABP, has dismissed two investment professionals for violating the company’s code of conduct.
NETHERLANDS – Assets under management of Dutch pension funds increased by 3% during the fourth quarter of 2009 on the back of equity gains, data by the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) revealed.
EUROPE/US – The European Commission has hit back at a letter by US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warning the implementation of the hedge funds directive could cause a transatlantic rift by discriminating against US firms.
CHILE – Chile’s Pension Reserve Fund (PRF) and the Economic and Social Stabilization Fund (ESSF) have returned on average 6.9% since their creation in 2006 to December 2009, ministry of finance Andrés Velasco revealed.
US – Former chief investment officer at the office of the New York State comptroller David Loglisci has pleaded guilty in the on-going investigation of pay-to-play kickback schemes at the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF).
KUWAIT –Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) has teamed up with Munich Re to launch pensions company Taka'Ud Savings & Pensions, which will tackle the Middle Eastern and North African pension market.
GLOBAL/EUROPE – The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has criticised the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive for reducing European Union institutional investors’ access to private equity investments.
GLOBAL – Total assets under management by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) grew to US$3.5trn over the past year in the wake of a recovery in global equities markets, a report by Preqin revealed.
US – The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 pension fund (IBEW) has sued Goldman Sachs accusing the firm of excessive bonus payments.
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.
UK/GLOBAL - The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £15.1bn (US$22.6bn) in February.
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss voted against a second pillar pension benefits cut introduced in 2008 in a national referendum held yesterday.
ARGENTINA/US – Argentina has repatriated US$200m of public pension assets frozen in the US by a court order.
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