Europe
Eastspring Investments announces distribution push in Europe, U.K.
Eastspring Investments, the Asia money management arm of Prudential PLC, established a business in Luxembourg to distribute the firm’s Asia-focused investment strategies to institutional and...
April 17, 2013 | 03:59 am
Solvency II directive has European DB plans seeing red
Opposition is intensifying against a European Commission proposal to apply to defined benefit funds Solvency II, a set of regulations originally targeting insurance companies, as the initiative moved ...
April 15, 2013
U.K. chorus grows in outcry against European pension regulations
U.K. government authorities, industry organizations and consultants publicly criticized a European Commission proposal to subject pension funds to stricter regulations currently being applied to...
April 10, 2013 | 04:01 pm
ERAFP seeks managers for U.S., French equities
Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique, Paris, is searching for managers to run U.S. and French equity strategies.
April 08, 2013 | 11:55 am
PGGM taps J.P. Morgan Chase to be 3rd custodian
PGGM, the Dutch fiduciary manager with about €133 billion ($173 billion) in assets, appointed J.P. Morgan Chase as global custodian.
April 05, 2013 | 01:26 pm
Dutch pension assets top €1 trillion in 2012
Dutch pension fund assets increased 15.4% in 2012 to surpass €1 trillion for the first time, according to data released by the Dutch central bank.
April 03, 2013 | 11:09 am
ERAFP looks to Amundi for multiasset investment
Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique, Paris, hired Amundi to run a multiasset fund-of-funds portfolio of up to €300 million ($385 million).
April 01, 2013 | 03:19 pm
BlackRock picks new EMEA chief
David Blumer was named senior managing director and head of EMEA at BlackRock.
March 27, 2013 | 02:54 pm
Top executive out at Kames Capital
Stephen Jones was appointed chief investment officer at Kames Capital, the Edinburgh-based money management unit of Dutch insurer Aegon.
March 27, 2013 | 12:18 pm
Deutsche Bank announces Asia-Pacific executive shuffle
Venkatesh Narasiah was appointed Friday as Asia-Pacific chief operating officer of Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management.
March 22, 2013 | 05:03 am
AP3 taps Aksia for operational due diligence on hedge fund managers
Third Swedish National Pension Fund hired specialty hedge fund consultant Aksia to perform operational due diligence on hedge fund managers.
March 20, 2013 | 02:56 pm
Cinven Partners closes 5th fund at €5 billion
Cinven Partners closed its Fifth European Buyout Fund with €5 billion ($6.5 billion).
March 15, 2013 | 11:08 am
Norway global fund's investments return 13% in 2012, assets swell to $669 billion
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global returned 13% on investments in the year ended Dec. 31.
March 08, 2013 | 12:55 pm
European corporate pension funds overview
Pensions & Investments collected defined benefit fund information from the annual reports of...
March 08, 2013 | 12:46 pm
French fund goes with AEW Europe SGP for realty investment
Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique appointed AEW Europe SGP to manage a direct real estate portfolio valued around €310 million ($403 million).
