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TAAM strategy scores mandate boost

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... among the clients, ranging from increased exposures to Asian equities to the winning of funds from axed managers. "We have a Dutch pension client [for example], whose overall position in equities in 2008 was relatively low. So in early 2009 when the ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... billion of its fund's total $594 billion. Other big pension investors in Continental Europe include the Danish ATP and PKA, Dutch PGGM, Finnish VER. The majority of pension fund investments are through infrastructure funds. However, some bigger Canadian ...

Jobs safe in Australia: ING

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... investment business," noted the statement. However, a company spokesperson from ING Australia said that the local arm of the Dutch banking and insurance giant - including its investment management business - would be spared the job cuts. "We don't anticipate ...

Wiki me happy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... information over a viral medium like YouTube or Wikis can potentially breach consumer privacy or trigger lawsuits. Dave Dutch, a US-based senior executive at Vignette who was in Sydney last week, said that the key is to tailor social networking sites ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... sold its Taiwanese life insurance business to Fubon Financial Holding for a consideration equivalent to $850 million. The Dutch financial institutions will be paid in shares and subordinated debt securitie of Fubon Financial Holding. As a result ING ...

Europe pension assets on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... highlighted in the report was an update on two of Europe's power funds - the Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, and the Dutch civil service pension fund ABP. "The Norwegian petroleum fund that has been deployed as a financing fund to underwrite ...

ING taps Ukraine insurance market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... operations in other countries in central and eastern Europe we will able to make a swift and efficient start." The global Dutch financial institution has had a presence in the Ukraine since 1994, providing leasing and wholesale banking service. Last ...

UBS taps into Dutch wealth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Global investment bank UBS and independent Dutch high net wealth manager, VermogensGroep are joining forces to create one of the largest wealth management firms in the Netherlands. VermogensGroep's core business includes investment management, monitoring ...

ING buys into Turkish pension market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Global Dutch financial institution ING Group purchased Turkey's first and only voluntary pension fund, Oyak Emeklilik for $180 million to tap into the country's pension market. Previously owned by OYAK Group and established in 2003, Oyak Emeklilik has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... capital raising to fund acquisitions in Egypt. Beach last traded at $1.67. Arrow Energy soared 57 cents to $3.90 after Royal Dutch Shell plc, Europe's largest oil company, formed a $776 million alliance with the coal seam gas producer and liquefied natural ...