ABP could buy Michael Jackson’s Beatles rights

NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund ABP could buy the rights to the Beatles’ songs owned by Michael Jackson through its music publishing investment fund Imagem Music Group (IMG), should the opportunity arise.

FRR fires Robeco

FRANCE – The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has axed bond manager Robeco from a €1.5bn (US$2.1bn) mandate for performance reasons.

PGGM, AP4 and three US funds named leads in BofA suit

US – Three US and two European pension funds have cinched lead-plaintiff status in a class action lawsuit against Bank of America over its acquisition of Merrill Lynch.

Paternoster: No serious takeover approach received

Finnish State Pension Fund Selects Custodian, Increases Investments in Commercial Paper

Nestlé hires Gottex for investment and advisory mandate

IMF warns Austrian pensions sector requires attention

Hewitt buys remaining stake in BodeHewitt

UKIPC brands GIPS updates ‘too prescriptive’

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South Korea turns to pension to create $3.9bn investment fund

Credit Suisse bolsters team to re-establish its TM offering

PCG returns $2m to CRF

Consultants and national authorities new targets for Madoff losses

EC taps Hewitt for pan-European feasibility study

Interviews

The wind of change

Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Joe Dear, who became the chief investment officer at the US$179bn California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) this year

Looking to a brighter future

German investors appear to have weathered the global crisis. Sebastian Cheek investigates how pension funds are positioned for the upturn

Planning ahead

Sebastian Cheek talks to Hans-Wilhelm Korfmacher from WPV, the Superannuation Fund for Auditors and Certified Accountants about how longevity has made the the fund reassess its investment portfolio

Watching over German pensions

Sebastian Cheek talks to Marcus Mecklenburg, senior vice president, policy and associations, BVI - the German investment fund industry association

Building a more efficient machine

Return and responsibility

Looking ahead

Multi-manager: in the line of fire

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Bigger is better

The world of currency management

Building a better safety net

Round Table

Emerging from the gloom

In its second annual roundtable on the topic, Global Pensions gathered key spokespeople in Stockholm to discuss investment in emerging markets

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