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Country ReportFiduciary managers: CMA sticks to its guns after data criticism
Competition regulator still finds adverse effects on competition after revisiting data on fiduciary costs
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Country ReportFiduciary management rule causes confusion for Dutch pension sector
Anton van Nunen argues that proposed law provides for a ‘solution to a non-existent problem’
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Country ReportDutch parliament wants to limit scope of fiduciary managers
MP says amendment would prohibit supervision of scheme investment policies by fiduciary managers
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Accounting roundup: More work needed on ‘too big to fail’ banks
Plus: IASB eyes new pension standard, EU plots financial reporting ‘lab’
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NewsExiting the market at the wrong time ‘could cost more than 50%’
Missing just the two best quarters could cut cumulative real returns on UK equities in half, warns Cambridge Associates
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Country ReportMercer hits out at competition regulator’s data use
Data analysis errors ‘cast doubt on the credibility’ of CMA’s call for regulatory intervention in fiduciary management
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NewsMercer parent company to buy JLT Group for $5.6bn
Marsh & McLennan Companies announces deal to acquire Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
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NewsMercer to acquire North American specialist consultants
Two transactions to boost global advisory firm’s alternatives offering
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NewsInvestors urged to diversify in private debt as assets hit record level
Focusing on mid-market corporate direct lending ‘too constraining’, according to Willis Towers Watson
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Evidence of integration key in Aon ESG fund manager rating system
ESG ratings capture Aon’s assessment of effectiveness of manager policies and procedures
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Date with destiny? Schemes mull ‘Brexit day’ valuations
Some UK funds are considering changing the date of formal valuations – but advisers are split on the benefits
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Country ReportAdvisers, fiduciaries respond to ‘softer stance’ from competition regulator
But some dispute the findings of adverse effects on market and customers from the CMA
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Country ReportUK schemes must tender fiduciary contracts, competition body says
CMA finds adverse effects on market competition in investment consulting and fiduciary management sectors
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Country ReportWillis Towers Watson launches bundled service for DB schemes
OneDB combines admin, actuarial and investment services to set schemes on a path to full funding – and, perhaps, consolidation
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Trade war rhetoric should prompt equity rethink, say advisers
Looming tariffs on trade between China and US are a cause for pessimism among consultants and strategists
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News'Sharp decline' in UK scheme retendering for investment consultants
Share of schemes retendering down 16 percentage points over past 10 years, according to IC Select
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Marks & Spencer seals £1.4bn buy-in deals with Aviva, Phoenix Life
Simultaneous buy-ins include Aviva’s biggest de-risking transaction and Phoenix’s first external deal
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Time to reconsider commodities allocations, consultant argues
‘Investors with passive commodity exposure may be more inclined to consider an active approach’
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Country ReportDutch transport fund to tender €25bn fiduciary management contract
Vervoer exploring new models for fiduciary management, but says it has no issues with current provider Robeco
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NewsDutch pension funds lay out aims for three-year ALM studies
Consultants asked to assess risk attitudes, climate change, inflation and ‘premium funding’
