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UK coal scheme gets new secretary
UK – The £9.6bn (€13.8bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme has named Dawn Shirley as its new scheme secretary, replacing John Haigh.
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GlaxoSmithKline looking at managers in revamp
UK - Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it is "looking at managers" as it combines more than £4bn (€5.8bn) in pension assets.
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Low rates hit German industry schemes
GERMANY - German industry schemes known as Versorgungswerke have reported a slight decline in the annual return on their investments owing to low interest-rates.
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Wide variety seen in UK actuarial assumptions
UK – A new survey has found wide variations in assumptions used by companies and actuarial advisers to calculate FRS17 pension liabilities.
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Management change at Dutch pharmacists’ fund
NETHERLANDS - Marcellino Kropman is to take over from Dick Wenting as director of the €776m Dutch Pension Fund for Pharmacists’ Employees, or PMA.
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UPM-Kymmene UK taps Hymans for consultancy
UK – The £84m (€122m) pension scheme of UPM-Kymmene UK has appointed Hymans Robertson as investment consultant.
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Aon Consulting’s deputy benefits head leaves
EUROPE – Brian Waite, deputy head of the international benefits practice at Aon Consulting, has left after five years to join Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Dutch doctors’ scheme’s van Muylder joins F&C
NETHERLANDS - Corporate bond house F&C Asset Management says it has hired three new analysts to its credit team, which operates out of London and Amsterdam – including Els van Muylder of SBA.
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Watson Wyatt partner Mike Wadsworth to leave firm
UK – Watson Wyatt partner Mike Wadsworth has told IPE that he plans to leave the firm shortly.
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Mercer facing SEC investigation over Putnam links
GLOBAL – Marsh & McLennan is being probed by the Securities and Exchange Commission about business referrals between its Mercer consulting arm and Putnam Investments asset management unit.
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Row looms between German consultants, managers
GERMANY – A row is looming in Germany as investment consultants complain that asset managers are trying to break into their market – a charge that managers deny.
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COMMENT: Interesting times for multi-managers
COMMENTARY - The news that Mercer is getting an excellent response for its new multi-management offering is interesting.
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PGGM first to introduce improved statement
NETHERLANDS – Dutch healthcare scheme PGGM says it is the first in the country to introduce a new and more transparent statement of pension rights for its clients.
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Commerzbank asset management earnings tumble
GERMANY – First-half earnings at Commerzbank’s asset management division fell by almost half amid a steep rise in operating costs due to stock options for top executives.
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Watson Wyatt’s Hoogeveen joins Mercer
NETHERLANDS – Former Watson Wyatt consultant Jan Hoogeveen has been appointed principal at Mercer's retirement and international practice in Amstelveen.
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Feri consultants join Watson’s German practice
GERMANY - International consultant Watson Wyatt has hired Feri Institutional Management’s Jürgen Heiny and Zeljko Tipuric, for its Investment Consulting practice in Germany.
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Dutch insurers call for delay to tax changes
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Association of Insurers has again demanded that the Dutch government delay the implementation of tax changes to pre-pension and levensloop, or life course scheme, to 1 January 2007.
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Watson loses consultancy brief with Durham CC
UK – Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has lost a brief with the £1bn (€1.44bn) Durham County Council Superannuation Fund.
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FTI forms consultant-targeted unit
GLOBAL – Asset manager Franklin Templeton Institutional (FTI) has formed a new global consultant relations group to co-ordinate its global sales, marketing and client servicing activities as well its investment teams.
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Watsons unveils new investment approach
EUROPE – International consultancy Watson Wyatt has given details of its Advanced Investment Solutions (AIS) approach to investment consulting for clients, designed to “join up investment strategy and manager selection”.
