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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”.
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New head for FERI institutional business
GERMANY -- Investment consultant FERI has appointed Arnd Thorn to the new position of overall institutional business head with immediate effect.
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Study says raise UK pension age to 67
UK -- The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) has suggested raising the UK state pension age to 67 from the current 65 between 2020 and 2030 to reflect increased life expectancy.
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Pension plans trail Italy’s corporate perk list
ITALY – Italian workers value company cars and health insurance more than pension plans, according to data from Watson Wyatt and Hewitt Associates.
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Italy: Maroni wants to help small firms’ pension
ITALY – Companies with up to 50 employees could be the main target of a new compensation fund to be set up to aid employers investing severance payments into pension funds, says welfare minister Roberto Maroni.
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Watson consultant van Zoelen joins PIMCO
EUROPE – Bond specialist PIMCO, part of Allianz, says it has hired Watson Wyatt investment consultant Henk-Jan van Zoelen.
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White is the new Black at Buck Consultants
UK - Actuaries Buck Consultants have appointed Lane Clark & Peacock's Steven White as its head of investment consulting - replacing Paul Black, who joined LCP earlier this month.
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MLIM’s Doll sees ‘halo effect’ of Philips deal
NETHERLANDS – Bob Doll, president and chief investment officer of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, has spoken of the “halo effect” its deal to manage €12bn of Philips pension assets could have for the firm.
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The balanced mandate is back, industry says
UK – The traditional balanced mandate appears to be making a return, albeit under a new guise, according to investment consultants and asset managers.
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Towers Perrin buys German consulting firm Rauser
GERMANY - International consulting firm Towers Perrin has agreed to buy German occupational pensions advisor Rauser AG for an undisclosed sum.
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Fidelity International names new CIO
EUROPE – Fidelity International says Michael Gordon will take over as chief investment officer from Simon Fraser, who becomes president of the UK and European institutional business.
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Hewitt, Bode launch German joint venture
GERMANY – Consulting firm Hewitt Associates has formally launched its German joint venture with Bode Grabner Beye, a Munich-based actuarial and benefits consultancy.
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Union Investment unveils private pension
GERMANY - Union Investment says it's the first asset manager in Germany to rollout a private pension targeted at pensioners and others above the age of 55.
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Former Mercer London chief joins new firm
UK – Paul Couchman, the former head of consulting for London and the southeast of England at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, has joined two-year-old consulting firm Premier Pensions Management.
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UK schemes ‘taking €43bn from equity market’
UK - Mercer Investment Consulting says UK pension funds are taking around £30bn (€43.6bn) a year out of equities.
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Mercer HR Consulting names COO and president
GLOBAL - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has named a new chief operating officer and president, both new roles.
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Germany’s Pensor bought by insurer Volksfürsorge
GERMANY - German insurer Volksfürsorge has acquired Pensor Pensionsfonds, one of the new equity-oriented pension vehicles, from Pensor shareholders Commerzbank and Höfer Vorsorgemanagement, a German pensions consultant.
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Buck to replace investment consulting head
UK - Buck Consultants is set to name a new head of investment consulting following the departure of incumbent Paul Black to Lane Clark & Peacock.
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Dutch schemes’ Harcourt in Swedish hedge move
SWEDEN - Harcourt Investment Consulting, the Swiss hedge funds business that is ultimately majority owned by ABP and PGGM through NIB Capital, has launched a Swedish hedge fund index.
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Analysts welcome Deutsche Asset Management exit
UK - Deutsche Bank watchers have welcomed this morning’s announcement that virtually all of Deutsche Asset Management in the UK will be sold to rival Aberdeen, noting that the move gives Deutsche an elegant exit from the business.
