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Lothian scheme looking for consultants
UK - The two billion-pound (2.87 billion-euro) Lothian Pension Fund is looking for two consultants for asset liability studies and strategic advice.
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Aon ousts Watson Wyatt at Metso in the UK
UK - Aon Consulting says it has been appointed by the UK division of Finland’s Metso Minerals as its full pension services provider, ousting incumbent Watson Wyatt.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish foundation tenders E40m
DENMARK - Investment consultant Kirstein Finans has put in a request for tenders for a 40 million-euro euro-zone credit mandate via IPE-Quest.
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German consultant Heubeck may be sold
GERMANY- FJH, the Munich-based IT company is considering selling pension advisor Heubeck AG seventeen months after acquiring it.
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Sweden names head of new social security agency
SWEDEN - The government has appointed finance under-secretary Curt Malmborg to head the new social security agency, Försäkringskassan.
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Barr moves to PPM
SWEDEN - Daniel Barr, chief analyst of the seventh Swedish national pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden, AP7, has joined the premium pension authority, PPM, as chief economist.
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Multinationals in bid to control trustees- Mercer
IRELAND - Multinational companies are trying to exert control over subsidiaries’ trustee boards according to a senior consultant at Mercer.
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Pinsents’ merger set to boost pensions team
UK – Law firms Pinsents and Masons say their planned merger will create one of the largest specialist pensions teams in the UK.
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DeAM takes over E24.7bn Zurich assets
GERMANY - German institutional fund manager Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) will take over 24.7 billion euros in assets currently held by the German arm of Swiss insurer Zurich beginning next January.
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Watson says 80% of big UK firms offer DC
UK - Many employers are likely to review their defined contribution schemes in the next year to ensure that they are meeting employer and employee expectations, Watson Wyatt says.
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Pension Commission: reaction broadly positive
UK – The Pension Commission’s interim report was broadly welcomed by the government and industry observers – here is a selection of comments from politicians, industry groups, consultants and unions.
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DeAM consultant head Patel leaves
EUROPE - Deutsche Asset Management has confirmed the departure of Dipak Patel, director of consultant relationships.
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Ex-Watson's Douse leaves Schroders
EUROPE - Susan Douse, the former Watson Wyatt consultant who left to join Schroders, is to leave the asset management firm after six months in the job.
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UK milk fund awards bonds to Axa
UK - The 275 million-pound (398 million-euro) Milk Pension Fund has diverted 33 million pounds from a gilts portfolio managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers into a segregated UK fixed income mandate managed by AXA Investment Managers.
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Mercer enters partnership with Greece’s Planet
GREECE - Mercer Human Resource Consulting says it has entered into a partnership agreement with leading Greek consulting firm Planet SA, which ended a relationship with Ernst & Young earlier this year.
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Russell/Mellon to open Amsterdam office
NETHERLANDS – Institutional information provider Russell/Mellon says it is to open an office in Amsterdam on October 11.
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Fonditel among winners at Spanish awards bash
SPAIN - Fonditel, the investment house that began life as the Telefonica pension fund, was among the main winners last night at the Spanish pensions industry awards on a good night for the domestic managers.
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Pension consultants slam UK’s property policy
UK – The Society of Pension Consultants has said the government is in danger of “shooting itself in the foot” over its plans to ban upward-only reviews of property rents.
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Skandia, Commerzbank in German pension pact
GERMANY- Skandia Portfolio Management GmbH, the Berlin-based arm of the Swedish insurer, has started a partnership with the Commerzbank’s European Bank for Fund Services GmbH, or ebase, to reinforce its position in the German institutional market.
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Ex-Belgian pensions minister joins consultant
BELGIUM – Former Belgian pensions minister Freddy Willockx has joined the new full-service consulting firm Akkermans Stroobants & Partners.
