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Europe's CESR to look at asset management
EUROPE - The Committee of European Securities Regulators has appointed the chairman of Italy's Consob to head a group looking at investment management.
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Mercer names international consulting head
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has named Mark Sullivan as head of its international consulting practice.
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Skandia case goes to Swedish supreme court
SWEDEN – The Skandia pensions taxation case has been submitted to the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court – with a decision expected within weeks.
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Watson Wyatt names Aon’s Witt as Munich manager
GERMANY - Watson Wyatt has appointed Jens Witt of Aon’s German consulting subsidiary to the new position of managing consultant for its Munich office as it expands in Germany.
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Danish funds sign agreement with SRI firm Eiris
DENMARK – Socially responsible investing consultant Ethical Investment Research Services has signed agreements with two Danish pension funds, Pensionskassernes Administration and Magistrenes Pensionskasse.
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IBM likely to use new Irish common fund
IRELAND - Computer giant IBM is likely to become one of the first multinational companies to use the common contractual fund (CCF), Ireland’s new tax transparent pooling vehicle, to pool its pension funds’ global equity assets.
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Lane Clark hires from KPMG to start outsourcing
UK – Actuarial consulting firm Lane Clark & Peacock has hired KPMG’s Nick Phizackerley and Antonella Sferrino as managing consultants to launch an outsourcing consultancy.
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Towers Perrin Belgian MD joins Watson Wyatt
BELGIUM – The managing director of consulting firm Towers Perrin’s Belgian office, Fred Letourneau, has joined Watson Wyatt in Canada.
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Somerset taps Standard Life for equities
UK - The 652 million-pound (979.8 million-euro) Somerset County Council Pension Fund has selected Standard Life Investments to manage a segregated specialist UK equity portfolio valued at around 175 million pounds.
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Austria’s BVP awards convertible bonds to MSIM
AUSTRIA – Austrian multi-employer pension fund BVP Pensionskassen has awarded a 30 million-euro convertible bond mandate to Morgan Stanley Investment Management, a type of investment new to the fund.
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Mercer sees rejig of asset management industry
GLOBAL – Consulting firm Mercer Oliver Wyman says the asset management industry should ditch the traditional institutional, retail and high net worth categories and reorganise according to the “professionalism” of investors.
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Italy sends new signal over pension reform
ITALY- In an unusual move, the welfare ministry has said that the government wants the controversial pension bill to be sent from the labour committee to the Senate for the second time in a few weeks.
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IAS19 could cause Dutch pensions 'breakdown' say employers
The introduction of new IAS19 accountancy rules could play havoc with Dutch companies and may even lead to a total breakdown of the Dutch pensions system as it is today...
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Consultant says it is first to 'cost' fixed income transactions
GERMANY - A German investment consultant has developed what it claims is the first methodology to measure the overall cost of fixed income transactions
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Only one in five Spanish trustees has good financial knowledge - Mercer
Only 20% of the trustees of second pillar pension schemes in Spain consider that they have a good level of financial knowledge.
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US pension funds welcome Marsh & McLennan board decision
US pension funds have welcomed the decision by Marsh & McLennan (MMC) to add Zachary Carter, an independent outsider, to the list of nominees for election to the board of directors at MMC.
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Noon to head up Hewitt European HR division
UK– Consultant, Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow, has promoted human resources consultant Chris Noon to head the development of the company’s flexible benefits services for its European Human Resources and Flexible Benefits delivery practice.
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French retire en masse before new law kicks in
Almost 100,000 people in France have asked to retire before the statutory retirement age of 60, following reforms of the French pension system introduced in January.
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Multinationals await law changes for pan-European pension funds
EUROPE - Multinationals operating across Europe will probably begin to establish pan European pension funds (PEPFs) once it becomes clearer how EU countries will modify their laws..
