Advisers – Page 142
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UK to legislate on pension protection fund
UK – The UK government has said it will legislate to introduce a new statutory pension protection fund.
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PGGM names transport executive as new chairman
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the 45 billion-euro Dutch healthcare and social work pension fund which just submitted a recovery plan to the regulator, has named a successor to chairman Dick de Beus.
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Russell/Mellon CAPS names Benelux sales head
UK/BENELUX – Russell/Mellon CAPS has bolstered its sales team as it expands into the Benelux region.
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Trustees, sponsors should work together - Hymans
UK – It’s time for trustees and companies to work together to find solutions – this is the message from actuarial consultant Hymans Robertson.
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Mercer's Tondreau joins Watson Wyatt
UK - Watson Wyatt has hired Jean-Francois Tondreau from Mercer Human Resource Consulting to be a senior international consultant in its benefits practice.
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Dutch resist pension change – central bank
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch central bank says the public is finding it hard to accept change to the pension system – and that is little awareness of future pension provision.
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Tyne & Wear tenders for investment consultant
UK – The two billion-pound (2.9 billion euro) Tyne and Wear pension fund has put out to tender a mandate for an investment consultant.
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UK’s USS opts for HSBC over State Street’s WM
UK – The 18 billion-pound (25.9 billion-euro) Universities Superannuation Scheme has chosen HSBC Global Fund Services to provide investment accounting and performance measurement.
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Ex-Mercer’s Dinham joins Investment Solutions
UK – Investment Solutions, which entered the UK multi-management market last week, has hired former Mercer investment consultant Richard Dinham.
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EAMA secretary general Michael Haag dies
EUROPE – The secretary general of the European Asset Management Association, Michael Haag, has died after a long illness.
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Unilever’s UK pensions head Lewin to retire
UK – Chris Lewin, head of UK pensions at Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever, is to retire from January 1 2004.
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Dutch pension funds raise foreign equity holdings
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds have increased their holdings in foreign equities by 22 billion euros over the first half of 2003.
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Mercer HR Consulting hires PWC’s Hill
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed Jeremy Hill as European principal and senior consultant.
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Put 5-10% into hedge funds - ex-Watson partner
UK – Former Watson Wyatt partner and senior investment consultant Stephen Oxley says pension funds should allocate between five and 10 percent to hedge funds.
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Elections put Spanish pension reform on hold
SPAIN – Forthcoming elections have put a hold on Spain’s pension reform, says investment consultant Mercer.
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Austrian pension reform “unfinished business”
AUSTRIA – The International Monetary Fund has praised Austria’s pension reform, but highlights that the second and third pillar systems need gradual development.
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Top US consultants losing market share - report
US – “Leading firms in the investment consulting business are losing their historic stronghold on the market” – so says a new report by Cerulli Associates.
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Inflows to German investment funds halve
GERMANY – Investments into German investment funds dropped by half in August to 1.6 billion euros, according to the latest data from the BVI, Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management.
