Advisers – Page 143
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Hermes boosts private equity team
UK – Hermes’ private equity arm has hired an investment director from CVC Capital Partners.
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Swedish euro vote has little pension impact
SWEDEN – Sweden’s decision to reject the euro is not seen as having a major impact on Swedish pension industry.
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French reserve fund tender closed
FRANCE – Applications for the 27 mandates for the 16 billion-euro French National Retirement Reserve Fund closed at noon today.
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Germany: Mercer takes on 38 PwC pension staff
GERMANY – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has taken on up to 38 pension staff in a deal with consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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UK’s Audit Commission seeks investment consultant
UK – The 250 million-pound (356 million-euro) pension fund of the Audit Commission is tendering for an investment consultant.
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More Dutch pension assets now externally managed
NETHERLANDS – Almost three-quarters of Dutch pension fund assets are now externally managed, according to a new report by consulting firm Bureau Bosch.
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Towers Perrin’s Bannet moves to Hewitt
NETHERLANDS – Hewitt Associates has hired Eddy Bannet from Towers Perrin to be joint head of investment in the Netherlands.
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OPRA hosts whistleblower workshop
UK – The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority is to hold a workshop to explain new rules on reporting problems with pension schemes.
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Retirement age the hot topic at CERP conference
ITALY – The age of retirement in Europe is the focus of a forthcoming conference organised by Italy’s Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, or CERP.
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Corporate pension funds seen eyeing hedge funds
EUROPE – Corporate pension funds are changing their thinking about hedge funds, prompted by pension obligations being treated as debt, according to a new report by Morgan Stanley.
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Job cuts inevitable as Aberdeen buys EFM
UK – Aberdeen Asset Management has confirmed that it is buying Edinburgh Fund Managers for 36 million pounds (51.8 million euros).
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UK’s state actuary in local authority push
UK – The government’s actuarial department is looking at moving into the local authority pension scheme market.
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‘Dam has burst’ for UK corporate pensions
UK – The number of defined benefit schemes may be decreasing, but employers still remain the main contributors to occupational pension plans, according to the employers’ body the Confederation of British Industry.
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Danish fund tenders credit brief via IPE-Quest
DENMARK – A consulting firm has tendered a mandate of around 125 million euros for a Euro credit manager on behalf of a Danish pension fund via IPE-Quest.
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Long-term mandate competition down to last eight
GLOBAL – The competition set by a group of leading European and US pension funds to create a prototype long-term mandate has entered the short-list phase.
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Fidelity hires ex-Mercer consultant Matthews
UK – Fidelity Investments has appointed former Mercer consultant Kathryn Matthews as executive director of structured investments.
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BBH's UK investor services chief leaves
UK – David Bilbé, managing director of UK investor services at Brown Brothers Harriman, has joined Thomson Financial as commercial director, Europe - a new role.
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UBS the world’s largest asset manager – Watson
GLOBAL – UBS has been named as the largest asset manager in the world in a survey of the top 500 fund managers.
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M&G hires NIB investment chief van Gelderen
NETHERLANDS – Prudential M&G is making a push into the Dutch pensions market, with the appointment of Eduard van Gelderen as director of fixed income.
