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NewsFunding at Dutch pension schemes 'steady' at 105% – Aon Hewitt
Rising equity markets largely offset effects of falling interest rates.
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IPE magazine: Special report on Europe's pension consultants
Look after the short term to survive for the long term, consultants say.
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NewsAsset managers 'unable' to challenge insurers' dominance over pensions
GERMANY – Survey of German market shows insurance companies still dominate bAV market.
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NewsPension funds are warming to 'smart-beta' investment strategies
Investors want portfolios to work harder as they reduce risk, bfinance says.
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NewsPension funds should review asset-backed contributions 'urgently' – PwC
UK Treasury says changes aim to prevent 'unintended' excess tax relief.
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NewsUK pension schemes increasingly in breach of recovery-plan time limit
One-third of schemes in deficit have plans exceeding 10 years, Baker Tilly survey shows.
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NewsUK roundup: Hymans Robertson, buy-ins, DWP, auto-enrolment, cross-border workers
Hymans Robertson predicts fall in buy-in costs, urges schemes to consider hedging strategy.
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NewsTowers Watson wins delegated CIO mandate from Jaguar pension fund
Consultancy has fiduciary mandate for £4.1bn of Jaguar Land Rover's DB assets.
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NewsFund manager survey points to tough year ahead for equities – Towers Watson
Positive growth in many markets a result of central bank liquidity, consultancy warns.
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NewsParticipants unconvinced by 'German-style' DC schemes
GERMANY – Towers Watson survey shows German workers have reservations about taking on more risk.
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Mercer to acquire Norwegian investment, pensions firm
Consultancy snaps up Pensjon & Finans for undisclosed sum to strengthen presence in region.
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Investors failing to measure global political risk, report says
Seven of Goldman Sachs’ ‘Next 11’ countries remain in ‘high-risk’ category.
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Mercer appoints new regional heads of fiduciary management
Michael Dempsey to assume responsibility for fiduciary management in EMEA region.
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NewsGerman pension funds more worried about interest risk than inflation
GERMANY – Three-quarters of Towers Watson's risk management survey cite regulatory change as future risk.
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NewsBA pension fund completes second longevity risk transfer with Rothesay
£1.3bn deal means Airways Pension Scheme has now insured around 40% of assets with company.
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NewsSurvey shows growing interest in asset-liability matching among trustees
Overwhelming majority of UK schemes 'structurally under-hedged' for inflation.
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NewsRisk-transfer providers must observe code or 'face legislation'
Survey shows third of industry professionals take dim view of pension increase exchanges.
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Towers Watson establishes separate fiduciary management team, appoints CIO
Chris Mansi, chair of the consultancy’s UK portfolio construction group, named CIO.
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NewsMercer criticises Austrian plans for pension guarantee
Guaranteed benefits would mean 'only higher costs and no advantages'.
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Central bank intervention did little to reverse pension deficits – Mercer
Consultancy says move was insufficient to reverse declines seen since October.
