Advisers – Page 46

  • News

    German pension funds need more credit research - WPV

    2010-05-03T14:45:00Z

    GERMANY – The €1.4bn German Versorgungswerk for chartered accountants WPV plans to continue to decrease its exposure bank-related fixed income investments, but will have to seek external advice to do so.

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    Trustee firm enters fiduciary management with outsourcing model

    2010-04-27T10:30:00Z

    UK – Atkin Trustees, a UK-based independent trustee firm, is moving into the area of fiduciary management for small pension schemes with the launch of its Scheme Management Outsourcing (SMO) offering.

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    UK regulator attacks poor pensions switching advice

    2010-04-12T15:55:00Z

    UK – The UK’s Financial Services Authority is increasing its focus on the advice given to pension policyholders when switching to another provider, as its investigations have found members are still receiving a high level of “unsuitable advice”.

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    Legal loss won't impact future Scottish Widows cases - ARC

    2010-03-23T15:50:00Z

    UK – A court ruling against the trustees of the WTL International Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme relating to alleged negligent advice from Scottish Widows and a scheme actuary will not adversely affect other cases, the Actuarial Review Company (ARC) has claimed.

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    Study to uncover impact of climate change on pension funds

    2010-03-09T15:50:00Z

    GLOBAL - Fourteen pension fund investors and asset owners have signed up to conduct a study with Mercer Consulting to find out what impact climate change will have on the risk and return potential of pension funds.

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    UK roundup: E.on, ITV, Fujitsu, Warwickshire, Bedford, Hertfordshire, Newham

    2010-03-04T15:30:00Z

    UK – The £5bn (€5.5bn) E.on UK pension scheme has appointed Cardano as its investment adviser, while ITV has reported its pension deficit more than doubled to £436m in the last year.

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    Swiss AHV seeks consultant ahead of asset search

    2010-02-25T15:55:00Z

    [16:55 CET 25-02] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss first pillar buffer fund AHV is looking for an investment consultant to take over a wide range of services including looking at “new asset classes” and providing “forecast analysis”.

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    UK roundup: Shetland, Strathclyde, TPR, Thomson Reuters, Amey

    2010-02-18T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CET 18-02] UK – Two Scottish local authorities have appointed Hymans Robertson as investment consultants, while pension advisers and investment consultants have also been chosen by Amey and Thomson Reuters.

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    Two UK authorities review Mercer contract

    2010-02-15T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CET 15-02] UK - Mercer’s investment consulting team is under review at two UK local authority pension schemes.

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    Xafinity group sold to Advent

    2010-01-28T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CET 28-01] UK – Xafinity Group has been sold by its existing private equity owner to another global private equity firm Advent International, for an undisclosed sum.

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    UK roundup: NILGOSC and Pitman Trustees

    2010-01-21T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CET 21-01] UK – The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) is seeking a global equity manager, while Pitmans Trustees has acquired the business of SBJ Professional Trustees.

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    UK roundup - Dumfries, Reading University, Wirral, DSG

    2010-01-18T14:45:00Z

    [15:45 CET 18-01] UK – Dumfries and Galloway Council pension fund have appointed two property managers, while Reading University is seeking a pension adviser.

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    Towers Watson eyes alternative emerging markets beta

    2010-01-15T14:15:00Z

    [15:15 CET 15-01] GLOBAL - IPE has learned that pensions consultant Towers Watson is discussing the creation of GDP-weighted investable indices with product providers, to improve the efficiency of its clients’ emerging market equity exposure.

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    Cardano to advise BAA's DB trustees

    2010-01-13T15:45:00Z

    [16:45 CET 13-01] UK – Trustees of the £2bn (€2.2bn) BAA defined benefit pension scheme have appointed Cardano to act as its investment advisers.

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    UK roundup: Newham and Ufi's PQM Plus award

    2010-01-06T15:55:00Z

    [16:55 CET 06-01] UK – The London Borough of Newham has appointed a new actuarial and investment adviser for its pension fund, while Ufi has been awarded the National Association of Pension Fund's (NAPF) Pension Quality Mark (PQM) Plus.

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    Amundi and Towers Watson complete their mergers

    2010-01-04T15:53:00Z

    [16:55 CET 04-01] GLOBAL – Two giant asset management and consultancy firms were created at the beginning of this year, as Amundi joined the asset management market and Towers Watson formalized its merged consultancy position.

  • Manifest to manage global voting for Sweden's AP1-4
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    Manifest to manage global voting for Sweden's AP1-4

    2010-01-04T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CET 04-01] SWEDEN – The first four Swedish pension buffer funds have appointed a global voting service provider to assist them with the expansion of their shareholder voting to more specific stocks.

  • Delta Lloyd Germany secures pensions consultancy buyout
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    Delta Lloyd Germany secures pensions consultancy buyout

    2009-12-21T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CET 21-12] GERMANY – The German Delta Lloyd group is severing its pension consultancy arm BVE via a management buy-out.

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    G4S pension to get fiduciary management treatment

    2009-12-08T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CET 08-12] UK – Trustees of the G4S pension schemes have appointed Cardano UK to deliver its version of fiduciary management, known as Solvency Management, to the GSL part of its pension arrangements.

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    Towers Watson merger gains EC clearance

    2009-12-04T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CET 04-12] GLOBAL – Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have been given the final regulatory clearance needed to go ahead with merger plans from the beginning of next year.