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NewsUK roundup: Celestica, North Yorks and ICAEW
[14:30 CET 17-11] UK – Celestica's UK scheme has adopted an implemented consulting strategy, while the £1.2bn (€1.34bn) North Yorkshire pension fund is seeking investment advisers and consultants, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW) is in consultation to shut it defined benefit (DB) scheme to ...
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UK roundup: Environment Agency, Leeds University, City of London
[15:00 CET 04-11] UK – The Environment Agency's £1.4bn (€1.6bn) Active Pension Fund has extended a global equity mandate. The University of Leeds is seeking a property manager for its non-USS pension scheme, and the City of London is searching for investment consultants.
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UK roundup: Suffolk and Merseyside
[13:00 CET 02-11] UK – Suffolk County Council has awarded contracts for actuarial, investment and procurement support services for its £1.1bn (€1.23bn) pension fund. Meanwhile Merseyside Pension Fund is seeking investment advisers for the scheme's investment monitoring working party.
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NewsMajor fiduciary search takes to the global stage
[16:00 CEST 29-10] IPE-QUEST – Avida International, a Netherlands-based management and organisational adviser to pension funds, has issued a major search to find fiduciary investment and risk management for three Dutch pension funds which manage almost €6bn in assets.
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Nottinghamshire approves pension merger
[16:15 CEST 23-10] UK – Nottinghamshire County Council has approved the merger of its two local government pension funds (LGPS) following an additional report into the impact on contribution rates.
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Strathclyde to appoint manager selector
[15:30 CEST 22-10] UK – Glasgow City Council is seeking a provider of investment consultancy services for the £8.4bn (€9.27bn) Strathclyde Pension Fund.
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Bucks appoints RLAM for bonds as Devon seeks actuary
[17:00 CEST 13-10] UK – The £1.07bn (€1.14bn) Buckinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has appointed Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) to run a fixed income mandate.
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UK trustees are 'confused' about fiduciary concept - Mn
[15:30 CEST 13-10] UK - UK pension trustees misunderstand the fiduciary management concept if they award mandates for part of the portfolio, according to Remco van Eeuwijk of Mn Services.
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Hewitt's Tunningley turns attention to global strategy
[16:40 CEST 12-10] GLOBAL – Andrew Tunningley, head of Hewitt’s UK investment practice, has taken up a new role as global strategy leader, to review both the company’s business potential and create an oversight role to clients’ global investment issues.
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NewsMercer to set PACE on Co-op’s alternatives
[17:00 CEST 06-10] UK – The Cooperative Group’s £5bn (€5.39bn) Pension Average Career Earnings (PACE) scheme has signed Mercer to deliver implemented consulting on its alternatives investments portfolio.
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Mercer to take on Babcock-Borsig pensionskasse
[16:10 CEST 01-10] GERMANY - The pensionskasse of insolvent energy industry service provider Babcock-Borsig will in future be administered by Mercer instead of Swiss Life.
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PA Pension Trustees award fiduciary mandate
[14:45 CEST 30-09] UK – PA Pension Trustees Ltd has become the latest pension fund to award a fiduciary mandate to investment manager BlackRock.
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BAA seeks actuarial advice
[16:50 CEST 29-09] UK – BAA Airports Limited is seeking an actuarial consultant to provide advice to both its defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes.
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NewsMercer picks up a sweet contract
[17:15 CEST 22-09] IRELAND/UK - Mercer has been appointed by Lindt & Sprüngli, the Swiss chocolate manufacturer, to advise its UK and Irish businesses concerning its defined contribution pension plans and risk benefits.
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Havering seeks actuary as DCFS re-tenders TPS admin
[16:50 CEST 21-09] UK – The London Borough of Havering is tendering for an actuarial provider to carry out the triennial valuation of its £283.7m (€313.5m) pension fund in March 2010.
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Pension funds still wary of fiduciary management - survey
[16:10 CEST 15-09] GLOBAL – Very few pension fund professionals plan to outsource the running of their fund to a fiduciary manager, suggest the findings of a survey by bfinance, the manager search consultancy.
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TPR seeks expert advice to help investigations
[17:10 CEST 14-09] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is offering six contracts for expert services including actuarial and risk management advice, to aid in its investigations of serious governance, investment or funding issues.
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Waltham Forest appoints HSBC for investment advice
[17:20 CEST 07-09] UK - The London Borough of Waltham Forest has awarded a £150,000 (€171,585) contract to HSBC Actuaries & Consultants for investment consultancy services to its pension fund. HSBC were chosen from five interested parties who made offers.
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NewsAdvisers to support trustees in search for fiduciary manager
[17:00 CEST 27-08] UK – Four firms which assist pension trustees in the procurement of asset management and consultancy services are expanding their duties to assist trustee boards in their search for fiduciary managers.
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Barnet considers search for custodian
[16:50 CEST 27-08] UK – The London Borough of Barnet is preparing to tender for global custodian services for its £481m (€546m) pension scheme for the first time.
