Advisers – Page 49
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TPR cancels consultant search
[16:50 CEST 01-07] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has cancelled a search for consultants in specialist disciplines such as design consultancy and business management following a review of the procurement process.
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Consultancy merger to create Towers Watson
[10:10 CEST 29-06] GLOBAL – Pensions and investment consultancy giants Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have announced plans to merge their operation, in a deal which values the combined operation at $3.5bn (€2.48bn).
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LAPFF M&S resolution garners more support
[16:40 CEST 25-06] UK – The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) has received backing from proxy voting advisory services for its shareholder resolution to appoint an independent chair to the board of retailer Marks & Spencer by July next year.
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Pension funds criticise PwC's Dutch costs study
[16:00 CEST 25-06] NETHERLANDS - The trade bodies of Dutch pension funds have criticised the findings of a comparative study by PrciewaterhouseCoopers on administration costs of collective pension schemes by insurers and pension funds.
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Clwyd tenders hedge fund portfolio
[16:45 CEST 24-06] UK – Flintshire County Council is seeking an investment manager to run a specialist £40m (€47m) hedge fund portfolio for the Clwyd Pension Fund.
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TPR seeks analytical services to boost offering
[16:55 CEST 22-06] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is seeking participants for a framework agreement providing analytical services to supplement its in-house resources.
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Investment Solutions to deliver 'real' fiduciary management
[16:15 CEST 22-06] UK – Investment Solutions, a UK multi-manager division of Alexander Forbes, has attacked rival investment consultancies for what is says is abuse of the term ‘fiduciary management’.
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A&O to take over Aon’s Dutch pension admin
[15:45 CEST 22-06] NETHERLANDS - Pensions administrator A&O Fondsmanagement will take over the pension administration activities of Aon Consulting Netherlands.
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NewsCapita bolsters offering with Gissings deal
[16:20 CEST 18-06] UK – Capita Hartshead has acquired Gissings Consultancy Services in a move designed to bolster and improve its existing services.
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NewsCampagne signs fiduciary manager
[15:30 CEST 17-06] NETHERLANDS - The €275m agricultural pension fund Campagne has appointed Mn Services as its fiduciary asset manager.
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Britannia files high court claim against advisers
[17:15 CEST 12-06] UK – The pension fund of the Britannia Building Society has filed a High Court claim against some of its advisers related to allegedly negligent equalisation advice.
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Online pensions are coming to Norfolk
[15:45 CEST 04-06] UK – Norfolk County Council has appointed Hymans Robertson to implement an online pensions system to help manage the scheme on behalf of its 50,000 members.
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Cardano to tackle Express Group’s pension solvency
[15:45 CEST 01-06] UK – The UK office of consulting firm Cardano has been appointed as the ‘solvency manager’ to the trustees of the Express Newspapers 1988 Pension Fund.
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Mercer adapts service to aid dynamic de-risking
[15:30 CEST 01-06] UK – Mercer, the consulting firm, has created a spin-off to its implementing consulting service for the UK pensions market, to allow trustees to delegate much of the day-to-day decision-making related to funding levels.
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Punter Southall wins FAS caseworker role
[17:00 CEST 19-05] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed Punter Southall as an external caseworker to help and support trustees of pension schemes entering the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS).
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Croydon pension fund targets GTAA
[17:25 CEST 15-05] UK – Croydon Council is seeking a supplier for the combined roles of providing Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) advice to its pension fund while also managing a £25m (€28m) Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) mandate.
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Irish tourism authority seeks pensions admin
[17:20 CEST 15-05] IRELAND - Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, is tendering a contract for consultancy and administration services to its three pension funds.
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ATP heads up personal accounts admin shortlist
[17:20 CEST 13-05] UK – ATP is among a shortlist of four potential suppliers of scheme administration services for the new system of personal accounts.
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Life expectancy ‘rising faster than forecast’
[17:15 CEST 13-05] NETHERLANDS - The life expectancy of the Dutch population has increased much more than initially forecast, the Actuarial Society (AG) has suggested.
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Vopak swaps Mn Services for BlackRock
[16:15 CEST 12-05] NETHERLANDS - After a lengthy evaluation process, the pension scheme of Vopak, storage provider for bulk liquids, has given a fiduciary mandate worth €500m to Black Rock.
