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Avon calls on HSBC
[16:25 CEST 05-05] UK – Bath and North East Somerset Council has appointed HSBC Actuaries and Consultants to provide full investment consultancy services to the £1.95bn (€2.2bn) Avon Pension Fund.
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Mercer takes on competitors with ‘boutique’ research
[17:00 CEST 28-04] GLOBAL – Mercer, the pensions and investment consultant, has split out its investment manager research into individual asset class ‘boutiques’, in a bid to provide its pension consulting clients with more specialist investment manager data.
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University of Glasgow awards mandate to PwC
[17:05 CEST 27-04] UK – The University of Glasgow has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct its scheme administration and actuarial consultancy services.
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Hewitt to work with W.Yorks pension fund
[17:15 CEST 14-04] UK – Bradford City Council has appointed Hewitt Associates as the new actuarial services provider to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund.
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TPR seeks consultancy for DC review
[16:55 CESt 08-04] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is seeking a consultant to review the risks surrounding defined contribution (DC) schemes and to propose a new regulatory framework.
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Bexley appoints Hewitt for investment
[16:30 CEST 03-04] UK – The London Borough of Bexley has appointed Hewitt Associates as the investment adviser to its £390m (€427m) local government pension fund.
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Mercer and Callan merger is off
[15:15 CEST 31-03] US – Callan Associates, the North America-based adviser to institutional investors, and Mercer Investment Consulting have called off the planner merger of their investment consulting businesses.
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Former Compendeon CEO targets emerging markets
[16:55 CEST 30-03] NETHERLANDS – Erik van Dijk, former chief executive and chief investment officer at Compendeon, has set up a new implemented consulting business with a strong focus on emerging markets.
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Aon and Russell link for fudiciary management
[17:10 CET 24-03] EUROPE – Aon Consulting and multi-manager investment house Russell Investments are teaming up from July this year to deliver pension funds a full fiduciary management service.
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South Yorks seeks bonds as Pioneer delivers GEMs in Somerset
[16:20 CET 24-03] UK – The South Yorkshire Pension Fund is searching for at least one UK corporate bond investment manager with a mandate of up to £300m (€326m).
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Habitat appoints SEI as fiduciary manager
[16:55 CET 17-03] UK – SEI has been appointed as the fiduciary manager to the £24m (€26m) Habitat UK Pension and Life Assurance Plan.
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Trustee knowledge maximises consultancy service
[16:50 CET 17-03] EUROPE – Pension fund executives and trustees can get more from their relationships with and the services delivered by consultants by improving their own knowledge base, suggests a study conducted by IPE.
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Consultants look to the future
[16:50 CET 13-03] GLOBAL – Pension fund consultants must achieve a greater understanding of their clients’ needs and constraints and should consider more closely what investments will benefit them, according to consultants questioned in an IPE study.
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Consultants state position on conflicts of interest
[17:20 CET 11-03] EUROPE – Pensions and investment consultants still appear to be in disagreement when asked whether giving both advice and selling multi-manager investments within a single firm creates conflicts of interest.
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Crisis increases demands on consultants
[16:00 CET 10-03] EUROPE – Pensions and investment consultants say they now expect to face higher scrutiny of their own services by clients as well as challenges to the advice they give, as a result of the recent financial crisis.
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E-based personal accounts need member education
[17:00 CET 09-03] UK – The pensions and investment industry has warned a 'self-service' e-approach to personal account members investment decisions risks "underestimating" the challenges involved in educating consumers.
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Westminster re-tenders advice contracts
[16:55 CET 09-03] UK – The City of Westminster Council has initiated a search for providers of investment and actuarial advice to its local government pension scheme (LGPS).
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NewsPension fund advice leads to take-up of AVCs
[16:00 CET 05-03] UK – The West Midlands Pension Fund is running an initiative giving its over 50s members free financial advice and which has in turn led some members receive an extra 20% tax free on some of their pension savings.
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Credit crisis puts DC back in the spotlight
[15:50 CET 24-02] UK – Employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) pension schemes may have to step up their game as the financial crisis has thrust governance issues into the spotlight, according to research published by Watson Wyatt.
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NewsNAPF updates corporate governance guidelines
[16:06 CET 18-02] UK - The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has updated its Corporate Governance Policy and Voting Guidelines urging investors to adopt a "stronger stance" on companies' application of the Combined Code.
