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Merchant Navy treads fiduciary path (updated)
[17:00 CEST 26-09] UK – Executives of the UK’s Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Funds have asked existing investment consultant Watson Wyatt to alter its duties and effectively deliver fiduciary management to the pension plans.
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NewsNorthants rehires Mercer in a new role
[16:40 CEST 26-09] UK – Northamptonshire County Council has hired Mercer an investment consultant to support its running of the pension fund, just weeks after appointing a new actuary to replace them.
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LPFA reviews actuary
[17:00 CEST 24-09] UK – The London Pension Fund Authority is tendering a mandate for actuarial services to support its work in managing pensions.
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£1.3bn Thales fund appoints Cardano
[16:20 CEST 24-09] UK – The £1.3bn (€1.64bn) UK corporate pension fund of French defence electronics company Thales has appointed Dutch Cardano consultancy’s London operation to act as its investment adviser.
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Mercer trio launches new Irish consultancy
[16:00 CEST 17-09] IRELAND – John Feely, the former head of Mercer retirement solutions in Ireland, and Maurice Whyms, former chief executive of Mercer Dublin, have launched a new consultancy company focusing on pensions, human resources and financial services.
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TPR seeks consultants for specialist disciplines
[15:20 CEST 15-09] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is seeking a number of specialist consultants in at least five areas including actuarial services and branding, as part of a new framework agreement.
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NewsWatson Wyatt warns of Belgian pension crisis
[16:55 CEST 12-09] BELGIUM – Belgian employers over-estimate the benefits they provide to their employees so failure to take appropriate measures could result in a pension crisis, consultancy firm Watson Wyatt warned today.
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NewsAon hires new German CEO to push business
[16:55 CEST 10-09] GERMANY – Marco Arteaga, the chairman of the management board of Mercer Deutschland, has been appointed the new chief executive of Aon Consulting in Germany.
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Work pension valued most by old and rich - WW
[16:00 CEST 19-08] GERMANY – The more German employees earn and the closer they get to retirement the more they value supplementary pension arrangements at their workplace, Watson Wyatt Heissmann has discovered.
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Ealing re-tenders pensions investment consulting
[15:45 CEST 08-08] UK – The London Borough of Ealing is reviewing Mercer’s position as investment consultant to the pension fund, in line with its regulatory duty to do so.
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Capacity of buyout providers in doubt
[14:15 CEST 06-08] UK – Consultancy firm Aon has warned pension buyout providers are buckling under the weight of current buyout demand and are struggling to cope with requests.
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Special ReportWorking in an unwelcoming environment
Although the pension consulting market is still very small, competition is fierce, Charles Neilan finds
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NewsBöhm joins consultancy network
[15:35 CEST 05-08] GERMANY/GLOBAL – German consultancy Böhm – soon to become Funk Böhm Consultants – has joined Abelica Global, formerly known as Milliman Global, one of the largest networks of actuaries and consultants worldwide.
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NewsHewitt and Paternoster disagree on pension transfers
[16:30 CEST 01-08] UK – Consultancy company Hewitt and UK pension buyout firm Paternoster have gone head-to-head over the issue of incentivising defined benefit pension scheme members to transfer out of corporate pension schemes.
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NewsHackney seeks admin provider to replace LPFA
[15:45 CEST 01-08] UK – The London Borough of Hackney is seeking a new provider of pension administration and pension payroll services ahead of the expiry of its current contract with the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) next year.
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FeaturesGrowing in importance
Previously epitomising debt, default and hyperinflation, emerging markets now contribute more than the US to world growth. Joseph Mariathasan investigates if they are suitably decoupled from the credit crunch to be a safe haven or is it just a commodity-led boom?
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Flynn to share BoI pensions experience
[15:00 CEST 30-07] IRELAND – Frank Flynn, former head of group pensions at the Bank of Ireland, has opened a pension consultancy business to share his expertise with businesses and pension funds reviewing their pensions strategies and governance.
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£1.2bn Trafalgar House fund replaces Hewitt (amended)
[15:00 CEST 30-07] UK - The £1.2bn (€1.5bn) pension fund of the former UK property conglomerate Trafalgar House has appointed Dutch consultant Cardano as its new investment adviser, replacing Hewitt.
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Alexander Forbes offers TrustEase relief
[16:50 CEST 28-07] UK – Alexander Forbes Trustee Services has today launched a service that it claims frees insolvency practitioners (IPs) from the liability of being a trustee of an insolvent company’s defined contribution (DC) pension scheme.
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PPF seeks actuarial software provider
[14:45 CEST 25-07] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is seeking a software provider for services enabling the organisation's actuarial team to complete its job.
