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Cardano debuts new consultancy model in UK
[17:00 CEST 19-07] UK - Cardano, the Rotterdam-based consultant specialising in derivatives and risk, is now actively competing against mainstream UK firms for investment consulting business.
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Mortality assumptions increase liability by £50m
[14:30 CEST 19-07] UK – Pension schemes’ liabilities could increase by a quarter because of the wide range of mortality assumptions used, a study has found.
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Hampshire stays with Bramdean alternatives
[12:02 CEST 19-07] UK – The £2.5bn (€3.7bn) Hampshire County Council Pension Fund has renewed its contract with UK-based multi-manager Bramdean Asset Management in a push for alternatives, IPE has learnt today.
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Pension fund regs hamper trustee search
[16:00 CEST 17-06] UK - More than a third a UK pension schemes are having trouble recruiting trustees because of increasing regulatory pressures on pension fund trustees, a study has found.
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Docters van Leeuwen descends with 10 commandments
[17:00 CEST 12-07] NETHERLANDS – Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, exiting chairman of the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM), has called for greater fiscal transparency and exemption from dividend tax for pension funds.
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£3bn NI scheme appoints new custodian
[13:09 CEST 12-07] UK – The £3bn (€4.5bn) Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) has appointed HSBC Securities Services as its new custodian.
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Hymans steps up quantitative approach
[16:45 CEST 11-07] UK – The consultant Hymans Robertson will offer its clients a quantitatively-based manager research database to cope with the growing number of asset management products.
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ABN Amro sells custody business
[16:34 CEST 05-07] GLOBAL – Dutch bank ABN Amro has exited the asset servicing business with the sale of its 50% stake in custody joint venture ABN Amro Mellon to the newly merged Bank of New York Mellon.
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Northern Trust under review at Strathclyde
[17:07 CEST 03-07] UK - The £9.6bn (€14.1bn) Strathclyde pension fund is looking for a custodian.
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BonyM merger completed
GLOBAL – The Bank of New York and Mellon have announced the finalisation of their merger that creates the largest custodian with over $18trn (€13.3trn) in assets under custody and administration.
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Feri sells Fund Market Information
[17:00 CEST 28-06] UK/GERMANY – Fund research specialist Feri Fund Market Information (Feri FMI) is to become part of Lipper, Reuters' specialist fund subsidiary.
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Norwegian giant tenders tax advice
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) is seeking a tax adviser on investments of the NOK1.88trn (€236.3bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.
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Heubeck forms pensions venture with Sparkassen
[17:10 CEST 21-06] GERMANY – Heubeck AG, Germany’s best-known actuary, has formed a joint venture with state-owned savings banks (Sparkassen) to provide corporate clients of the banks with actuarial and pension administration services.
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Bosch chooses actuary
[16:56 CEST 15-06] GERMANY – White goods producer Bosch has chosen BodeHewitt as its pensions actuary for the company from 2008.
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Features
Multi boutiques make their mark
Sophia Grene examines how some asset managers have developed a multi-specialist model
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20/20 vision on 130/30 funds
It is increasingly attractive but not all managers can offer it. Richard Phillipson finds out why
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Getting to know your providers
Effective management of external service providers is critical to the proper functioning of any fund management business, says John Donohoe
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Who makes the grade in Asia?
In the first of two articles, Debra Ng of Albourne Partners summarises hedge fund due diligence process around the region, based on the group's research
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Following the RFP paper chase
The request for proposals (RFP), the questionnaire that a pension fund sends to asset management firms when tendering for new business, inspires mixed feelings in both pension fund managers and investment managers. To some, RFPs are the unnecessary hoops that hopeful asset managers are forced to jump though to win ...
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Sizing up the cost of pensions
New funding regulations are forcing pension funds to run more efficiently, but do larger schemes have an advantage over their smaller peers? Rachel Fixsen reports
