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Belgian builders appoint Hewitt
BELGIUM – Belgian industry-wide construction workers’ scheme PensioB has appointed Hewitt Associates to design a tailor-made pension administration tool.
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Philips sets up Luxembourg pan-European scheme
LUXEMBOURG – Electronics giant Philips has set up a Luxembourg-based pan-European pension fund in accordance with the IORP directive on occupational pension funds.
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Ex-ABP chief outlines Axial strategy
NETHERLANDS/UK – Jan Straatman, the former capital markets head at Dutch pension giant ABP, has outlined his investment strategy for new London-based asset manager Axial.
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Pensions panacea
Pension Revolutionby Keith Ambachtsheer ISBN 13/978-0-470-08723-7 Price: $80 (€60) hardcover 336 pages hardback John Wiley & Sons n his preface, Keith Ambachtsheer dedicates his third book to the idea that the adverse events of the first half of this decade have finally created the conditions to realise the pensions vision ...
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Beyond nationhood
The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income Edited by Gordon Clark, Alicia Munnell and Michael Orszag, with the assistance of Kate Williams. ISBN-10: 0-19-927246-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927246-4 936 pages hardback Price: £85 (€124) Oxford University Press This is a welcome new handbook and it is easy to predict that it ...
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Attracting talented managers is not just a money game
Most pension funds cannot match the salaries big asset management companies offer for top class asset managers. But they have other perks, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Next steps for IAS19
The IFRIC is charged with interpreting accounting standards such as IAS19. Stephen Bouvier examines its current project on the interplay between the asset ceiling and minimum funding requirements
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Derbyshire re-appoints Mercer
UK –The £970m (€1.52bn) Derbyshire County Council Pension Fund has re-appointed Mercer Human Resource Consulting as its actuary.
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ABN Amro Mellon to join BoNY - custody experts
GLOBAL – ABN Amro Mellon customers might become Bank of New York Mellon customers in future, custody experts told IPE.
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Hewitt replaced by Hymans at University of Exeter
UK – The £65m (€95.64m) University of Exeter Retirement Benefits Scheme (ERBS) has replaced its investment consultant Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow, the UK business of Hewitt Associates, as part of an on-going review of service providers.
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Cardano in UK recruitment drive
UK – Rotterdam-based derivatives specialist Cardano Risk Management will open its first office in the UK during the summer.
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Web-based investment research exchange to launch
UK – AQ Research, a London-based independent provider of analysis of the quality of stockbrokers' research in Europe, is to launch a web-based investment research exchange in April.
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West Midlands seeks direct property manager
UK – The West Midlands pension fund is looking for a manager for its £560m (€824.6m) direct UK property portfolio.
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Irish Pensions Board urges use of pensions calculator
IRELAND – Increasing longevity in Ireland makes it vital to make sufficient pension contributions at the right time, said Brendan Kennedy, chief executive of the Irish Pensions Board.
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Cypriots leave €2bn in retirement assets at the bank
CYPRUS – Banks are sitting on €2bn of pension fund assets, according to a survey by consultancy, Hewitt’s Cypriot arm.
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Feri loses hedge fund specialists (UPDATED)
GERMANY – FERI Institutional Advisors (FIA), the German investment consultant, has lost its entire hedge fund advisory team, as well as Werner Goricki, the head of the unit, it has emerged. Yesterday, IPE reported that FIA had lost Goricki and two members.
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ISS says no to DSM dividend
NETHERLANDS – Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the international consultant for institutional investors and investment managers has advised its clients to vote against Dutch chemicals firm DSM’s loyalty dividend.
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JP Morgan and State Street under review at Devon
UK – The £2bn (€2.9bn) Devon County Council Pension Fund is reviewing its custodians JP Morgan and State Street, who together hold an £800m custody mandate for the fund.
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Aon Consulting sells off SSAS client portfolio
UK – Pensions consultant Barnett Waddingham has acquired Aon’s consulting and trustee services for Small Self Administered Schemes (SSAS).
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Confidence and commitment
Information gathering and setting out clear terms and conditions from the beginning will help maintain a successful partnership with a fund manager, Shayla Walmsley reports
