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Immigration won’t save European PAYG - professor
EUROPE – Immigration won’t come to the rescue of Europe’s pay-as-you-go pension systems, argues Harvard professor Martin Feldstein.
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Netspar in €3m pensions research push
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pensions research institute Netspar is to subsidise three pension research projects with €3m, the organisation announced today.
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Hewitt launches pension consultancy in Hungary
HUNGARY – Hewitt Associates is strengthening its office in Budapest with two new businesses, namely a European pensions actuarial services team and a pensions and benefit finance consulting unit.
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Threadneedle hires FERI’s Roll for Germany
GERMANY – Threadneedle Investments has recruited Oliver Roll from German investment consultant FERI as its new head of institutional business for Germany, IPE has learned.
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ABP, SSGA expand alliance with $1.1bn
GLOBAL – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP and State Street Global Advisors have expanded their State Street Global Alliance partnership with an extra $1.1bn (€830m).
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British Steel fund gets sweeter offer
UK – The pension fund of steelmaker Corus is to get more cash under a new offer for the company from Brazil’s CSN.
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New Dutch flower sellers’ pension fund launched
NETHERLANDS - A new industry-wide pension scheme for the Dutch flower sellers has been established, pensions provider AZL has announced.
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Groupe expects changes to assumptions under IORP
EUROPE – The Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Européen says it expects to see “significant” changes in the way discount rates and other pension fund assumptions are determined under the occupational pension fund directive.
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Faros passes €40bn mark (Correct)
GERMANY – Faros Consulting, the Frankfurt investment consultant launched three years ago, says it has surpassed the €40bn mark in terms of the volume of institutional assets under advice (Deletes incorrect mandate reference).
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New investment advisory firm set up
UK - A new investment advisory business has been set up to help mid-size companies cut their pension deficits.
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Nestlé launches pension advisory group
EUROPE – Nestlé, the Swiss food group, has confirmed the January 1 launch of a new pension advisory unit and a new asset management unit to serve its pension schemes worldwide.
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Consultants, clients concerned over BoNY-Mellon
GLOBAL – The merger announced this week by custody providers Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corp. has been greeted with concern by consultants, pension fund clients and industry insiders.
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Amicus sees DB/DC template for Bank of Ireland
IRELAND – A deal on the creation of a hybrid DB/DC at the Irish Life & Permanent TSB bank might be a model for resolving the Bank of Ireland dispute, the union Amicus says.
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Threadneedle names global head of consultants
GLOBAL - Threadneedle Investments has named Morley’s Angus Scrace as global head of consultants and investment specialists, a new role.
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Aon launches pension scheme insurance
UK – Insurance broking and risk management firm Aon has launched a pension scheme insurance product.
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UK board wants buy-out disclosure
UK – The UK’s Accounting Standards Board has unveiled new requirements in a bid to improve the disclosure of pensions information – although some observers said it was a “disclosure too far”.
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Mercer principal Stocker joins Lane Clark & Peacock
UK - Lane Clark & Peacock says it has hired Mercer Human Resource Consulting principal Mark Stocker as partner within its London actuarial team.
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Watson Wyatt’s DC ‘gateway’ gets £2bn
UK – Watson Wyatt says its new defined contribution “Investment Gateway” has attracted at least 20 pension schemes and more than £2bn (€2.96bn) of assets.
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SPF Beheer aims to take on six pension clients
NETHERLANDS – SPF Beheer says it aims to take on the asset management of up to six pension funds in the next few years.
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Societe Generale under review at Kent CC
UK – The £2.4bn (€3.6bn) Kent County Council Superannuation Scheme is tendering a £350m UK equities mandate currently held by Societe Generale Asset Management.
