Advisers – Page 71

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    Greater Manchester reappoints Hymans

    2006-12-14T15:41:06Z

    UK – The £8.5bn (€12.65bn) Greater Manchester Pension Fund has re-appointed consultancy firm Hymans Robertson as actuary and consultant, it was announced today.

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    Immigration won’t save European PAYG - professor

    2006-12-14T15:37:49Z

    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

    2006-12-12T15:38:14Z

    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

    2006-12-12T15:35:29Z

    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

    2006-12-12T15:30:20Z

    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

    2006-12-12T15:27:27Z

    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

    2006-12-11T16:02:47Z

    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

    2006-12-11T15:59:07Z

    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

    2006-12-11T15:57:52Z

    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)

    2006-12-11T15:57:03Z

    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

    2006-12-08T16:39:35Z

    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

    2006-12-08T16:30:50Z

    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

    2006-12-08T16:29:47Z

    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

    2006-12-07T15:53:32Z

    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

    2006-12-07T15:52:46Z

    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

    2006-12-07T15:50:22Z

    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

    2006-12-07T15:47:09Z

    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

    2006-12-06T16:01:13Z

    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

    2006-12-06T15:59:38Z

    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

    2006-12-05T15:59:54Z

    NETHERLANDS – SPF Beheer says it aims to take on the asset management of up to six pension funds in the next few years.