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Low growth seen in pension consulting market
UK – Pension funds are increasingly reluctant to join hands with actuarial and investment consultants, according to a magazine survey.
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Pensions driving tenfold rise in swaps – Barclays
UK – Pension fund demand is behind a tenfold increase in inflation-linked swaps activity at Barclays Capital, executives say.
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Gissings helps KLM UK scheme opt for Blue Sky
UK – The KLM (UK) Pension and Life Assurance scheme has appointed Blue Sky Group as new fund manager for its £34.8m scheme following an investment review by adviser Gissings.
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Regulator appoints trustees at Hoverspeed
UK – The Pensions Regulator has appointed HR Trustees to take over the £16m (€23.9m) pension fund of insolvent ferry firm Hoverspeed.
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GSAM-backed pension academy launches
UK – The Westminster Business School’s Pension Investment Academy today with backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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Most actuaries fail communication exam
UK - The Actuarial Profession's communications exam is failed by almost two-thirds of those who take it, says Institute of Actuaries president Nick Dumbreck.
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Mercer replaces chief executive
GLOBAL – Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s chief executive Michael Caulfield is to retire and be replaced by Michele Burns, chief financial officer at parent firm Marsh & McLennan Companies.
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Row over Aer Lingus deficit ahead of sale
IRELAND – The Aer Lingus pension deficit could be almost double the originally estimated shortfall, an unpublished report commissioned on behalf of the Irish state airline’s unions warns.
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Whitbread fund appoints Watson Wyatt
UK – The £1.2bn (€1.8bn) Whitbread Group Pension Fund have appointed Watson Wyatt as its investment consultant.
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Mercer names bundled pension services chief
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed Chris Evans as leader of its bundled pension services operations in the UK - Mercer Retirement Solutions and Mercer Employee Benefits.
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Hewitt’s Duff attacks real estate managers
REAL ESTATE - Most real estate fund managers aren’t fit for purpose, according to Nick Duff, real estate partner at Hewitt Associates. [This story first appeared on IPERealEstate.com.]
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UK public pensions liability now €1.5trn – report
UK – The UK’s public pensions liability has been put at more than £1trn (€1.5trn) by a new study, according to a report in the Times.
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German media fund hires FAROS
GERMANY – Baden-Badener Pensionskasse (BBP), a €246m pension fund for employees at public television and radio stations, has hired German consultant Faros to search for a global custodian and a provider of so-called “master funds”.
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Lewisham considers alternative assets
UK – The £505m (€752m) London Borough of Lewisham pension fund is the next in line planning to go into alternative investments.
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Cambridge tenders €44m currency brief
UK - Cambridgeshire County Council has tendered a £30m (€44.7m) currency mandate.
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KEVA, AlpInvest in Polish private equity move
POLAND – Finland’s KEVA and the Dutch pension fund-owned AlpInvest are among the institutional backers of a new Polish private equity fund.
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Hewitt Associates forms Turkish alliance
TURKEY – Hewitt Associates has formed a human resources and actuarial consulting alliance with Turkish management consulting company IDE Consulting.
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Dutch pension taxation case hailed by E&Y
NETHERLANDS – A recent judgement by a Dutch court could put an end to income tax on foreign pension schemes, according to accountants Ernst & Young.
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Commission set up to review UK rail pensions
UK - An independent Railway Pensions Commission has been set up by the rail unions and employers to review the current railways pensions scheme, chaired by former Pensions Commission member Jeannie Drake.
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DeAM names global consultant relations head
GLOBAL – Susan Small has been appointed as new global head of consultant relations at Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM), the global investment bank announced today.
