Advisers – Page 79
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KAS positions for pension pooling, directive
EUROPE – KAS Bank says it is well positioned for the burgeoning European asset pooling and pensions market.
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S&P pension director MacLachlan joins Watson
UK – Watson Wyatt has hired Standard & Poor’s director of pension services Jim MacLachlan as a senior investment consultant.
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Sweden’s PPM appoints S&P, Wassum
SWEDEN – The Swedish Premium Pensions Authority (PPM), facing criticism for its fund selection tool “Lotsen” earlier this month, has appointed rating firms S&P Fund Services and Wassum Rating AB.
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CEE: Exceptional growth
CENTRAL EUROPE - Central and Eastern Europe's second-pillar pension funds recorded exceptional year-on-year growth in 2005, well ahead of the rise in numbers of clients, despite their relatively conservative investment strategies. There have also been relatively few changes in the rankings compared with 2004. There were no changes in the ...
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Netherlands: Interesting times
NETHERLANDS - There's an old Chinese curse that says 'may you live in interesting times'. It might have been coined for the Dutch pensions industry. "All times are interesting, especially for Dutch pension funds," says Jeroen Steenvoorden, director of pension fund for self-employed medical specialists SPMS. "There is so much ...
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Mercer names Italy investment head
ITALY – Nicola Carcano has been named as head of Mercer Investment Consulting in Italy, based in Milan.
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Watson Wyatt says it’s limited in Europe
EUROPE – Watson Wyatt Worldwide says it will be limited in the way it operates its new European subsidiary until the middle of next year.
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Morgan Stanley names European pensions head
EUROPE – Morgan Stanley has confirmed it’s hired PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Neville McKay as the new head of its European Pensions Group.
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Italy-Germany cross-border pension fund planned
EUROPE - PensPlan, the pension services provider of the semi-autonomous Trentino Alto Adige region in northern Italy, is planning to offer a cross-border fund in Germany under the pension directive.
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Norway’s Ringerike seeks pension provider
NORWAY – The pension fund of the Norwegian municipality Ringerike is looking for an occupational pension service provider.
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Two leave Hewitt’s Dutch practice
NETHERLANDS – Investment consultancy firm Hewitt Associates’ Dutch arm has lost senior consultants Dick van den Oever and Eddy Bannet.
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Big UK schemes warm to private equity
UK – Representatives of some of the largest UK pension funds have come out in favour of private equity as an asset class – though they say a “new professionalism” is needed.
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Dutch OPF wants one pensions supervisor
NETHERLANDS - The government should aim for only one pensions regulator instead of two, says the Foundation of Company Pension Funds, or OPF.
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Watson Wyatt replaces Mercer at Northern Electric
UK – The £900m (€1.2bn) Northern Electric Group Pension Scheme has appointed Watson Wyatt as its new investment advisor, after Mercer Investment Consulting came under review.
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Hewitt deepens tie with Sweden’s Löneanalyser
SWEDEN – Hewitt Associates says it is merging with Swedish compensation consultancy Löneanalyser. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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New Swiss pension consulting firm set up
SWITZERLAND – A new Swiss pension consulting firm has been set up by former senior staff at Complementa Investment-Controlling AG.
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Two new Norwegian pension tenders
NORWAY – There are two new Norwegian pensions manager tenders – at municipality Eidskog and the merged Stavanger and Sandnes’ maintenance workers fund.
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Trustees raise the pensions bar
The quality of pensions services is improving as the market for securities services becomes more competitive and driven by external advisers, writes Heather McKenzie
