Advisers – Page 84
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ABP takes 100% stake in Loyalis as levensloop comes under fire
NETHERLANDS - Civil service pension fund ABP has increased its stake in its subsidiary company Loyalis from 20% to 100%, it has announced.
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Mercer partner Cowling quits to join JLT arm
UK – Charles Cowling, long-term worldwide partner at Mercer Human Resources Consulting, has quit to join pensions advisory outfit Pension Capital Strategies (PCS) as managing director.
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New models but same game
A lot is expected of pension trustees these days – more than is reasonable for them to cope with on their own or relying on just their current advice, some would say. However, they are being offered affordable extra help, including for the provision of investment banking-style services that they ...
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F&C Netherlands makes hires
EUROPE – Liesbeth Rutgers, fixed income chief at private banking outfit Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers, has been appointed institutional business co-director at F&C Netherlands.
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Netherlands to force funds to disclose voting
NETHERLANDS - Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm wants to force pension funds, insurers and banks to disclose the way they vote at company annual general meetings.
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Watson Wyatt hires Aon’s Hoile
UK - David Hoile, head of Aon Consulting’s UK investment research division, has quit to join Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting’s asset research team.
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Dutch schemes face sanctions from AFM regulator
NETHERLANDS – The Autoriteit Financiële Markten financial market watchdog says dozens of Dutch pension funds still don’t fully comply with its market conduct rules.
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Avon tenders for pensions consultant
UK – The roughly £1.9bn (€2.7bn) Avon pension fund administered by the Bath and North East Somerset Council is tendering for a pensions consultant.
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IPE-QUEST: German pension fund tenders equities
GERMANY – Swiss investment consultant Kottmann Advisory has tendered €100m in small and mid-cap European equities on behalf of a German pension fund client via IPE-Quest.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund tenders fiduciary
NETHERLANDS – Consulting firm Avida International is looking for fiduciary managers for a multibillion-euro Dutch pension fund client via IPE-Quest.
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Law firm Freshfields rejigs pensions leadership
GLOBAL - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has named Hamburg partner Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt as the sole head of its global pensions practice.
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PPM tenders fund rating services
SWEDEN - Sweden’s Premium Pension Authority, PPM, says it intends to purchase fund rating services.
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Lane Clark parent gets private equity approach
UK – Alexander Forbes, the South African-based parent company of UK actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock, is in talks with private equity investors about a sale of the entire group.
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CBRE in deal with Oxford Property Consultants
REAL ESTATE – UK real estate research and investment firm Oxford Property Consultants has inked a deal with CB Richard Ellis.
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CalPERS names asset allocation consultants
GLOBAL – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the $210bn (€163.8bn) public pensions giant, has “tentatively” selected contractors for asset allocation consulting, securities lending services and administration of supplemental savings programmes.
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EFRP celebrates 25th anniversary
EUROPE – The European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP), which represents occupational pension plans in the EU and candidate states, is today celebrating its 25th anniversary in Brussels.
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Unilever UK scheme taps Mercer for advice
UK – Unilever’s roughly £4.3bn (€6.3bn) UK pension scheme has axed Russell Investment Group as investment consultant in favour of Mercer, scheme chief investment officer Wendy Mayall confirmed today.
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North Yorkshire axes JP Morgan from €1.7bn
UK – The roughly £1.15bn (€1.7bn) North Yorkshire Pension Fund has axed JP Morgan as global custodian, a scheme official confirmed today.
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Former FIM Group chief executive faces jail
FINLAND – The former chief executive of Finnish broking and asset management group FIM, Seppo Sairanen, has been sentenced to jail by the District Court of Helsinki for alleged fraud.
