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RBC Dexia tops R&M custody survey
EUROPE - RBC Dexia Services has topped the latest poll of custody providers organised by R&M Consultants.
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Hewlett in Germany taps GSAM, SSGA
GERMANY – The pension fund for Hewlett-Packard Deutschland has awarded two fixed income mandates to Goldman Sachs Asset Management and one emerging market equity brief to State Street Global Advisors.
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Ex-Watson’s Douse sets up own firm
EUROPE - Former Watson Wyatt partner Sue Douse has opened her own specialist advisory and marketing outfit with institutional funds as its main client base.
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France’s AFPEN working on longevity bond
FRANCE – AFPEN, the French association of pension funds and retirement regimes, is currently working on a longevity instrument based around annuity futures, IPE understands.
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Hewitt CEO sees industry consolidation
GLOBAL – Dale Gifford, chief executive of Hewitt Associates, expects to see further consolidation in the human resources consulting and outsourcing industry in the coming years.
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Raise dividends for stable investors, says ABP
NETHERLANDS - Roderick Munsters, chief investment officer at Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has urged companies to pay higher dividends to stable investors.
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Mercer hires three for Nordic expansion
LONDON – Mercer Investment Consulting has announced the expansion of its Nordic operations following three new senior hires.
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Actuaries ‘lack enthusiasm’ for longevity bonds
UK – Actuaries have expressed scepticism about the potential for the longevity bonds market to take off.
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Evaluating performance
Evangelism is in short supply in the pensions industry. So it is refreshing to find odd voices that are full of belief. Two such belong to Kevin Sime and Roger Brown of Blacket Research in Edinburgh. Blacket is an independent business seeking ways to evaluate the advice given by investment ...
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Consultants refocus agenda
The law on occupational pensions in Belgium and the European pension fund directive both have a major impact on the management of occupational pensions, says Jos Verlinden of M&P Consult. “Although the directive in itself does not bring a revolution to pension funds in Belgium, the supervisory authority has drafted ...
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How to choose an adviser
In a marketplace crowded with specialist fund managers, many pension funds rely heavily on a consultant to help them search for what they want and haggle once they have found it. But choosing a consultant in the first place, and then later deciding whether to keep the one they have, ...
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Giving good advice
While trustees at pension funds may not always be experts in every field of investment, it hardly seems to matter when not only consultants, but banks and asset managers are only too willing to advise them. Some argue that the independent advice of consultancy firms is the only advice worth ...
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Hewitt launches specialist UK DC team
UK – Hewitt Associates has formed a new consulting team to provide retirement planning and investment strategy for defined contribution pension schemes.
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Dutch VB sees drop in premium revenues
NETHERLANDS – There will be a roughly 3% or €500m drop overall in premium revenues of Dutch industry-wide pension funds in 2006, according to the VB, the Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds.
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Lehman nabs Rubenstein for new pensions group
UK – Lehman Brothers has hired Alan Rubenstein, head of Morgan Stanley’s European pensions group, to launch a new pensions group.
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UK nuclear scheme tenders investment consulting
UK – The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the body charged with cleaning up the UK’s atomic energy industry, has tendered for investment consulting services for the proposed Nuclear Decommissioning Industry-wide Pension Schemes (or IWS).
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AP3 considering portable alpha
SWEDEN – Tredje AP-fonden, the roughly €20bn Third National Pension Fund/AP3, is currently brainstorming about portable alpha – although there is no guarantee it will be implemented.
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Up to 3,000 jobs go in Achmea-Interpolis merger
NETHERLANDS – Between 2,500 and 3,000 jobs are to go in the next three years as Dutch pension management firms Achmea and Interpolis merge.
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UK consultants see limited conflict of interest
UK – The Society of Pension Consultants, responding to comments from the financial watchdog, says there is only “limited” scope for potential conflicts of interest in advising pension trustees and asset managers.
