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Ex-Aon Belgium principals start new firm
BELGIUM – Anne Claes, the former co-head of Aon Consulting in Belgium, has joined some of her former colleagues at a new consulting venture called EIS.
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Thomas Cook axes Watson for Aon
UK – Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting has been axed as investment adviser to the roughly £400m (€586m) Thomas Cook Pension Plan in the UK – the trustees have appointed Aon Consulting following a competitive tendering process.
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Medische Specialisten sets up new organisation
NETHERLANDS - Stichting Pensioenfonds Medische Specialisten, the Dutch medical specialists' pension fund, has set up a professional pension organisation for medical specialists called Beroepsvereniging Medische Specialisten.
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Changeover at F&C in Ireland
IRELAND - Ruth O'Briain, managing director of F&C Asset Management in Ireland, will shortly retire from the industry to be be succeeded by Mercer senior investment consultant and former F&C Irish business development head Grainne Alexander.
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US watchdog putting together consultant probe
GLOBAL – The Government Accountability Office, the US Congress’s investigative arm, is putting together a plan on how to look at potential conflicts of interest in the pension consulting industry.
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Schroders axed over performance at Cheshire
UK – Schroders has been axed from a £500m (€731m) mandate by the £2bn Cheshire County Council pension fund following poor performance.
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Swedish savers put €2.5bn into Kapitalpension
SWEDEN – Swedish savers placed almost SEK23bn (€2.5bn) in the new savings product – the Kapitalpension - during 2005, according to figures from the Swedish Insurance Federation, Försäkringsförbundet.
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UK govt actuary finance chief leaves
UK – Kim Clegg, finance director at the Government Actuary’s Department, is to leave her post to join another government department.
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UK says gilt auction gets “robust” result
UK – The Debt Management Office says its auction of long-dated government bonds has met a “robust result”.
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Watson Wyatt names Urwin to board
GLOBAL - Watson Wyatt Worldwide has named Roger Urwin, its global practice director for investment consulting, to its board of directors.
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Society of Pension Consultants names Ashworth
UK – The Society of Pension Consultants has named Law Debenture’s Mark Ashworth to take over as president from Robert Birmingham.
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Watson advised on 17 UK swaps deals in 2005
UK – Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting says it advised on 17 swap transactions for UK clients last year.
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Ex-Mercer’s Donaldson joins PSolve
UK – PSolve Asset Solutions says it has hired former Mercer Investment Consulting consultant Fiona Donaldson.
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Hewitt nabs ex-HACL’s Riddaway
UK – Former HSBC Actuaries and Consultants (HACL) investment strategy head Bobby Riddaway, has been appointed client consultant at Hewitt Associates.
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State Street wins €950m in UK servicing briefs
UK - State Street says it has won a total of almost £650m (€950.8m) in investment servicing mandates from four separate UK pension fund clients.
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ABN Amro AM names investment strategy head
UK – Former World Bank and IMF consultant Richard Duncan has been promoted to head of investment strategy at ABN Amro Asset Management.
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Commission says Europe needs more ageing reform
EUROPE – The European Commission says European Union governments need to step up reform efforts to deal with their ageing populations.
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GSAM sees consultant-manager line blurred
SWITZERLAND - The line between traditional pension fund consultants and investment managers could become increasingly blurred in the future, the Institutional Fund Management conference has been told.
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Swiss fund loses 92% property allocation case
SWITZERLAND – A small pension fund tied to a co-operative bank in the city of Thun has failed in court to get an exemption from government rules requiring schemes to diversify their holdings.
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French institutions ‘using more consultants’
FRANCE – French institutional investors are now more likely to select their fund managers using external consultants – slowly mirroring the British institutional market, according to research by bfinance.
