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DeAM, Trinkaus in running for Henkel CTA
GERMANY – Industry sources say Deutsche Asset Management and HSBC’s Trinkhaus Capital Management may be in line to advise chemicals firm Henkel on its planned contractual trust arrangement – an external fund to finance more than €1bn in pension liabilities.
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Janus names consultant relations director
GLOBAL - Janus Capital Group has named Brad Gillman as director of consultant relations at Janus Institutional Asset Management.
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Study finds pension funds are fickle
EUROPE – Pension funds are the most fickle of all European institutional investors when it comes to asset managers, according to a new study.
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UK actuarial standards board chair named
UK – Former Laurentian Financial Group chief executive Paul Seymour has been appointed chairman of the UK’s new actuarial standards board.
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MEAG targets third-party growth
GERMANY – MEAG, the asset management arm of reinsurance giant Munich Re, plans to expand its third-party business by between 25-30% annually, according to Robert Helm, managing director at MEAG responsible for third-party business.
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Shier to chair Groupe Consultatif pensions group
EUROPE – Hewitt’s Philip Shier has taken over as chairman of the Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Européen’s Pensions Committee from Watson Wyatt’s Paul Thornton.
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Buck’s investment research head Treich exits
UK – Rob Treich, head of investment research at Buck Consultants, has left to join Mercer Investment Consulting.
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Retired rich are huge untapped market -- McKinsey
UK -- Retiring and retired individuals in Europe represent a huge opportunity for any player which really decides to focus on the market, according to management consultants McKinsey in a recent report.
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Dutch experts split over pensions body
NETHERLANDS -- Opinion on the need for a specialised Dutch pensions ministry is sharply divided.
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Turner Report – the reaction
UK – The release of the Turner report – the second by the Pensions Commission tasked with reviewing challenges facing UK pensions - has attracted mixed responses from across the pensions industry.
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Benefiting from backlash
In the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation of potential conflicts of interest in consulting firms, small independent consultants are finding themselves in vogue – and they are determined to hold on to their position in the long term by proving that they offer superior service. Since ...
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Robeco names consultant relations head
NETHERLANDS – Robeco Asset Management, hit by a “disappointing” asset inflow in the first half, has hired a head of consultant relations.
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Mercer’s Dutch chief Verschuren to leave
NETHERLANDS – Frank Verschuren, general director of Mercer Human Resources Consulting Netherlands, is to leave the firm after 25 years.
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Uncertainty over BaFin real estate stress tests
GERMANY – BaFin, the German financial services regulator, has yet to make a decision on whether to include real estate investments in the so-called “stress tests” that it requires German lifer insurers and insurance-tied pension funds to undergo.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss fund tenders €258m of debt
SWITZERLAND – Consultant MBS Capital Advice has tendered up to CHF400m (€258m) in euro zone and Swiss debt on behalf of a Swiss pension fund client via IPE-Quest.
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Multinationals wary of UK pension levies
UK – High Pension Protection Fund levies and the “illogical and unfair” risk assessment calculations could drive multinational companies out of the UK, according to market commentators.
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Italy’s Previcooper looking for asset managers
ITALY - Previcooper, the €70m complementary pension fund for employees of Italy’s distribution cooperatives, is looking for at least three asset managers.
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BGI’s Groenendijk joins Pensioenfonds Vervoer
NETHERLANDS – Barclays Global Investors principal Patrick Groenendijk has left to become head of investments at the €5bn Pensioenfonds Vervoer, the industry-wide transport sector pension fund.
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Watson Wyatt’s Eyre joins Mercer
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has hired Watson Wyatt’s Peter Eyre as a principal based in London.
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Watson Wyatt hires Russell’s Penfold
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has hired Russell Investment Group’s Robin Penfold as a senior investment consultant.
