All competition and markets authority articles
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NewsBlackRock hires in readiness for boom in fiduciary activity
Alex Pollak to join the asset manager’s UK fiduciary business as head of clients ahead of an expected increase in tenders
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Danish watchdog finds scant competition in DKK2.9trn pensions market
Long-awaited report makes 22 recommendations to bolster competition in pensions market
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Fiduciary market growing, ESG action minimal, says survey
Assets under management up 21%, number of mandates 10%
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LGPS funds to be exempt from fiduciary management rules
DWP consults on new rules for fiduciary managers and investment consultants following CMA investigation
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Energy firm awards Aon £400m fiduciary mandate as new rules bed in [updated]
Schneider Electric awarded fiduciary management contract after competitive tender in accordance with new laws in force since early June
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UK public sector schemes caught in consultant rule change
LGPS funds will be subject to new rules regarding the monitoring of investment consultants and fiduciary managers from December, having previously been exempt
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Mandatory tendering for fiduciary contracts becomes UK law
Pension scheme trustees must conduct a competitive tender for any new fiduciary contract covering 20% or more of assets
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Country Report
Consultants satisfied with competition inquiry outcome
Most institutional advisers accept CMA’s recommendations after months of robust debate with regulators
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Country Report
Pension funds must tender fiduciary mandates, regulator says
UK pension funds must conduct competitive tender for any fiduciary mandate covering more than 20% of assets
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Country Report
Competition inquiry has hindered fiduciary managers, report finds
KPMG sees slowdown in fidiciary expansion but ‘may represent a blip rather than lower growth in the long term’
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Country Report
Fiduciary managers: CMA sticks to its guns after data criticism
Competition regulator still finds adverse effects on competition after revisiting data on fiduciary costs
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UK announces further review of audit market competitiveness
Competition and Markets Authority to fast-track probe into continued dominance of ‘Big Four’ auditors
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Country Report
Mercer hits out at competition regulator’s data use
Data analysis errors ‘cast doubt on the credibility’ of CMA’s call for regulatory intervention in fiduciary management
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UK regulators boost senior oversight teams
TPR hires from FCA as it prepares to take on new powers granted by government
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Country Report
Advisers, fiduciaries respond to ‘softer stance’ from competition regulator
But some dispute the findings of adverse effects on market and customers from the CMA
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Country Report
UK schemes must tender fiduciary contracts, competition body says
CMA finds adverse effects on market competition in investment consulting and fiduciary management sectors
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Country Report
Willis Towers Watson launches bundled service for DB schemes
OneDB combines admin, actuarial and investment services to set schemes on a path to full funding – and, perhaps, consolidation
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'Sharp decline' in UK scheme retendering for investment consultants
Share of schemes retendering down 16 percentage points over past 10 years, according to IC Select
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Country Report
Fiduciary managers back performance reporting standard
IC Select’s guidelines come amid unprecedented regulatory pressure on fiduciary providers
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Country Report
PLSA warns CMA against adding to ‘crowded trustee guidance space’
Competition watchdog also considering measures to inform trustees about switching costs
