All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 130
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International pension supervisor group set up
GLOBAL – A new international organisation of private pension supervisors called the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors has been set up.
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Hewitt reports lower UK retirement consulting
EUROPE – Hewitt Associates, in its third-quarter earnings report, has reported it is seeing lower retirement plan consulting revenue at its UK arm.
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EFRP says committees could “hamper” dialogue
EUROPE – The European Federation for Retirement Provision has said that the remit of the EU’s new pension and insurance committees could “hamper” discussion on how finance issues fit with social and labour law.
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UK's Fujitsu awards E1.9bn TAA brief to BGI
UK – Fujitsu Services has awarded Barclays Global Investors an active global tactical asset allocation mandate for its 1.3 billion-pound (1.9 billion-euro) pension fund.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund tenders E100m
NETHERLANDS – A pension fund in the Netherlands has tendered an actively managed emerging markets equity brief worth 100 million euros via IPE-Quest.
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Italy’s lower house passes pensions reform
ITALY – MPs in the Italian parliament’s lower house have backed prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s controversial pensions reform, in a vote of confidence, by 333 for and 148 against.
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Berlusconi facing confidence vote over pensions
ITALY – Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was today facing a vote of confidence over pension reform plans.
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Fidelity names Nordic institutional head
NORDIC – Fidelity Investments has hired an associate partner from consulting firm McKinsey & Co. as the head of its Nordic institutional business, a new role.
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French utilities’ pensions still unsure – report
FRANCE – Despite the recent approval of the French energy law, there are still uncertainties over the pension arrangements of Electricité de France and Gaz de France, Moody’s says.
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JLT eyes employee benefits acquisitions
EUROPE – Consulting firm Jardine Lloyd Thompson says it has looked at possible acquisitions in the employee benefits industry in the UK.
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Mercer’s strength offsets weak Putnam - MMC
GLOBAL – Marsh & McLennan says strength in its Mercer consulting arm and Marsh insurance unit offset weakness at asset management division Putnam in the second quarter.
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Singer & Friedlander’s Kunzer joins CSAM
UK – Richard Kunzer has left Singer & Friedlander Investment Management in the UK and re-joined Credit Suisse Asset Management.
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UK: independent trustees get code of guidance
UK – The Independent Pension Trustee Group has launched a voluntary code of guidance for professional trustees – saying the code meets a need.
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Pension directive impedes single market – FEFSI
EUROPE – The European investment fund association FEFSI says the European pension directive represents a “serious impediment” to the single market for financial services.
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Lehman names European transition head
EUROPE – Lehman Brothers has named Paul Marchington, formerly of Deutsche Bank, as managing director and European head of transition management.
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Watson Wyatt LLP still looking for acquisitions
EUROPE – Watson Wyatt LLP, the UK-based consulting firm, says it is still looking for acquisitions - in a market where it faces “opportunities and threats”.
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CEIOPS pension committee seeks consensus
EUROPE - The European Union's Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pension Supervisors has stated it will seek to "build consensus where possible".
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T. Rowe Price hiring staff as earnings surge
GLOBAL – T. Rowe Price Group says its second-quarter net income rose 49% to 80.3 million dollars (66.52 million euros) – with staff numbers rising six percent since the start of the year.
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Swiss pension funds slip in 2nd quarter – report
SWITZERLAND – Swiss pension funds fell –1.1% in the second quarter, said performance measurement firm InterSec Switzerland in a report.
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German funds set to increase equities – survey
GERMANY – German pension funds and insurers are likely to increase their weighting to equities in the medium to long term, according to a survey by Heissmann Consultants.
