All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 23
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NewsMn Services plans UK debut
[10:00 CEST 23-05] UK/NETHERLANDS - Mn Services, the Dutch pension provider and fiduciary manager, is in the advanced stages of recruiting an individual to head a UK office slated for opening by the end of the year.
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NewsWatson Wyatt calls on pension funds to review focus
[14:00 CEST 15-05] GLOBAL - Pension funds should reduce their external investment management costs by 10 basis points and use this saving to increase their internal resources, consulting firm Watson Wyatt has suggested.
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Funding: getting it off your chest
The Pensionsfonds vehicle was created in to fund pension liabilities off balance sheet. Liam Kennedy assesses views on funding trends in German corporates
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NewsGerman pensions "suffer advice gap"
[14:00 CEST 07-04] GERMANY – The German funded pension system is suffering from a lack of quality advice provision for individuals, Prof Bert Rürup told today’s Handelsblatt occupational pensions conference in Berlin.
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FeaturesThe sleeping giant of Valley Forge
A triumvirate of US asset managers dominate passive investment. Between them, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), Vanguard and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) manage over $3.5trn (€2.3trn). But while BGI and SSgA have built hedge fund and active management businesses, and have swept up business in European pension markets, Vanguard has ...
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Fortis Investments looks to fiduciary
The fortunes of a CEO can vary with the tides, particularly when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Sometimes a merger makes their position redundant; other times it can catapult the CEO to the helm of a new entity that has changed beyond recognition. Fortis Investments’ future was ...
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NewsHewitt reveals details of its delegated consulting future
[11:00 CET 05-03] GLOBAL - Hewitt is to offer pooled liability matching fund and a diversified growth fund as part of its move to what it terms delegated consulting, the firm has confirmed.
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Special ReportInvestment consultants forum
Liam Kennedy spoke to senior figures from Hewitt, Mercer and Watson Wyatt about the new partnership-based relationships that they are forging with their clients
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Shades of asset management
Sinopia, HSBC Investments’ Paris-based quantitative asset management unit, shares its name with a red-brown ochre pigment that was popular in Renaissance wall painting.
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CPP IB: Heed our cry
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is concerned about protectionist legislation directed at sovereign wealth funds. Gail Cook-Bennett, chair of CPP IB, outlined her vision of governance and transparency to Liam Kennedy
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Looking for long-term solutions
Positioning a relatively new investment company is not always an easy feat when the world is stuffed full of boutiques and behemoths of all hues and everything in between.
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Special Report
On the sustainable growth path
A tried and tested path for asset managers on the expansion warpath is to buy up competitors or boutiques. But many over eager acquisitions have failed on the tricky side of the equation – the integration of people and processes into a larger unit.
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Taking account of quants
Some quantitative investment models performed erratically this summer, leading to losses for investors in some high profile hedge funds. Liam Kennedy asks two quant specialists about this summer’s events and the lessons for investors
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Special Report
Why governance is key for Kitts
Liam Kennedy spoke to Arno Kitts about how he is getting along as investment council chairman for the UK NAPF
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Institutions’ 130/30 appetite tops €6bn - IPE study
[16:30 CEST 10-10] EUROPE – European institutional assets in 130/30 and other allied strategies exceed €6bn, according to a survey published in the October edition of IPE.
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Shifting horizons
The AHV/AVS Swiss Federal Social Security Buffer Fund, continues to diversify its assets − this year investing into commodities and Japanese small cap equities. However, it faces a long-term funding crisis that could see its assets dwindle to nothing within eight years. Liam Kennedy spoke with Eric Breval, the fund’s managing director
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Germany's wise man of pensions
Prof Bert Rürup is a well-known figure in Germany and has played an important role in recent years in the formation of public pension policy. He spoke to Liam Kennedy about reform and the future
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Mercer takes implemented consulting to Europe
[11:08 CEST 12-09] EUROPE - Mercer intends to expand its implemented consulting activities to win business in Ireland and the UK, as well as in fiduciary management in the Netherlands over the next 3-5 years.
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The 2.0 multi-asset comeback
Diversified growth funds give smaller and mid sized pension funds access to a greater range of asset classes than they might otherwise be able to handle, including alternatives. Liam Kennedy reports
