Europe's Pension Consultants
Europe's Pension Consultants: The long game
01 Mar 2013
The static long-term assumptions of past consulting methodologies are no longer fit for purpose. But Brendan Maton finds that developing new approaches is a tough intellectual and practical challenge
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Europe's Pension Consultants: Talking heads
01 Mar 2013
IPE put some questions to pension consultants and fiduciary managers across Europe. Here is a selection of their views
Europe's Pension Consultants: Filling the M&A gap
01 Mar 2013
The high margins available from corporate activities appear to be a thing of the past, but Gerry O’Kane finds consultants benefiting instead from the increasing complexity of the pensions landscape
Europe's Pension Consultants: How competent are consultants?
01 Mar 2013
Trustees would never hire an unqualified actuary or lawyer. But Roger Brown warns that closer scrutiny might reveal that they are taking advice from an unqualified investment consultant
Europe's Pension Consultants: Playing the long game
01 Mar 2012
With so many pressures to focus on the short term, consultants are having to craft more sophisticated investment advice – and in some cases, re-think business models – to help clients attain their...
Europe's Pension Consultants: The professionals
01 Mar 2012
Gill Wadsworth looks at the success of independent trustees in the UK and plans to promote them in the Netherlands, and examines their working relationship with pension consultants
Europe's Pension Consultants: Firmly in the advisory camp
01 Mar 2012
Chris Ford tells Liam Kennedy why Towers Watson isn’t about to pitch itself as a fiduciary manager
Europe's Pension Consultants: New wine in old bottles?
01 Mar 2011
Brendan Maton asks whether fiduciary management is really a new advisory structure, or just a new charging structure
Europe's Pension Consultants: For better or worse
01 Mar 2011
Consultant monogamy is still widespread in Germany, but faithfulness does not mean fiduciary management, finds Barbara Ottawa
Europe's Pension Consultants: Talking heads
01 Mar 2011
We put questions to nine leading European pension consultants
Europe's Pension Consultants: A little goes a long way
01 Mar 2011
The UK’s smaller pension schemes are arguably more varied and challenged than the bigger ones. Martin Steward meets some of the advisers dedicated to helping them cope
Europe's Pension Consultants: Rapid change
01 Mar 2010
Twin trends of consolidation and thriving specialist boutiques coincide with an urgent debate about the role of advisers and ownership of responsibility within the pensions governance complex. Martin ...
Europe's Pension Consultants: One-stop shop
01 Mar 2010
Trustees now have various opportunities to delegate some investment decision-making. Gill Wadsworth asks whether fiduciary management is a better bet than implemented consulting
In the mix
10 Mar 2009
Asset managers hire specialists dedicated to getting closer to them, their forays into multi-management have been the source of interest and controversy. Liam Kennedy assesses the new mix of services ...
New advice rules
10 Mar 2009
Nina Röhrbein asks consultants how they see their relationship with investors changing to meet the challenges of a new financial environment
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