Advisers – Page 112
-
News
IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system
EUROPE – There are four new searches on the IPE-Quest system worth up to $210m on behalf of Swiss investors.
-
News
Universal unveils CTA for pensions
GERMANY - German fund administrator Universal-Investment plans to introduce contractual trust arrangements, which let firms create an external fund to finance their pension liabilities.
-
News
Head of underperforming AP4 gets pay cut
SWEDEN – The president of the SEK151.4bn (€16.7bn) Swedish buffer fund AP4 – which underperformed its benchmark by three points in 2004 – has had his pay cut by almost five percent.
-
News
RBC ousts SocGen in R&M custody survey
GLOBAL – RBC Global Services has knocked Société Générale from the top in a widely-watched survey of global custodians organised by R&M Consultants.
-
News
Royal London deputy CEO made redundant
UK - David Hughson, deputy chief executive of Royal London Asset Management, has been made redundant.
-
News
IAPF chairman Ryan leaves Eircom
IRELAND - Gerry Ryan, the chairman of the Irish Association of Pension Funds, has left his position as pension fund administrator at Dublin-based corporate pension fund Eircom.
-
News
German institutions ‘eye mutual funds amid IFRS’
GERMANY - German institutional investors are preparing to increase investments in mutual funds amid stricter accounting standards for traditional German institutional funds (Spezialfonds), according to a new study.
-
News
Mercer separates Dutch pension certifying team
NETHERLANDS - Mercer Human Resource Consulting is to set up a separate section for its staff who certify pension funds to enhance the independence of the team.
-
News
Watson Wyatt private equity partner leaves
UK – Stephan Breban, a Watson Wyatt senior consultant and partner in charge of the private equity management research team, is to leave the firm at the end of March to set up his own business called City Capital Partners.
-
News
Schroders chief foresees death of tracking error
EUROPE – A top executive at Schroders has foreseen that tracking error may no longer be the best way of measuring portfolios as the focus moves towards risk and liabilities.
-
News
Watson Wyatt confident in Credit Lyonnais case
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt is confident it will win a negligent advice claim brought against it by Credit Lyonnais that was first filed almost two years ago.
-
News
Belgian construction fund officer joins regulator
BELGIUM - Ann Devos, investment officer for the €450m social fund for the construction sector, FSE, is to leave the fund and join the Belgian pension regulator.
-
News
Mercer launches DC investment platform
UK - Mercer Investment Consulting has launched an investment platform for defined contribution pension schemes.
-
News
Allianz’s European asset chief Goldbrunner exits
GERMANY - Johann Goldbrunner, head of Europe for Allianz Global Investors, has decided to resign on April 1 – just three months after taking on the role.
-
Features
Hard going in France
While multi-manager (MM) services have grown dramatically in popularity worldwide, France is one European market where progress has been slow. Foreign entrants to the French MM institutional market have found it particularly hard to make progress, and domestic organisations which set up MM products some years ago have found growth ...
-
Features
Not all on the same hymn sheet
“Historically, pension funds gave all their assets to one manager. Then they realised that one manager could not outperform over every asset class. So they turned to specialists, and ended up with several asset managers, 10 or 12 reports, and a very complex structure. Multi-manager (MM) is the solution. It ...
