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Multinationals in bid to control trustees- Mercer
IRELAND - Multinational companies are trying to exert control over subsidiaries’ trustee boards according to a senior consultant at Mercer.
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Pinsents’ merger set to boost pensions team
UK – Law firms Pinsents and Masons say their planned merger will create one of the largest specialist pensions teams in the UK.
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DeAM takes over E24.7bn Zurich assets
GERMANY - German institutional fund manager Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) will take over 24.7 billion euros in assets currently held by the German arm of Swiss insurer Zurich beginning next January.
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Watson says 80% of big UK firms offer DC
UK - Many employers are likely to review their defined contribution schemes in the next year to ensure that they are meeting employer and employee expectations, Watson Wyatt says.
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Pension Commission: reaction broadly positive
UK – The Pension Commission’s interim report was broadly welcomed by the government and industry observers – here is a selection of comments from politicians, industry groups, consultants and unions.
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DeAM consultant head Patel leaves
EUROPE - Deutsche Asset Management has confirmed the departure of Dipak Patel, director of consultant relationships.
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Ex-Watson's Douse leaves Schroders
EUROPE - Susan Douse, the former Watson Wyatt consultant who left to join Schroders, is to leave the asset management firm after six months in the job.
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UK milk fund awards bonds to Axa
UK - The 275 million-pound (398 million-euro) Milk Pension Fund has diverted 33 million pounds from a gilts portfolio managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers into a segregated UK fixed income mandate managed by AXA Investment Managers.
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Mercer enters partnership with Greece’s Planet
GREECE - Mercer Human Resource Consulting says it has entered into a partnership agreement with leading Greek consulting firm Planet SA, which ended a relationship with Ernst & Young earlier this year.
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Russell/Mellon to open Amsterdam office
NETHERLANDS – Institutional information provider Russell/Mellon says it is to open an office in Amsterdam on October 11.
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Fonditel among winners at Spanish awards bash
SPAIN - Fonditel, the investment house that began life as the Telefonica pension fund, was among the main winners last night at the Spanish pensions industry awards on a good night for the domestic managers.
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Pension consultants slam UK’s property policy
UK – The Society of Pension Consultants has said the government is in danger of “shooting itself in the foot” over its plans to ban upward-only reviews of property rents.
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Skandia, Commerzbank in German pension pact
GERMANY- Skandia Portfolio Management GmbH, the Berlin-based arm of the Swedish insurer, has started a partnership with the Commerzbank’s European Bank for Fund Services GmbH, or ebase, to reinforce its position in the German institutional market.
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Ex-Belgian pensions minister joins consultant
BELGIUM – Former Belgian pensions minister Freddy Willockx has joined the new full-service consulting firm Akkermans Stroobants & Partners.
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Hewitt global investment head Fitzpatrick to retire
GLOBAL – Nick Fitzpatrick is to retire as head of global investment consulting at Hewitt Associates and be replaced by former Schroders investment head Nicola Ralston.
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German consultant Faros hires FERI’s Umlauf
GERMANY - Faros Consulting, a new German investment advisor for institutional clients, has poached a senior executive from rival FERI.
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UK’s Dorset allocates to hedge funds in revamp
UK - The 900 million-pound (1.3 billion-euro) Dorset County Pension Fund has allocated five percent of its portfolio to hedge funds investments as part of a review of investment strategy.
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ING IM names new risk management head
NETHERLANDS – Luciano de Almeida has been named as head of risk management at ING Investment Management Europe to replace Remco van Eeuwijk, who has joined Wilshire Associates.
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Pimco says it hires Schroders consultant head
UK - Fixed-income asset manager Pimco has hired Schroders’ Anne Fairchild-Jones as head of marketing communications in its London office- a new position.
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Standard Life targets E1bn in new liability unit
UK - Standard Life Investments is targeting an extra one billion euros in assets under management at a new unit focusing on liability-driven investments for institutions.
