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PWC hires Watson Wyatt partner McDonald
UK - Watson Wyatt partner Peter McDonald has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as head of its team of 30 actuaries and pension consultants in the north west of England.
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Investment Solutions nabs Maiden DB brief
UK – Media owner Maiden Outdoor awarded multi-manager Investment Solutions a 10 million-pound (14.8 million-euro) global mandate to manage British Transport Advertising’s closed defined-benefit pension fund.
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CoreRatings hires EBRD’s Nazari as research head
UK – Corporate governance and socially responsible investing consultant CoreRatings has hired an environmental specialist from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as head of research.
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Annuities firmly out of favour with UK public
Most people in the UK would not convert their pension savings into an annuity if they were not compelled to do so, according to research by pension consultants Watson Wyatt.
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SEI picks up three UK mandates
UK – Manager of manager investment firm SEI Investments says it has been awarded mandates totalling 26 million pounds in the last month...
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European investment funds rise 12% - FEFSI
EUROPE – The combined assets of the European investment fund market rise by 12% in 2003, said industry body FEFSI.
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Ethix in talks with institutions, Wassum tie
SWEDEN – Socially responsible investing consultant Ethix has confirmed it may sell a stake to institutional investors – and that it has entered a cooperation with Hewitt affiliate Wassum.
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Danish asset manager tenders E40m via IPE-Quest
DENMARK - Consultant Kirstein Finans tendered a 40 million-euro emerging markets mandate on behalf of a Danish asset manager through IPE-Quest.
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State Street Jersey fund executive joins ING unit
JERSEY – The head of operations at State Street’s Jersey fund administration unit, Graeme McArthur, has joined ING’s Baring Financial Services Group.
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PKA taps PIMCO, Schroders and Danske for EM debt
DENMARK – Pensionskassernes Administration, the third largest pension fund in Denmark, says it has awarded emerging market debt mandates to PIMCO, Schroders and Danske.
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Features
Why networks pack with extra punch
As companies become increasingly global in their outlook, it makes sense to coordinate employee benefits programmes, taking into account custom and practice in each territory and utilising benefit practices such as global pooling and benchmarking. Which is how global consulting networks of actuarial and employee benefits professionals have a role ...
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Coming into their own
International consultancies are gaining confidence in the German market. For years they have relied on joint ventures with the well-established local firms to get a foothold in the country. But now the larger global firms are stepping out on their own – sure that they have exactly what clients need ...
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Spain brings pension law in line with directive
SPAIN – The Spanish parliament has passed an amendment of the law regulating pension funds, the Reglamento de Planes y Fondos de Pensiones, to bring it into line with the European Union’s pension directive.
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CDC IXIS chairman Daniel Roy leaves
FRANCE – Daniel Roy, chairman of CDC IXS Asset Management, is to leave the company and be replaced by the head of the group’s North American operation Peter Voss.
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SocGen heads R&M league table for custodian services
EUROPE - Société Générale has pushed Pictet from the top spot in the twelfth annual global custody survey by R&M Consultants, which aims to show how clients view the services provided by their custodians.
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IAPF chief worried about DC awareness
IRELAND – The Irish Association of Pension Funds says it is concerned about the lack of awareness among members of defined contribution pension schemes.
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Morgan Stanley appoints Ilar for Nordic sales
UK- Morgan Stanley Investment Management(MSIM), the US group’s London-based investment management division, appointed Gartmore Investment Management’s Kristina Ilar to the newly created position of vice-president, responsible for Nordic sales...
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PIRC spells out shareholder voting guidelines
UK - PIRC, the Pensions Investment Research Consultants, has issued its new institutional shareholder voting guidelines for 2004....
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UK’s PIRC wants exec pensions “mess” untangled
UK – The head of corporate governance firm Pensions Investment Research Consultants has called for the “mess” surrounding the disclosure of executives’ pension entitlements to be untangled.
