Advisers – Page 137
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Watson Wyatt names head of UK investment strategy
UK - Watson Wyatt has appointed Chris Ford to the new role of head of investment strategy in the UK following a three-year secondment in the US.
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Somerset awards E143m in fixed income to F&C
UK – The 600 million-pound (867 million-euro) Somerset County Council Pension has awarded a 100 million-pound (143 million-euro) UK fixed income mandate to F&C Management.
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AP1 hires Mercer, ORTEC/Towers Perrin
SWEDEN – The first Swedish buffer fund the 127 billion-crown (13.7 billion-euro) AP1 has tapped Mercer and ORTEC/Towers Perrin as strategic advisors.
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State Street hires former Xerox pensions chief
UK – State Street Corp. has hired Tony Phillips, the former director of pensions at Xerox, to be head of its London-based consultant management team.
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Italians take to streets over pension reform
ITALY – Italians took to the streets of Rome on Saturday in protest at the government’s pension reform plans – though the government says the action will complicate matters.
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Final Tabaksblatt governance report due
NETHERLANDS – The final report of the Tabaksblatt committee of corporate governance will be presented to the Dutch government tomorrow.
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KPMG sells Swiss and Belgian consulting arms
EUROPE – KPMG has sold Swiss and Belgian consulting operations to Mercer and Aon respectively.
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Ageing could boost German markets – report
GERMANY – A new academic report has argued that demographic ageing is not necessarily a bad thing for German capital markets.
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TNO puts E30m into hedge funds
NETHERLANDS – The 1.3 billion-euro pension fund of Dutch research institute TNO has allocated 30 million euros to hedge funds, taking the cash out of equities.
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Swiss fund tenders E32m via IPE-Quest
SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund has tendered a mandate for enhanced Swiss equities worth 50 million Swiss francs (32 million euros) via IPE-Quest.
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DB schemes still growing strong - Mellon
UK - Defined benefit schemes are still going strong, despite the well-publicised drift towards defined contribution schemes.
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Mellon boosts European transition management
EUROPE - Mellon Global Investments has hired Julie Dickson from Barclays Global Investments to be director of transition management marketing for Europe.
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Ex-Siemens Scherkamp sets up own firm
EUROPE - Peter Scherkamp, the former head of finance strategy at the Siemens pension fund, has returned to the pensions advisory business.
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Netherlands’ Rutte proposes pension boards
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch minister for social security, Mark Rutte, has put forward the idea of setting up boards of commissioners at pension funds – though there is to be no change to the PVK.
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Germany’s BVK has smooth asset transition
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, says the transition of assets to its new array of external managers has gone very smoothly.
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Morley names consultant relationship manager
UK - Morley Fund Management has named Zoe Mepham as consultant relationship manager in its UK institutional team, a new role.
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German institutions eye tactical asset allocation
GERMANY - German institutional investors are increasingly focusing on the possibilities for tactical asset allocation (TAA) within their portfolios.
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UK says trustees highly dependent on consultants
UK – A new report commissioned by the government’s pensions department says trustees are “highly dependent” on investment consultants.
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Legg Mason names institutional sales director
UK – Legg Mason Investments has appointed Spencer Ahluwalia as director of institutional sales.
