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Ex-Watson’s van Aalst sets up own consultancy
NETHERLANDS – The former head of Watson Wyatt’s Dutch investment practice, Paul van Aalst, is setting up a new consulting firm called Strategeon Investment Consultancy.
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SunGard in European pensions push
GERMANY – Software firm SunGard has amended a US retirement product for the German market – and is eyeing other European countries.
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Watson Wyatt boosts Swedish benefits practice
SWEDEN – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has named Stefan Carlsson as a senior consultant in its benefits practice.
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Deutsche buys Dresdner’s German custody unit
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank has bought Dresdner Bank’s German custody arm for an undisclosed sum.
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Pension funds to have large role in SRI - report
EUROPE – Socially responsible investment among European institutional investors is increasing, and pension funds will play a large role in developing the market further, says Eurosif.
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Consultants entered USS mandate competition
UK – Two investment consultants entered the USS long-term, said Nick Fitzpatrick, head of global investment consulting at Hewitt Associates, which helped organise the contest.
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AXA IM names UK investment chief
UK - AXA Investment Managers has hired Paul Griffiths from Investec Asset Management to be UK chief investment officer.
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Italy set to see more foreign fund managers
ITALY - The role of foreign fund managers in the Italian pensions market will increase with transparency and regulatory pressure, says Massimo Greco, managing director and country head at J P Morgan Fleming Asset Management.
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Germany: PensMart finds communication vital
GERMANY - Communication is essential if the German occupational pensions market is to truly develop - this is the consensus of the delegates at the PensMart fifth annual European Pensions Market Forum 2003 in Frankfurt today.
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UBS sees unbundled German pensions market
GERMANY - The German pensions market is likely to see its services unbundled towards a more specialist approach, according to Tim Blackwell, managing director of UBS Global Asset Management in Germany.
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WM Co. looking at “different products”
UK – WM Co., charged by parent State Street with moving “up the value chain”, is looking at various new products.
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Nordea sells pension services arm to Gabler
NORWAY – Nordea AB has sold its pension services arm to Norwegian consultant Gabler Radgivning.
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Mercer HR names two France managers
FRANCE – Mercer Human Resources has added two senior members to its business in France.
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Watson Wyatt hires ex-PWC consultant
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has appointed Jacqueline Holmes as a senior consultant in the executive consulting team in its benefits practice.
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UK pension funds “hit by soft commission changes”
UK – The asset management trade body says proposed changes to rules on soft commissions will result in higher costs for pension funds – though pension consultants welcomed the moves.
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CEA names pension specialist as economics head
EUROPE – The Comité Européen des Assurances has named a specialist in pensions and insurance auditing as its new economics and finance director.
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Claude Chuard of Swiss Aon Chuard steps down
SWITZERLAND – Claude Chuard is stepping down as head of consultants, Aon Chuard in Switzerland.
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Irish managed funds return 6% so far this year
IRELAND – Irish group pension managed funds have returned more than six percent so far this year, according to new data from consulting firms.
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Consultants blamed for asset-liability problems
GERMANY – The problem of pension fund assets showing little relation to liabilities is mainly due to consultants, according to a top executive at Deutsche Asset Management.
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UK to pay E43,000 to defer retirement
UK – The UK government has announced plans to pay a lump sum of up to 30,000 pounds (43,000 euros) to people who defer their retirement for five years.
