Advisers – Page 170
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Germany still an elusive target
Germany’s decision to pass it long overdue pensions reform will prove a real boon to the consultants market and Mercers’ Jacques Goulet believes the German market will draw a lot of attention thanks to the changes. Historically companies with an emphasis on actuarial services like Heissman and Heubeck market have ...
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Consultants face uphill task
Looking back over last year, eastern and central Europe remained something of a black hole for consultancy firms, both multi-national and local. Despite their best efforts the companies have failed to persuade local pension funds of the need for their services. This has meant closures, a scale down in operations, ...
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Crossing the boundaries
The European market for pension fund consultants is effectively two markets - a mature and an immature market. In UK the Netherlands and Ireland, where their role is well understood, consultants are firmly entrenched. Elsewhere in continental Europe, however, consultants are far less established. This has created opportunities for continental ...
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Kottman Advisory formed
Felix Kottmann, the former member of the executive committee at Swiss consultants Complementa, who left the firm earlier this year, has set up his own consultancy firm. Kottmann Advisory is to provide customised services to a group of international institutional and private clients in Switzerland. Kottmann, who already works on ...
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More accountability for UK consultants
Alan Botterill’s claim that the Myners report is just one part of the jigsaw, is a sentiment shared by every other consultant interviewed by IPE. They agree that 2001 was frantically busy and a year in which the industry faced an unprecedented number of changes. It’s not just the Myners ...
