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ACA chairman warns on slide of UK pension schemes
UK - The government and pension funds should start working together to halt the slide in occupational pension schemes in the UK, says Mike Arnold, chairman of the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA)....
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Irish pensions association loses director
IRELAND – Des Crowther, director of the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF), has left the association to become chief executive of the Dublin-based Irish Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management....
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Mellon buys out PwC HR consulting subsidiary
US - Mellon Financial Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today announced a $275m (e309m) all cash deal under which Mellon will acquire the human resources outsourcing and consulting businesses of Unifi Network, a PwC subsidiary – a move that makes Mellon the fourth-largest global provider of human resources consulting/administration services....
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RBC names new UK operations director
UK/CANADA - RBC global services, institutional & investor services (IIS) - Canada's largest custodian and a provider of securities services worldwide - has appointed Simon Coleman as its director of operations in the UK....
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Northern Trust poaches senior Citigroup consultant
EUROPE - Northern Trust Global Investments (Europe) has hired Lucy Cooke from Citigroup Asset Management to become a senior institutional relationship consultant....
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Schroders appoints senior EAFE manager
Schroder Investment Management (Schroders) has appointed Sheridan P. Reilly as executive vice president and senior Europe and Far East (EAFE) portfolio manager....
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US firm triumphs as AP7 e180m alternatives advisor
SWEDEN – US specialist investment consultancy firm New England Pension Consultants (NEPC) has beaten a field of some of Europe’s biggest consultants to become the advisor to Sweden’s e2.3bn AP7 fund for a tender worth around e180m in hedge fund and private equity assets, according to sources close to the ...
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GE hires UK/Ireland institutional sales director
UK – London-based GE Asset Management Limited has hired Gary Walker to become its regional director for institutional sales & marketing in the UK and Ireland....
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Sweden's AP7 reveals e180m hedge/venture plans
SWEDEN - The e2.3bn AP7 fund – the default fund for Sweden’s PPM system - has laid out its plans for the investment of around e180m in hedge fund and private equity assets in tandem with the selection of a consultant to advise on the process....
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AP7 shortlists six advisors for alternatives brief
SWEDEN - The e2.3bn AP7 fund has whittled down its search for an advisor to an approximately e180m tender for hedge fund and private equity exposure to a shortlist of six consultants, with a public decision expected in the next few days.....
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Gensec becomes 'io' in Europe multi-manager push
EUROPE – South African investment firm, Gensec International Asset Management, has rebranded itself to become io investors, in a bid to refocus its multi-manager offering to the European market....
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Fund managers heed profit warnings, says PwC
FUND MANAGEMENT – The fund management industry appears to be responding to warnings of significant profit declines after a year of increased competitive pressure, with profit margins falling less than expected reports, according to a survey by consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers....
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Watson Wyatt enters multi-manager market with CAAM
EUROPE – Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has entered into partnership with Watson Wyatt, the global investment consultancy, to develop CAAM’s multi-manager fund business across continental Europe....
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Baring scoops £80m Pirelli fixed income brief
UK – Baring Asset Management (BAM) has won an £80m (€129m) fixed income mandate from the Pirelli Common Investment Fund (PCIF), the UK the Italian tyre and cable company’s UK pensions arm....
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Accord reached on Finnish pension reforms
FINLAND – Finnish labour organisations have reached a last-ditch agreement on reform of the country’s first-pillar TEL pensions system, although some confusion remains as to the exact nature and timing of some of the proposed reforms....
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Nordea signs up Northern Trust for US custody
US – Nordea Investment Management (NIM), the US fund management arm of the Nordic group, has appointed Northern Trust as global custodian and fund accountant to its new Delaware institutional business trust....
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Hymans publishes top 50 UK fund manager survey
UK – London based international actuaries and consultancy firm, Hymans Robertson (HR), has published its 16th annual survey of the UK’s major pension fund managers, entitled The Big 50....
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Aon wins Crown Estate pensions advisory brief
UK – Aon Consulting has been appointed as actuarial adviser, pensions consultant and scheme administrator to the £12m (€19.5m) defined benefit (DB) pension plan of the Crown Estate....
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Punter Southall names two new principals
UK – Consulting actuary firm, Punter Southall (PS), has promoted Gail Chorley and James Saunders to the position of principal, bringing the number of principals at the company to 23....
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Mercer and Attica launch one-stop pensions product
UK – Consultant William M.Mercer has teamed up with multi-manager outfit Attica Asset management to launch a new investment service, Mercer 360, for smaller defined benefit (DB) pension plans in the UK....
