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JLT wins consulting brief at Leek United
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has been appointed to provide actuarial, consulting and administration services to the Leek United Building Society pension and assurance scheme....
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EMAC votes unanimously on pensions tax report
EUROPE - The European Parliament committee on economic and monetary affairs (EMAC), has unanimously voted in favour of the adoption of the draft report on taxation of occupational pensions by Dutch socialist MEP, Ieke van den Burg – throwing its weight behind the European Commission’s proposal for a communication on ...
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UK is the most 'dramatic' major pensions market
UK - The pace of change in the UK pensions market over the last 30 years has been more dramatic than in any other major institutional market, claims Greenwich Associates, the Greenwich, Connecticut based research and consulting firm....
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Punter Southall announces trustee training dates
UK – Consulting actuaries company, Punter Southall & Co (PS), has published the dates for its latest trustee training programme 2001/2002....
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Crédit Agricole wins Italian institutional brief
ITALY – The Milan based Italian arm of French group, Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM), CAAM Sgr, has won an index-linked structured equity mandate from Parma based insurance group, Po’Vita, The size of the mandate will be between €45m and €65m.....
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Swedish pension funds pool SKr200m mandate
SWEDEN – Stockholm based Carlson Investment Management has won a mandate to run an SKr 200m (€21m) Swedish equities portfolio for the so called G7-Group, a collaboration of seven southern Swedish municipality pension funds....
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Rothschild names new institutional client manager
UK – Rothschild Asset Management has appointed Marion Colverd as manager of its institutional client service team in London.
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Consultants call for better admin standards
UK – The Society of Pension Consultants (SPC) has called for a co-ordinated approach within the pensions industry to further raise pension scheme administration standards....
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FeaturesKottmann quits
Felix Kottmann has left leading Swiss consultant Complementa after nine years with the St Gallen-based firm to become an independent consultant to a number of Swiss pension funds and, more directly, the retirement schemes of the troubled Swissair group. Kottmann, who was a member of the executive committee, says: “After ...
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AXA Rosenberg wins £44m from Ciba scheme
UK – London based quantitative asset manager, Axa Rosenberg, has won a £44m (€71m) pan-European equity mandate from the £449m pension scheme of Ciba Specialty Chemicals UK….
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HypoVereinsbank lands German chemical sector deal
GERMANY – The Munich based financial services group, HypoVereinsbank (HVB), is to set up and manage the new industry-wide German chemical workers pension fund, as reported by IPE-Newsline on October 4....
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Russell poaches Towers consultants for London team
UK – Frank Russell Company (Russell) has poached two new consultants from rivals Towers Perrin for its institutional investment services team in London....
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Dellsperger becomes CSAM head of global equities
UK/GLOBAL – Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) UK has appointed Peter Dellsperger as head of global equities products in London, but with supervision and responsibility for teams in London, New York, Tokyo and Zurich....
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Punter Southall wins £67m BACS fund brief
UK – Pensions and benefits consultancy firm, Punter Southall, has been appointed as actuaries and administrators to the £67m (€107m) defined benefit (DB) pension fund of BACS, the global automated clearing house company....
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Watson Wyatt loses senior Swiss consultant
SWITZERLAND – Watson Wyatt in Switzerland has lost one of its senior investment consultants with the departure of Gioacchino Puglia to Swiss private bank Darier Hentsch....
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Only one in ten expect state pension to suffice
UK – Only one in ten adults in the UK expects to be able to live off the state pension, yet 39% have made no provision for their retirement, according to research undertaken by HSBC....
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Mercer has right chemistry for £50m DuPont mandate
UK – Chemical firm DuPontSA has appointed William M. Mercer as consultant and actuary for its new £50m (€80m) UK pension fund...
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US DB plans 'fine-tuning' portfolios, says Mercer
US - Defined benefit plan sponsors are fine-tuning their investment portfolios rather than making any dramatic changes, according to a survey by consultant William. M. Mercer....
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Punter Southall wins £85m fund advisory brief
UK – Consulting actuary firm Punter Southall has won the mandate to administer and advise on the £85m (€135m) defined benefit (DB) scheme of Oxford Instruments, a medical and superconductive equipment provider....
