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Actuaries warn of Myners' one size fits all slant
UK – The actuarial profession has become the latest in a line of pensions industry bodies to express concern over recommendations in the Myners Report on institutional investment...
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SPC warns UK Treasury over damage to schemes
UK – The UK Society of Pension Consultants has warned that hasty adoption of the Myners Report on institutional investing could lead to the demise of occupational pension schemes...
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Mercer expands consultancy business east
CZECH REPUBLIC/TURKEY – Human resource consulting firm, William M. Mercer, has opened new offices in Prague and Istanbul, expanding its presence in central Europe and Turkey to four offices.
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Finnish consultancy restructures to become Silta
FINLAND – The Helsinki based actuarial consultancy and pension scheme administrator, Pension Service (EPS) has undergone a radical re-structuring and changed its name to Silta....
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Mellon chief quits to join AXA
Christopher Condron, president and chief operating officer of Pittsburgh based Mellon Financial Corporation, has resigned to join New York based AXA Financial.....and all this week's major people moves...
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Pension funds to make up 40% of hedge fund capital
EUROPE – Corporate pension funds are planning to boost investment in hedge funds and are likely to comprise some 40% of hedge fund source capital by the end of the year, second only to private investors, according to a survey published by Goldman Sachs....
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Cross-border joint ventures wane, says Cerulli
UK/US – The number of cross-border fund management joint ventures between US or UK fund managers and their counterparts worldwide dropped dramatically to 13 last year, compared to its peak of 26 in 1999, according to research and consultancy firm Cerulli Associates (CA)....
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SEI hosts UK trustee summer seminars
UK – Manager of managers firm, SEI Investments, will host a series of seminars around Britain addressing investment issues for pension funds in June and July. The seminars are aimed at trustees and investment committee members of pension funds...
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Thomas Murray appoints investor services director
UK - Aidan Dennis has been appointed as a director of investor services at London based information, ratings and research company Thomas Murray....
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Irish e6.5bn fund tenders for custodian
IRELAND – Consultant Bacon & Woodrow has been appointed to advise the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) on the selection of a global custodian for the e6.5bn National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF)....
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UK consultant appoints four new partners
UK – Rachel Evans has been promoted as a partner at Amersham based actuary and consultancy Barnett Waddingham, the first non-actuary partner in the company.
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France's FIXAGE boosts consultancy team
FRANCE – Paris based actuarial consultant FIXAGE has boosted its épargne salariale and social protection division with the appointment of two new senior consultants from the French investment and insurance arena....
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Luxembourg multi-manager fund targets institutions
LUXEMBOURG – Premium Select Lux, the Luxembourg based multi-manager outfit, has unveiled a new multi-manager fund family for institutional and high net worth individuals....
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NAPF chairman exits with European challenge
UK/EUROPE – UK National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) outgoing chairman Alan Pickering has called for European pension systems to be based on four cornerstones – diversity, inclusiveness, simplicity and stability - in his opening address at today’s (May 17) NAPF Annual Conference in Birmingham....
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New Italian government to open up pensions market
ITALY – Competition and freedom of choice between open and closed pension funds could be established in Italy with the election of Silvio Berlusconi’s right wing/centre coalition government, according to prominent Italian consultant Piero Marchettini at Adelaide Consulting in Milan....
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Chiswell gets a good start to pensions' field
UK – The £34m (e56m) industry-wide Chartered Accountants’ Employees Superannuation Scheme has appointed Chiswell Associates to manage the fund...
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Piermay elected chair of Euracs consultant network
EUROPE – Dominique Piermay has been appointed to succeed Nico Top as chairman of European Actuarial Consultancy Services (Euracs), the largest European association of independent consulting actuaries...
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Watson poaches partner from Lane Clark & Peacock
UK - Richard Abramson is joining Watson Wyatt’s London based benefits practice as a senior consultant, leaving his current partner role at consultant Lane Clark & Peacock...
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Sweden's AP7 looks at alternatives
SWEDEN - The SEK14bn (e1.55bn) national PPM default fund Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7) is currently considering whether it can invest in alternative asset classes under the country’s PPM legislation, according to Peter Norman, managing director at AP7....
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Fund managers berate lack of broker focus
EUROPE – Fund managers have voiced their strongest concern yet over the role of analysts in investment banking work, with some 86% saying they felt that analysts’ involvement in corporate work diluted their institutional focus, according to this year’s Reuters Survey of European Smaller Companies....
