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Swedish regulator targets creative accounting
SWEDEN – The Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) has decided to sharpen up regulations on insurance companies giving misrepresentative financial information in their year-end results...
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InvestorForce goes on-line with Measurisk
InvestorForce has struck up a partnership with independent risk management group Measurisk to offer on-line risk monitoring to institutional investors and consultants conducting hedge fund manager searches...
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Mercer talks 'hot topics' with trustees
UK – Consultant William M.Mercer is launching a series of ‘hot topics’ courses as part of its 2001 programme of pensions knowledge seminars for scheme trustees...
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Mercer records best ever year for manager searches
Consultant William M. Mercer’s Investment Consulting Practice advised on a record 800 investment manager searches last year - a figure it believes represents the highest volume of manager searches ever advised on by an investment consultancy in any one year....
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Overseas fund liabilities may double under FRS17
UK/EUROPE - The gap between local accounting estimates of pensions liabilities and those that will face UK companies under FRS17 accounting standards for pension plans in different countries, has been highlighted by international consultants William M. Mercer....
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Schroder signals DC growth with new signings
UK - Schroder Pensions has made of raft of new appointments in response to growth in its UK defined contribution (DC) business....
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SEI up and running with first UK mandate
SEI, the US multi-manager firm has picked up its first UK institutional investment mandate since setting up its London operations...
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Myners: Schemes could boost consultancy market
Paul Myners has cleared the UK consultancy market of accusations of serious competition concerns, but recommended that pension funds split actuarial and investment advice contracts to bring more players into the country’s restricted advisory market....
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Irish scheme worries are fuelling manager reviews
Irish pension fund concerns over uncertainty in domestic and European legislation and regulation are being expressed through increasing manager reviews, according to a new survey...
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Dyson quits Mercer for top Merrill spot
UK – Andrew Dyson, the former head of US multinational investment consulting at consultant William M. Mercer, has been appointed head of institutional marketing at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers...
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BAM sweeps £60m from UK supermarket fund
UK – Supermarket chain Somerfield’s £300m pension scheme has appointed Baring Asset Management as manager to a £60m UK fixed income portfolio...
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Bacon & Woodrow bolsters DC team
UK – Consultant Bacon & Woodrow has made a slew of new appointments to its defined contribution (DC) pensions practice, as part of a restructuring plan of its employee benefits division...
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'Ericsson effect' drives Swedes abroad
SWEDEN – The ‘Ericsson effect’ is changing the attitudes of Swedish asset allocation, according to leading consultants. Ericsson's share price has plummeted from SEK930 (e103) last March to SEK85 this year.
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PIMCO strengthens Benelux position
Marc van Heel has been appointed senior vice president and director of business development for the Netherlands and Belgium at PIMCO. And other moves of note.
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Swedish supervisors want to boost activities
SWEDEN – Finansinspektion (FI), the Swedish financial supervisory authority, has asked for an increase of almost 25% into its annual budget in the next three years, after an annual review.
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Maguire to head SWIP global marketing push
** Maguire to head SWIP global marketing ** Fiach Maguire joins Scottish Widows Investment Partnership as director of global marketing....and all the rest of this weeks major people moves....
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DC risks need better explanation
US/UK - Regulators in the US and UK should be focusing their efforts on providing ‘efficient explanations’ of the risks associated with individual investment options under defined contribution (DC) pension plans, according to a report by David Harris, a senior consultant on insurance and financial services at Watson Wyatt....
