Advisers – Page 46

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    Amundi and Towers Watson complete their mergers

    2010-01-04T15:53:00Z

    [16:55 CET 04-01] GLOBAL – Two giant asset management and consultancy firms were created at the beginning of this year, as Amundi joined the asset management market and Towers Watson formalized its merged consultancy position.

  • Manifest to manage global voting for Sweden's AP1-4
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    Manifest to manage global voting for Sweden's AP1-4

    2010-01-04T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CET 04-01] SWEDEN – The first four Swedish pension buffer funds have appointed a global voting service provider to assist them with the expansion of their shareholder voting to more specific stocks.

  • Delta Lloyd Germany secures pensions consultancy buyout
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    Delta Lloyd Germany secures pensions consultancy buyout

    2009-12-21T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CET 21-12] GERMANY – The German Delta Lloyd group is severing its pension consultancy arm BVE via a management buy-out.

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    G4S pension to get fiduciary management treatment

    2009-12-08T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CET 08-12] UK – Trustees of the G4S pension schemes have appointed Cardano UK to deliver its version of fiduciary management, known as Solvency Management, to the GSL part of its pension arrangements.

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    Towers Watson merger gains EC clearance

    2009-12-04T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CET 04-12] GLOBAL – Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have been given the final regulatory clearance needed to go ahead with merger plans from the beginning of next year.

  • UK roundup: Celestica, North Yorks and ICAEW
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    UK roundup: Celestica, North Yorks and ICAEW

    2009-11-17T13:30:00Z

    [14:30 CET 17-11] UK – Celestica's UK scheme has adopted an implemented consulting strategy, while the £1.2bn (€1.34bn) North Yorkshire pension fund is seeking investment advisers and consultants, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW) is in consultation to shut it defined benefit (DB) scheme to ...

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    UK roundup: Environment Agency, Leeds University, City of London

    2009-11-04T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CET 04-11] UK – The Environment Agency's £1.4bn (€1.6bn) Active Pension Fund has extended a global equity mandate. The University of Leeds is seeking a property manager for its non-USS pension scheme, and the City of London is searching for investment consultants.

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    UK roundup: Suffolk and Merseyside

    2009-11-02T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CET 02-11] UK – Suffolk County Council has awarded contracts for actuarial, investment and procurement support services for its £1.1bn (€1.23bn) pension fund. Meanwhile Merseyside Pension Fund is seeking investment advisers for the scheme's investment monitoring working party.

  • Major fiduciary search takes to the global stage
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    Major fiduciary search takes to the global stage

    2009-10-29T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CEST 29-10] IPE-QUEST – Avida International, a Netherlands-based management and organisational adviser to pension funds, has issued a major search to find fiduciary investment and risk management for three Dutch pension funds which manage almost €6bn in assets.

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    Nottinghamshire approves pension merger

    2009-10-23T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CEST 23-10] UK – Nottinghamshire County Council has approved the merger of its two local government pension funds (LGPS) following an additional report into the impact on contribution rates.

  • News

    Strathclyde to appoint manager selector

    2009-10-22T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CEST 22-10] UK – Glasgow City Council is seeking a provider of investment consultancy services for the £8.4bn (€9.27bn) Strathclyde Pension Fund.

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    Bucks appoints RLAM for bonds as Devon seeks actuary

    2009-10-13T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CEST 13-10] UK – The £1.07bn (€1.14bn) Buckinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has appointed Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) to run a fixed income mandate.

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    UK trustees are 'confused' about fiduciary concept - Mn

    2009-10-13T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CEST 13-10] UK - UK pension trustees misunderstand the fiduciary management concept if they award mandates for part of the portfolio, according to Remco van Eeuwijk of Mn Services.

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    Hewitt's Tunningley turns attention to global strategy

    2009-10-12T15:40:00Z

    [16:40 CEST 12-10] GLOBAL – Andrew Tunningley, head of Hewitt’s UK investment practice, has taken up a new role as global strategy leader, to review both the company’s business potential and create an oversight role to clients’ global investment issues.

  • Mercer to set PACE on Co-op’s alternatives
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    Mercer to set PACE on Co-op’s alternatives

    2009-10-06T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CEST 06-10] UK – The Cooperative Group’s £5bn (€5.39bn) Pension Average Career Earnings (PACE) scheme has signed Mercer to deliver implemented consulting on its alternatives investments portfolio.

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    Mercer to take on Babcock-Borsig pensionskasse

    2009-10-01T15:10:00Z

    [16:10 CEST 01-10] GERMANY - The pensionskasse of insolvent energy industry service provider Babcock-Borsig will in future be administered by Mercer instead of Swiss Life.

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    PA Pension Trustees award fiduciary mandate

    2009-09-30T13:45:00Z

    [14:45 CEST 30-09] UK – PA Pension Trustees Ltd has become the latest pension fund to award a fiduciary mandate to investment manager BlackRock.

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    BAA seeks actuarial advice

    2009-09-29T15:50:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 29-09] UK – BAA Airports Limited is seeking an actuarial consultant to provide advice to both its defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes.

  • Mercer picks up a sweet contract
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    Mercer picks up a sweet contract

    2009-09-22T16:15:00Z

    [17:15 CEST 22-09] IRELAND/UK - Mercer has been appointed by Lindt & Sprüngli, the Swiss chocolate manufacturer, to advise its UK and Irish businesses concerning its defined contribution pension plans and risk benefits.

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    Havering seeks actuary as DCFS re-tenders TPS admin

    2009-09-21T15:50:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 21-09] UK – The London Borough of Havering is tendering for an actuarial provider to carry out the triennial valuation of its £283.7m (€313.5m) pension fund in March 2010.