Advisers – Page 47
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Pension funds still wary of fiduciary management - survey
[16:10 CEST 15-09] GLOBAL – Very few pension fund professionals plan to outsource the running of their fund to a fiduciary manager, suggest the findings of a survey by bfinance, the manager search consultancy.
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TPR seeks expert advice to help investigations
[17:10 CEST 14-09] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is offering six contracts for expert services including actuarial and risk management advice, to aid in its investigations of serious governance, investment or funding issues.
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Waltham Forest appoints HSBC for investment advice
[17:20 CEST 07-09] UK - The London Borough of Waltham Forest has awarded a £150,000 (€171,585) contract to HSBC Actuaries & Consultants for investment consultancy services to its pension fund. HSBC were chosen from five interested parties who made offers.
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Advisers to support trustees in search for fiduciary manager
[17:00 CEST 27-08] UK – Four firms which assist pension trustees in the procurement of asset management and consultancy services are expanding their duties to assist trustee boards in their search for fiduciary managers.
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Barnet considers search for custodian
[16:50 CEST 27-08] UK – The London Borough of Barnet is preparing to tender for global custodian services for its £481m (€546m) pension scheme for the first time.
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Scottish Enterprise appoints Mercer and Hymans
[15:45 CEST 20-08] UK – Scottish Enterprise, the organisation established to further the development of Scotland's economy, has appointed two new advisers to its £370m (€428.4m) defined benefit (DB) pension fund.
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Sticking to strategic allocations caused problems - IQAM
[16:00 CEST 05-08] AUSTRIA – Austrian pension funds should not have stuck to strategic asset allocations as widely used risk controls could not have worked last year, accordng to Helmuth Frey, head of quantitative management house IQAM.
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EU committee seeks expert panel on finance
[16:20 CEST 04-08] EUROPE – The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee is tendering for providers to join a "panel of experts" to provide advice on financial services issues.
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NDA awards Deloitte actuarial contract
[16:50 CEST 30-07] UK – The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has appointed Deloitte Total Rewards and Benefits to provide actuarial advice on the pension arrangements that fall within the organisation’s remit.
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Consultancy attains independent trustee status
[12:00 CEST 30-07] IRELAND – Attain Consulting is tapping what it expects to be the next big growth market in pensions and investment consulting by launching a separate independent trustee business to assist Irish company pension schemes.
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Northumberland appoints investment adviser
[17:10 CEST 29-07] UK – Northumberland County Council has appointed Mercer as its investment adviser, replacing Watson Wyatt who had held the contract for almost two decades.
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Highland schemes seeks advice for tax recovery
[17:10 CEST 29-07] UK - The Highland Council is seeking a provider of tax advisory service to help its £627.8m (€730.9m) local government pension scheme (LGPS) claim back withholding taxes on dividends from EU and EEA sources.
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MangustaRisk to conduct Fondo Cometa review
[16:30 CEST 29-07] ITALY – Fondo Cometa, Italy’s largest pension fund, has asked MangustaRisk to review all nine of its existing investment manager mandates, which in total are currently worth €4.3bn.
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PPF to set up investment advice panel
[16:50 CEST 28-07] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is seeking to establish a panel of investment advisers to call on, for advice concerning investment in both new and existing asset classes.
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Merchant Navy asks KPMG to review 'delegated CIO'
[14:30 CEST 27-07] UK – The £3bn (€3.5bn) Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund (MNOPF) has tasked KPMG with assessing whether Watson Wyatt should continue as its ‘delegated CIO’ or whether a new fiduciary manager should be appointed.
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Hymans wins Macmillan investment role
[16:05 CEST 24-07] UK – Publishing company Macmillan has appointed Hymans Robertson to provide investment consulting services to its pension fund.
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Actuarial vote falls short for merger plan
[15:30 CEST 24-07] UK – The merger of the UK's two actuarial profession bodies received has significant support from members of both organisations, however the plans have been delayed as a vote by the Institute of Actuaries fell short of the required majority to continue with the merger.
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Goris unveils an 'integrated' pensions consultancy
[16:00 CEST 22-07] NETHERLANDS - Goris & Partners, the Netherlands-based investment consultancy, has expanded its operation to offer pensions fund boards a full, integrated management support service.
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Discipline board investigates actuaries about First Quench fund
[17:15 CEST 20-07] UK – The Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) has initiated an investigation into the conduct of actuaries in relation to the substitution of the sponsoring employer of the First Quench Pension Fund.
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Lack of advisers''toolkit' knowledge raises TPR concerns
[16:30 CEST 20-07] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has admitted to concerns that certain parts of the pension industry, particularly advisers, are "not as familiar" with its 'toolkit' on trustee knowledge and understanding (TKU) requirements as they claim to be.