Advisers – Page 48
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West Yorks tenders for custodian as NDA appoints lawyers
[16:00 CEST 17-07] UK – The West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) has released further details of its search for a banking and custodian services provider.
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NewsDurham University tenders pension services
[16:00 CEST 13-07] UK – Durham University is seeking a provider for a range of services to its pension scheme including actuarial services and consultancy.
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NewsUK schemes see outsourcing as key to admin cost cuts
[16:50 CEST 10-07] UK - Cost-cutting is the number one priority for UK pension schemes, according to the Pension Administration Survey 2009 from Hewitt Associates.
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Hewitt buys remaining stake in German merger
[13:00 CEST 02-07] GERMANY - Hewitt Associates has bought the remaining stake in the German consultancy joint venture known as BodeHewitt and is hoping to complete the merger of Hewitt Associates Germany by the end of this year.
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Gjerstad and Båtsfjord retender pensions
[16:55 CEST 01-07] NORWAY – Two more Norwegian municipalities have re-tendered contracts for a provider to supply their local authority pension funds.
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TPR cancels consultant search
[16:50 CEST 01-07] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has cancelled a search for consultants in specialist disciplines such as design consultancy and business management following a review of the procurement process.
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Consultancy merger to create Towers Watson
[10:10 CEST 29-06] GLOBAL – Pensions and investment consultancy giants Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt have announced plans to merge their operation, in a deal which values the combined operation at $3.5bn (€2.48bn).
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LAPFF M&S resolution garners more support
[16:40 CEST 25-06] UK – The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) has received backing from proxy voting advisory services for its shareholder resolution to appoint an independent chair to the board of retailer Marks & Spencer by July next year.
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Pension funds criticise PwC's Dutch costs study
[16:00 CEST 25-06] NETHERLANDS - The trade bodies of Dutch pension funds have criticised the findings of a comparative study by PrciewaterhouseCoopers on administration costs of collective pension schemes by insurers and pension funds.
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Clwyd tenders hedge fund portfolio
[16:45 CEST 24-06] UK – Flintshire County Council is seeking an investment manager to run a specialist £40m (€47m) hedge fund portfolio for the Clwyd Pension Fund.
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TPR seeks analytical services to boost offering
[16:55 CEST 22-06] UK – The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is seeking participants for a framework agreement providing analytical services to supplement its in-house resources.
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Investment Solutions to deliver 'real' fiduciary management
[16:15 CEST 22-06] UK – Investment Solutions, a UK multi-manager division of Alexander Forbes, has attacked rival investment consultancies for what is says is abuse of the term ‘fiduciary management’.
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A&O to take over Aon’s Dutch pension admin
[15:45 CEST 22-06] NETHERLANDS - Pensions administrator A&O Fondsmanagement will take over the pension administration activities of Aon Consulting Netherlands.
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NewsCapita bolsters offering with Gissings deal
[16:20 CEST 18-06] UK – Capita Hartshead has acquired Gissings Consultancy Services in a move designed to bolster and improve its existing services.
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NewsCampagne signs fiduciary manager
[15:30 CEST 17-06] NETHERLANDS - The €275m agricultural pension fund Campagne has appointed Mn Services as its fiduciary asset manager.
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Britannia files high court claim against advisers
[17:15 CEST 12-06] UK – The pension fund of the Britannia Building Society has filed a High Court claim against some of its advisers related to allegedly negligent equalisation advice.
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Online pensions are coming to Norfolk
[15:45 CEST 04-06] UK – Norfolk County Council has appointed Hymans Robertson to implement an online pensions system to help manage the scheme on behalf of its 50,000 members.
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Cardano to tackle Express Group’s pension solvency
[15:45 CEST 01-06] UK – The UK office of consulting firm Cardano has been appointed as the ‘solvency manager’ to the trustees of the Express Newspapers 1988 Pension Fund.
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Mercer adapts service to aid dynamic de-risking
[15:30 CEST 01-06] UK – Mercer, the consulting firm, has created a spin-off to its implementing consulting service for the UK pensions market, to allow trustees to delegate much of the day-to-day decision-making related to funding levels.
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Punter Southall wins FAS caseworker role
[17:00 CEST 19-05] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed Punter Southall as an external caseworker to help and support trustees of pension schemes entering the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS).
