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NewsShoe and leather fund goes fiduciary
[16:30 CEST 11-04] NETHERLANDS – The €250m Dutch industry wide pension fund for the shoe and leather industry, Bpf PSL, has appointed Blue Sky Group as its fiduciary manager.
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KPI for consultants could help trustee governance
[12:00 CEST 09-04] IRELAND – The introduction of key performance indicators (KPI) to measure consultants' manager evaluation and monitoring processes, could be a useful tool for trustees, as basing investment decisions on performance data alone is a "flawed" process, experts have warned.
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German pensions "suffer advice gap"
[14:00 CEST 07-04] GERMANY – The German funded pension system is suffering from a lack of quality advice provision for individuals, Prof Bert Rürup told today’s Handelsblatt occupational pensions conference in Berlin.
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State Street and Hewitt retain pension contracts
[16:00 CEST 03-04] UK - State Street Corporation has been retained as custodian to BP’s £14bn (€17.87bn) UK pension fund while Hewitt has been asked to extend its contract with the UK civil service pension fund.
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FeaturesMaking sense of an uncertain future
New mortality research conducted for the UK Actuarial Profession should help guide future assumptions, argues Dave Grimshaw
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FeaturesLooking for more diversification
The civil servants’ scheme is searching for both an investment consultant and a new CEO to lead a diversification of its investment universe. George Coats reports
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FeaturesWaiting for a breakthrough
Investment consultants has seen little change since the 2003 reforms but actuaries find business is booming, says Rachel Fixsen
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Capita Hartshead moves into investment advice
[16:40 CEST 31-03] UK – Capita Hartshead has launched a new investment consultancy service that aims to provide a range of advice services for both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes.
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North Yorks seeks actuary as Lothian reappoints SLI
[16:35 CET 19-03] UK – North Yorkshire County Council has issued a tender for a provider of actuarial services for its £1.2bn (€1.5bn) pension fund.
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'Tackle weak links' – Ambachtsheer
[15:00 CET 14-03] GLOBAL – Tackling weak links such as herding and poor integration across key functions could help pension funds prevent falling trap to further ‘predictable surprises’, according to pension expert Keith Ambachtsheer.
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Generali goes after Austrian pensions business
[15:00 CET 13-03] AUSTRIA – Hemma Massera, former head of actuarial and benefit consultant Greco, joins Generali to head a new unit specialised in occupational pension products.
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Trustees need help with wind-up deadline
[14:50 CET 10-03] UK – A joint consultation statement on the winding-up of pension schemes has been criticised by Hymans Robertson for failing to explain how trustees are expected to complete the process within two years.
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FeaturesDealing with external advisers
IPE asked three pension services – in Germany, the UK and Poland – the same question: ‘How do you make use of consultants?’ Here are their answers
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NewsInvestment consultants given thumbs up
[12:00 CET 07-03] UK – Investment consultants have been given a resounding vote of approval by UK pension funds for services delivered, but questions have been raised about their value for money along with the need for improve communications.
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Hewitt reveals details of its delegated consulting future
[11:00 CET 05-03] GLOBAL - Hewitt is to offer pooled liability matching fund and a diversified growth fund as part of its move to what it terms delegated consulting, the firm has confirmed.
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MLP strengthens occupational pension position
[16:40 CET 04-03] GERMANY – Financial services group MLP has acquired pension consultant TPC for an undisclosed sum.
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Barnett Waddingham expands
[16:35 CET 03-03] UK – Barnett Waddingham, the UK-based actuarial consultancy company, has bought fellow consulting actuary Garvins for an undisclosed amoun
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FeaturesOverdue for an overhaul
International accounting standards have served pensions accounting well, but it is time for an update, argues Andrew Lennard
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Fiduciary roles
Fiduciary management is now established in the Netherlands, but what role do consultants play when a fiduciary is appointed? Pirkko Juntunen investigated
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Dividing core tasks
The increasingly complexity of the pensions environment is driving trustees to look at outsourcing more of their fund services. Rachel Fixsen reports
