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PPF seeks help to clean up scheme data
[12:00 CEST 25-10] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is tendering for services to review data of incoming pension schemes.
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PwC to advise Norwegian fund on real estate
[13:30 CEST 24-10] NORWAY – The Oslo-based branch of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was awarded the contract for advising the NOK2trn (€250bn) Norwegian government pension fund on tax issues related to real estate investments.
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Mercer hires European head of implemented consulting
[16:30 CEST 16-10] EUROPE – Michael Kinney joins Mercer to head its European implemented consultancy services.
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Kensington and Chelsea fund seeks consultant
[14:40 CEST 16-10] UK – The £425m (€610m) Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea pension fund is seeking an investment consultant to assist with asset allocation and external manager appointments.
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Watson Wyatt makes first Nordic acquisition
[16:00 CEST 12-10] SWEDEN – Watson Wyatt is buying Oakbridge Consulting, a Swedish consultancy specialising in HR, to grow its Nordic business.
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Ex-Mercer consultants set up independent trustee firm
[14:00 CEST 05-10] UK – Roy Carr, Bill Rayner, Paul Greenwood and John Hawkins have joined forces to form Foresight Trustees.
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'If you don’t know it, don’t buy it' – Laboul
[16:45 CEST 01-10] EUROPE – Pensions funds should be more prudent to prevent losses on asset-backed securities related for instance to the recent US subprime credit crunch, says the OECD’s Andre Laboul.
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Province of a select few?
Complexity and regulation continue to drive outsourcing of pension fund investments, finds Rachel Fixsen
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A consultant evolution
Consolidation in Germany’s actuarial and investment consulting market continues apace, notably with Watson Wyatt’s acquisition of the big hitter Heissmann. Pirkko Juntunen reports
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Lovells enters the class action fray
[17:00 CEST 27-09] EUROPE – Lovells, the UK pensions law specialist, is creating its own class action unit to support pension funds seeking securities class actions.
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Study admits statutory Swiss pensions governance needed
[16:30 CEST 27-09] SWITZERLAND – Self-regulatory pension fund governance may not be strong enough to protect pensions in Switzerland, suggests a pension fund study published by Swisscanto.
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Pension funds predicted to hit £35bn OTCs use
[16:25 CEST 26-09] UK – Pension funds’ use of derivatives is continuing to grow rapidly and the use of over-the-counter (OTC) transactions is expected to almost double by the end of 2007 compared with last year, suggests data from consultancy firm Watson Wyatt.
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Edhec sets up pension fund research chair
[13:00 CEST 24-09] FRANCE – The Nice-based business school Edhec and Axa Investment Managers have created a research chair on regulation and institutional investments.
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Mercer takes implemented consulting to Europe
[11:08 CEST 12-09] EUROPE - Mercer intends to expand its implemented consulting activities to win business in Ireland and the UK, as well as in fiduciary management in the Netherlands over the next 3-5 years.
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Pension buyout is cooking at Aga
[13:30 CEST 11-09]UK – Aga Foodservices, the British oven maker, has said it is reviewing the "strategic options" for funding its £791.9m (€1.16bn) pension scheme.
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Companies prioritise DB over DC - Hewitt
[13:00 CEST 11-09] UK – Members of defined contribution schemes are missing out on up to 70% additional retirement income because of lack of efficiency in administration, Hewitt said.
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Dutch navy sinks Achmea
[13:30 CEST 10-09] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch €3.4bn Merchant Navy Pension Fund (Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de Koopvaardij) will end its management agreement with PVF Achmea at the end of this year, IPE has learnt.
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E.ON pension scheme moves into hedge funds
[14:00 CEST 07-09] GERMANY – A €5.4bn pension fund for German energy giant E.ON has begun making its first investment in hedge funds, employing both single and fund-of-fund vehicles, market sources have told IPE.
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Why Mn Services is putting on weight
Mn Services’ acquisition of PME’s business will give it the critical mass it needs to compete at the top level of pensions provision, Mn Services chairman Rudolf Hagendijk tells Leen Preesman
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Hewitt signs Strathclyde man
[16:50 CEST 06-09] UK – David Crum left the £9.8bn (€14.5bn) Strathclyde pension fund and will be joining consulting firm Hewitt.
