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Watson Wyatt set to buy Heissmann
[14:55 CEST 22/05] EUROPE – Watson Wyatt is intending to take over the established German consultancy firm Dr Dr Heissmann.
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IPE-QUEST: Up to €74m for European equity
[13:15 CEST 21/05] GERMANY – A German corporate pension fund is looking for a manager for a $50-100m (to €74m) European equity mandate using IPE-QUEST.
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Time is running out on partial Parmalat deal
[17:08 CEST 17/05] EUROPE - Fresh calls are going out to European pension funds who may be interested in receiving a payout from a $50m (€37m) partial legal settlement related to the Parmalat collapse.
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Limit powers of Personal Accounts Board, stakeholders urge
[17:04 CEST 17/05] UK – Stakeholders in the pensions industry want the authorities managing and setting up the individual accounts scheme in the UK to have a very focused and narrow remit, according to a study by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:10 CEST 16/05] GLOBAL – Hewitt, Watson Wyatt, UBS, SWIP, Aegon, Barnett Waddingham, F&C, PIC, Nevsky, Welllington, Deutsche Bank.
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Replace SRI with sustainable approach - Watson Wyatt
[16:45 CEST 15/05] UK – Pension fund managers may be able to meet their fiduciary duty and engage with companies on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues if they opt for sustainable investment strategies, suggests Watson Wyatt.
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Cardano nabs two from Hewitt
[16:59] UK – Cardano Risk Management has hired Richard Dowell and Phil Page, both senior consultants at Hewitt Associates, to join its UK team.
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DaimlerChrysler plans equities shift
[11:53 CEST] GERMANY – The €8.9bn DaimlerChrysler pension scheme is planning to invest €680m in German large cap equities this summer and has hired a consultant to select the appropriate manager.
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EPIC advisers bought by hedge fund specialist
UK – Specialist investment adviser Allenbridge has bought a 51% stake in independent pension trustee consultant EPIC Investment Advisers (EIA).
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NTGA arrival to challenge consultants (amended)
GLOBAL – Asset management houses and consultants are not doing enough to ensure they meet pension funds’ individual investment needs, according to a new head at Northern Trust Global Advisors who intends to take on the firms’ services.
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Features
The future challenge for actuaries
Chris Lewin, former head of UK pensions at Unilever, discusses investing in art, risk management and what makes a successful actuary with Brendan Maton
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Bridging the information gap
To what extent do the reporting requirements across Europe penalise smaller schemes? Rachel Fixsen investigates
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A life in pensions with no regrets
Bengt Edström recently retired from his position as pension operations manager and internal consultant at the Swedish power utility Vattenfall Group, and as trustee for Vattenfall’s pensionsstiftelse, the group’s SEK5.5bn (€593m) DB pension vehicle. George Coats interviewed him
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The big shake-up
Following a vote in July 2006 by the International Accounting Standards Board to embark on a two-phase project to improve its IAS19 pensions accounting standard, Stephen Bouvier rounds up the developments to date
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Merseyside seeking all-in-one accounting system
UK – The £4bn (€6bn) Merseyside pension fund is looking to find an integrated accounting system which combines keeping track of the pension contributions inflow as well as the fund's investments.
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Hewitt hires LDI expert from Aon
UK – Caroline Allensby-Green will join Hewitt after 10 years at rival Aon Consulting.
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North Yorkshire chooses Mercer
UK – The £1.2bn (€1.8bn) North Yorkshire County Council pension fund has chosen Mercer as investment consultant.
