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Eumedion condemns empty votes (amended)
NETHERLANDS – Institutional shareholders are too passive, making little use of their shareholder rights and are in danger of developing a herd mentality, says Eumedion, the Dutch institutional corporate governance platform.
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Staffordshire seeks independent advisor
UK – The £2bn (€3bn) Staffordshire County Council is seeking an independent investment advisor to strengthen performance monitoring of managers.
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Hewitt hires from Watson Wyatt
UK – Hewitt Associates has hired a senior consultant from rival Watson Wyatt.
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Dutch LDI reaches €50bn - Cardano
NETHERLANDS – The volume of Dutch pension assets under liability-risk hedging strategies has reached €50bn, according to Cardano Risk Management.
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Turner slams "wreckage" of UK pensions
UK – Lord Turner, who chaired the Pensions Commission, has issued a broadside against the now-collapsed "house of cards" that was the UK’s pensions system.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Mercer, ABN Amro AM, Invesco, Henderson, Santander AM, BGI, F&C, KAS Bank, ING Real Estate, oekom research.
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Institutions still downbeat – Merrill survey
GLOBAL – Institutional investors are “still fundamentally pessimistic” about the outlook for corporate profit growth, fixed income and credit, a survey by investment bank Merrill Lynch has found.
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UK protection fund to create SRI policy
UK – The UK’s £305m (€446.3m) Pension Protection Fund is seeking a consultant to help it create a policy on socially responsible investing.
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UK’s Marathon Club calls for statement of beliefs
UK - Pension trustees should be clear about their investment beliefs as well as focus less on short-term asset manager performance, says the Marathon Club.
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Norwegian fund to screen for arms links
NORWAY – The NOK1.8trn (€220bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global is to screen its equity holdings to filter companies with connections to certain types of weapon production.
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Aon survey casts doubt on pension buyouts
UK – Only up to 10% of UK companies are candidates for a buyout solution for their pension scheme within the next three years, according to a survey from Aon Consulting.
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Dutch VB writes SRI manual
NETHERLANDS – The VB, the Dutch Association of Industry-Wide Pension Funds, has drafted a social responsible investments (SRI) manual to help pension funds inject more transparency into their investments.
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Fiduciary model set to grow - Watson Wyatt
EUROPE - The Dutch fiduciary management model for running pension assets is set to grow - with banks and consultants increasingly in competition, says Watson Wyatt.
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Investment banks set up longevity group
GLOBAL – A group of leading investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and UBS have formed a trade association focused on the mortality and longevity market.
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Ex-Hewitt employee jailed for theft from client
UK – A former Hewitt Associates pensions administrator has been given a 21-month prison sentence for stealing more than a quarter of a million pounds from a client.
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Parker to head consolidated HSBC DC business
UK – Banking group HSBC has consolidated its UK defined contribution pensions administration offering.
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SEI Investments plans UK DC launch
UK – US asset management firm SEI Investments is planning to launch a defined contribution (DC) offering in the UK, IPE has learnt.
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SPF Beheer in fiduciary talks with three funds
NETHERLANDS – SPF Beheer says it is in talks with three pension funds to take on their asset management and pension administration.
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Paternoster extends State Street deal
UK - Paternoster, the defined benefit pension insurance group, has extended its existing relationship with State Street.
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Kempen expands fiduciary team
NETHERLANDS – Dutch merchant bank Kempen & Co has hired ING Investment Management’s Marco van Rijn in a move to expand its fiduciary business.
