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UK board wants buy-out disclosure
UK – The UK’s Accounting Standards Board has unveiled new requirements in a bid to improve the disclosure of pensions information – although some observers said it was a “disclosure too far”.
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Mercer principal Stocker joins Lane Clark & Peacock
UK - Lane Clark & Peacock says it has hired Mercer Human Resource Consulting principal Mark Stocker as partner within its London actuarial team.
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Watson Wyatt’s DC ‘gateway’ gets £2bn
UK – Watson Wyatt says its new defined contribution “Investment Gateway” has attracted at least 20 pension schemes and more than £2bn (€2.96bn) of assets.
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SPF Beheer aims to take on six pension clients
NETHERLANDS – SPF Beheer says it aims to take on the asset management of up to six pension funds in the next few years.
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Societe Generale under review at Kent CC
UK – The £2.4bn (€3.6bn) Kent County Council Superannuation Scheme is tendering a £350m UK equities mandate currently held by Societe Generale Asset Management.
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North Yorkshire tenders for financial advisor
UK – The £1.2bn (€1.8bn) North Yorkshire County Council pension fund is looking for an independent financial advisor as current advisor Philip Williams’ contract is running out.
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Dutch VB hails merits of collective schemes
NETHERLANDS – Collective pension funds are cheaper and deliver larger benefits than commercial pensions, according to a report by the VB, the Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds.
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Lane Clark launches corporate, trustee practices
UK - Lane Clark & Peacock has launched two specialist investment consulting practices.
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Newham fund diverts into infrastructure
REAL ESTATE - The London Borough of Newham pension fund is to invest £30m (€45m) in infrastructure. The investment, which follows a strategic review and is the fund’s first in infrastructure, reflects a desire to influence the beta aspects of the fund and the search for a guaranteed long-term return.
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Shropshire fund moves out of UK property
REAL ESTATE - Shropshire County Council pension fund is seeking an investment manager for a £43m (€63.7m) pan-European real estate portfolio.
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Mercer to review Irish Social Insurance Fund
IRELAND – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has won a €165,000 contract to conduct and actuarial review of Ireland’s Social Insurance Fund for the Department of Social and Family Affairs.
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The Spanish road towards multi-management
Over the past few years Spanish pensions have begun to focus more on equities and started to embrace multimanager strategies. Xavi Bellavista and Ignasi Puigdollers report
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Flying through turbulence
Germany’s largest investment consultant Feri reckons it is on track again after a takeover and adopting a new strategy. Jan Wagner reports
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The dominance continues
In securities services, competition is fierce but local players still win out. Heather McKenzie reports
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Legislation keeps consultants on their toes
While demand for advisory services in Spain has been squeezed, legal changes have helped keep things ticking over in Portugal. Rachel Fixsen reports
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IPE AWARDS: Build stronger portfolios, schemes told
EUROPE - Pension funds should build stronger portfolios to brace themselves for worst-case scenarios rather than just researching them, the annual IPE Awards Seminar in Paris was told today.
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UK: actuarial liability disclosure “meaningless”
UK – The Pensions Regulator says 83% of respondents to a consultation reckon the inclusion of actuarial liabilities within pension funds’ financial statements would be meaningless and costly.
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France's FRR names 'extra-financial' providers
FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the €29bn French Pensions Reserve Fund, has named three providers of "extra-financial" advice.
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IPE AWARDS: Panel hails CEE 2nd-pillar
EUROPE – Second-pillar pensions have taken firm root in the central- and eastern European (CEE) countries of Estonia and Hungary but play only a small role in Croatia and virtually none in the Czech Republic, according to a panel of CEE experts.
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Hewitt nabs Robeco’s du Penhoat for France (amended)
FRANCE – Nicolas du Penhoat will be the head of Hewitt Associates' investment consulting for France.
