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Voluntary pensions have to fill gap, OECD says
TURKEY – As benefits in pension systems have been cut substantially since the 1990s, voluntary pension savings will have to fill the gap, says the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Consultant activity goes with regulatory flow
A steady stream of legislative change affecting pensions is keeping consultants busy in the Nordic countries. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Lloyds TSB to use Ortec’s ALM software
EUROPE - Lloyds TSB Group will carry out risk analysis for pension schemes with PALM, the asset liability management software from Ortec, the software developer and consultancy has announced.
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‘Belgians take too early pension’ – survey finds
BELGIUM – A report from the European Union regarding personal attitudes to pensions has found that just under half of Belgians believe that pensions are taken prematurely.
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Deutsche Bank nabs Insight’s Hamilton for LDI
UK – Deutsche Bank has hired former Hewitt Associates consultant Joseph Hamilton to join its Insurance and Pensions Group.
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Watson reports strong investment advice demand
GLOBAL – Strong demand for investment strategy advice was behind a 36% increase in first-quarter investment consulting revenues at Watson Wyatt.
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Fortis eyes trustee governance
NETHERLANDS – International financial service group Fortis’ Dutch governance arm wants to educate pension fund trustees to take a more hands-on governing approach, the firm said today.
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Strathclyde seeking transition manager
UK – Glasgow City Council is seeking a transition manager for the movement of assets relating to planned and future investment changes in its £8.8bn (€12.3bn) Strathclyde pension fund, the local authority announced today.
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New Dutch investment consulting firm launched
NETHERLANDS – Jacco Koopmans, a former senior investment consultant at Hewitt Associates in the Netherlands, has started his own investment consultancy firm.
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Hannover Re puts €3bn into foreign bonds
GERMANY – Ampega, the asset manager for German re-insurer Hanover Re, has confirmed that, on behalf of the re-insurer, it is awarding €3bn worth of investment mandates for non-European bonds.
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Watson nabs Deloitte’s Gambini for Italy role
ITALY – Watson Wyatt has set up an Italian insurance consulting unit and hired a Deloitte consultant to lead it.
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ISS sold to RiskMetrics
GLOBAL – Proxy voting agency Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), globally the largest adviser to pension and mutual funds on casting shareholder votes, is to be sold for $553m (€434m) to RiskMetrics.
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Eurosif head of research Tagger leaves
EUROPE – Jerome Tagger, head of research at the European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif), has left and won’t be directly replaced.
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Complementa consultant Frei to leave
SWITZERLAND – Michael Frei, investment controller at Swiss pension consultant Complementa Investment-Controlling, is to leave the company on December 20, it was confirmed.
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Pensions open for outsourcing
In the current regulatory and accounting environment in Holland, outsourcing is an idea whose time has come. AZL, a leading Dutch provider of pension fund management services, explains its plans to Cyril Widdershoven
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Co-operation is the way forward
As accounting rules tighten, more legislation is introduced and investment becomes more complex, a growing number of Dutch pension funds are contracting out their asset management and administration. Two leading providers of pension fund management services – Cordares and Mn Services – have responded to these developments by pooling their expertise. Leen Preesman and David White talk to the architects of this alliance
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Contradictions at heart of IFRS
Are the IFRS at odds with the Solvency II recommendations on good risk management practices in insurance companies, Philippe Foulquier asks
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Hampshire tenders advice on alternatives
UK – The £2.5bn (€3.7bn) Hampshire County Council Pension Fund is seeking advice on alternative investments. The tender follows an overhaul of the fund’s management structure from multi-asset to specialist mandates.
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FTSE 100 deficits fall to €62.8bn - Watson
UK – Pension deficits at blue-chip UK firms have declined to a four-year low of £42bn (€62.8bn) thanks to favourable investment markets, according to Watson Wyatt.
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Mercer enters asset management with MGI launch
EUROPE – Mercer says it is effectively entering the European asset management market with the launch of its multi-manager offering, Mercer Global Investments.
