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NAPF’s Ellison to chair IPE Real Estate event
NETHERLANDS – National Association of Pension Funds chairman Robin Ellison is to chair IPE Real Estate’s Investor Forum & Awards in Amsterdam on June 1.
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Dutch actuaries fear stifling FTK
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Actuarial Society has asked social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus not to set rules for analysing pension funds.
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Towers Perrin teams up with Germany’s Gassner
GERMANY – Rauser Towers Perrin has further expanded its presence in Germany’s occupational pensions market by teaming up with Gassner and Partners, a Stuttgart-based pensions and actuarial advisor.
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Blacket offers online fund manager “barometer”
UK - Blacket Research is launching a free online service for pension schemes called the Fund Manager Barometer within the next few weeks.
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Mercer sees growth in lifecycle fund providers
GLOBAL – The number of lifecycle fund providers is likely to increase “significantly” in the future, according to a Mercer Investment Consulting research report.
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Bayer implements UK pensions governance system
UK – Healthcare giant Bayer, with a pension scheme of roughly £750m, has implemented a pensions governance system from eShare.
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FTSE research director Beckley departs
GLOBAL – FTSE Group’s research and development director Carl Beckley is leaving the index provider after almost eight years to join Record Currency Management.
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Netherlands’ de Geus rejects taxation of AOW
NETHERLANDS - Social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus says he rejects the opposition Labour Party’s proposal to tax the AOW state pension.
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Barclays Global Investors’ ETF head Lavine exits
EUROPE – Bruce Lavine, head of Europe at Barclays Global Investors’ iShares exchange-traded funds arm, has left.
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SEB hit as asset management CEO quits
SWEDEN – Harry Klagsbrun, chief executive of SEB Asset Management, has quit to join private equity firm EQT Partners as a senior partner.
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T. Rowe nabs Insight institutional chief Millar
UK – Stephen Millar, director of institutional business development at Insight Investments, has quit to join T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services as consultant relations chief for Europe.
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Mercer, Wilshire subpoenaed in US probe
GLOBAL – Mercer Investment Consulting and global advisory company Wilshire Associates have confirmed they were recently subpoenaed to provide information to the US Department of Labor’s investigation of pension consultants.
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Ex-Aon’s Good joins Hewitt in development role
UK – Former Aon business relationship manager Martin Good has been appointed business development consultant at Hewitt Associates.
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Hermes CIO Mustoe joins Pictet
UK – Nick Mustoe, chief investment officer of Hermes Pensions Management, will quit at the end of May to become CIO head of equities of Pictet Asset Management (updated).
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F&C names institutional sales head
UK - F&C Asset Management has named John Bills as head of institutional sales in London.
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DNB stress tests ‘to show funds’ improvement’
NETHERLANDS – Stress tests currently being conducted by the Dutch central bank are expected to show a “significant improvement” in Dutch pension funds’ coverage ratios, according to a new report.
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UK consultants see pension directive problem
UK – More than half of UK pension consultants see a problem with the implementation of the European pension fund directive, according to the Society of Pension Consultants.
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West Sussex reviews €950m Baillie Gifford brief
UK – Baillie Gifford could be axed as active balanced fund manager of the £1.4bn (€2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund following the scheme’s regular review process.
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UK management accountants form pension group
UK – The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants has set up a pensions risk advisory group.
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Aon puts €129m into UK pension plans
UK – Consulting and insurance firm Aon Corp. says it put $164m (€129.3m) of financial instruments into its various UK pension schemes in the first quarter of this year.
