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Watson Wyatt names new Europe investment head
EUROPE - Senior investment consultant Paul Trickett is to take over as European head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt from Kevin Carter, who will retire.
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UK's Berkshire tenders €599m currency overlay
UK - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has tendered a £410m (€599m) currency overlay mandate for the £1.3bn Berkshire Pension Fund.
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Mn Services names equities director
NETHERLANDS - Dutch fiduciary management firm Mn Services has named Patrick Wierckx as director of equities.
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Blue Sky wins €150m Air UK business
UK – Blue Sky Group, which manages the pension assets of KLM, it to run assets of a UK scheme affiliated to the Dutch airline.
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Bank of NY boosts European pensions team
EUROPE – SEI Investments (Europe) UK operations director Tony Pedley has quit to join the Bank of New York as head of European pensions client management.
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ATP makes €470m from hedging
DENMARK – ATP, Denmark’s largest pension fund, made a profit of DKK3.5bn (€469.6m), from its hedging activities in the first quarter of 2006.
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French reserve fund grows to €28bn
FRANCE - The FRR, the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites or French Pensions Reserve Fund, has grown to €28.1bn after making a 4.3% return on assets in the first quarter.
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External boards key for small schemes - AZL
NETHERLANDS - Small pension funds could extend their board with external professionals, as a way to guarantee their survival as an independent scheme, says Dutch pensions provider and asset manager AZL.
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Dutch Labour leader tough on early retirement
NETHERLANDS -The Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) want a tougher policy on discouraging workers from taking early retirement, said its leader Wouter Bos.
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Bols’ €130m scheme reinsures its liabilities
NETHERLANDS - Pension fund Erven Lucas Bols has chosen insurer Zwitserleven (Swiss Life) for the reinsurance of its pension liabilities, the insurer has announced.
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Hymans axed from Newham scheme
UK - The London Borough of Newham has axed consultancy firm Hymans Robertson as actuarial services provider for its £500m (€719m) defined benefit scheme - the fund has appointed Mercer instead.
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Hewitt to open Istanbul office
TURKEY – Global consulting firm Hewitt Associates is due to officially open an office in Istanbul in the summer.
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French reserve fund re-tenders transition broking
FRANCE – The FRR, the €26.6bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites or French Pensions Reserve Fund, has re-tendered a €16bn transition broking brief it awarded to Goldman Sachs less than two years ago.
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Julius Baer asset management chief von Ah quits
SWITZERLAND – Swiss private bank Julius Baer has announced that Roman von Ah, head of asset management for continental Europe, is stepping down as of April 28.
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Latest “Blue Book” UK reference guide published
UK – The latest edition of ‘Pensions Funds and their Advisers’ – the “Blue Book” - has been published by AP Information Services in association with the National Association of Pension Funds.
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Pension fund FX trading surges – Greenwich
GLOBAL – Pension fund and asset manager activity in the global foreign exchange market grew 48% last year according to consulting firm Greenwich Associates.
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Call for streamlined Dutch pension supervision
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch MP has called for the dual supervision of the pensions industry – by the central bank and the AFM market authority – to be scrapped.
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CalPERS names ex-DeAM’s Read as CIO
GLOBAL – The California Public Employees' Retirement System has appointed former Deutsche Asset Management deputy chief investment officer Russell Read as CIO of the $208bn (€169bn) public pension scheme.
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EU raps 11 member states over pension directive
EUROPE – The European Commission has ratcheted up the pressure on 11 member states it says have not fully implemented the occupational pension funds directive.
