All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 39
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Hewitt nabs Mercer Germany consulting chief
GERMANY – Hewitt Associates has hired Dieter Oppermann, the former head of Mercer’s international consulting operations in Germany.
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Aon Consulting names new UK CEO
UK – Ron Amy has stepped down as chief executive of Aon Consulting’s UK operations, though he will stay on as chairman.
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Janus funds perform worst on ATP's Folkebørsen
DENMARK – Janus provided four of the five worst performing sub-funds on ATP’s new Folkebørsen electronic fund marketplace in 2005.
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Belgian pension funds return 16.8% - Mercer
BELGIUM - Belgian pension funds delivered median returns of 16.8% in 2005, according to new research by Mercer Human Resource Consulting - almost double 2004's 8.6%.
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Asset managers get UK pension OK
UK – The government has announced that asset managers will be allowed to set up personal pension schemes from April 2007 following a consultation.
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Van den Brink likens PME to Harvard and Yale
NETHERLANDS - Roland van den Brink, chief investment officer at the €19bn Dutch metals industry fund PME, has likened his fund to the US university endowments Yale and Harvard.
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AXA Investment Managers gets new CEO
EUROPE – Dominique Carrel-Billiard is to take over from Nicolas Moreau as chief executive of AXA Investment Managers.
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Dutch funds return 14.8% - WM
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds returned 14.8% in 2005, according to results from WM Performance Services’ Universe of Dutch Pension Funds.
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Aviva withdraws Prudential bid
UK – Insurance giant Aviva has withdrawn its £17bn (€24.6bn) all-share offer for rival Prudential – just four days after the proposal was announced.
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Mercer parent names marketing chief
GLOBAL - Marsh & McLennan, the parent company of Mercer and Putnam Investments, has named James Speros as chief marketing officer.
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Legg Mason names Hirschmann as president
GLOBAL - James Hirschmann, chief executive of Legg Mason’s Western Asset Management arm, has been named president of Legg Mason itself.
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OECD wants derivatives rules for pension funds
GLOBAL – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has called for strict limits, if not outright prohibition, on pension funds’ use of derivatives with the potential for unlimited commitments.
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Reaction to UK long-dated gilts announcement
UK - Here's a roundup of industry reaction to Chancellor Gordon Brown's announcement yesterday that there would be more issuance of long-dated gilts.
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Union to examine BA pension changes
UK – Unions say they will put British Airways’ plans to raise staff retirement age “under the microscope” – saying they mean more pain for workers.
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Allianz’s Faber critical of investment banks
GLOBAL – Joachim Faber, chief executive of Allianz Global Investors, has hit out at investment banks targeting pension fund trustees.
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Irish regulator pulls plug on hedge fund
IRELAND – The Irish financial watchdog has ordered Dublin-domiciled hedge fund group Broadstone Fund Management to cease due to “serious regulatory issues”.
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Towers' Compté joins new Belgian consultant
BELGIUM - Towers Perrin London-based consultant Frédéric Compté has joined some of his former Aon colleagues at new consulting firm Esofac Belgium.
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MEPs reject UCITS for pension directive
EUROPE – Members of the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee have voted against proposals to bring UCITS investment funds within the scope of the directive on occupational pension funds.
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UK to legislate on DB transfer values
UK – The government is to legislate on the calculation of transfer values for defined benefit occupational pension schemes – taking oversight away from the Actuarial Profession.
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IPE-QUEST: Three new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are three new searches - for large-cap core equities, developed markets large or all-cap equities and EAFE large-cap or all-cap value – on IPE-Quest.
