All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 54
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Janus names consultant relations director
GLOBAL - Janus Capital Group has named Brad Gillman as director of consultant relations at Janus Institutional Asset Management.
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ECB warns of pension speculation amid low rates
EUROPE – The European Central Bank has warned that the current low interest rates may lead to “reckless or speculative” investing by pension funds.
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Mercer names multi-management president
GLOBAL – Mercer has named Fidelity’s Phil de Cristo as president of its multi-manager arm Mercer Global Investments, a new role.
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Decision due on unfunded pension accounting
GLOBAL – The way unfunded pension schemes are treated in national accounts is set to be resolved at a meeting in Frankfurt early next year.
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OECD global pension forum postponed
GLOBAL – A forum on global pensions organized by the OECD and the new International Organisation of Pension Supervisors has been postponed.
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UK actuarial standards board chair named
UK – Former Laurentian Financial Group chief executive Paul Seymour has been appointed chairman of the UK’s new actuarial standards board.
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Swiss official backs individual pension accounts
SWITZERLAND – The chief economist of the Swiss central bank has backed the idea of individual pension accounts – saying they could boost labour mobility and “work effort”.
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Shier to chair Groupe Consultatif pensions group
EUROPE – Hewitt’s Philip Shier has taken over as chairman of the Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Européen’s Pensions Committee from Watson Wyatt’s Paul Thornton.
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ABP opts for ORTEC performance system
NETHERLANDS - Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the Dutch civil service scheme, has chosen Pearl, ORTEC's performance and risk management system.
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EU sees common pensions and market regulation
EUROPE – The European Commission says the European pensions, banking and securities regulatory committees will deliver “common decision-making and enforcement” within five years.
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30 Hermes staff to transfer to Bank of NY
UK - Around 30 of Hermes Pensions Management's 300 staff are to transfer to the Bank of New York in an outsourcing deal involving more than £50bn (€73.9bn) in assets.
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MSIM hires ex-GSAM European equities co-CIO
EUROPE - Hywel George, former co-chief investment officer of European equities at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has joined rival Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
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Buck’s investment research head Treich exits
UK – Rob Treich, head of investment research at Buck Consultants, has left to join Mercer Investment Consulting.
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EFRP complains to EU over pension discrimination
EUROPE - The European Federation for Retirement Provision and PricewaterhouseCoopers have lodged complaints with the European Commission against 18 EU member states for infringing the free movement of capital.
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ThyssenKrupp says half of workers switch to DC
GERMANY – Industrial giant ThyssenKrupp says half of its employees have chosen to switch from its traditional company pension scheme into the groupwide defined contribution plan.
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PGGM consortium buys €1bn real estate portfolio
NETHERLANDS – Dutch health care fund PGGM is part of a consortium that is buying retailer Vendex KBB’s real estate portfolio in a sale-and-lease-back agreement.
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Retired rich are huge untapped market -- McKinsey
UK -- Retiring and retired individuals in Europe represent a huge opportunity for any player which really decides to focus on the market, according to management consultants McKinsey in a recent report.
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Lloyd’s scheme opts for Northern Trust
UK – The £365m (€534m) Lloyd’s Superannuation Fund has awarded an exclusive global custody and performance measurement brief to Northern Trust.
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Meeting set to debate 26th pensions regime
EUROPE – The so-called 26th regime for pan-European pensions is set to be discussed in a meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels next week.
