All articles by Meagan Rees – Page 29
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Investors demand change to US voting rules
GLOBAL – A group of 14 institutional investors from the UK, Netherlands, Australia and Canada have called for an overhaul of the American voting standard regarding the election of US corporate directors.
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Mercer calls for PPF changes
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has called on the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to request changes to government proposals it says will force companies to incur high administrative costs in 2006.
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Uhlmann joins INDEXCHANGE board
GERMANY – European exchange traded funds leader, INDEXCHANGE Investment, has appointed dbi’s Thomas Uhlmann to its management board in a strategic strengthening of its international sales body.
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Northern Trust Global Advisors names CIO
GLOBAL - Northern Trust Global Advisors, the manager-of-managers arm of the Chicago-based bank, has named Andrew Smith as chief investment officer.
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Threadneedle names UK institutional head
UK – Threadneedle Investments has named Madeline Forrester as its new head of UK institutional business, effective immediately.
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Insight nabs MLIM’s Aitken as institutional head
UK – Insight Investment Management has named Sarah Aitken, head of defined contribution at rival Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, as its new head of institutional business.
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UK’s Willetts joins Punter Southall as advisor
UK – Former opposition pensions spokesman David Willetts has been appointed senior policy advisor for actuarial consultancy Punter Southall & Co.
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Multek awards pensions brief (Correct)
GERMANY – State Street Global Advisors(SSGA) has just been awarded a multi-asset pensions mandate by the German branch of the multinational company Multek, based in Boeblingen, Germany (Clarifies pensions).
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SPC reveals obstacles to UK pension funds
UK – A recent survey by the Society of Pension Consultants (SPC) has found that complexity and compliance are rivalling cost as the biggest stumbling blocks for employers trying to set up pension schemes in the UK.
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KAS releases buoyant half-year figures
NETHERLANDS – KAS Bank has reported a €3.9mn increase in commission in the group’s half-year figures released today - an 11.5% increase on the same figures in 2004.
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ABN Amro Mellon opens Luxembourg office
LUXEMBOURG – ABN Amro Mellon Global Securities Services has launched a Luxembourg office with Ravi Thakur as general manager of the branch.
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Hewitt sees consolidation in pensions admin
NETHERLANDS – Hewitt Associates, which has now taken over the administration of the Philips Pension Fund, says it sees consolidation in the pensions administration area.
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Capita buys pensions admin firm FPS
UK – Pensions administrator Capita Hartshead has acquired the FPS Group of Companies following “enormous change” in the UK pensions market.
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Dutch rail scheme SPF hires PGGM’s Varkevisser
NETHERLANDS – The €10.4bn Dutch railway pension scheme SPF has just appointed PGGM’s Jan-Theo Varkevisser as portfolio manager for fixed income and the treasury.
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Call for Europe to tackle manager-consultant ties
GLOBAL – Europe should tackle the “corruption” of relationships between pension consultants and asset managers, says a US lawyer who’s suing a consultant over the ‘pay-to-play’ system.
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PGGM strategy head De Vrij joins ABP
NETHERLANDS – PGGM’s head of strategy and research, Gerlof De Vrij, has left the €60bn health care fund to work on a project for civil service scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP.
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Mercer hires ex-Jardine Lloyd’s Parker
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed former Jardine Lloyd Thompson senior actuary, Matthew Parker, as senior consultant.
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Switzerland’s Aargau mulls switch to DC
SWITZERLAND – The Aargauische Pensionskasse, or APK, is planning to change from a defined benefit to a defined contribution scheme by 2007 due to interest-rate pressures.
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ABN Amro Mellon makes Nordic hire
DENMARK - ABN Amro Mellon has appointed Danske Bank’s Soren Eberhard as business development manager for the Nordic market.
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Dutch doctors’ fund becomes limited company
NETHERLANDS – The €11bn doctors scheme SBA Artsenpensioenfondsen has announced its decision to become a private limited company - Doctors Pension Funds Services BV.
