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UK Pensions Regulator seeks fee transparency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The UK Pensions Regulator is seeking management fee transparency in its defined contribution pension schemes. In response to a recent industry discussion paper, the regulator said it had received unanimous support that pension fund costs should be clear ...

PAS mandate review completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... investment officer, Paul Kessell, formerly chief investment officer of $9 billion-plus UK pension fund, the J Sainsbury Pension Scheme. It has also adopted a responsible investing framework and reviewed its fund manager line up. Currently PAS employs ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Avon Pension Fund, with assets as at March 2009 of $2.96 billion. The mandate requires management of an active currency ...

Hungary nationalises private pensions

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The Hungarian government has effectively nationalised the private pensions of its citizens in an effort to plug holes in the country's finances. Confirming savers and foreign investors worst fears, the national economy minister, Gyorgy Matolcsy announced ...

UK edges closer to universal pension scheme

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition will push ahead with plans to introduce a universal pension scheme in the UK. Chancellor George Osborne recently gave the green light for the establishment of the National Employment and Savings Trust ...

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... system for government employees shifted from "defined benefit" to "defined contribution" with the launch of the New Pension Scheme (NPS). In 2009, the NPS was opened up to the public, not just government employees, albeit on a voluntary basis, with certain ...

Global and Asian mandates up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... mandates, according to the tender. The London Borough of Redbridge Pension Fund is part of the overall Local Government Pension Scheme in the UK. With 3.5 million members, the Local Government Pension Scheme is one of the largest public sector pension ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...

AMP Cap appoints Japan MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Toshiaki Yamashita as managing director and representative director in Japan after he joined the firm in July in a similar role. Yamashita previously worked at AMP Capital in Japan as acting managing director. He ...

Mercer urges STP implementation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... accurate and up to date," said Claire Ross, head of service implementation at Mercer's pension outsourcing business. "Pension scheme risk has become a serious business issue at the corporate and trustee level. As defined contribution schemes become more ...