Relationship Management
At any company, managing relationships with the company's pensions or benefits advisers is a vital part of modern corporate governance
News Cast
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Erste Bank closes second-pillar pensions business in Hungary
Bank says recent regulatory changes made profitable operations 'impossible'.
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Q&A with EIOPA chairman Gabriel Bernardino
IPE speaks with chairman about revisions to IORP directive, White Paper on pensions.
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Wednesday people roundup
ING IM, PIMCO, Janus Capital, LCP, Société Générale, City Financial
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UK roundup: Wedgwood Museum, Rothesay Life, Prudential Retirement
Minister rules out changes to pensions legislation to prevent fire sale at museum.
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Mandate roundup: Clwyd, Essex, Stafford Timberland
Welsh local authority pension scheme to invest in frontier markets with £7m mandate.
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Institutionals willing to invest in hedge funds, but concerns remain
Investors increasingly worried about ability to meet performance targets, says SEI.
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Second German pension fund thinking to apply responsible investment charter
North Rhine-Westphalia scheme awaiting review of UN's SRI principles.
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Dutch regulator confirms more than 100 pension funds facing discounts
More than 30 pension schemes thinking to make maximum 7% discount, DNB says.
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Chief risk officer at ING Investment Management to step down in April
Asset manager makes number of senior hires at offices in Europe, Asia.
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Towers Watson wins delegated CIO mandate from Jaguar pension fund
Consultancy has fiduciary mandate for £4.1bn of Jaguar Land Rover's DB assets.
In the United Kingdom, it is estimated that employers and pension scheme trustees pay over STG £2 billion each year for advice and services to help operate their pension and employee benefits arrangements.
This money is paid to actuaries, pension advisers, investment consultants, administrators, legal firms and others.
A recent survey carried out by a well known independent research firm has found that all is not well in the adviser market place with nearly 30% of employers reviewing their consultants in the UK.
Our role is to ensure that, to the maximum possible extent, dealings with the service providers to the company and the trustees is maintained and strengthened in a proactive, constructive and professional manner.