The West Sussex Pension Fund has appointed UBS Global Asset Management as an investment manager for part of the fund. 23 May 2013
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The Global Marine Systems pension scheme trustees have appointed Aon Hewitt to provide delegated investment consulting services. 15 May 2013
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will be providing in-house services to its members from 2014 and has awarded a contract to a specialist systems provider. 13 May 2013
A number of Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) have established a multi-provider framework agreement to provide investment consultancy services. 01 May 2013
The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) has hired Aon Hewitt to provide actuarial, investment, pension administration and broking services for its pension scheme. 23 April 2013
The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee has selected Wellington Management Company to be its active bond investment manager. 18 April 2013
The Environment Agency Pension Fund has hired an asset manager to invest in, and administer, 'real' assets for its globally diversified segregated portfolio of funds. 15 April 2013
Metroline trustees have appointed SEI as fiduciary manager to its two defined benefit schemes, which have a total of £51.6m in assets. 12 April 2013
The University of Leicester Pension and Assurance Scheme has appointed Aon Hewitt to provide actuarial advice and pension administration. 04 April 2013
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has appointed Buck Consultants to provide actuarial, consulting and administration services for its new £100m defined benefit (DB) pensions scheme. 26 March 2013
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has awarded a $500m mandate to Standard Life Investments as part of its multi-asset class (MAC) partners programme. 26 March 2013
Middlesbrough Borough Council appointed Aon Hewitt to provide actuarial advice to Teesside Pension Fund. 25 March 2013
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Pension Fund has hired BNY Mellon Asset Management International Limited as a global credit investment manager. 25 March 2013
The Environment Agency Pension Schemes has hired two low volatility global equity managers. 12 March 2013
East Sussex County Council has hired a number of global equity managers for its pension fund. 12 March 2013
The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) has appointed Aon Hewitt as actuarial adviser to the Local Government Pension Scheme for Northern Ireland. 11 March 2013
NOW: Pensions, the independent multi-employer trust, has been appointed to provide its auto-enrolment services to the pension scheme of a multi-specialist recruitment consultancy. 25 February 2013
Lothian Pension Fund has hired four global emerging markets equities managers. 25 February 2013
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has hired four managers as part of a framework agreement to look after the fund's long-only global equity. 19 February 2013
Cornwall Pension Fund has appointed Invesco Perpetual to manage its £50m diversified growth (DGF) mandate. 31 January 2013
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames pension fund has appointed Aon Hewitt as an investment consultant. 30 January 2013
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), a specialist insurer, has signed a second bulk annuity policy with the Cookson Group Pension Plan, now sponsored by metals company Vesuvius following the recent demerger of Cookson Group. 22 January 2013
The trustee of the Britvic Northern Ireland Pension Plan has announced they hired a consultancy firm to provide a full pension services package. 17 January 2013
Cornwall Pension Fund is the latest in what is currently only a handful of local authority pension funds to embrace LDI. 17 January 2013
The Fife council pension scheme in Scotland has announced a framework agreement consisting of six asset managers. 08 January 2013
Though it's mainly been in the news due to its fourth delay of opening, Berlin's Brandenburg airport has recently also announced it hired a new pensions service provider. 08 January 2013
Just in time to be listed as a mandate for 2012, Hertfordshire County Council announced it has hired a new alternatives manager. 08 January 2013
The Dutch pension scheme of TNO, the institute for applied technical research, has hired a new firm to look after the scheme's pensions administration. 03 January 2013
Aberdeen Asset Management has been awarded an emerging markets corporate bond mandate by a large Danish administration company. 19 December 2012
A global packaging firm has appointed Towers Watson as scheme actuary to its pension plan. 19 December 2012
Pensions insurer Rothesay Life has secured a £230m bulk annuity transaction with General Motors UK Retirees Pension Plan, protecting the pensions of the plan's 11,000 members. 13 December 2012
The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) has purchased a bulk annuity insurance policy with insurance provider Rothesay Life, securing approximately £680m of members' pension benefits in its Old Section. 13 December 2012
The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has hired an investment manager to look after a £70m global equity income mandate. 12 December 2012
Hermes Fund Managers (Hermes) has announced it has been awarded a $120m mandate by a Swiss trust for pension funds. 10 December 2012
Global investment manager Standard Life Investments announced that it has been awarded a new fixed income mandate. 10 December 2012
State Street Corporation has announced that it will provide custody, fund accounting, risk analysis and performance and analytics to a pension fund with approximately $1bn in assets under management. 06 December 2012
NOW: Pensions, the independent multi-employer trust, is to provide its auto-enrolment services to the pension scheme of a leading recruitment business. 04 December 2012
The trustees of the London Stock Exchange Retirement Plan have announced the appointment of a new legal adviser. 29 November 2012
Mercer's pensions and savings solution, Mercer Workplace Savings (MWS), now has £2.2bn worth of committed assets under management after being awarded contracts to provide over 50 clients with its product. 28 November 2012
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed seven fund managers as part of its development of its alternative investment portfolio. 26 November 2012
The £4.3bn Tyne and Wear Pension Fund, which is run by South Tyneside council, has announced it has re-hired Aberdeen Asset Management to manage its UK property portfolio. 22 November 2012
Dutch pension administrator PGGM Vermogensbeheer (PGGM) has chosen MSCI ESG Research, a data and analysis provider, to supply environmental, social and governance (ESG) research, rating and screening tools. 22 November 2012
Leicestershire county council pension fund has announced it has hired Aspect Capital as a managed futures manager by the scheme to invest 3.5% of its total fund assets, which are currently worth around £80m. 21 November 2012
Rowanmoor Pensions, an independent SSAS provider and a bespoke SIPP and Family Pension Trust operator, has been reappointed by Standard Life to carry out the administration for its SSAS portfolio. 12 November 2012
Investment firm First Quadrant, which specializes in dynamic asset allocation and optimal alpha strategies, announced that on of its funds has been selected by the Associated British Foods defined contribution (DC) pension scheme. 12 November 2012
Third sector pension provider The Pensions Trust has announced the selection of AllianceBernstein for its new auto-enrolment offering. 08 November 2012
JLT Benefit Solutions' (JLT) business is expanding rapidly as it announced to take over running Aegon's portfolio of defined benefit (DB) schemes, and some related client portfolios. 02 November 2012
Middlesbrough Council hired a new global custodian to provide global custody, monthly valuation and foreign exchange services to the Teesside pension fund. 01 November 2012
Merseyside Council has found a new manager to invest £1.4bn in assets of its pension fund with. 01 November 2012
Aviva Investors announced that it has won a mandate from the Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM) pension scheme to be managed by their real estate multi-manager team. 25 October 2012
Associated British Foods (ABF) has announced it will offer its pension scheme members flexible target date funds as the default defined contribution (DC) investment option. 23 October 2012
The Merseyside local authority pension scheme has selected Northern Trust to provide global custody, investment accounting, securities lending and commission recapture services. 22 October 2012
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has provided £100m in 25-year inflation linked financing to South East Water through the private placement of an index-linked note. 22 October 2012
The trustees of the £1.5bn Willis Pension Scheme have found a manager to handle a large portion of its hedge fund portfolio on a fiduciary basis, following a competitive tender. 09 October 2012
Employee benefit communication company, SHILLING Communication, has been appointed by British Airways to provide the communications relating to their annual 'Pensions Month.' 09 October 2012
Two large European pension schemes have hired Russell Indexes for new strategies. 03 October 2012
The Dutch pension scheme for the hospitality and catering industry has awarded a £62m ($101m) emerging market equities mandate. 28 September 2012
B&CE's The People's Pension has been appointed by a large sandwich retailer in the UK to manage its auto-enrolment offering. 25 September 2012
The University of London Superannuation fund (SAUL) has appointed Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) as its liability driven investment (LDI) manager, extending its 10-year relationship with the firm. 18 September 2012
The People's Pension, from workplace pension provider B&CE, has been selected by MEARS as its auto-enrolment pension provider of choice. 11 September 2012
Supermarket chain Morrisons today announces it has entered into a five-year contract with Capita Hartshead to provide pension scheme administration and auto-enrolment processing for its brand new cash balance scheme. 31 August 2012
BASF, the world's leading chemical company, has appointed employee benefit communication company SHILLING Communication to help increase member engagement and education of members across their UK-based pension schemes. 28 August 2012
The Travis Perkins Group is to launch a pensions master trust with Standard Life, combining all its contract- and trust-based schemes into one. 22 August 2012
Scottish Life, the pensions arm of the Royal London Group, has announced a partnership with the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), which will enable advisers to offer an integrated automatic enrolment solution to their clients. 22 August 2012
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has added ten new names to its panel of active bond managers in order to help it embark on the next phase of managing a wider fixed income investment portfolio. 17 August 2012
Global real estate investment management firm CBRE Global Investors has won a £120m mandate from EDS Trustee, the pension plan sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. 15 August 2012
C Brewer & Sons, a painting and decorating supplier, has appointed SEI as their fiduciary manager. SEI will provide these services to the two defined benefit (DB) schemes of the firm which have combined assets of £108m. 03 August 2012
State Street Corporation has announced it will provide depositary bank services to the main two pension schemes of the Monte dei Paschi bank in Italy. 03 August 2012
NEST Corporation (NEST) has issued a tender revealing it is seeking suppliers for an Investment Advice Framework. 02 August 2012
Pension Insurance Corporation announced this week that it has hedged a substantial part of their longevity risk through reinsurance with Munich Re. 30 July 2012
Facility services provider ISS UK has appointed NOW: Pensions to the provide its auto-enrolment pension scheme. 25 July 2012
China's National Council for Social Security Fund (NCSSF), which manages just over £100bn, has announced it had recruited 12 international investment managers last week. 25 July 2012
BNY Mellon has been awarded a contract that will see the firm provide custody services and investment administration solutions to Taiwan's Bureau of Labour Insurance. 24 July 2012
The Cookson Group pension plan agreed upon a £320m pension insurance buy-in with the Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) it was announced. 19 July 2012
The trustees of the Graham & Brown retirement benefits scheme have signed a second pension insurance buy-in agreement this week with the insurance company Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC). 18 July 2012
The RBS Group pension fund has allocated an initial £750m to the Australian firm Hastings Funds Management to manage and develop private market infrastructure assets. 17 July 2012
Mercer has been appointed by the Merseyside pension fund to provide advice on the manager selection process for a passive investment mandate worth between £1,000m and £1,500m. 13 July 2012
The trustees of the Aon Minet Pension Scheme have signed a second pension insurance buy-in agreement this week with the insurance company Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC). 11 July 2012
The £400m Wessex Water pension scheme has hired Russell Investments to provide fiduciary management services. 11 July 2012
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is intending to sign two new strategic partners to manage a multi-asset class portfolio and provide insights and analytics on asset allocation and portfolio construction decisions. 06 July 2012
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) announced it selected six asset managers to make its first investments in emerging markets in a bid to boost returns after rising payout obligations. The move is an important step towards diversifying the fund's portfolio. 06 July 2012
Derbyshire County Council pension fund has chosen for Prudential to be its sole provider of the additional voluntary contribution (AVC) pension arrangement it offers to its members. 26 June 2012
The Forth Ports Group pension scheme has appointed Punter Southall to provide a full range of actuarial and investment consultancy services. 26 June 2012
The pension scheme of the UK's leading drugstore Boots has appointed asset manager Schroders' property multi-manager team to manage a £135 million portfolio. 25 June 2012
High yield and corporate credit fund manager Muzinich & Co. has won a £31m pension fund mandate. 20 June 2012
This week's mandate round-up includes State Street, SVM Asset Management, Mercer, PMI, Swiss Re and the AkzoNobel Pension Scheme. 08 June 2012
This week's mandate round-up includes Berenberg Bank, Wiltshire County Council Pension Fund, State Street Global Advisors, Standard Life Investments, Nykredit, CalPERS and GI Partners. 24 May 2012
This mandate round-up includes: GES Investment Services, Strathclyde Pension Fund, Gartmore Group pension scheme, Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), Pension Consulting Alliance and CalSTRS. 11 May 2012
This mandate round-up includes BNY Mellon, NOW: Pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund, Oxfordshire County Council Pension Fund, bfinance, Wellington Management and the Pension Insurance Corporation. 26 April 2012
Berkshire is a happy county as well as a royal one this week, with local sporting pride boosted by Reading's promotion to the Premier League. Astute financial management has been a hallmark for the club while they have consistently punched above their weight over the last decade. 19 April 2012
This week's mandate round-up includes the Wiltshire Pension Fund, the West Midlands Pension Fund, Standard Life, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors, Pareto, Berenberg Bank, Newton Investment Management, Baring Asset Management, Pyrford International and PIRC. 10 April 2012
This week's mandate round-up includes LCP, F&C, Standard Life, Capita Hartshead, and Northern Trust. 26 March 2012
This week's mandate round-up includes Barclays, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and Dutch scheme Getronics. 09 March 2012
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) which is worth around $130bn, has awarded Industry Funds Management (IFM) an infrastructure mandate worth up to $500m. 01 March 2012
A major Swiss public pension fund has been criticised by a newspaper for awarding a custodian mandate to an American bank 05 January 2012
The latest pension fund mandate wins include another large buy-in deal, for Rothesay Life, and the appointment of an adviser to watch over the Macmillan Cancer Support Pension Fund's fiduciary manager 15 December 2011
Fiduciary manager Cardano has been appointed by The Pensions Trust as the investment adviser for its £800 million multi-employer hybrid scheme. 15 November 2011
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