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Citi exits transition management business

5 Jan 2009

CITIGROUP has become the latest investment bank to shut its European and US transition management business as investment consultants Mercer claim pension funds are now favouring the security of the asset management model. ...(more)

GLG Partners to acquire SGAM UK

19 Dec 2008

GLG Partners is to acquire the Societe Generale Asset Management UK, with the transaction expected to close in the second half of Q1 2009. ...(more)

Credit crunch skews pension liabilities

18 Dec 2008

Large multinationals could see pension liabilities fall by €250bn (£235bn) due to discount rate distortion caused by the credit crunch, Lane Clark & Peacock says. ...(more)

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The latest Professional Pensions Conjecture debate looked at the key issues surrounding the governance of DC schemes.

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Conjecture looked at how employers offering contract-based schemes can engage proactively in scheme governance; what this engagement involves and whether this would be a significant step towards improving governance.

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