NETHERLANDS - Stichting Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds voor de Groothandel in Levensmiddelen (Bpf GIL) has hired J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services as global custodian for its €500m ($700.6m) scheme.
Charlotte Moore canvasses opinion on diversified growth funds and other ways of adding alpha
US - J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has launched an automated platform for daily cash allocation and rebalancing of target date funds.
Lincolnshire County Council pension fund has re-appointed J.P. Morgan as its custodian and given the firm additional responsibility to undertake accounting and performance measurement services.
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US - J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has been selected by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) to provide custody and securities services for the State's $10.5bn in assets.
Professional Pensions assembled a panel of three industry experts to talk about inflation risk, how it would affect schemes and what funds can do to address this.
US pension funds have been sorely behind their UK counterparts in terms of addressing funding risk, but it looks like the flurry of activity from across the pond is starting to rub-off.
Mercer has confirmed the appointment of Emma Douglas as leader of its workplace savings group.