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AllianceBernstein is a research-driven, global investment firm. We believe that research excellence is crucial to providing better outcomes for clients, which is why we have developed a broad range of global and local investment services. Our defined contribution business (DC) offers an array of investment solutions that can be used to construct open architecture bespoke DC default funds.
We believe these will assist in achieving better outcomes for members by adjusting seamlessly to individuals' risk capacity as they age. These solutions are fund and platform agnostic and complement our specialist equity, fixed income and alternatives funds. As of 31 March 2011 we managed approximately £298 billion in assets. In DC we manage over £16 billion of assets. This includes £6.4 Billion in our default strategies, which are now used by over 1 million members globally.
Aon Hewitt is the global leader in human resource solutions. The company partners with organisations to solve their most complex benefits, talent and related financial challenges, and improve business performance. Aon Hewitt designs, implements, communicates and administers a wide range of human capital, retirement, investment management, health care, compensation and talent management strategies. With more than 29,000 professionals in 90 countries, Aon Hewitt makes the world a better place to work for clients and their employees. For more information on Aon Hewitt, please visit www.aonhewitt.com. Follow us on Twitter: @aonhewittuk
Aviva Investors* is a global asset management business dedicated to providing our clients with focused investment solutions. We are wholly owned by Aviva plc, the world's sixth- largest insurance group** with assets under management in excess of £262*** billion across a range of funds. Our clients range from large corporate and institutional investors to wealth managers to individual investors. We have more than 1,300 employees, across 19 countries, so our investment professionals are well placed to understand the complexities of local markets. We offer strategies that balance risk and reward, drawing from expertise across global markets. There are a number of ways clients can access these strategies including open and closed-ended collective funds and individually tailored mandates. Underpinning all our investments is our commitment to sound corporate governance.
* The Aviva Investors name and brand represents a business that consists of a group of companies operating under common control. ** Based on gross worldwide premiums for the year ended 30 September 2011. *** As at 30 September 2011.
Newton has managed institutional pension fund assets for over 30 years and currently manages circa £46 billion*. Our principal aim at Newton is to increase the real wealth of our clients. We do this by implementing an approach founded on a global thematic investment process and our substantial in-house research capabilities. We manage a wide range of portfolios actively, covering: equities, bonds, multi-asset, real return and income-focused strategies for private clients, institutions and charities.
* as at December 2011
Russell Investments (Russell) is a global asset manager and one of only a few firms that offer actively-managed multi-asset portfolios and services that include advice, investments and implementation.
Russell's core capabilities extend across capital markets insights, manager research, portfolio construction, indexes and portfolio implementation.
Russell has about $141 billion in assets under management (as of 31 Dec 11) and as a consultant to some of the largest pools of capital in the world, Russell has $2 trillion in assets under advisement (as of 30 Jun 11). Russell traded $1.5 trillion in 2010 through its implementation services business.
Schroders is a global asset management company with £187.3 billion (€224.2 billion, $291.0 billion) under management at 31 December, 2011. We have been building relationships with UK institutional clients for over 60 years.
With in excess of £30 billion in assets, managed on behalf of both defined benefit and defined contribution schemes in both the corporate and public sector, UK pension funds form a significant proportion of our global client base.
Our DC service is founded on innovative investment management, leveraging the full scale and diversity of our investment capabilities. This is backed up by a high level of service to ensure the successful implementation and ongoing management of pension schemes. We aim to work closely with all of the parties involved in a scheme, from the sponsor, trustees, pension department and advisers, through to the members themselves.
For more information please visit www.schroders.com/definedcontribution
All figures quoted at 31 December 2011. Source: Schroders
TOBAM is an asset management firm established in Paris, France, registered and authorized by the AMF (the French Financial Markets Authority) and the SEC.
TOBAM was launched in 2005 by Yves Choueifaty, first developed as part of Lehman Brothers AM, and then as an independent asset management firm, until April 2011, when CalPERS took a minority equity stake in TOBAM.
TOBAM offers an innovative quantitative investment approach that aims to maximize diversification, avoid the risk concentrations inherent in market cap-weighted indices and improve portfolio risk/return (volatility reduction of 20-30%). TOBAM's flagship Anti-Benchmark® strategies, supported by original research and a mathematical definition of diversification, provide clients with diversified core equity exposure, both globally and in domestic markets.
TOBAM manages over $2.3 billion (March 2012) primarily for large, well-known pension funds across the world, and has offices in Paris, Amsterdam and Los Angeles.
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