LCP wins European Pensions Consultancy of the Year 2010
1 July 2010

LCP fought off strong competition to win the award by demonstrating growth in key European locations, unrelenting client commitment and success in highlighting pensions as a key cross-border strategic issue for multi-nationals. Areas where LCP stood out included the development of its leading-edge UK asset allocation tool, LCP JAZZ, for other European markets; thought leadership such as its European Pensions Briefing and Irish Pensions Accounting Briefing; and its range of client seminars and conferences across Europe..

The past year has also seen LCP launch a new Swiss investment consulting subsidiary (LCP Asalis); grow its international network in France, Spain, Japan and Brazil; and advising clients on buyout transactions in the Netherlands as well as the UK.

According to the judges, LCP impressed with "the significant in-roads they have made into the European pensions space in the last year; coupled with their innovation, excellence and commitment to their clients. The judges were particularly impressed by what LCP had achieved in relation to raising the issue of pensions as a key cross-border strategic issue for multinationals."

Alex Waite, UK Partner and International Director, said: "We're delighted to have won this award, which recognises our commitment to meeting client needs and delivering the best possible service, an approach which has won us a large number of new clients across Europe in 2009. We do not believe you need to be the biggest firm to be successful - our clients come to us and stay with us because they value our innovative ideas and trusted, independent, partner-led advice."

The awards ceremony was hosted by comedienne Ruby Wax, and was held on 1 July at the Lancaster London Hotel.

The judging panel was made up of senior industry figures including:
Associations

• Dorothee Gnaedinger, Commercial Development Officer, Pensions Management Institute (PMI)
• Martin Leech, Council Member and Honorary Secretary, Irish Institute of Pension Managers (IIPM)
• Nitin Mehta, Managing Director, CFA Institute in EMEA
• Jerry Moriarty, Director of Policy, Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF)
• Tim Reay, Secretary, International Employee Benefits Association (IEBA)

Consultants, Providers and Pension Funds

• Mark Adamson, Client Director, JLT Benefit Solutions
• Rob Barrett, Director, Head of UK Institutional Business and Client Service, Swisscanto
• Craig Burnett, European Head of DC consulting, Mercer
• Chris Connelly, Senior Consultant, aquilaheywood
• Adrian Cooper, Marketing and Business Development specialist
• Neil Fatharly, Marketing Director, PRUPIM
• Christopher Flensborg, Coordinator, Capital Markets, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
• Marek Handzel, Editor, Pensions Age
• John Hatchett, Chairman of the Trustees of the Cadbury Schweppes Pension Fund and Head of Pensions for Cancer Research UK
• Des Hogan, Director of Institutional Clients, Summit Global Investor Services
• Stephen Holt, Head of Institutional Business, Europe, Principal Global Investors (Europe)
• Paul Kelly, Senior Consultant, Towers Watson
• Malcolm McLean, OBE, Consultant, Barnett Waddingham
• Leen Meijaard, Head of BlackRock's Continental Europe Institutional business
• John Owens, Director, Mirabaud
• Preben Øye, Director, Business Development, Nordic region, bfinance
• Chris Parrott, Pensions Manager, House of Fraser (Chairman of the judges)
• Paolo Sardi, CEO, ECPI
• Jay Shah, Partner, Pension Corporation
• Frans Verhaar, Director Business Development, Netherlands, bfinance
• Laurens Vis, Managing Director, KAS BANK
• Richard Warne, Global Strategy Director, Institutional Business, Aviva Investors
• Matt Wilmington, International Benefits Actuary, Hewitt