Brunel Pension Partnership looking to appoint two to three managers to run portions of a £365m portfolio. : France and Germany are the two countries that stand out the most for their comprehensive state pension systems and for underdeveloped second-pillar framework Sociologists are likely to see contrarian investors as deviants, while psychologists may see them as healthy, ‘independent’ thinkers Brunel Pension Partnership is progressing with preparations for a global small cap equity sub-fund, having today launched a call for expressions of interest from “exceptional” managers.