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BGI’s ALM head joins Pension Protection Fund
UK – Partha Dasgupta, head of asset/liability management at Barclays Global Investors, has joined the new Pensions Protection Funds as director of investment and finance.
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Psolve nabs three Aon consultants
UK - Psolve Asset Solutions, sister firm of consultant Punter Southall, says it has hired three investment consultants from Aon in Scotland.
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Capital International ‘has more to do in Europe’
EUROPE – Ratings firm Fitch Ratings says reclusive US-based asset manager Capital International still has “further additions” to make to its European business.
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Lothian scheme reappoints Hymans Robertson
UK – The £2bn (€2.85bn) Lothian Pension Scheme has reappointed Hymans Robertson to provide actuarial and investment consulting services.
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MLIM’s Dyson sees new consultant-manager model
EUROPE – Andrew Dyson, head of institutional business at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in Europe, has explained his ideas about a “new model” for the relationship between investment consultants and asset managers.
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UK: NAPF’s wants trustees to “pull their weight”
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has published a guide on voting to help pension fund trustees “pull their weight” with UK firms.
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December European ETF trading volumes fall
EUROPE -- The aggregate volume of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded on European exchanges decreased 1.71% in December from the previous month to 220m shares, according to the Pan European ETF Report.
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Further Fidelity move in Germany
GERMANY -- The German arm of Fidelity Investments has further beefed up its new institutional fund business by poaching of a specialist for investment consultants from Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM).
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Professor joins Dutch consultancy
NETHERLANDS -- Pieter de Lange, professor of pension law at Radboud University, Nijmegen, is to join Dutch consultancy Schols & de Lange in February.
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UK Social Investment Forum seeks chief
UK- The UK Social Investment Forum, a network promoting the development of socially responsible investments among UK investors, is looking for a new executive director.
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Aon Consulting’s Belgian co-MD Claes leaves
EUROPE – Anne Claes, joint managing director at Aon Consulting in Belgium, has left.
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New shareholders at MetallRente - report
GERMANY - Metallrente, the pension fund for employees in Germany’s metalworking and engineering industries, looks set to get new shareholders as part of a shake-up aimed at boosting sales.
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Dutch govt under fire at DNB pensions seminar
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government came under fire from senior pension industry figures such as Roland van den Brink and Jean Frijns at a seminar organised by the Dutch central bank earlier this week.
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UK’s Enfield seeks investment consultant
UK – The £370m (€525.9m) London Borough of Enfield Pension Fund is looking for an independent investment consultant.
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JP Morgan eyes profitable German mandates
GERMANY – The head of JP Morgan Fleming in Germany says that winning profitable mandates is the firm’s top priority.
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Dutch actuaries want opinions made public
NETHERLANDS – Actuaries’ opinions on the financial health of pension funds and insurance companies should be made available to policyholders and pension participants, the Dutch Actuarial Association has said.
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Economic forum calls for pension governance
GLOBAL - The World Economic Forum, the group that organises the annual Davos meeting of political and business leaders, has called for an international set of pension governance principles.
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Two Dutch schemes back real estate fund Altera
NETHERLANDS – Physiotherapists’ fund SPF and the pension fund of Cindu International in the Netherlands have invested E22m in Altera Vastgoed, the E1bn private real estate fund has said.
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Pickering becomes trustee at educational charity
UK – Alan Pickering, former chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision, has been invited to join the board of trustees of educational charity Pre-retirement Association.
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MN Services’ real estate head Stouthamer quits
NETHERLANDS – Erwin Stouthamer, head of international real estate at asset liability manager MN Services has left the company, it emerged today.
