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S&P hires FTSE’s Davies for Europe role
EUROPE - Standard & Poor's Index Services says it has hired FTSE Group’s head of relationship management in Europe, John Davies, to the role of director of market development for Europe.
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Jobs safe as State Street exits German KAG biz
GERMANY - State Street Global Advisors is to exit the German KAG investment trust business, citing regulatory changes, to focus on asset management.
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Kodak pension scheme gets property boost
UK – The one-billion-pound (1.46 billion-euro) Kodak Ltd. Pension Plan has seen the real-estate assets in its joint venture with property firm Halladale almost double in a year, according to company documents.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish funds tender at least E140m
DENMARK – Two Danish pension funds have tendered at least 70 million euros each in global equities via IPE-Quest.
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Alitalia cuts pensions amid crisis - union
ITALY - Alitalia, the troubled Italian airline, has almost halved its annual contribution to its staff pension schemes in a bid to “get away from the quicksand”, a union official says.
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Aegon denies Fortis pension outsourcing claim
NETHERLANDS – Aegon Nederland has denied a claim by Fortis Investments that it has opted for the latter’s products as part of a pensions outsourcing move.
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Hewitt and Watson hire from Aon and ISIS
UK – Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow and Watson Wyatt LLP have both made senior appointments in the UK, hiring from Aon Consulting and ISIS Asset Management respectively.
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Hermes, DeAM officials join UK accounting board
UK – Tony Good, the former head of investment research at Norwich Union Investment Management who is now with Hermes, has joined the UK’s accounting standard Board – along with Peter Westlake of Deutsche Asset Management.
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Ex-SPF CIO Groeneveld joins medical fund
NETHERLANDS - Ton Groeneveld, the former chief investment officer at Dutch railways scheme SPF Beheer has joined the 10.5 billion-euro medical scheme SBA on an interim basis as head of asset management.
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LCP partner Ellis joins Mellon consulting arm
UK - Lane Clark & Peacock partner Ian Ellis has been hired by Mellon Financial Corporation’s Human Resources & Investor Solutions, HR&IS, as principal and senior consulting actuary.
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Aon enters Swedish pension consulting market
SWEDEN – Aon Consulting says it has entered the Swedish pension consulting market – aiming to become market leader by 2007.
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Rapid asset ‘churn’ seen harming hedge industry
GLOBAL – The rapid switching of assets in and out of hedge funds could blow the industry away, says industry veteran Michael Goldman, one of the founders of fund of hedge fund firm Momentum, now part of Pioneer Investments.
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UK’s RBS hires consultants for European pensions
UK – The Royal Bank of Scotland has hired consultants from Mercer Investment Consulting and Milliman UK to boost its UK and European Insurance and Pensions Group.
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Hewitt develops new Irish pension fund index
IRELAND – Hewitt Associates’ Irish arm Hewitt & Becketts says it has developed a new index to evaluate the performance of managed pension funds in Ireland.
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IPE-QUEST: German fund tenders global equities
GERMANY- Swiss Consultant Kottmann Advisory is looking for a manager for an actively managed growth oriented large-cap global equity brief on behalf of a German pension fund.
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Swedish county pension head joins T. Rowe
SWEDEN - T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services has recruited the head of 850 million-crown (93 million-euro) Gävleborg County Council pension fund for its new office in Stockholm.
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DNB-PVK merger set for OK despite pension row
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch lower house of parliament will vote on the government’s proposal to merge the Dutch central bank and pension regulator on Tuesday September 7.
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Ageing now on agenda as EU revamps stability pact
EUROPE – Population ageing is now on the agenda being set by the European Commission as it puts forward plans to revamp the Stability and Growth Pact which underpins the single currency.
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Italy's TFR contributions could top E13bn
ITALY – The total amount of the so-called TFR payments that will be invested in Italian pension funds following this summer’s reform could reach 13.5 billion euros a year, according to Hewitt Associates.
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France: BNP, Dexia vie for top SRI slot - report
FRANCE - BNP Paribas and Dexia are vying for first place in the French socially responsible investing market, consulting firm Novethic said.
