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Schroders confirms Pignatelli departure
UK – Schroders has confirmed that former chief investment officer Mark Pignatelli is to leave the company by “mutual consent”.
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Dutch pension fund coverage ratio talks underway
NETHERLANDS - Negotiations about the implementation of a new pension law in 2004 are reaching their final phase.
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Denmark’s Pen-Sam awards $200m to State Street
DENMARK – The 2.4 billion-euro Danish medical industry pension fund Pen-Sam says it has awarded 200 million dollars in enhanced indexed global equities to State Street.
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Standard Life names Benelux investment chief
EUROPE - Standard Life Investments has named Pat Woods as investment director for Benelux while Jennifer Richards takes over from him in the same role in Ireland.
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Aon loses out as Mothercare hires Mercer
UK - Retailer Mothercare has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting to provide investment advice – resulting in a loss for Aon Consulting.
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MLIM says it outsources DC admin to DC Link
UK - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has appointed DC Link to administer its defined contribution.
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UK’s pension department faces strike action
UK – The Department of Work and Pensions will be hit if a planned strike over pay goes ahead at the end of the month.
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Danish fund tenders large caps via IPE-Quest
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered a European large-cap equities mandate worth around 70 million euros on IPE Quest.
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Robeco names Goris as pan-Europe sales head
NETHERLANDS – Robeco has named Ger Goris as head of sales and distribution, a new role.
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Goldman Sachs AM sees liability-based mandates
EUROPE – Goldman Sachs Asset Management says it sees demand for mandates that take account of liabilities.
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Germany's BVK taps Mellon for US mid-caps
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, has awarded Mellon Global Investments a 100 million-euro US mid-cap equities mandate.
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Germany eyes civil service pension contributions
GERMANY – The interior ministry has confirmed that it is looking at raising civil service pension contributions.
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E. Europe pension funds
EUROPE - A new report has found that pension funds in central and eastern Europe have largely "conservative" investment strategies.
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Pioneer says hedge fund assets rise 60%
ITALY - Pioneer Investments says its hedge fund assets under management rose almost 60% in 2003.
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Dutch fund tenders mandates on IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A consultant in the Netherlands has tendered three mandates on IPE-Quest on behalf of a Dutch pension fund.
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ISIS names Currie as N. American equities head
UK - ISIS Asset Management has appointed David Currie, former head of the US desk at Edinburgh Fund Managers, as head of North American equities.
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Standard Life taps BoNY for fund services
UK – Standard Life Investments has awarded the Bank of New York a contract for multi-manager fund administration.
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VB’s Martin van't Zet to join Optas
NETHERLANDS - Martin van't Zet is to leave his post as head of European and fiscal affairs at the VB, the Dutch industry-wide pension association, to join Optas Management.
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Robeco to begin “active voting” as assets rise
NETHERLANDS – Robeco says it will start actively exercising its voting rights at shareholder meetings this year – and that it will put its voting record on its web site.
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Aon Consulting managing director Dyson to leave
UK – The managing director of Aon Consulting, Maurice Dyson, is to leave at the end of this month and be replaced by Robert Middleton.
