Asset Managers – Page 233

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    Regulators probe Dutch institutional real estate

    2007-04-17T15:59:21Z

    NETHERLANDS – Dutch regulators are probing institutional investors’ real estate investment activities to detect corruption.

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    Fidelity eyes Dutch fiduciary market

    2007-04-16T16:02:24Z

    NETHERLANDS – Asset manager Fidelity International is the latest to enter the popular Dutch fiduciary and LDI market, with further plans expand internationally.

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    Fiduciary model set to grow - Watson Wyatt

    2007-04-16T16:00:56Z

    EUROPE - The Dutch fiduciary management model for running pension assets is set to grow - with banks and consultants increasingly in competition, says Watson Wyatt.

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    West Sussex reviews real estate

    2007-04-16T15:59:55Z

    REAL ESTATE – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council Pension Fund is reviewing its property mandate with Cushman & Wakefield Investors due to contract expiry.

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    Link manager pay to data skills – study

    2007-04-13T15:53:50Z

    GLOBAL – A new academic study has suggested that investment managers’ pay should be tied to their skills in using information.

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    Allianz merges hedge fund units

    2007-04-13T15:52:42Z

    EUROPE – German insurance giant Allianz has merged two hedge fund subsidiaries to create a new Paris-based provider following the departures of three founders of one of the units two weeks ago.

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    Investment banks set up longevity group

    2007-04-13T15:50:30Z

    GLOBAL – A group of leading investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and UBS have formed a trade association focused on the mortality and longevity market.

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    Horeca’s new admin system still not functional

    2007-04-12T16:04:16Z

    NETHERLANDS – PH&C, the €2bn pension fund for the Horeca Dutch hotel and catering sector, says its administrative arrangement with the Dutch Tax Department and Employees’ Insurance Institute (UWV) is still not functioning.

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    SEI Investments plans UK DC launch

    2007-04-12T15:57:04Z

    UK – US asset management firm SEI Investments is planning to launch a defined contribution (DC) offering in the UK, IPE has learnt.

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    PGGM backs giant real estate merger

    2007-04-11T16:01:12Z

    REAL ESTATE – Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM has backed a proposed €11bn merger between Dutch real estate fund group Rodamco Europe and French developer Unibail.

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    SPF Beheer in fiduciary talks with three funds

    2007-04-11T15:58:19Z

    NETHERLANDS – SPF Beheer says it is in talks with three pension funds to take on their asset management and pension administration.

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    Dutch pension giants shun land mines

    2007-04-10T16:00:55Z

    NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension giants ABP and PGGM, who together have nearly €300bn in assets, have stopped investing in firms that produce landmines.

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    Capital stands firm amid performance “blip”

    2007-04-10T15:49:12Z

    UK – Capital International says it is standing firm amid what it admits is a “blip” in performance that has seen it lose a series of UK pension fund mandates.

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    Outgoing SWIP CEO Phillips dies (Update)

    2007-04-10T10:36:02Z

    UK – Chris Phillips, who recently announced his departure as chief executive of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership to join Morley Fund Management, has died during a holiday in Spain aged 50 (Updates with further information).

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    Germans too conservative in pensions - Mössle

    2007-04-05T15:25:01Z

    GERMANY – Fidelity’s head of German institutional business has warned that Germans face an income drop of nearly half in retirement.

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    Greek bank sets up Turkish pension firm

    2007-04-05T15:16:13Z

    GREECE - The National Bank of Greece (NBG) is establishing a pension insurance company in Turkey through its majority ownership at Turkey’s Finansbank.

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    Kempen expands fiduciary team

    2007-04-05T15:01:47Z

    NETHERLANDS – Dutch merchant bank Kempen & Co has hired ING Investment Management’s Marco van Rijn in a move to expand its fiduciary business.

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    Robeco plans to offer manager selection

    2007-04-05T14:53:25Z

    NETHERLANDS - Robeco, the asset management arm of Rabobank, plans to offer manager selection for institutional investors this year.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2007-04-04T16:01:19Z

    Insight, Barings, BlackRock, Mercer, Henderson, CSAM, PensionsRisk, Northern Trust, Dexia AM, Fabien Pictet, Sacker & Partners, Mellon.

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    AXA IM nabs Fidelity’s Hall for UK role

    2007-04-04T15:59:12Z

    UK – Martin Hall, co-head of fixed income at Fidelity International, has been appointed as the new head of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) in the UK.