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Alternatives chief to chair Dexia AM
EUROPE – Dexia has named Naïm Abou-Jaoudé to succeed Hugo Lasat as chairman of the management board of Dexia Asset Management.
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USS seeks to strengthen UK equities team
UK – The £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme is looking for a UK smaller companies portfolio manager to strengthen its UK equities team.
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Robeco takes 64% stake of SAM Group
EUROPE – Robeco has taken a 64% stake in Swiss-based SRI firm Sustainable Asset Management for an undisclosed sum.
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Capital International marketing chief joins Lehman
UK – Capital International’s Olaf John has joined Lehman Brothers Asset Management as its new head of distribution for Germany and Austria.
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European firms see pension risk – survey
GLOBAL – Nearly a quarter of continental European companies believe their pension plans represent a serious risk to the organisation, a survey by Mercer has found.
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John Lewis awards Japan equities to JP Morgan
UK – The £1.7bn (€2.5bn) John Lewis Partnership pension fund has awarded JP Morgan Asset Management a £50m Japanese active equities mandate.
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Goldman Sachs AM gets $94bn in net inflows
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs says it had a total of $94bn (€139.5bn) of net asset inflows into its asset management business in 2006.
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Threadneedle hires FERI’s Roll for Germany
GERMANY – Threadneedle Investments has recruited Oliver Roll from German investment consultant FERI as its new head of institutional business for Germany, IPE has learned.
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ABP, SSGA expand alliance with $1.1bn
GLOBAL – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP and State Street Global Advisors have expanded their State Street Global Alliance partnership with an extra $1.1bn (€830m).
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BGI outsourcing with JP Morgan complete
UK – Barclays Global Investors has completed its European investment outsourcing arrangement with JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services.
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New Dutch flower sellers’ pension fund launched
NETHERLANDS - A new industry-wide pension scheme for the Dutch flower sellers has been established, pensions provider AZL has announced.
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PGGM in loan portfolio deal with ABN Amro
NETHERLANDS – The €80bn Dutch healthcare and social work pension fund PGGM has entered a partnership with ABN AMRO in which both share the risk related to the bank’s loan portfolio.
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Robeco names fund-of-hedge funds CEO
GLOBAL – Robeco, the asset management arm of Rabobank, has named Michael Abbott as chief executive of its fund of hedge funds group Robeco-Sage Capital.
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Nestlé launches pension advisory group
EUROPE – Nestlé, the Swiss food group, has confirmed the January 1 launch of a new pension advisory unit and a new asset management unit to serve its pension schemes worldwide.
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Consultants, clients concerned over BoNY-Mellon
GLOBAL – The merger announced this week by custody providers Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corp. has been greeted with concern by consultants, pension fund clients and industry insiders.
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Threadneedle names global head of consultants
GLOBAL - Threadneedle Investments has named Morley’s Angus Scrace as global head of consultants and investment specialists, a new role.
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BGI launches UK government bond ETFs
UK - Barclays Global Investors has launched two UK government bond Exchange Traded Funds for UK investors.
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Belgium in talks with European, US funds
BELGIUM – The Belgian Association of Pension Institutions (BVPI) is in "serious talks" with European pension funds and one American fund in a further effort to establish Belgium as a pan-European pension fund domicile.
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Dutch institutions’ raw materials appetite grows
EUROPE – Dutch institutional investors such as pension funds have a growing appetite for raw materials, so far they have invested already around €20bn (£13.5bn) in the asset class reports show.
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Deutsche’s DWS rolls out sixth hedge fund
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank’s retail fund arm DWS is rolling out its sixth single hedge fund domiciled in Germany amid signs of growing investor demand for the products, according to DWS chief executive Klaus Kaldemorgen.
