Asset Managers – Page 246
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TKP Pensioen names new CEO
NETHERLANDS - Frans de Beaufort has been appointed chief executive at TKP Pensioen, the pensions provider owned by Aegon.
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Deutsche asset chief Benkner to depart
GERMANY – Axel Benkner, chief executive of Deutsche Bank’s retail fund firm DWS and the de-facto number two in the bank’s global asset management business, has decided to step down, IPE has learned.
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New chairman at AMF Pension Fondförvaltning
SWEDEN – AMF Pension Fondförvaltning’s, the fund administration company owned by AMF Pension, has named Tor Marthin as its new chairman.
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Big European funds: ‘We want skilled managers’
EUROPE – Some of Europe’s largest pension funds have acknowledged that the search for alpha – market outperformance - is a search for skills.
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Schroders nabs ex-BIS asset management head
UK – Guy Henriques has been appointed as head of official institutions at Schroders. He joins from the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) where he had been head of asset management.
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Deutsche fund arms best for pensions - survey
GERMANY – Institutional fund manager Deutsche Asset Management and its retail sister DWS are best positioned to win pensions business in Germany, according to a new survey of 43 asset managers in that market.
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Cornwall awards currency brief to Mellon
UK - Cornwall County Council’s Cornwall Pension Fund has awarded a £175m (€258m) currency mandate to Mellon Capital.
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ING IM names Germany head
GERMANY - ING Investment Management has named Pioneer Investments' Matthias Schellenberg as head of Germany.
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Islington refutes allegations of bad investment
UK – The £635.6m (€936m) Borough of Islington pension fund has denied union claims that its £131m deficit was caused by bad investment decisions.
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Dutch painters tap MLIM for swaps
NETHERLANDS – A&O Services, which runs the €3.2bn Dutch painters pension fund BPF Schilders, has chosen Merrill Lynch Investment Managers to implement a €1.4bn swap and swaptions overlay programme.
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Hermes in clear; Clements runs hedge fund
GLOBAL - It’s emerged that Robert Clements, the former Hermes manager at the centre of the firm’s now resolved stock manipulation allegations in Korea, is now running an Israel-based hedge fund.
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Former ABP chief Frijns to chair Kempen
NETHERLANDS - Merchant bank Kempen & Co. has appointed Jean Frijns, the former head of investments at ABP, as chairman of the supervisory board.
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France’s Caisse names pensions director
FRANCE – The Caisse des Dépôts, France’s state-owned public-interest financial institution, has named Gilles Seigle as director of pensions.
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State Street wins Norway SRI mandate
NORWAY – State Street Global Advisors won a NOK570m (€69.3m) SRI mandate with the Bærum municipality in Norway.
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Pensions driving tenfold rise in swaps – Barclays
UK – Pension fund demand is behind a tenfold increase in inflation-linked swaps activity at Barclays Capital, executives say.
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GSAM-backed pension academy launches
UK – The Westminster Business School’s Pension Investment Academy today with backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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Principal Global Investors names European CEO
EUROPE - Principal Global Investors has named Nick Lyster as chief executive of its London-based European operations.
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Bedford tenders £100m in passive UK equities
UK - The £773m (€1.1bn) Bedfordshire Pension Fund is seeking a passive (index-tracking) investment manager for £100m in UK equities.
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Ex-Nestlé pension head McKeand joins AEGON
UK – Innes McKeand, the former head of investments at Nestlé UK Pension Trust, is to join AEGON Asset Management in the new role of head of equities from November, the firm announced today.
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Hermes Pensions Management names new CIO
UK – Hermes Pension Management, the asset manager owned by BT Pension Scheme, has named Roger Gray to succeed Nick Mustoe as chief investment officer.
