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AXA IM names Dutch institutional head
NETHERANDS – AXA Investment Managers has hired Hanneke Ketellapper-Veringa from rival ABN Amro to be head of its Dutch institutional business.
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Germany’s EnBW confirms multi-billion revamp
GERMANY – Energie Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s third largest energy firm, has completed a revamp of the way its pension money is invested, switching to a so-called ‘master-fund’ structure for the assets.
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SEB Asset Management names new head
SWEDEN – Fredrik Boheman has been named as Harry Klagsbrun’s successor as head of SEB Asset Management.
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Citigroup sets up pension solutions team
EUROPE - Citigroup has set up a European insurance and pensions structured solutions group in London under Wiltrud Heiss.
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Changes at Swiss Life AM in the Netherlands
NETHERLANDS – Pension insurer Swiss Life’s asset management arm has promoted Karel Altena to head Dutch investments, director Rob Delfos announced.
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SWIP names Davidson global bond chief
UK – Rod Davidson has been appointed as Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s new global head of fixed income, the company said today.
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Ex-Schroders hedge CIO Parkin re-surfaces
UK - John Parkin, formerly chief investment officer of the fund of hedge fund team at Schroders, has re-surfaced at hedge fund group Aspect Capital.
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State Street under review at Edinburgh
UK – State Street Global Advisors is facing a review at the £2.1bn (€3.2bn) City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Pension Fund, which is looking to appoint a fund manager for its £125m multi-asset Scottish Homes portfolio.
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UBS, Fidelity under scrutiny at Ealing
UK - UBS Global Asset Management and Fidelity International, currently managing the London Borough of Ealing’s £500m pension fund are under scrutiny.
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Lehman nabs Derbyshire for pension role
UK – Investment bank Lehman Brothers has confirmed it has hired Gareth Derbyshire from Merrill Lynch in a senior pensions role.
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Northern Trust names quantitative CIO
GLOBAL – Northern Trust Global Investments has named Steven Schoenfeld to the new role of chief investment officer of Global Quantitative Management.
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UBS institutional AUM assets slip €9.5bn
SWITZERLAND – Institutional assets under management at UBS Global Asset Management slipped by CHF15bn (€9.5bn), or 3%, in the second quarter to CHF451bn due to currency and market effects.
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Campina tops up GSAM fiduciary mandate
NETHERLANDS – The €1bn pension fund of diary products firm Campina has now put all its assets in a fiduciary mandate with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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CBRE nabs €1.4bn Electricity Supply property brief
REAL ESTATE – The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme has named CBRE Investors to replace F&C Asset Management as manager of its £985 (€1.4bn) core UK property portfolio.
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Fidelity names German pensions sales head
GERMANY – Fidelity’s German arm has recruited Christof Quiring from rival Invesco for the new position of head of pensions sales, effective from October 1.
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Capital International chief Armitage retires
UK – Capital International has confirmed the retirement of one of its senior figures, Peter Armitage.
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UK coal scheme role for British Steel’s Debney
UK – LaSalle Investment Management has hired Richard Debney as European director and fund manager for the British Coal Schemes Pension Plan.
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Principal names Holt as UK institutional chief
UK - Asset manager Principal Global Investors has appointed Stephen Holt as head of UK institutional sales, the company has announced.
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Dresdner offers schemes new volatility funds
EUROPE – Dresdner is to launch two equity volatility funds aimed at pension funds and insurance companies next month.
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MLIM nabs Gartmore’s Melvin for strategy role
EUROPE – Sarah Melvin, strategy manager at Gartmore Investment management, has left to join Merrill Lynch Investment Management as director of strategy and business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
