Asset Managers – Page 248
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BGI’s iShares gets Germany head
GERMANY – Andreas Fehrenbach, the former chief executive of German asset manager Activest, has joined iShares, the exchange traded fund unit of Barclays Global Investors, as its new German head, effective immediately.
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Fortis sets up SRI centre in Frankfurt
GERMANY – Asset manager Fortis says it has created a new team in Frankfurt dedicated to socially responsible investing (SRI) amid significant investor demand for SRI in Germany.
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New UK pension buyout firm eyes Europe - FT
EUROPE – The new pensions buyout firm Pension Insurance Corp. has gained £1bn (€1.47bn) in financing and may target deals outside the UK, the Financial Times reported.
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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.
