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UK: General trend into bonds
UK - Recent years have seen a general trend within the UK pensions industry from equities into bonds, according to Joanne Segars, incoming chief executive at the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).
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F&C nabs MSIM exec for new Geneva office
SWITZERLAND - F&C Asset Management has named Christian Zeitler as country head for Switzerland and Austria.
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Dexia AM adds €6.5bn in institutional assets
EUROPE – Dexia Asset Management gained a net €6.5bn in new institutional assets in the second quarter of 2006.
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Global fund management asset growth slows
GLOBAL – Total assets managed by the world’s largest 500 fund managers grew to $53.6trn (€41.8trn) in 2005, consulting firm Watson Wyatt reports.
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ABP Investments names research head
NETHERLANDS – Robeco’s Ronald Wuijsters has been appointed as the new head of research at ABP Investments Pensioenfonds, the fund confirmed today.
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CSAM names European pensions group MD
EUROPE - Credit Suisse Asset Management has appointed Paul Bourdon as managing director of its newly created European Pension Solutions Group.
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“Vast weight” of institutional real estate cash
UK – There’s a “vast weight” of institutional cash chasing commercial real estate in the UK, according to warehouse property firm Brixton.
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Credit Suisse replaces Swiss asset head
SWITZERLAND – Credit Suisse has named Peter Schmuki as its new head of asset management in Switzerland, taking over from Mario Seris.
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Cordares confirms Italian plans
EUROPE – Dutch industry-wide pensions provider Cordares is expanding into the increasingly attractive Italian pensions market, the company confirmed today.
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Morgan Stanley names European pensions head
EUROPE – Morgan Stanley has confirmed it’s hired PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Neville McKay as the new head of its European Pensions Group.
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Italy-Germany cross-border pension fund planned
EUROPE - PensPlan, the pension services provider of the semi-autonomous Trentino Alto Adige region in northern Italy, is planning to offer a cross-border fund in Germany under the pension directive.
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Aegon outsources €40bn to Citigroup
NETHERLANDS - Aegon Netherlands is to outsource €40bn to Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking as part of wider investment platform plans. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Bexley, Lincolnshire name new managers
UK – The Bexley and Lincolnshire local authority pension funds have separately named new asset managers.
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Denmark’s Lærernes hires PanAgora for US mid-caps
DENMARK – The DKK20bn (€2.7bn) Danish pension fund Lærernes Pension (Teachers’ Pension and Life) has appointed PanAgora Asset Management for $50m (€36.4m) in US mid-cap equities.
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Insight floats real estate under Ross Goobey
REAL ESTATE - Insight Investment plans to raise £100m (€148m) in new capital when it floats its real estate fund management business, Invista, on the junior AIM market this month.
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Jones resigns as Morley CEO
UK - Keith Jones is to leave insurance group Aviva's Morley Fund Management arm after seven years as chief executive, the company said.
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Two new Norwegian pension tenders
NORWAY – There are two new Norwegian pensions manager tenders – at municipality Eidskog and the merged Stavanger and Sandnes’ maintenance workers fund.
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Sal. Oppenheim says it wins €60m hedge brief
GERMANY – Volkswagen Stiftung, a €2.4bn foundation that bears the German car giant’s name, has awarded German asset manager Oppenheim KAG with a €60m fund-of-hedge fund mandate, IPE has confirmed (Updates to name investor).
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Aer Lingus plugs pension deficit before IPO
IRELAND – Irish airline Aer Lingus is to make a “one-off” pension contribution ahead of its planned new €1.2bn initial public offering.
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State Street shareholder activist ‘facing jail’
GLOBAL – A shareholder activist is facing jail after being ejected at State Street Corp.’s annual meeting, according to a filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
