Asset Managers – Page 256

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    Dutch governors and board member registers merge

    2006-07-06T03:50:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The National Register of Governors and Supervisors (NR) and the Register for Board Members of Pension Funds (RBP) will merge this year, both organisations have announced.

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    EU fund industry ‘outdated’

    2006-07-06T03:49:00Z

    EUROPE – The EU fund industry is not correctly equipped to respond to the challenges of strong competition for investor savings and a rapidly evolving demand for investment products, according to a report to the European Commission.

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    Credit Agricole makes three senior AM appointments

    2006-07-05T04:08:00Z

    EUROPE - Credit Agricole Asset Management has appointed three senior executives, including an equity investment chief and strategy head, in a bid to strengthen its Paris-London-Milan links.

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    Pension funds could buy 20% government stake in Schiphol

    2006-07-05T04:07:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Government is planning to sell close to a third of its stake in Schiphol airport to institutional investors, according to Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm.

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    HDI’s Stoeckl moves to UNED

    2006-07-05T04:07:00Z

    GERMANY – UNED AG, a specialist in developing financial products for insurers, banks and fund companies, has recruited Michaela Stoeckl from corporate pensions adviser HDI Pensionsmanagement.

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    GE Asset Management CEO exits

    2006-07-04T04:16:00Z

    UK – Gavin Hill, chief executive of GE Asset Management, has quit to join the board of directors as investment director at pensions liability buyout vehicle Synesis Life under CEO Isabel Hudson.

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    DeAM names Roemer institutional chief

    2006-07-04T04:15:00Z

    GERMANY – Peter Roemer has left Crédit Suisse Asset Management to join Deutsche Asset Management as its new head of European institutional business with immediate effect.

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    Mercer partner Cowling quits to join JLT arm

    2006-07-03T03:48:00Z

    UK – Charles Cowling, long-term worldwide partner at Mercer Human Resources Consulting, has quit to join pensions advisory outfit Pension Capital Strategies (PCS) as managing director.

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    F&C Netherlands makes hires

    2006-06-30T03:53:00Z

    EUROPE – Liesbeth Rutgers, fixed income chief at private banking outfit Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers, has been appointed institutional business co-director at F&C Netherlands.

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    Fitch to rate managers’ investment process

    2006-06-30T03:48:00Z

    GLOBAL – Fitch Ratings has launched ratings of asset managers’ investment processes.

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    CalPERS JV to target Spanish holiday homes

    2006-06-30T03:46:00Z

    REAL ESTATE - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is to invest in Mediterranean holiday homes via a €231m fund set up with private US developer Hines.

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    BGI nabs ABN Amro AM’s Thijssen

    2006-06-30T03:45:00Z

    BENELUX – Roel Thijssen, Middle East and Africa chief for ABN Amro Asset Management, has quit to join Barclays Global Investors as client relationship officer for strategic accounts in the Benelux.

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    DeAM names master fund head

    2006-06-30T03:45:00Z

    GERMANY – Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Marcus Göring to head a new business unit dedicated to so-called ‘master funds’ for institutional investors in Germany.

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    Nestlé setting up UK asset manager

    2006-06-29T10:50:00Z

    UK – Nestlé says it is setting up a UK-based asset manager to provide services for its global pension funds.

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    Legg Mason revamps structure, management

    2006-06-29T03:38:00Z

    GLOBAL – Legg Mason has organized its business into three units and revamped its management structure as it absorbs its acquisition of the Citigroup Asset Management business.

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    MN Services, Cordares pool investment expertise

    2006-06-28T04:17:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The two largest Dutch pension providers, MN Services and Cordares, have decided to intensify their cooperation by pooling their investment expertise.

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    GSAM wins €750m Océ fiduciary deal

    2006-06-27T03:27:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Goldman Sachs Asset Management says it has been appointed to as fiduciary manager for €750m in assets at Stichting Pensioenfonds Océ.

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    Merrill launches swap indices for pension funds

    2006-06-27T03:27:00Z

    GLOBAL - Merrill Lynch has launched a new swap index series to help cater for the trend towards liability-driven investing by pension funds.

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    London pension fund to review arms investing

    2006-06-26T02:59:00Z

    UK – The roughly £3.3bn (€4.8bn) London Pension Fund Authority will review its investment in arms manufacturing companies at a public board meeting next week.

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    Belgian funds ‘forced into SRI investing’

    2006-06-26T02:58:00Z

    BELGIUM – Public authorities in Brussels must invest “at least” 10% of their pension schemes in socially responsible investment under new orders approved by government.