Asset Managers – Page 266
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Mellon names analytical solutions global director
GLOBAL – Mellon Financial Corp. has named Bruce Feibel as global director of Mellon Analytical Solutions, the former Russell/Mellon joint venture.
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Dutch metals fund PMT in real estate purchase
NETHERLANDS – MN Services has bought 29 apartments in Rotterdam on behalf of its owner, the €20bn metalworkers’ scheme Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek.
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German boutique Lupus opens Vienna office
AUSTRIA – Lupus alpha, a Frankfurt-based asset management boutique, has opened a new sales office in Vienna as part of a push into the Austrian institutional market.
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PGGM in investment management software move
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the €70bn Dutch health care pension fund, has signed a contract to use investment management software from Denmark’s SimCorp.
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Allianz hails pension, asset management demand
EUROPE – Insurance giant Allianz has attributed continued strong demand for its pension and asset management products for a double-digit increase in earnings during 2005.
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T. Rowe names Kennedy CEO as Roche retires
US – Asset management firm T. Rowe Price Group has named equities chief James Kennedy to be its new president and chief executive when George Roche retires.
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Call for UCITS to come under pension directive
EUROPE – Othmar Karas, the Austrian MEP who was the rapporteur for the occupational pension fund directive, has proposed bringing UCITS investment funds within the directive’s scope.
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Merrill European pension group head moves on
EUROPE – Dawid Konotey-Ahulu, head of Merrill Lynch’s European pensions and insurance group, is to set up his own firm.
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Irish construction scheme ups real estate
REAL ESTATE - The Construction Federation Operatives Pension Scheme (CFOPS), the Irish builders’ fund, has boosted its real estate allocation by 2% with a move into indirect investment (This story previously appeared on www.iperealestate.com).
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ABN Amro exits Czech asset management
CZECH REPUBLIC – ABN Amro has sold its Czech asset management outfit to two Prague-based firms for an undisclosed amount.
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Directive to boost German Pensionsfonds - Bosch
GERMANY – Bernhard Wiesner, head of corporate pensions at Robert Bosch, says German multinationals will favour Anglo-Saxon-style Pensionsfonds due to the EU directive on occupational pension funds.
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GSAM gets $25bn asset inflow in quarter
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs’ asset management business gained $25bn (€20.8bn) in net asset inflows in the first quarter.
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Nestor stays at Citigroup amid Legg Mason deal
EUROPE – John Nestor, the European head of Citigroup Asset Management, is not joining the outfit’s new parent Legg Mason.
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Fortis eyes asset management acquisitions
EUROPE - Fortis Investments will look at further "strategic acquisitions", says chief executive Richard Wohanka.
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JP Morgan's Paterson joins NAPF
UK - JP Morgan Asset Management's David Paterson is to take over as head of corporate governance at the National Association of Pension Funds from Geoff Lindey.
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Finland’s Keva invests in Hermes European fund
FINLAND – The €17.1bn Finnish Local Government Pensions Institution, Keva, has invested in Hermes’ European Focus Fund.
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Credit Agricole reports record new inflows (corrected)
FRANCE – Credit Agricole saw record new business inflows of more than €55bn, resulting in a 38% increase in assets under management to €563bn, excluding double counting, according to group results for 2005 (corrected).
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AXA IM posts 25% rise in AUM
GLOBAL – AXA Investment Managers’ assets under management rose 25% to €432bn in 2005, according to the annual results.
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DeAM's Harrison named MPC Investors’ CEO
UK – Peter Harrison, former Deutsche Asset Management global chief investment officer, has been appointed chief executive of MPC Investors and member of the board.
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Delegates vote active managers - IAPF Conference
IRELAND – Delegates to the Irish Association of Pension Funds annual investment conference in Dublin today voted narrowly in favour of using active investment managers.
