Asset Managers – Page 275
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Coats awards €2.2bn actuarial brief to Mercer
GLOBAL – Textile firm Coats has named Mercer Human Resource Consulting as global actuary covering £1.5bn (€2.2bn) of pension assets.
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IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system
GLOBAL – Four new searches, from pension funds in Switzerland, Denmark and Europe, have been tendered via IPE-QUEST.
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Workers ‘losing out’ in Irish building scheme
IRELAND – A report by consulting firm Mercer has found that workers in the Irish construction industry are losing out on benefits due to a loophole.
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IXIS AM set to name new CIO
FRANCE – IXIS Asset Management is set to announce the appointment of a new chief investment officer and general secretary next week, IPE has learnt.
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Study queries pension fund-low yield link
GLOBAL – A new academic study has questioned the notion that pension funds shifting into bonds will inevitably lead to long-term low bond yields.
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AP4 follows AP2 in rejecting Skandia bid
SWEDEN – The SEK138bn (€14.7bn) Fjärde AP-fonden, the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund or AP4, has followed its sister fund AP2 in rejecting Old Mutual’s bid for insurance firm Skandia.
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UK: exodus at DeAM as Aberdeen deal closes
UK – Senior staff have already left or are set to leave Deutsche Bank’s former UK asset management operation this Friday following its acquisition by Aberdeen Asset Management.
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ABN Amro names European consultant head
EUROPE - ABN Amro Asset Management has named Henderson's Deborah Harris to the new role of European head of consultant relationships.
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AP2 says Skandia needs “peace and quiet”
SWEDEN – Andra AP-fonden, the Second Swedish National Pension/AP2, has waded into the bid for Skandia by Old Mutual, saying the Swedish insurer needs a period of “peace and quiet”.
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Barclays Global Investors ousts co-CEO Skirton
UK – Andrew Skirton, co-chief executive of Barclays Global Investors, has been ousted in a management shake-up.
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DeAM unveils German multi-manager funds
GERMANY - Deutsche Asset Management has rolled out the first of two multi-manager funds for the German-speaking institutional market, yet no longer believes demand for the funds will be as robust as previously estimated.
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Fitch sees risk in CSAM investment teams
EUROPE – Fitch Ratings says Credit Suisse Asset Management is facing risks about the stability of its processes and investment teams.
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Morgan Stanley IM seeks leaders as profits fall
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley says it is looking for new leadership in asset management amid a 25% fall in quarterly profits at the division.
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French banks’ CACEIS venture now operational
FRANCE – CACEIS, a new securities services joint venture between two major French banks, is now operational.
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Mellon, WestLB in German asset management tie
EUROPE – Mellon Financial Corp. has reached agreement with German Landesbank WestLB to launch a 50-50 joint asset management venture from January 2006.
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European funds taking less risk – State Street
EUROPE – European institutional investors are currently taking less risk in the equities market – instead they are ploughing cash into the fixed income market, according to State Street’s investor confidence index.
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Study sees polarisation in asset management
GLOBAL – Mid-sized investment managers are facing increased polarisation between niche firms and larger investment houses, according to new research.
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Hermes names head of commercial real estate
UK - Hermes, the asset manager owned by the BT Pension Scheme, has named Arlington Property Investors' Tim Turnbull as head of commercial real estate.
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Goldman Sachs AM gets €14.8bn inflows
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs’ asset management business had $18bn (€14.8bn) of net asset inflows in its fiscal third quarter.
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Northern Trust names European pension sales VP
EUROPE – Northern Trust has named Ben Williams-Thomas as vice president responsible for custody sales to European pension funds.
