Asset Managers – Page 276
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Threadneedle sells MM multi-management arm
UK - Threadneedle Asset Management has told its multi-management arm MM to Investment Manager Selection for an undisclosed price.
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Volkswagen scheme in €1.4bn portfolio transition
GERMANY – State Street Global Markets says it has completed a €1.4bn portfolio transition for the Volkswagen Pension Fund.
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Innovest launches nanotechnology index
GLOBAL – The potential dangers from product backlash and negative perception risks of nanotechnology development by corporations has been highlighted by the launch of a new Nanotechnology Index.
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German asset managers still bullish despite vote
GERMANY – Asset managers in Germany are still bullish on German equities despite the election uncertainty.
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MLIM hires F&C Netherlands' van den Heuvel
NETHERLANDS - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has hired André van den Heuvel from rival F&C to head institutional sales and client service in the Netherlands, a new role.
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Horeca to expand private equity
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering industry fund, is looking at expanding its private equity coverage.
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Dutch schemes need €255bn of long bonds – IMF
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds are estimated to require more than €250bn of long-term bonds to help them match liabilities, the International Monetary Fund says.
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Consultant Fideas launches with €300m
EUROPE - New consulting firm Fideas Capital has officially launched, with clients having entrusted €300m in assets.
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F&C sees €1.5bn for Citrine fund
UK – Asset manager F&C, which this week announced the departure of chief executive Howard Carter, says its Citrine hedge fund could go to €1.5bn.
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SSGA wins €345m from France’s Agirc-Arrco
FRANCE – State Street Global Advisors in France has confirmed it has been awarded two mandates from French state pension fund Agirc-Arrco amounting to €345m.
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50 staff to transfer in Achmea custody deal
LUXEMBOURG – Achmea has signed an agreement with Crédit Agricole on the transfer of the Dutch firm’s Luxembourg-based securities services activities.
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Julius Baer may sell custody arm - Merrill
SWITZERLAND – Julius Baer may sell its custody business, according to a Merrill Lynch research report following the changes announced last week at the Swiss bank.
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Morgan Stanley asset management chief exits
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley says Mitchell Merin is to retire as president and chief operating officer of its investment management arm.
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ECB’s Trichet backs asset management regulation
EUROPE – Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, says the ECB backs the idea of “regulatory intervention” in asset management.
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Dutch FTK makes pensions clear, minister says
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pensions minister Aart Jan de Geus has defended the delayed financial assessment framework, or FTK, saying it helps to remove the industry’s “secret code”.
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Buhrmann switches administration to Blue Sky
NETHERLANDS – The €775m corporate pension fund of Amsterdam-based office products supplier Burhmann is to switch its pension administration and management support to the Blue Sky Group.
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Uhlmann joins INDEXCHANGE board
GERMANY – European exchange traded funds leader, INDEXCHANGE Investment, has appointed dbi’s Thomas Uhlmann to its management board in a strategic strengthening of its international sales body.
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GES launches new client interface
EUROPE -- Stockholm-based SRI analysis house GES Investment Services is to launching a web-based extension to its active engagement service that will enable its institutional investor clients to become more involved in the engagement process.
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F&C CEO exits amid outflows, outsourcing delay
UK – F&C Asset Management says its chief executive Howard Carter is to retire and be replaced by former institutional chief Alain Grisay.
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Caulfield takes over as Mercer president
GLOBAL – Michael Caulfield has been appointed president of Mercer Human Resource Consulting, taking over from Brian Storms who has become chief executive of sister firm Marsh Inc.
