Asset Managers – Page 280
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Schroders’ Zerner joins Lazard AM as marketer
UK - Lazard Asset Management has appointed Schroder Investment Management’s Mary Zerner as head of central marketing services.
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Britannic AM makes international hire
GLOBAL - Britannic Asset Management has appointed Michael Borkan, senior vice-president at Sinopia Asset Management, to develop its institutional and retail distribution outside the UK.
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Shake-up at Nestlé’s Irish fund arm Robusta
IRELAND – Three pension executives of Swiss food group Nestlé have joined the board at Irish Stock Exchange-listed Robusta Asset Management Ltd.
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SNS Asset Management rejigs sustainable approach
NETHERLANDS – SNS Asset Management, the institutional arm of the SNS Reaal Group, says it plans to change the way it researches sustainable investing.
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PGGM first to introduce improved statement
NETHERLANDS – Dutch healthcare scheme PGGM says it is the first in the country to introduce a new and more transparent statement of pension rights for its clients.
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Dutch painters scheme puts €225m with Altera
NETHERLANDS – Altera Vastgoed says it has been awarded €225m of real estate assets by the Dutch painting industry fund BPF Schilders.
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SGAM gets €11.6bn in inflows in second quarter
FRANCE – Société Générale Asset Management gained €11.6bn in net inflows in the second quarter, which works out at a 12% annualised growth rate.
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Commerzbank asset management earnings tumble
GERMANY – First-half earnings at Commerzbank’s asset management division fell by almost half amid a steep rise in operating costs due to stock options for top executives.
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Credit Suisse says CSAM had Q2 asset outflow
SWITZERLAND – Swiss banking group Credit Suisse says its Credit Suisse Asset Management arm lost a net CHF200m (€128.4m) in assets under management in the second quarter.
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MN Services’ legal head Pelle moves on
NETHERLANDS – MN Services’ head of legal and fiscal affairs, Willem-Jan Pelle, is moving on after 11 years with the pension management company.
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Mercer multi-management gets “excellent” response
US – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has had an “excellent” response from US clients for its new multi-management offering, says parent firm Marsh & McLennan Cos.
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ABP continues UK real estate moves
UK/NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, has continued to buy into UK real estate firms, according to company filings.
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Standard Life under scrutiny at South Yorkshire
UK – The £2.8bn (€4bn) South Yorkshire Pension Fund is seeking an advisor for a £220m commercial property portfolio – putting incumbent Standard Life Investments under scrutiny.
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Staffordshire scheme revamps managers
UK – The £1.7bn (€2.5bn) Staffordshire County Council Pension Fund has revealed a sweeping revamp of its investment manager roster.
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ABN Amro sees asset outflow amid review
NETHERLANDS – Dutch banking group ABN Amro says there may be an outflow of assets under management as it reviews the profitability of some mandates and products.
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Feri consultants join Watson’s German practice
GERMANY - International consultant Watson Wyatt has hired Feri Institutional Management’s Jürgen Heiny and Zeljko Tipuric, for its Investment Consulting practice in Germany.
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F&C names Standard AM’s Mann director emerging debt
EUROPE - F&C Asset Management has recruited Jonathan Mann, formerly with Standard Asset Management, as director of the emerging debt team. This is a new position within a team that mostly caters for institutional investors.
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AXA IM to buy Framlington Group Ltd for €252m
UK – AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is poised to buy boutique Framlington Group Ltd from HSBC Holdings and Comerica Inc for £174m (€252.1m).
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Deutsche AM posts €12bn 1H05 investor outflows
GERMANY – Deutsche Asset Management, the institutional fund arm of Deutsche Bank, suffered €12bn in investor outflows during the first half of 2005.
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Dutch manager tenders SRI brief via IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS - A Dutch asset management firm has tendered a socially responsible investment (SRI) brief worth up to $100m (€83.1m) via IPE-Quest.
