Asset Managers – Page 286
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Fund distributor Allfunds opens UK office
UK – Allfunds, an investment fund distributor co-owned by Spain’s Grupo Santander and Italy’s Sanpaolo-IMI, has opened an office in London under former Abbey executive Holly Mackay.
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France’s FRR calls managers to SRI meeting
FRANCE – The €19.6bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, is planning to meet asset managers about socially responsible investing later this month.
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MN Services changes management structure
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension manager MN Services has named Wouter Pelser as co-head of asset management in a bid to enhance efficiency.
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US Prudential names international sales head
GLOBAL – Denis Chatterton has been named head of global sales and marketing for Prudential Financial’s International Investments business.
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Handbook flags directive’s impact on hedge funds
IRELAND – The European savings directive on the funds industry will have an impact on Hedge funds and hedge fund of funds, according to a handbook from Dublin- and London-based funds consultancy Carne Global Financial Services.
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Mercer hires MLIM’s Williams for investment biz
UK – Mercer Investment Consulting says it has hired Cara Williams from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in New York.
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Deutsche hires UBS exec for hedge fund marketing
EUROPE – Deutsche Bank says it has hired a marketing executive from UBS as head of European distribution for its Deutsche Asset Management arm’s absolute return strategies unit.
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Watson Wyatt European chiefs earn more than CEO
EUROPE – Senior figures at Watson Wyatt in Europe such as Roger Urwin and Paul Thornton earn more in combined salary and bonus than the firm’s chief executive John Haley, it has emerged.
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HVB-Unicredit to centralise asset management
EUROPE – The asset management activities of the merged UniCredit and HVB are set to be centralised in Milan under Dario Frigerio (deletes reference to Matteo Perruccio).
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Henderson loses out in North Yorkshire revamp
UK – The £880m (€1.31bn) North Yorkshire Pension Fund has dismissed Henderson Global Investors from a balanced mandate worth 22% of the fund.
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Ex-Robeco investment chief van Duijn retires
NETHERLANDS – Jaap van Duijn, the former chief investment officer at Robeco, the asset management arm of Dutch bank Rabobank, is to retire on October 1 aged 61.
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South Yorkshire scheme loses team member
UK – The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, which manages £2.7bn (€4bn) of assets, is looking for an investment manager following the departure of one of its six-strong investment team.
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Société Générale UK asset chief Percy steps down
UK - Keith Percy, chairman and chief executive of Société Générale's UK asset management arm, is standing down as CEO.
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Italian lawyers’ scheme backs green initiative
ITALY – The Italian legal pension scheme, Cassa Nazionale di Previdenza Forense, is among institutional backers of new €10m environmental initiative.
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Mercer sees no chance for pan-European DB
EUROPE - Defined benefit pension schemes may never be achieved at a pan-European level, according to consulting firm Mercer (corrects spelling of Stainier).
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JP Morgan’s Reichl joins Bayern-Invest
GERMANY - German institutional fund manager Bayern-Invest has recruited a senior executive from the German arm of JP Morgan for a new seat on its management board.
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Governance group GES sets up engagement forum
EUROPE – Corporate governance consulting firm GES Investment Services has set up an ‘engagement forum’ for pension funds.
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Dutch pension governance group gets new head
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch treasury official is to take over from former Unilever pension executive Jos van Niekerk as director of the Dutch Foundation for Corporate Governance Research for Pension Funds, or SCGOP.
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Cominvest names new institutional chief
GERMANY - Fund manager Cominvest has appointed Volker Kurr as its new head of institutional business, effective immediately.
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Allianz sets up pension advisory, sales firm
GERMANY - Insurance giant Allianz has created a pension sales and advisory firm in a bid to capitalise on an expected boom in German occupational pensions over the next decade.
