Asset Managers – Page 296

  • News

    Enel pension fund hires new managers

    2005-01-12T03:45:00Z

    ITALY – Generali Asset Management, Nextra Investment Management and AXA Investment Managers have lost out amid changes at the €360m pension scheme of the partly privatised state energy and gas producer Enel, FOPEN.

  • News

    Janus nabs ING’s Grassi for Italy sales role

    2005-01-12T03:20:00Z

    ITALY – Janus Capital Group has appointed ING’s Marco Grassi to the new position of sales director for Italy to focus on Italian institutional clients.

  • News

    €500m PCM joins Dutch publishing sector scheme

    2005-01-11T04:03:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - PCM, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the Dutch language region, has transferred its €500m pension fund to the €7.6bn industry-wide pension fund for the publishing sector, PGB.

  • News

    Germany: Union PanAgora names new CEO

    2005-01-10T03:58:00Z

    GERMANY - Union PanAgora, an institutional fund venture between Germany’s Union Investment and PanAgora Asset Management of the US, has appointed Andreas Sauer as its new chief executive.

  • News

    KAS Bank names Tibboel as institutional director

    2005-01-10T03:39:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - KAS Bank has named Egon Tibboel as director of institutional investors, a new role, in a revamp that has seen the creation of two new divisions.

  • News

    Italy’s Priamo opts for domestic asset managers

    2005-01-06T04:59:00Z

    ITALY – The Italian pension fund for public transport workers, Fondo Pensione Priamo, has chosen its asset managers – all of whom are Italian.

  • News

    BBC refuses comment on DeAM report

    2005-01-06T03:49:00Z

    UK -- The BBC’s £6bn (€8.7bn) pension scheme has declined comment on a report that it has dumped Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) in the UK due to poor performance.

  • News

    AXA IM Italia names advisory manager

    2005-01-06T03:48:00Z

    ITALY - AXA IM Italia, the Milan-based office of AXA Investment Managers, has appointed a new institutional advisory manager to look after its institutional business.

  • News

    Swissca changes name and restructures

    2005-01-06T02:45:00Z

    SWITZERLAND -- Zurich-based asset manager Swissca has changed its name to Swisscanto. The new name also coincides with the merger of the Swissca, Prevista and Servisa operations.

  • News

    Unigestion/Lyxor launch new bricks

    2005-01-05T04:46:00Z

    CHANNEL ISLANDS – Unigestion Asset Management and Societe Generale Asset Management’s Lyxor AM have launched a range of single-strategy funds of hedge funds, called ‘Bricks’.

  • News

    KBCAM Ireland appoints new equities head

    2005-01-05T04:37:00Z

    IRELAND – KBC Asset Management (KBCAM) has appointed Geoffrey Randells to the new position of head of equities.

  • News

    Ilmarinen cuts stake in insurer Pohjola

    2005-01-05T02:59:00Z

    FINLAND – Ilmarinen, the €15.9bn occupational pensions provider, has reduced its stake in insurance firm Pohjola to 9.24% as part of a transaction which has seen Suomi Mutual's holding in Pohjola rise to 49.64%.

  • News

    SAM appoints new head of institutional clients

    2005-01-05T01:30:00Z

    SWITZERLAND - Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) of Switzerland has appointed Eric Gelfgren as head of international institutional clients.

  • News

    Irish reserve fund avoids bonds in tactical move

    2005-01-05T01:25:00Z

    IRELAND – The National Pension Reserve Fund remained underweight its benchmark bond holding last year as a result of a “tactical decision” not to commit to bonds in the current interest rate situation.

  • News

    AXA IM names Moreau strategy aide

    2005-01-04T03:54:00Z

    FRANCE - AXA Investment Managers has appointed Vincent Levita to the new position of director of strategy and innovation.

  • News

    ABP adds to UK real estate portfolio

    2005-01-04T03:25:00Z

    NETHERLANDS — Dutch civil service pension fund ABP investments has added to its holdings in listed UK real estate companies.

  • News

    CSAM targets Danish investors

    2004-12-23T02:51:00Z

    DENMARK - Credit Suisse Asset Management has received regulatory permission to offer nine Luxembourg-domiciled investment funds to Danish pensions investors from 1 January 2005.

  • News

    Boal defection delivers further BIAM blow

    2004-12-23T02:48:00Z

    IRELAND – The departure of Bank of Ireland Asset Management UK head David Boal to join five previous defectors to Perpetual Trustees has prompted speculation about its future path.

  • News

    Morley Fund Management unveils Polish hedge fund

    2004-12-23T01:53:00Z

    POLAND - Morley Fund Management says it will launch its first hedge fund managed and invested in Poland.

  • News

    JP Morgan Fleming institutional head White quits

    2004-12-22T03:36:00Z

    UK - The head of international institutional business at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management, Mark White, has left the company after 28 years to “pursue external opportunities”.