Asset Managers – Page 297
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Italy’s Priamo opts for domestic asset managers
ITALY – The Italian pension fund for public transport workers, Fondo Pensione Priamo, has chosen its asset managers – all of whom are Italian.
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BBC refuses comment on DeAM report
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.
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AXA IM Italia names advisory manager
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.
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Swissca changes name and restructures
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.
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Unigestion/Lyxor launch new bricks
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’.
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KBCAM Ireland appoints new equities head
IRELAND – KBC Asset Management (KBCAM) has appointed Geoffrey Randells to the new position of head of equities.
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Ilmarinen cuts stake in insurer Pohjola
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%.
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SAM appoints new head of institutional clients
SWITZERLAND - Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) of Switzerland has appointed Eric Gelfgren as head of international institutional clients.
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Irish reserve fund avoids bonds in tactical move
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.
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AXA IM names Moreau strategy aide
FRANCE - AXA Investment Managers has appointed Vincent Levita to the new position of director of strategy and innovation.
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ABP adds to UK real estate portfolio
NETHERLANDS — Dutch civil service pension fund ABP investments has added to its holdings in listed UK real estate companies.
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CSAM targets Danish investors
DENMARK - Credit Suisse Asset Management has received regulatory permission to offer nine Luxembourg-domiciled investment funds to Danish pensions investors from 1 January 2005.
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Boal defection delivers further BIAM blow
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.
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Morley Fund Management unveils Polish hedge fund
POLAND - Morley Fund Management says it will launch its first hedge fund managed and invested in Poland.
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JP Morgan Fleming institutional head White quits
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”.
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Dutch pharmacists sack ING’s “abominable” NN
NETHERLANDS - The E800m pension fund for public pharmacists in the Netherlands has sacked its administrator Nationale Nederlanden and opted instead for common management firm AZL.
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BIAM names global equities director
EUROPE - Bank of Ireland Asset Management has named Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Paul Boyne as a director with global equities responsibility.
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Morgan Stanley adds $22bn in institutional assets
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley Investment Management gained $22bn (E16.5bn) in institutional assets in the fourth quarter – taking total institutional AUM to $222bn.
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Crédit Agricole, Caisse d’Epargne in custody tie
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole and Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne have confirmed they are looking at combining their securities services businesses - with a view to creating a “major player” in the industry.
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AP3 changes mandate structure for US equities
SWEDEN - The 152 billion-crown (17 billion-euro) Third Swedish National Pension Fund, Tredje AP-fonden or AP3, has divided its 15 billion-crown US equity portfolio into three market-cap brackets.
