Asset Managers – Page 304
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OppenheimerFunds hires from BGI for Europe push
UK - US investment manager OppenheimerFunds Inc. has hired Adrian Gordon from Barclays Global Investors to spearhead a push into the European institutional market.
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UK pension fund disclosures this week
UK – The following are UK pension funds’ holdings in companies that have been disclosed this week under the Financial Services Authority’s stock market listing rules.
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UK's Havering taps State Street for custody
UK - State Street says it has been awarded a 250 million-pound (364 million-euro) custody brief by the London Borough of Havering Pension Fund.
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AP3 equities chief Eriksson leaves
SWEDEN – The 16.6 billion-euro Third Swedish National Pension Fund, Tredje AP-fonden or AP3, says Magnus Eriksson - head of equities management - is leaving the fund.
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Credit Suisse AM opens Dutch office
NETHERLANDS - Credit Suisse Asset Management has decided to open an office in Amsterdam targeting institutional clients.
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Mercer says Austrian reform disappointing
AUSTRIA - Kurt Bednar, managing director of Mercer Austria, has called for finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser to show more courage in reforming the pension fund law, or PKG.
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Bank of Ireland in Swiss institutional fund move
SWITZERLAND - Bank of Ireland Asset Management says it has obtained approval for the sale in Switzerland of four equity funds targeted to small institutional clients and wealthy private clients.
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Fidelity names Naylor to UK DC team
UK - Fidelity Investments has named Caren Naylor as associate director of defined contributions product development.
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Morgan Stanley IM global president Ennis quits
GLOBAL – William Ennis, president of global services at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is to leave the firm, a spokesman said.
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FundPartners founder Mansour leaves
NETHERLANDS – Amin Mansour, founder of FundPartners, is leaving to join a private bank.
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Dutch funds
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are looking to increase their use of unconstrained active investment management, according to a survey by JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management.
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World Bank OKs credit for Montenegro pensions
MONTENEGRO – The World Bank has approved 18 million dollars (14.7 million euros) to support, among other things, reform of Montenegro’s pension system.
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NAPF’s Scott queries some Hermes activism
BELGIUM - Derek Scott, chairman of the UK’s National Association of Pension Funds’ shareholder affairs committee, has queried some of Hermes Pensions Management’s shareholder activism strategy - citing Vodafone as an example.
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UK pension fund disclosures: BA, Shell, TRW
UK - The following are UK pension funds' holdings in companies that have been disclosed this week under the Financial Services Authority's stock market listing rules - with pension funds named including: British Airways, Shell and TRW.
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Morgan Stanley’s Orchard joins JP Morgan Fleming
UK- JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management has hired Morgan Stanley’s Andrew Orchard as a portfolio manager in its growing global portfolios group.
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Surrey switches to specialist managers
UK - The 1.2 billion pounds Surrey County Council has appointed Schroders Investment Management and boutiques Majedie Investments and Mirabaud Investment Managers as managers for its equities portfolio as it prepares to switch to specialist management.
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Deutsche names Parker head of asset management
GLOBAL – Deutsche Bank has named Kevin Parker as the member of its executive committee with responsibility for asset management, replacing Tom Hughes.
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Japan's pension manager DLIBJ in Europe push
DENMARK - Japanese pension fund manager DLIBJ Asset Management, which claims to be the largest Japanese asset manager, has raised its European profile with a sub-advisory brief from SEB Asset Management.
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Mothercare ousts managers in revamp
UK - The pension fund of retailer Mothercare has sacked Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Societe Generale Asset Management and Legal & General Investment Management after an actuarial valuation.
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S&P hires FTSE’s Davies for Europe role
EUROPE - Standard & Poor's Index Services says it has hired FTSE Group’s head of relationship management in Europe, John Davies, to the role of director of market development for Europe.
