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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.
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Morgan Stanley adds E36.7bn institutional assets
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley’s investment management arm has gained 45 billion dollars (36.7 billion euros) in institutional assets under management in the past year, the firm said in its third-quarter earnings report.
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Robeco names Vriezen’s replacements
NETHERLANDS – Robeco, the asset management arm of Rabobank, has named Edith Siermann and Mark van der Kroft to replace chief investment officer Marnix Vreizen, who resigned last week.
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Goldman Sachs AM gains E8.9bn in AUM
GLOBAL – Assets under management at Goldman Sachs’ asset management arm rose 11 billion dollars (8.9 billion euros) in the third quarter – largely reflecting inflows into alternative investments, money markets and fixed income.
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Lucenti, Swissca slam Swiss pension rate rise
SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s decision to raise the minimum guaranteed interest rate for pensions from 2.25% has come in for criticism in new reports from Lucenti and Swissca.
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State Street loses as Folksam changes custodian
SWEDEN - State Street, SEB Securities Services and Foreningssparbanken have lost custody mandates with Folksam Insurance.
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Nordea names German institutional sales head
GERMANY - Nordea Investment Management says it has named Jan Albers as director of institutional sales for Germany.
