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SPW taps State Street for fund accounting
NETHERLANDS – The 2.4 billion-euro Dutch housing association scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds voor de Woningcorporaties has expanded its relationship with State Street Corp.
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Mercer’s parent company MMC sued by Spitzer
US – March & McLennan Companies, the parent company of consulting firm Mercer, has been sued by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in a corruption probe.
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DeAM takes over E24.7bn Zurich assets
GERMANY - German institutional fund manager Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) will take over 24.7 billion euros in assets currently held by the German arm of Swiss insurer Zurich beginning next January.
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INTECH set to sign up more European schemes
EUROPE – Janus Capital Group says its INTECH arm, which specialises in mathematically based portfolio investing, is set to sign up new European pension fund clients.
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Dutch and Irish funds tap LGIM for indexing
EUROPE – Legal & General Investment Management has won new indexing business from pension funds in the Netherlands and Ireland.
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State Street to cut 425 jobs and restructure
GLOBAL – State Street Corp. says it will cut about 425 jobs and restructure some of its businesses amid a 12% fall in quarterly profits.
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Pension Commission: reaction broadly positive
UK – The Pension Commission’s interim report was broadly welcomed by the government and industry observers – here is a selection of comments from politicians, industry groups, consultants and unions.
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DeAM consultant head Patel leaves
EUROPE - Deutsche Asset Management has confirmed the departure of Dipak Patel, director of consultant relationships.
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Ex-Watson's Douse leaves Schroders
EUROPE - Susan Douse, the former Watson Wyatt consultant who left to join Schroders, is to leave the asset management firm after six months in the job.
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DeAM absorbs DB Advisors hedge fund arm
GLOBAL – Deutsche Asset Management is understood to have absorbed DB Advisors, Deutsche Bank’s in-house structured trading business following the resignation of the unit’s head Roger Ehrenberg.
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EU says no single market for asset management
EUROPE – The European Commission has said the single market is “not a reality” for asset management and clearing and settlement.
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Fonditel among winners at Spanish awards bash
SPAIN - Fonditel, the investment house that began life as the Telefonica pension fund, was among the main winners last night at the Spanish pensions industry awards on a good night for the domestic managers.
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AP2 awards eight fixed income mandates
SWEDEN – Andra-AP fonden, the Second Swedish National Pension Fund or AP2, has awarded fixed income mandates to eight external managers.
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RMB in Austrian institutional tie-up
AUSTRIA - Alternative investments specialist Absolute Return Consulting GmbH has started a partnership with London-based RMB International to represent the asset manager on the Austrian institutional market.
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DeAM unfazed by E4.3bn UK mandate losses
EUROPE – Deutsche Asset Management has said a total of three billion pounds (4.3 billion euros) in recent pension fund mandate losses is not such a “big shock”.
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Ex-Belgian pensions minister joins consultant
BELGIUM – Former Belgian pensions minister Freddy Willockx has joined the new full-service consulting firm Akkermans Stroobants & Partners.
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Hewitt global investment head Fitzpatrick to retire
GLOBAL – Nick Fitzpatrick is to retire as head of global investment consulting at Hewitt Associates and be replaced by former Schroders investment head Nicola Ralston.
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T. Rowe Price revamps London research team
EUROPE – T. Rowe Price has revamped its London-based non-US equity research team with the appointment of former Goldman Sachs research executive Kamran Baig.
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Diageo transfers shares to cut E1.1bn deficit
UK – Drinks firm Diageo has transferred four million shares in US cereal maker General Mills to its UK pension plan to help cut the scheme’s 750 million-pound (1.1 billion-euro) deficit.
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UK’s Dorset allocates to hedge funds in revamp
UK - The 900 million-pound (1.3 billion-euro) Dorset County Pension Fund has allocated five percent of its portfolio to hedge funds investments as part of a review of investment strategy.
