Asset Managers – Page 322
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Morgan Stanley appoints Ilar for Nordic sales
UK- Morgan Stanley Investment Management(MSIM), the US group’s London-based investment management division, appointed Gartmore Investment Management’s Kristina Ilar to the newly created position of vice-president, responsible for Nordic sales...
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McCaughey resurfaces at Citisoft as senior adviser
UK- Former head of global investor services at HSBC, Terry McCaughey, has joined investment management consulting firm Citisoft as senior adviser to the board of directors...
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UK’s PIRC wants exec pensions “mess” untangled
UK – The head of corporate governance firm Pensions Investment Research Consultants has called for the “mess” surrounding the disclosure of executives’ pension entitlements to be untangled.
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New IPE Real Estate publication launched
GLOBAL – IPE has launched a new quarterly publication, IPE Real Estate, to accompany the main monthly magazine.
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Goldman hires Morgan Stanley’s van Bezooyen
UK – Goldman Sachs has confirmed it has hired Morgan Stanley European pension executive Jeroen van Bezooyen.
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Threadneedle’s multi-manager Attica changes name
UK – Threadneedle Asset Management’s multi-manager arm Attica has changed its name to MM.
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Italy’s Laborfonds tenders bond, equity mandates
ITALY – Laborfonds, the 190 million-euro pension fund for employees of the Trentino Alto Adige region, has tendered a global bond and a global equity mandate - both worth 10 million euros each.
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ING says institutional AUM slip 2.6%
NETHERLANDS – ING’s institutional assets under management have slipped 2.6% - although total assets under management have risen by 3.1%.
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DeAM names UK business section heads
UK – Deutsche Asset Management, the second largest manager of European pension assets, has named the heads of its seven new “business streams”.
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Campina pension fund names new director
NETHERLANDS – The 800 million-euro pension fund of Dutch dairy conglomerate Campina has appointed Henk Vis as director.
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Denmark’s PKA taps SSGA for enhanced US equities
DENMARK – The 9.7 billion-euro pension administration company Pensionskassernes Administration has appointed State Street Global Advisors to run 100 million-dollars (78.6 million-euros) in enhanced US equities.
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Andersson steps down as head of Handelsbanken AM
SWEDEN - Björn Andersson is to step down as head of Handelsbanken Asset Management and be replaced by Ulf Riese from Handelsbanken Finans.
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DeAM set to unveil heads of UK product teams
UK – Deutsche Asset Management, the second largest manager of European pension assets, is set to unveil the heads of its planned seven new UK investment teams soon.
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Reuters to revamp asset management division
UK – Jane Platt, president of buy side strategy at Reuters, says the information firm will announce a revamp of its asset management operations on April 2.
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Watson Wyatt names Ramamurthy as European head
EUROPE – Babloo Ramamurthy is to take over as managing partner of Watson Wyatt LLP from Alan Whalley, who is to become US regional manager of Watson Wyatt & Co.
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Sweden’s AP3 makes total return of 16.2%
SWEDEN – AP3 says its total return in 2003 was 16.2%, taking its value to 142.5 billion crowns (15.5 billion euros).
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Consultants late to hedge funds – HSBC hedge CEO
UK – The chief executive of HSBC’s fund of hedge fund business Republic says pension consultants have been late in realising the benefits of hedge funds.
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SGAM is top French asset manager – survey
FRANCE - Societe Generale Asset Management has ousted CDC Ixis as the top asset manager in France, according to a new survey.
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PGGM’s de Beus joins F&C board
NETHERLANDS/UK – Dick de Beus, outgoing chairman of the 53 billion-euro Dutch healthcare and social work pension fund PGGM, is to join the board of asset manager F&C Management.
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T. Rowe Price European assets rise to E3.4bn
EUROPE – US-based asset manager T. Rowe Price says its assets under management in Europe have risen to 4.4 billion dollars (3.4 billion euros) at the end of 2003.
