Asset Managers – Page 325
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Isis to apply SRI to corporate bonds
EUROPE – Isis Asset Management says it will apply engagement methods to rate corporate bonds on socially responsible investing criteria.
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Metalektro hires Isis for SRI overlay
NETHERLANDS – The 14 billion-euro pension fund for the Dutch metals industry, Metalektro or PME, has appointed Isis Asset Management to manage a voting and socially responsible overlay programme.
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Hewitt’s Fitzpatrick queries consultant relations
GLOBAL – Nick Fitzpatrick, head of global investment consulting at Hewitt Associates, says investment managers will regret putting effort into consultant relations at the expense of client relations.
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PIMCO hires Bentley from Morley Fund Management
UK – Allianz’s PIMCO has hired Peter Bentley from Morley Fund Management as UK corporate bond portfolio manager.
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Jobs to go as Pioneer consolidates Czech arms
CZECH REPUBLIC - Pioneer Global Asset Management is to merge three of its four companies operating in the Czech Republic - with job losses estimated at “less than a hundred”.
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Britannic AM hires sales head for pension funds
UK - Britannic Asset Management says it has hired a former Baring and Mercer executive to head sales to pension funds.
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Pension funds plan “huge” hedge fund move – study
GLOBAL – Greenwich Associates says pension funds plan to put “huge amounts” into hedge funds – though transparency will become more of an issue.
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Denmark’s PKA awards US small-caps to Russell
DENMARK - The €9.7bn pension administration company Pensionskassernes Administration has awarded Russell a US small-cap equities mandate worth around $140m (€110m)
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OECD to launch pension supervisors association
EUROPE - The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Private Pensions Working Party is to launch a new pension supervisors association in July.
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Ex-SGAM equities chief Taylor joins GAM
UK – Sean Taylor, the former head of global equities at SG Asset Management, has joined UBS unit GAM as investment director.
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BoNY eyes continued “strategic investments”
GLOBAL – The Bank of New York has dropped a hint about its future plans, saying it will continue to make “strategic investments”.
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FRR seeks transition broker, overlay manager
FRANCE – The 16 billion-euro French pension reserve fund says it is seeking a transition broker and an overlay manager.
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Janus hires former Citigroup AM exec Paitchel
GLOBAL – Janus Capital has hired former Citigroup Asset Management executive Jill Paitchel as president of its global arm, Janus International.
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Schroders confirms Pignatelli departure
UK – Schroders has confirmed that former chief investment officer Mark Pignatelli is to leave the company by “mutual consent”.
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Citigroup asset management income rises 4%
GLOBAL – Citigroup has reported a four percent rise in asset management net income for the fourth quarter, as well as a 13% rise in assets under management.
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Tremonti mulls pension regulation revamp
ITALY - Finance and economy minister Giulio Tremonti has floated the idea of a “super authority” that would handle pension and other market regulation.
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Denmark’s Pen-Sam awards $200m to State Street
DENMARK – The 2.4 billion-euro Danish medical industry pension fund Pen-Sam says it has awarded 200 million dollars in enhanced indexed global equities to State Street.
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Belgacom’s Grauls joins metal industry fund
BELGIUM – The pension fund for Belgium’s metal industry has hired former Belgacom portfolio manager Greet Grauls.
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Robeco names Goris as pan-Europe sales head
NETHERLANDS – Robeco has named Ger Goris as head of sales and distribution, a new role.
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Blue Sky taps PIMCO for inflation-linked mandate
NETHERLANDS – The Blue Sky Group, which manages pension assets for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has awarded a 218 million-euro inflation-linked mandate to Allianz’s PIMCO.
