Asset Managers – Page 325
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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.
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Xerox Dutch scheme awards bonds to Delta Lloyd
NETHERALANDS - Delta Lloyd Asset Management says it has been awarded a 270 million-euro fixed income mandate by Xerox in the Netherlands.
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Goldman Sachs AM sees liability-based mandates
EUROPE – Goldman Sachs Asset Management says it sees demand for mandates that take account of liabilities.
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Germany’s Fischer enters Commerzbank pension row
GERMANY – Germany’s outspoken foreign minister Joschka Fischer has entered a row over Commerzbank’s plans to freeze pension arrangements.
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Germany's BVK taps Mellon for US mid-caps
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, has awarded Mellon Global Investments a 100 million-euro US mid-cap equities mandate.
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State Street chief says pension markets “intense”
GLOBAL – David Spina, chairman and chief executive of State Street Corp., says competition in the pensions markets continues to be “intense”.
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Julius Baer closes Amsterdam, Paris offices
SWITZERLAND – Swiss private banking group Julius Baer has closed its offices in Amsterdam and Paris following its decision last year to withdraw from institutional brokerage.
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European institutions buy into DB real estate
EUROPE – Deutsche Asset Management has sold a 1.2 billion-dollar (940 million-euro) real estate fund to a group of European and US institutional investors and wealthy individuals.
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Credit Agricole unveils retirement product
FRANCE - The French bank Credit Agricole is the latest institution to create a pension line following the Fillon pension reform.
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Jones Lang LaSalle CEO Peacock resigns
GLOBAL – Chris Peacock has resigned as president and chief executive of real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle to “spend more time with his family”.
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ING aims at E1bn with new real estate fund
NETHERLANDS - ING says it is aiming at one billion euros with a new real estate fund targeting retail properties in France and Belgium
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Majedie says it wins E37m Ciba mandate
UK – The 750 million-euro pension scheme of chemicals company Ciba has awarded a UK equity mandate to Majedie Asset Management.
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Insight hires names ex-Amex AM CIO Burgess
UK - Insight Investment says it has named Mark Burgess from American Express Asset Management as head of equities.
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Alifond chief Tiveron confident over Parmalat
ITALY – The head of the Italian food and beverage pension fund Alifond is confident that the pensions of the scheme’s Parmalat members are safe.
