Asset Managers – Page 327
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French reserve fund says 137 managers reach 2nd stage
FRANCE - The French Pension Reserve Fund has now completed the first phase of its 16 billion-euro tender process - with 137 of the 410 applications going through to the second phase.
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CSAM names MLIM’s Haber as CFO
GLOBAL - Credit Suisse Asset Management says it has named Merrill Lynch’s Lawrence Haber as chief financial officer.
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Schock to replace Bourven at State Street Banque
FRANCE - Monique Bourven is to retire as head of State Street Banque and be replaced by François Schock.
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Goldman Q4 asset management revenues rise
US – Goldman Sachs says its revenues from asset management rose 33% in the fourth quarter.
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SWIP hires Barings’ Ortving as Nordic head
NORDIC – Scottish Widows Investment Partnership says it has hired Martin Ortving from Baring Asset Management to head its Nordic business.
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Alfred Berg buys Norwegian asset manager
NORWAY – ABN Amro’s Alfred Berg has bought the asset management activities of Norwegian banking alliance SpareBank in a deal worth around 6.7 million euros.
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Allianz pension arm gets DB transfer approval
GERMANY – Allianz Group’s pension arm has won approval from financial regulator Bafin to take over existing corporate defined benefit pension plans.
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Winner of IPE Scholar Award 2004 named
Riitta Hallila, head of sales at Svenska Handelsbanken in Helsinki, has been announced as the IPE Scholar for 2004.
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Tate & Lyle fund taps State Street for lending
UK – The 600 million-pound (854 million-euro) Tate & Lyle Group Pension Scheme has named State Street as its securities lending agent.
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SFIM and Denver to distribute each other’s funds
London-based Singer & Friedlander Investment Management (SFIM) and US firm Denver Investment Advisors in Colorado have entered a business development and marketing arrangement to expand institutional fund activities.
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Douse departs from Watson Wyatt
Susan Douse, who ran Watson Wyatt’s Global Asset Study for the past 10 years, is moving to Schroders.
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SWIP names Bolton as head of European equities
UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has named Nigel Bolton as head of European equities.
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ABN Amro boosts currency overlay team
GLOBAL – ABN Amro says it has hired James Binny as director of FX analytics and risk advisory for Europe as it responds to increased currency overlay demand from pension funds.
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ECB says pension funds’ shift to bonds continues
EUROPE – The European Central Bank says pension funds and insurers in the euro area are still shifting out of equities and into fixed income and mutual funds.
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Nordic SRI firm GES blacklists BASF, Nomura
GLOBAL - BASF and Nomura Holdings have been placed on an investment blacklist by Nordic SRI consulting firm GES Investment Services, for violating international ethical business guidelines.
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Pictet says it plans to open Paris office
FRANCE – Pictet says it plans to open a branch office in Paris on January 5.
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Somerset awards E143m in fixed income to F&C
UK – The 600 million-pound (867 million-euro) Somerset County Council Pension has awarded a 100 million-pound (143 million-euro) UK fixed income mandate to F&C Management.
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Germany: Bafin in late trading talks with Hansa
GERMANY - German regulator Bafin has talked to asset manager Hansa Invest over late trading.
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Gartmore says it boosts US equities team
UK – Gartmore Investment Management has hired Gil Knight as vice president, senior portfolio manager, to boost its US equities team.
