Asset Managers – Page 334
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Robeco’s van Duijn: world bull market underway
NETHERLANDS – The chief strategist of Robeco, Jacob van Duijn, says he favours emerging markets and equities – and that a global bull market has now started.
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JPMorgan bolster Master KAG team
GERMANY – J P Morgan Fonds Service GmbH has bolstered its Master KAG team with the appointment of Joachim Treppner.
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MLIM's ex-Alpha team, Majedie, win first pension mandate
UK – Majedie Asset Management, the investment company established by five former Merrill Lynch Investment Managers employees, has won its first institutional mandate.
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Northern Trust to open Luxembourg office
LUXEMBOURG – Northern Trust is to launch a funds services business in Luxembourg.
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EAMA calls for managers to advise clients
FRANCE - The president of the European Asset Management Association (EAMA) says it is not just consultants who can advise clients.
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Call for European asset management directive
FRANCE - The head of the French asset management association has called for a European asset management directive.
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No change in investment strategy for UK employers
UK – UK employers are not planning on changing their investment strategy and are confident that they will ride out current pensions difficulties, according to research by Aon Consulting.
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Julius Baer asset management head Schuhen leaves
SWITZERLAND – Veit Schuhen, head of asset management at Julius Baer, has left the firm after only 10 months following “conflicting viewpoints”.
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Degussa revamps pension fund, tenders mandates
GERMANY – German chemical company Degussa has re-organised its 2.4 billion-euro pension fund resulting in six mandates being put out to tender.
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ABN AMRO Asset Management appoints new head
NETHERLANDS – Huibert Boumeester has been appointed to head up ABN AMRO Asset Management.
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Pension allocation to property under discussion
US – The amount pension funds should allocate to real estate has come under discussion by pundits at the Pensions Real Estate Association’s conference in Boston.
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Hewitt bolsters UK investment team
UK – Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow has bolstered its investment team with the appointment of Anne Freeman and John Belgrove.
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AP1 names seven managers for E656m Asia brief
SWEDEN – Sweden’s first national pension fund, Första AP-fonden or AP1, has appointed seven managers for its actively managed Asia-Pacific equity portfolio.
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Ex-PIMCO's Parry joins Schroders
UK – Mark Parry, formerly of PIMCO Europe, has joined Schroder Investment Management.
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Russell/Mellon CAPS names Benelux sales head
UK/BENELUX – Russell/Mellon CAPS has bolstered its sales team as it expands into the Benelux region.
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Dexia AM eyes European expansion
EUROPE – Dexia Asset Management says it plans to expand in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Austria and Scandinavia.
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CSAM names Europe CEO, global bond head
GLOBAL – Credit Suisse Asset Management has made two senior appointments with Peter Roemer becoming chief executive for Europe and Dennis Schaney becoming global head of fixed income.
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Mercer's Tondreau joins Watson Wyatt
UK - Watson Wyatt has hired Jean-Francois Tondreau from Mercer Human Resource Consulting to be a senior international consultant in its benefits practice.
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Goldman Sachs AM revenues rise 20%
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs’ asset management division saw its revenues rise by 20% in the third quarter to 481 million dollars (417.6 million euros), from 400 million dollars a year ago.
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Carnegie and Russell in multi-manager tie
SWEDEN – Nordic investment bank Carnegie has signed an agreement with Russell to provide manager of manager funds to its private banking clients.
