Asset Managers – Page 340
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TRW finds replacement for MacDougall
UK – TRW Investment Management has appointed Roisin Magee to replace managing director William MacDougall, who left abruptly earlier this year.
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Pioneer names German alternatives sales head
IRELAND – Germany’s proposed legislation on hedge funds of funds has led Pioneer Investments to bolster its alternative investment sales team for Germany and Austria.
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University offers asset management degree
UK – With reports that talent is leaving the asset management industry, Brunel University is offering a finance MSc degree specialising in the subject – the first of its kind in the UK with a work placement.
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HSBC AM names Lyne as institutional director
UK – HSBC Asset Management has appointed Julian Lyne as director of institutional business.
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Allianz’s Pimco names UK fixed income head
UK – Pimco has named Rothschild Asset Management’s Michael Amey as its new head of UK fixed income.
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ECB pension plan announces manager and custody tender
GERMANY – The European Central Bank is looking for investment managers and a custodian for its 70 million euro retirement plan.
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UBS GAM boosts European property team
EUROPE - UBS Global Asset Management has boosted its continental European real estate team with the recruitment of three executives from property firm Lend Lease.
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Pioneer poaches BAM's Robson to head up global equities team
IRELAND – Pioneer Investments has appointed Neil Robson as new head of global equities in Dublin.
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French asset managers up corporate governance stance, says AFG-ASFFI
Investment managers in France are showing more interest in voting at the annual meetings of companies they invest in, according to a survey by the French asset management associations AFG-ASFFI.
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Chevron Texaco hires CSAM for UK bond brief
UK – Chevron Texaco pension scheme has appointed Credit Suisse Asset Management as manager for a 70 million pound (98.9 million euro) UK fixed income portfolio.
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EU capital directive could prompt industry shakeout, says consultant
The European Union’s third Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD 3) will distort profitability among European asset managers and force them to improve their risk management processes, a UK consultant predicts.
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Robeco Alternative offers bond to diversify risk
NETHERLANDS – Robeco Alternative Investments has launched a multi market bond fund aimed at offering investors risk diversification.
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Welsh fund bond mandate goes to ISIS
UK – ISIS Asset Management has been appointed to manage a 125 million pound (178 million euro) bond mandate for the Welsh county of Rhondda Cynon Taf pension fund.
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Gartmore offers cautious option to institutions
UK – Gartmore will be offering a cautious managed fund to institutional investors as they seek to reduce volatility.
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ETF use by European institutional investors grows 20%
EUROPE – The number of institutional investors using exchange traded funds (ETFs) or HOLDRs baskets of stocks is continuing to increase, particularly in Europe, according to research by Morgan Stanley.
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European institutions eye US real estate - PGI
EUROPE - European institutions are showing an increased appetite for US real estate, says the new chief executive of US-based asset management firm Principal Global Investors' European operations.
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Ashcourt acquires BWH to boost asset offering
UK – Asset manager Ashcourt Holdings is about to acquire another London-based manager Barney Wilkins & Howard (BWH). The deal will add significantly to the assets managed by Ashcourt, increasing these from 250 million pounds (361 million euros) to 350 million pounds.
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Insight appoints Ahern for institutional role
UK – Insight Investment has appointed Mark Ahern from Lazard Asset Management as director and head of institutional client services in London.
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Asset managers quit and turn backs on industry – survey finds
UK – More fund managers are leaving the industry than at any point in the past seven years, reveals a survey by consultants Watson Wyatt.
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TUC names managers refusing to disclose how they voted
UK - The UK’s Trades Union Congress (TUC), which co-ordinates a network of over 1,000 pension fund trustees, has ‘named and shamed’ fund managers who refuse to disclose how they voted on behalf of their pension fund clients.
