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Credit Suisse AM revamps European management
EUROPE – Credit Suisse Asset Management Europe has announced its pan-European management structure and executive board members.
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German public bank moves into asset management
GERMANY/IRELAND – DePfa Bank, the German public finance bank, has announced an initiative to branch into asset management with the establishment of an in-house fund aimed at global institutional investors.
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German chemical fund announces investment set-up
GERMANY – Chemie Pensionsfonds, administered by HVB, has announced its initial fund strategy as the first cash flows from December begin to roll in – the fund is now around 10 million euros in size.
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UBS launches new European ETF range
EUROPE – UBS Global Asset Management has launched a series of exchange traded funds (ETFs) aimed at European institutional investors.
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SAM and Monte Paschi in Italian SRI assault
SWITZERLAND/ITALY – Monte Paschi Asset Management and SAM Sustainable Asset Management have established an agreement to work together in an attempt to become the market leader in sustainability investments in Italy.
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Robeco opens new German sales office
NETHERLANDS/GERMANY – Dutch fund manager, Robeco, has opened a sales office in Frankfurt in a bid to break into the German third party distribution market.
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Morgan Stanley hires trio of new managers
UK – Morgan Stanley Investment Management has bolstered its equity investment teams with the addition of three new executives....
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New pensions consultant enters UK market
UK - Chris Edge, the erstwhile founder of Pavillion Asset Management and a former head of sales and marketing at Royal London Asset Management is set to switch hats by launching a new investment consultant into the UK institutional market next month.
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Cerulli: Manager acquistions not yielding results
US – The asset management industry may be getting better at investing in other asset management firms, but it is still not yielding added value overall...
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Inalytics hires for buy-side transaction cost team
UK - Inalytics, the transaction cost measurement company has made a string of new hires to augment a new buy-side transaction cost analysis (TCA) team...
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Ex-KPMG pensions head Evers joins Aon
UK – Actuarial consultant Aon has hired Charles Evers, a former head of KPMG’s pensions practice, as a principal in its executive benefits practice.
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Honig to head Rabobank’s Robeco in France
FRANCE – Andre Honig has been named managing director of Robeco Gestions in Paris, the French arm of Dutch bank Rabobank’s asset management division.
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HBOS names Insight department heads
UK – HBOS’s asset management arm, Insight Investment, has announced the new heads of desk for its teams following the acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management in December.
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Pension funds back France's Activa buyout fund
FRANCE – Paris-based private equity firm Activa Capital has attracted European pension funds and fund managers, with a first close of 90 million euros on its mid-market buyout fund.
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Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow boosts UK investment team
UK – Consultancy firm Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow has recruited four new members to its investment team following increased demand.
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Fortis Investment Mgmt opens Milan sales office
ITALY – Fortis Investment Management has opened a sales office in Milan, following the establishment of offices in Frankfurt and Vienna last year.
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Invesco hires DC experts from Deutsche, Mercers
UK – Invesco has hired the head of Deutsche Asset Management’s defined contributions sales and a European principal from Mercer Human Resource Consulting as it seeks to gain market share.
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Regulator approves new Italian transport fund
ITALY – Italy’s regulatory authorities have given the all-clear to a new complementary industry-wide pension fund for Italy’s workers in public transport services and associated companies, Fondo Priamo.
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AIMR calls for investors’ interests to come first
US – Following a string of corporate scandals, the Association for Investment Management and Research has made a plea for investors’ interests to come first.
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MLIM assets fall for third year in a row
GLOBAL – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers’ assets under management fell in 2002 for the third consecutive year.
