Asset Managers – Page 361
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Man Group "confident" as funds rise
UK - Investment company Man Group says it is confident about its future prospects as funds under management rise to $23.1 billion (23.16 billon euros) and fee income surges in the first half.
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Dimensional wins first European client: Zurich
SWITZERLAND - The Canton of Zurich’s 13 billion euro pension fund has appointed Dimensional Fund Advisors to manage a 50 million dollar US equity small cap portfolio, ousting Montgomery Asset Management. The appointment marks Dimensional’s first European client since it began marketing in Europe six months ago.
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Credit Lyonnais Asset Management names sales head
FRANCE - Credit Lyonnais Asset Management says it has hired a new sales chief from rival Credit Agricole Asset Management.
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State Street clinches Deutsche custody deal
GERMANY/US - US bank, State Street Corporation, has signed definitive agreements with Deutsche Bank to acquire its global custody business. The business has assets under custody of approximately e2.2trn, taking State Street’s assets under custody up to almost e8trn. The move will result in State Street becoming the largest custodian ...
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Swiss funds face increasing 'fiduciary risk'
SWITZERLAND - The majority of Swiss pension funds are not adequately geared to face today’s market conditions, reveals a survey by RCP & Partners, European fiduciary rating agency in Geneva. As a consequence, beneficiaries in defined contribution plans are facing increasing fiduciary risk.
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Dundee seeks specialist manager for bond mandate
UK - Dundee City’s £775m (e1.21bn) Tayside superannuation fund is tendering for a fund manager to manage a £93m bond mandate. The scheme joins the latest in a line of UK funds switching from a balanced strategy to a specialist strategy.
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Essex takes specialist route for e2.35bn fund
UK - Essex County Council has restructured its £1.5bn (e2.35bn) pension fund resulting in eight new specialist mandates, and costing Merrill Lynch its balanced active mandate.
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Pioneer boosts German sales team
GERMANY - Pioneer Investments is bolstering its international business with four new appointments to its German sales division.
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Warning from IAPF as Irish pensions assets tumble
IRELAND - John Feely, chairman of the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF), has offered a word of warning to those planning saving for retirement, following a survey which shows total assets of Irish pension funds to have fallen to e43bn this year from e50.6bn at the end of 2001.
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Pioneer France names head of institutional clients
FRANCE- Pioneer Investments (France) has appointed Astrid Lubin to the new position of head of institutional clients for France. She will be responsible for the promotion and development of alternative investments and will be based in Paris.
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Northern Trust adds to multi manager line up
UK- Northern Trust’s multi-manager business has appointed Raphael Robelin of Invesco, and Jonathan Platt of Royal London Asset Management as managers for its UK multi-manager fixed interest fund.
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Danske Capital receives GIPS compliance
DENMARK - Danske Capital, the asset management arm of Danske Bank, has announced it has received compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS).
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Highlands tenders e475m Rothschild mandate
UK- The Highland Council’s £400m (e633m) pension fund has put out to tender a £300m (e475m) balanced mandate, as a result of current manager, Rothschild’s plans to sell its asset management business.
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Newton launches fund for UK institutional schemes
UK- Newton Fund Managers, UK asset management subsidiary of Mellon Financial, has launched an exempt equity alpha fund aimed at UK institutional pension schemes.
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ISC launches new shareholder activism principles
UK- The Institutional Shareholders’ Committee, the association that represents the bulk of UK institutional investors, has launched a series of new principles aimed at encouraging shareholder activism. It maintains the principles are the first comprehensive statement of best practice on the responsibilities of institutional shareholders and investment managers towards the ...
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Ashburton launches money market fund
JERSEY- Ashburton, the Jersey-based investment manager, has launched its first money market funds denominated in sterling, euro and US dollar, which will provide retail investors with the same opportunities as institutional investors of money market funds.
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CSAM launches new Dow Jones sector ETFs.
SWITZERLAND- Credit Suisse Asset Management has announced the launch of three exchange traded funds, the first to track the Dow Jones Titan sector indices. Dow Jones has issued an EFT licence to CSAM on its banks, technology and healthcare Titans indices. The ETFs are listed on the SWX Swiss exchange ...
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Switzerland's ABB Vorsorge names new CEO
SWITZERLAND- ABB Vorsorge, the CHF5.5bn (e3.8bn) pension fund for Swiss employees of the engineering company ABB has announced that Christoph Oeschger will take over as chief executive at the beginning of next year.
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Proposed tax changes threaten Germany's pensions
GERMANY- Proposals by Germany’s coalition government that individuals are to pay capital gains tax on profits from share sales is causing concern for the fund industry, and threatening the new third pillar pensions system.
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Bush urges Senate to pass pensions proposals
US- US President George Bush has urged the Senate to pass his proposals to protect the pensions and retirement security of America’s workers.
