Asset Managers – Page 379
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Hampshire fires Morley and appoints SG
UK- Hampshire county council’s £2.1bn (e3.4bn) pension fund has fired Morley fund management from a £360m (e585m) balanced mandate and replaced it with SG Asset Management.
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AXA appoints Worts as head of European marketing
UK – Axa Rosenberg Investment Management has appointed Richard Worts as chief executive officer (CEO) and head of marketing of its European operation.
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Switzerland's AHV postpones hedge fund investment
SWITZERLAND- Switzerland’s ChF19.7bn (e13.4bn) social security fund AHV has delayed investing 5% of the portfolio in hedge funds in order to focus on developing its global equity portfolio.
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Crédit Agricole launches Nordic sub fund
NORDIC– Crédit Agricole Asset Management has launched a new Nordic region sub-fund within its Luxembourg based fund range, Crédit Agricole Funds (CA-Funds), targeting international institutional investors and third party distributors.
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Dresdner poaches CSAM's Trevor Green
UK- Dresdner RCM Global Investors has appointed Trevor Green as a director of UK and European equities. Green joins from Credit Suisse Asset Management where he was director of the UK equity team under Steve Goldman.
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KPA promotes Looström to CEO
SWEDEN – Stockholm-based asset management company, KPA Kapitalförvaltning has promoted its head of sales, Wiveka Looström to chief executive officer.
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Henderson beefs up German and Austrian operations
AUSTRIA/GERMANY - Henderson Global Investors has appointed Patrik Roeder as country head and director of sales and marketing for Germany and Austria.
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Lincolnshire Council to cut equity weighting
UK – The £740m (€1,215m) Lincolnshire County Council pension fund is likely to reduce its equity weighting as a result of an asset liability study (ALS) currently being undertaken to evaluate its investment strategy.
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GSAM appoints head of distribution in Germany
GERMANY- Goldman Sachs Asset Management has appointed Michael Klimek as head of third party distribution in Germany.
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INVESCO in partnership with Crédit Mutuel Nord
FRANCE – Invesco has entered into a strategic partnership to provide investment management and consultancy services to Multifonds, the asset management arm of French banking group, Crédit Mutuel Nord (CMN).
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Threadneedle merges retail and institutional units
UK-based Threadneedle is merging its retail and institutional sales and marketing into a single distribution unit that will be run by David Sachon. Sachon will become responsible for all sales, marketing and client services across institutional, defined contribution, retail and alternative investment businesses.
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Portuguese exchange joins Euronext
PORTUGAL/EUROPE – Euronext, the pan-European stock exchange that resulted from the merger of the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris exchanges two years ago, has added the Portuguese stock exchange, Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa e Porto (BVLP) to its roster.
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UK funds invest in Wilton private equity fund
UK- Wilton Asset Management has announced the closure of its $240m private equity pension funds in which pension funds for the Nottinghamshire County council and the Lattice group have taken undisclosed stakes.
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S&P and Crédit Lyonnais launch ETFs
FRANCE/EUROPE – Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management (CLAM) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) have launched two new exchange traded funds (ETFs), the SPDR Europe 350 and the SPDR Euro on NextTrack, the ETF platform at Euronext in Paris.
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BoA appoints European head of global markets
UK- Bank of America has appointed Arrington Mixon as European head of its global markets group.
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Northern Trust adds AllianceBernstein to UK fund
UK – Northern Trust Global Investments has added AllianceBernstein to the roster of managers overseeing the £270m (€442.5m) UK equity fund of its multi-manager pooled funds.
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Swedish regional fund reappoints Carlson IM
SWEDEN- Swedish regional authority pension fund Landstinget Västernorrland has reappointed Carlson Investment Management to run its Sek270m (e29m) domestic equity and bond portfolio. As a public body, the fund is obliged to re-tender its mandates every three years under EU legislation.
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Ireland's NTMA announces first mandate winners
IRELAND- Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has announced the appointment of its first three investment managers to run part of the e6.5bn National Pensions Reserve Fund. Barclays Global Investors has been selected to manage a total of e1.8bn in Eurozone and North American passive equities while Bank of Ireland ...
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SSgA wins e1.5bn mandate from Netherlands' PMI
NETHERLANDS/US – The Dutch metal and electronic industries’ pension fund, PMI-SVM has appointed State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to manage two equity mandates with a combined value of €1.5bn.
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Gartmore names head of institutional services
UK – Gartmore Investment Management has promoted Elaine Gordon to head of institutional client services, a move that is in line the recent strengthening of its institutional distribution with the appointment of Frances Davies as head of global institutional business.
