Asset Managers – Page 379
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ABF launches Luxembourg-based SRI equity fund
FRANCE/LUXEMBOURG – Paris based quantitative management company, ABF Capital Management (ABF), has launched ABF Green Planet Fund, a Luxembourg based socially responsible investments equities fund, which applies a global environmental investment approach.
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Blue Sky CIO Ratra quits for new ten Cate venture
NETHERLANDS- Arun Ratra, the chief investment officer at the KLM pension fund’s investment arm Blue Sky, has left to join the consultant Lou ten Cate in a new venture called Pension Factory. Ratra joins as a managing director and is a shareholder in the company.
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Royal London launches new cash management unit
UK – Insurance and asset management group, Royal London, has launched its new bespoke cash management arm, Royal London Cash Management (RLCM)...
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Axa launches second futures hedge fund
FRANCE/IRELAND – French asset managers, Axa Investment Management (Axa IM), has launched its second hedge fund to invest in the futures markets, Axa Futures II...
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Gartmore adds to Swedish team
SWEDEN – Gartmore Investment Management, which has £36.1bn (€58.9bn) in assets under management, has expanded its Stockholm office with the appointment of Patrik Silfverling as business development manager.
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AEGON UK adds to its fixed interest team
UK- AEGON Asset Management UK has added to its fixed interest team with the appointment of Stephen Jones as portfolio manager. Jones joins from Britannic where he managed corporate bond investments for institutional and retail funds.
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Growth in global asset management stalls in 2001
GLOBAL- Growth in the global asset management industry virtually ground to a halt last year according to figures from Cerulli Associate’s 2001 report.
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Proposals should ease access to money markets
UK – Nick Raynsford, the government minister at the department for transport, local authorities and the regions, is to present parliament with a draft statutory proposal to change the law to allow local authorities to invest in money market funds, a move that could be worth as much as £10bn ...
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AIMA says hedge fund transparency lacking
GLOBAL- Research by the Alternative Investment Management Association and Capital Market Risk Advisors into the hedge fund of funds industry suggests that although investors remain wary of investing due to a lack of transparency, hedge fund managers are convinced they are providing enough disclosure.
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AP7 set to blacklist construction company
SWEDEN- Sweden’s AP7 default fund looks set to blacklist NCC, a construction company that has admitted illegal collusion with competitors over tendering for road building projects.
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JP Morgan acquires majority share in FundsHub
EUROPE – JP Morgan has acquired a majority shareholding in FundsHub, Europe’s first outsourced fund supermarket solutions provider.
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New portal offers access to Dutch pensions market
NETHERLANDS – Dutch consultancy firm, Bureau Bosch, has launched DutchInvestor.com, an internet-based portal allowing institutional investors to remain abreast of developments in the Dutch asset management industry.
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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.
