Asset Managers – Page 380
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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.
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PGGM and Delta Lloyd plan insurance venture
THE NETHERLANDS- The €50bn pension fund for healthcare and social workers PGGM has announced it is launching a joint venture with Delta Lloyd offering financial services and products to employers and employees in the healthcare and social work sectors.
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Scottish Widows with Russell for funds launch
UK – Scottish Widows, the asset management arm of Lloyds TSB, is to launch four new “best of breed” multi-manager portfolios as a result of the strategic alliance it recently formed with multi-management specialist, Frank Russell Company, as reported by IPE Newsline on 12/12/01.
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SEB Invest pulls out of London
SWEDEN/UK – The London office of SEB Invest, the asset management arm of Swedish financial group, SEB, is to close as part of the company’s strategy to centralise the management if its fund management operations from its offices in Stockholm.
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Robeco appoints new asset management chairman
IPE staff - all the week's major people moves - 25/01/02
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CDC IXIS reorganises Paris-based asset managers
FRANCE – Investment manager, CDC IXIS Asset Management (CIAM) has made a number of senior appointments as part of the reorganisation of its Paris-based management teams.
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New Flag appoints Fitch CEO Monro-Davies
UK – New Flag Asset Management, the specialist high yield asset manager, has appointed Robin Monro-Davies, one of the company’s founding investors, as executive chairman.
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Radical overhaul at AHV means March and June RFPs
SWITZERLAND- Switzerland’s first pillar federal pension scheme Ausgleichsfonds der AHV has started a radical overhaul to its asset allocation following new legislation allowing it to invest in global equities for the first time.
