Asset Managers – Page 382
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SFIM triumphs in Swedish pan-European equity RFP
SWEDEN – Singer & Friedlander Investment Management (SFIM) has won the mandate to run a pan-European equity portfolio for Procordias Pensionsstiftelse II....
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Parsons to head up EFG AM global marketing push
UK – EFG Asset Management, part of the global EFG banking group, has hired John Parsons, a former sales director for Barclays International Funds, to become its marketing director....
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Rothschild engineers £56m FKI bond brief
UK - Rothschild Asset Management (RAM) has been appointed by the trustees of the FKI Group Pension Scheme to manage the fund’s £56m bond exposure....
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BFr8bn Flanders tender reaches second phase
BELGIUM – The selection process to appoint asset managers for the BFr8bn (€2bn) Flanders healthcare fund has entered its second phase, though no final announcement is expected before next spring, says Edwin De Boeck, managing director of KBC Asset Management in Brussels....
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Nordea forms new asset management division
DENMARK – Copenhagen based financial group, Nordea, has formed a new asset management and life assurance business, Nordea Asset Management & Life, which itself will be subdivided into six business units....
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Zurich grooms replacement for CFO Gose
Zurich Financial Services Group has promoted Thomas Buess, currently CFO Zurich North America, to become deputy chief financial officer with a view to replacing Gunter Gose as the group’s CFO on his retirement in mid 2002....
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NAPF and Deminor in European governance venture
UK - The UK National Association of Pension Funds’ (NAPF) Voting Issues Service (VIS) and corporate governance research and ratings advisor, Deminor Rating, have joined forces to offer coverage of major European companies in 16 countries....
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UK funds review managers in light of Unilever case
UK - Almost half of the pension funds surveyed by SEI Investments (47%) in the light of the Unilever/Merrill Lynch court case, settled out of court last week, say that they will review their investment management arrangements as a result....
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Norwegian asset management/property firm launches
NORWAY – The Norwegian State railway, Norske Stadsbaner (NSB), and Aberdeen Celexa Property Investors Nordic Region (ACPINR) have jointly created Celexa Eiensdomsforvältning (CE), a new asset and property management and administration company...
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Lack of knowledge deters hedge fund investment
GLOBAL – A lack of knowledge and understanding of how hedge funds work is deterring investors from using alternative investments to diversify their portfolios or reduce volatility, says Baring Asset Management (BAM)....
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Kottmann creates new Swiss consultancy
SWITZERLAND - Felix Kottmann, the former member of the executive committee at Swiss consultants Complementa, who left the firm earlier this year, has set up his own consultancy firm, Kottmann Advisory, with the aim of providing customized services to a selected group of international institutional and private clients in Switzerland....
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Sweden's Carlson gains global GIPS compliance
SWEDEN – Stockholm-based Carlson Investment Management has announced that the company now presents performance results in compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)...
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Unilever and Merrill Lynch settle out of court
UK - Merrill Lynch and the Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) have reached an undisclosed out of court settlement in their high profile £130m (e210m) court battle over the management of some £1bn in Unilever pensions money during the 1990’s by Mercury Asset Management (MAM) – now owned by Merrill.
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Julius Baer appoints new CFO
SWITZERLAND - Julius Baer has appointed Rolf W. Aeberli as chief financial officer (CFO) to the group’s executive board, with effect from March next year....
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Mercer signs up AXA institutional chief as partner
UK/EUROPE - Kathryn Matthews, the former global head of institutional business at AXA Investment Managers, has joined consultants William M. Mercer as a senior consultant and European Partner.....
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170,000 textile workers join German pensions giant
GERMANY – The 170,000 strong West German textiles and clothing industry workers have formally joined their metal, electronic and steel industry counterparts in the new industry wide pension scheme company, Metall-Rente, which will start operating next year.....
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Aberdeen wins Windsor Life property mandates
UK – Aberdeen Property Asset Managers (APAM) has won the mandate to run the £180m (€287.5m) property investment portfolios of Windsor Life Assurance Company (WLAC)....
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Hermes poaches F&C's Mustoe for CIO role
UK – Pensions management company, Hermes, has appointed Nick Mustoe as chief investment officer (CIO) with effect from January 1, 2002.....
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Rothschild wins out in £80m CWFS mandate
UK – Rothschild Asset Management (Rothschild) has beaten rival management groups, Hermes, Gerrard and Tilney, to win the mandate to run the £80m (€127.5m) investment portfolio of the Communication Workers Friendly Society (CWFS)....
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AXA IM serves up new institutional pooled funds
UK - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched a new institutional range of pooled pension funds....
