Asset Managers – Page 383
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Kvalheim to head Barclays' investment banking arm
UK - Grant Kvalheim, global head of credit products at Barclays Capital, is to take responsibility for the management of the firm’s Investment Banking Division, which manages Barclays Capital’s relationships with corporate and financial institution clients....
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Petroleum fund issues huge $5-8bn fixed income RFP
NORWAY – The NOK547bn (e68bn) Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund has issued one of the world’s largest ever fixed-income RFPs for an expected 15 managers with the size of the mandates varying from $100m to $1bn....
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Nine managers win Petroleum fund equity mandates
NORWAY – The NOK547bn (e68bn) Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund (Petroleumsfondet) has appointed a raft of nine new managers to small and mid cap and sector driven equity mandates....
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European pension schemes join Burma action group
EUROPE - A group of European financial institutions including the £21bn (e33.5bn) UK Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and e48bn Dutch superfund PGGM have formed an action group to raise concerns about investment in Myanmar – formerly known as Burma....
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Jupiter offers new pan-European hedge fund
IRELAND/UK – Jupiter International Group has launched a new pan-European long/short equity hedge fund called Jupiter Europa Hedge Fund.
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Giant Italian fund selects new managers
ITALY – Fondo Pensione Complementare per la Famiglia (Fondo Famiglia), the Italian housewives’ and part time workers’ pension fund, which could potentially include as many as 15 million members, has made its final selection of managers to run its assets....
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Schroders appoints Germany/Austria country head
GERMANY/AUSTRIA – Schroder Investment Management has poached Martin Theisinger, the former head of European sales at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management, to become its head of institutional sales and country head of asset management in Germany and Austria....
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New European SRI forum launches
EUROPE – The socially responsible investment (SRI) market in Europe has been given a significant boost by the launch of the European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum (Eurosif) by a consortium of European social investment forums (SIFs) and with the financial support of the European Commission (EC)....
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DeAM names new European institutional sales head
EUROPE - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Andreas Varnavides as Head of European Institutional Sales following the resignation of Mark Scott from the position....
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ING to stamp its mark on Belgium's BBL
NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM - Dutch financial services group, ING is taking further steps towards rebranding its subsidiaries worldwide by incorporating the ING name and logo within its Belgian subsidiary, Banque Bruxelles Lambert (BBL) with the intention of dropping the BBL brand name in due course....
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Managers bullish on UK investment prospects
UK – The UK stock markets and economy are likely to continue to attract inward investment over the next 12 months, despite acceptance since September 11 of a worldwide recession, claims Stuart Fowler, head of UK equities at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM)....
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RBC names new UK operations director
UK/CANADA - RBC global services, institutional & investor services (IIS) - Canada's largest custodian and a provider of securities services worldwide - has appointed Simon Coleman as its director of operations in the UK....
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Ashburton launches new euro sub fund
UK – Jersey based asset management company, Ashburton, has launched two new sub funds within its Isle of Man domiciled Ashburton Global Funds umbrella.
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New system aims to combat pensions mis-selling
UK – E-business solutions provider, Aqera, has launched a commercially available on-line system, Collaborative Business Review System, which is specifically designed to help eliminate the mis-selling of financial products.
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Germany ripe for private equity growth
GERMANY – The hitherto disappointing German private equity market is entering a transition phase that will lead to a more sustainable and attractive investment environment, despite a slowdown in the growth of private equity assets last year, says a report by AltAssets, the alternative investments research company....
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SEI cleans up with £55m Davis Service mandate
UK – Multi-manager outfit, SEI Investments, has won a £55m (€88m) global equity mandate from the Davis Service Group (DSG) Retirement Benefit Scheme, SEI’s fifth mandate win this year....
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New European fixed income manager launches
UK/JAPAN – BlueBay, a new European fixed income specialist asset management company has been launched today, with a hedge fund scheduled for launch as its first product early next year....
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Northern Trust poaches senior Citigroup consultant
EUROPE - Northern Trust Global Investments (Europe) has hired Lucy Cooke from Citigroup Asset Management to become a senior institutional relationship consultant....
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Jupiter buys Lazard's managed funds business
UK – Jupiter Asset Management is to acquire the independently managed funds business of Lazard Asset Management in a deal worth approximately £250m (€401.6m)....
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Schroders appoints senior EAFE manager
Schroder Investment Management (Schroders) has appointed Sheridan P. Reilly as executive vice president and senior Europe and Far East (EAFE) portfolio manager....
