Asset Managers – Page 392

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    Mellon adds Lamere to executive management group

    2001-08-07T03:21:00Z

    US - Mellon Financial Corporation has named David Lamere as the latest addition to the group’s now eight-member Executive Management Group, the firms most senior management body, which sets corporate strategies and policies and oversees day-to-day operations....

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    Royal London gets Carter as CIO

    2001-08-06T06:06:00Z

    UK – Independent investment management company, Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has a new chief investment officer, Andrew Carter.

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    Lopardo quits State Street after 14 years

    2001-08-06T05:52:00Z

    US – Boston based investor services group, State Street Corporation, has announced that Nicholas Lopardo, vice chairman of State Street Corporation and chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of $727bn (€821bn) State Street global Advisors (SSgA), the group’s investment management arm, has retired from the company…

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    Aberdeen Celexa to operate in three European bases

    2001-08-06T05:49:00Z

    UK / NETHERLANDS / SWEDEN – Aberdeen Celexa Property Investors (ACPI), with €10bn of real estate assets under management and Europe’s largest real estate administrators, is the new name for the joint activities of Celexa Real Estate Investment Management Group (Celexa) and Aberdeen Property Investors (API)...

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    New CIO at Phillips & Drew

    2001-08-03T05:57:00Z

    **New CIO at Phillips & Drew** UK – Matthew Stemp is new chief investment officer at Phillips & Drew (P&D), replacing Robin Apps who has left the company.

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    PWC says fund managers face margins halved to 15%

    2001-08-03T05:39:00Z

    UK – Fund managers will need to take collaborative action to address what have now become industry-wide issues facing the UK’s investment management industry...

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    AUM of European institutional managers rise 38%

    2001-08-02T06:13:00Z

    FRANCE / GERMANY / ITALY / BENELUX – Assets under management by European institutional managers only rose 38% in 2000, compared to 65% in 1999...

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    Raiffeisen opens operations in Belgrade

    2001-08-02T06:13:00Z

    AUSTRIA / YUGOSLAVIA – Vienna based international banking group, Raiffeisen, has established a new subsidiary in Yugoslavia...

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    Skandia launches multi-manager UK equity fund

    2001-08-02T06:13:00Z

    SWEDEN / UK – Swedish financial group, Skandia, has launched through its UK-based Skandia Life, a new multi-manager UK equity fund, called the Skandia UK Dynamic Fund.

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    PWC acquires 30% stake in Callund Consulting

    2001-08-01T06:09:00Z

    UK – UK based specialist government consultancy firm, Callund Consulting (CC), has formed a “strategic alliance” with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to offer international pension reforms advice.

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    Andrew Ross is new chief executive at Cazenove

    2001-08-01T06:09:00Z

    **New Chief Executive at Cazenove** UK – Andrew Ross has been named as new chief executive of London based Cazenove Fund Management. Ross was previously chief executive at HSBC Asset Management (Europe).

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    Aon to launch multi-manager funds for UK

    2001-08-01T06:08:00Z

    UK – Aon Consulting is to launch a new investment management company later this year, Aon Asset Management, which is expected to have between £500m (€815m) and £1bn (€1.6) in assets under management...

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    Schroders to manage Bradford & Bingley pension

    2001-07-24T11:36:00Z

    UK – Schroder Pensions, part of the €211bn Schroder asset management group, is to manage major UK building society, Bradford & Bingley’s new group pension plan.

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    CSAM announces fixed income fund for Hungary

    2001-07-23T06:28:00Z

    UK – Crédit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is to launch a fixed income mutual fund in Hungary.

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    Spurna rejoins CSAM to become chairman in Prague

    2001-07-23T06:22:00Z

    CZECH REPUBLIC – Kamila Spurna has been appointed chairman of the management board of Crédit Suisse Asset Management (Praha) (CSAM).

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    French management group opens office in Brussels

    2001-07-23T06:22:00Z

    BELGIUM – Crédit Agricole Asset Management opens a representative office in Brussels to cover the Benelux region.

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    Watson Wyatt Systems becomes 'Aquila'

    2001-07-20T02:05:00Z

    UK – Pensions technology provider Watson Wyatt Systems has rebranded to become Aquila Group Holdings and will in the future trade as ‘aquila’.....

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    Future looks bright for Europe's venture market

    2001-07-20T01:57:00Z

    EUROPE - The medium-term outlook for the private equity industry in Europe has never been brighter, according to a Bank of Scotland sponsored report into the positive impact of legislation and initiatives at both European and government level.....

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    Cogent makes strategic move to Glasgow

    2001-07-19T04:59:00Z

    UK – Cogent, AMP’s international investment operations business, has opened a new office in Glasgow....

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    Schroders and Benchmark stage West End venture

    2001-07-18T05:24:00Z

    UK – Schroder Property Investment Management and specialist UK property group Benchmark have established a new Jersey registered property fund – the West End of London Property Unit Trust (WELPUT) - with initial assets of £300m (€488m)....