Asset Managers – Page 393
-
News
Raiffeisen opens operations in Belgrade
AUSTRIA / YUGOSLAVIA – Vienna based international banking group, Raiffeisen, has established a new subsidiary in Yugoslavia...
-
News
Skandia launches multi-manager UK equity fund
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.
-
News
PWC acquires 30% stake in Callund Consulting
UK – UK based specialist government consultancy firm, Callund Consulting (CC), has formed a “strategic alliance” with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to offer international pension reforms advice.
-
News
Andrew Ross is new chief executive at Cazenove
**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).
-
News
Aon to launch multi-manager funds for UK
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...
-
News
Schroders to manage Bradford & Bingley pension
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.
-
News
CSAM announces fixed income fund for Hungary
UK – Crédit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is to launch a fixed income mutual fund in Hungary.
-
News
Spurna rejoins CSAM to become chairman in Prague
CZECH REPUBLIC – Kamila Spurna has been appointed chairman of the management board of Crédit Suisse Asset Management (Praha) (CSAM).
-
News
French management group opens office in Brussels
BELGIUM – Crédit Agricole Asset Management opens a representative office in Brussels to cover the Benelux region.
-
News
Watson Wyatt Systems becomes 'Aquila'
UK – Pensions technology provider Watson Wyatt Systems has rebranded to become Aquila Group Holdings and will in the future trade as ‘aquila’.....
-
News
Future looks bright for Europe's venture market
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.....
-
News
Cogent makes strategic move to Glasgow
UK – Cogent, AMP’s international investment operations business, has opened a new office in Glasgow....
-
News
Schroders and Benchmark stage West End venture
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)....
-
News
Crédit Lyonnais gets Fitch AMR ratings upgrade
FRANCE – Fitch AMR, the Paris based ratings firm, has upgraded Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management’s (CLAM) rating to ‘aa’ from the ‘aa-‘ rating that was awarded last October....
-
News
Aberdeen buys Ivory & Sime Asset Management
UK – Aberdeen Asset Management has bought out London based Ivory & Sime Asset Management (ISAM) from the Friends Ivory & Sime stable in a cash deal worth £6.5m plus the value of the net assets at completion – expected to amount to a further £2.1m....
-
News
Dutch metalworkers fund forms web deal with Achmea
NETHERLANDS – Dutch metal and engineering workers’ pension fund, Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de metaalindustrie (PMI), and pensions administrator firm, Achmea, are to cooperate more closely in the future, with particular importance being placed on internet services....
-
News
CSAM brand falls as Mack becomes Credit Suisse CEO
SWITZERLAND - John Mack, the former CEO at Morgan Stanley, has resurfaced as CEO at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), following the departure of former CS chief Allen Wheat....
-
News
Nomura gets go-ahead for Spanish pensions push
SPAIN - Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has been granted permission to register its global fund range with the Spanish stock exchange commission, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain’s financial markets supervisory body....
-
News
AIMR examines broker research influences
US/EUROPE – The Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) has produced an ‘issues’ paper examining the range of potential influences on the objectivity of broker research – one of the key points raised in the UK Myners report on institutional investment....
-
News
Old Mutual splits chairman and chief exec roles
UK – Old Mutual is to split the role of chairman and chief executive officer within the group. Michael J Lovett is to continue as Chairman, whilst his former chief executive role will go to James Sutcliffe, who was previously on the board of Old Mutual with responsibility for ...
