Asset Managers – Page 398
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BGI Europe's biggest as passive trend rolls on
EUROPE – Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has retained the top slot as Europe’s largest pensions asset manager, recording annual growth of $8bn in assets from $107bn to just over $115bn, according to consultant William M.Mercer’s figures for 2000-2001....
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NAPF calls for Myners to be made 'more workable'
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has issued a response to the recent Myners report on institutional investment, seeking changes to make the report “more workable”....
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Watson Wyatt hires specialist manager researchers
Consultant Watson Wyatt has pulled two investment managers on board as specialist manager researchers to the fund manager research team of its investment consulting practice, in a sign that pension funds are adopting increasingly complex investment structures....
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Deutsche names head of European pension strategies
EUROPE – Des MacIntyre has joined Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) in London as director and head of European pension strategies....
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Scottish Widows in tie up for Scandinavian push
SCANDINAVIA – Edinburgh based Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), is to begin marketing asset management services to retail and institutional investors in Finland, Norway and Sweden through co-operation with Stockholm based Intervalor, a marketing firm of international fund managers in the Nordic region....
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MLIM nabs Morgan Stanley institutional director
UK – Richard Boon, a former director in institutional investment management with Morgan Stanley, is joining Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) as managing director and head of the manager’s London based US investment team in July....
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Swedish municipality awards SEK320m in mandates
SWEDEN – The council of Danderyd’s municipality within greater Stockholm has split its investment assets into two roughly equal global balanced mandates....
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San Paolo IMI CIO joins e7.5bn foundation
ITALY – Davide Tinelli, formerly chief investment officer at Milan based San Paolo Imi Institutional Asset Management, has taken up the position of chief financial officer at the e7.5bn foundation Compagnia di San Paolo....
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SEB name change could herald Swedbank merger
SWEDEN – As a prelude to a possible merger between Swedish banks, Svenska Enskilda Banken (SEB) and FöreningsSparbanken (Swedbank), the former has removed paragraph 12 from its articles of association, which stated that the bank could not change its name – a precursor to any merger deal....
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SEI adds Invesco to European multi-manager roster
EUROPE - US multi-manager firm SEI Investments has added Invesco to the line-up in its European manager-of-manager product....
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Ebenston takes top Citibank asset manager slot
UK - Susan Ebenston has been appointed to the newly created position of global head of insurance and asset managers at Citibank Worldwide Securities Services...
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Luxembourg's Ebica expands pensions business
LUXEMBOURG – Kirchberg based consulting and administrative services provider for international pension funds, Employee Benefit International Consulting and Administration (Ebica), has opened its capital to a new shareholder, in order to offer a wider range of services.
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New giant pension asset manager enters euro field
EUROPE - Foreign & Colonial Management has combined forces with Dutch pensions manager Achmea Global Investors and Portuguese investment house AF Investimentos to form F&C, the sixth largest pension asset manager in Europe...
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Scottish Widows' institutional business re-jigging
UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership is reorganising its institutional business by bringing it all into one division under Chris Walker, the newly appointed director of its institutional division...
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Invesco appointed to £25m European and Asian brief
UK - The £120m pension fund for automotive components distributor Dana Spicer Europe, subsidiary of Dana Holdings, has appointed Invesco Asset Management to a £25m European and Far Eastern mandate...
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Dutch Origin fund in huge investment restructure
NETHERLANDS – The e400m Utrecht based pension fund of Dutch communications group Origin - the former IT subsidiary of electronics group Phillips - has undergone a mammoth investment restructuring, almost halving its exposure to Phillips owned asset manager Schootse Poort in favour of a range of specialist mandates....
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Ferrans to head Halifax asset management
UK – Douglas Ferrans has been appointed as chief executive of asset management of the Halifax Group. He was previously marketing director of Britannic Asset Management...
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IAPF chairman Tom Finlay steps down
IRELAND – Tom Finlay, director at Bank of Ireland Asset Management and chairman of the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF), is stepping down from both positions at the end of May to pursue other interests....
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CSAM launches new Luxembourg funds
EUROPE – Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is launching two new Luxembourg domiciled funds on May 14, a European convertible bond fund and a specialist global healthcare equity fund....
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Robeco to launch hedge fund of funds product
NETHERLANDS – Rotterdam based Robeco Alternative Investments is to launch a hedge fund multi-manager structure in September/October this year, to meet institutional and private client demand for guaranteed products linked to hedge funds...
