Asset Managers – Page 399
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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...
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JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management unveiled in UK
UK/EUROPE - Following the merger between Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan at the beginning of the year, their asset management subsidiaries have formally announced the launch on May 14 into the UK market of their combined operation JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management....
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German DC 'AS-fonds' return 2% for 2000
GERMANY – AS-fonds, Germany’s third pillar DC savings plans returned an average of two-per cent last year in spite of the market turbulence, according to the Frankfurt based BVI funds regulator....
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Read to Fidelity institutional communications role
UK – Fidelity Investments has appointed Anne Read as associate director with specific responsibility for institutional business within the group's Corporate Communications Department....
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BankInvest's Broby takes AIMR international role
DENMARK – Daniel Broby, chief investment officer at Danish financial services group BankInvest, has been elected as the international presidents council representative of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR)....
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Garrood heads investment operations at Hendersons
Shirley Garrood has been appointed director of investment operations at Henderson Global Investors. And all this week's major people moves in Europe...
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West AM subsidiary scoops Texas teachers mandate
US/GERMANY – The pension fund for the Teachers Retirement System of Texas, has appointed Criterion Investment Management, the Houston based fixed income arm of Düsseldorf based WestAM, to a US$100m high-yield bond portfolio.
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Aberdeen buys property manager RREEF
UK/NETHERLANDS – Aberdeen Asset Management has bought property asset manager RREEF UK from RoProperty Holding, part of the Robeco group, increasing its property assets under management to £5.9bn....
