Asset Managers – Page 400
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Scherkampf leaves Siemens Financial Services post
GERMANY - Peter Scherkampf, the respected managing director of Munich based Siemens Financial Services Investment Management (SKAG) leaves his current position today (April 26)….
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Irish Life picks AXA Rosenberg for £20m UK brief
IRELAND - Irish Life International Multi-Managers, an investment division of Irish Life International has appointed AXA Rosenberg Investment Management to a £20m UK equity mandate....
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Schroders to expand Dutch and Belgian presence
NETHERLANDS - Pieter van Daalen, formerly of Rotterdam based investment group Robeco, is to join Schroder Investment Management as managing director of the group’s Amsterdam office in July, as part of an expansion programme in the Dutch and Belgian institutional and retail markets....
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Indocam becomes Crédit Agricole Asset Management
FRANCE – Indocam, the investment management arm of France’s largest retail bank Crédit Agricole, has changed its name to Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM), following an EGM of the group in Paris....
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Giant Swiss fund goes passive for SFr1.5bn
SWITZERLAND - The SFr20bn (e13.1bn) Geneva-based Swiss Social Security fund AHV-Fonds has appointed two new asset managers for passive global equity mandates totalling SFr. 1.5bn, in the first tactical switch following changes in Swiss law earlier this year…
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Austria's APK indexes $35m with Vanguard
AUSTRIA – The ATS22bn (e1.6bn) Vienna-based pension fund APK has reviewed its US equity strategy and dropped an undisclosed active manager in favour of a passive brief with US investment manager Vanguard….
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Van den Brink switches metalworkers funds
NETHERLANDS - Roland van den Brink, manager of acquisition and strategy with Rijswijk based Mn Services, the recently split fund management and administration arm of the NLG40bn (e18bn) Dutch metal and technical industries pension fund, BPMT, is to leave the group and take up the role of managing director at ...
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Northern Trust ousts Mellon for £1.5bn custody
UK – Northern Trust has been selected to provide global custody for the £1.5bn (e2.4bn) pension fund of chemicals and pharmaceutical group Akzo Nobel....
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Indocam buys alternative investment outfit
FRANCE/US – Indocam, the asset management arm of France’s Crédit Agricole group, has entered into an agreement to buy Alternative Investment Partners (AIP), the Franco-American alternative investment management specialist, for an undisclosed sum....
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Palladyne loses CEO and changes business tack
NETHERLANDS – Erik van Dijk, the former principle and CEO of Palladyne Asset Management in Amsterdam has left the company and is believed to be pursuing research interests in the US....
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BAM brings in new Chief Operating Officer
UK – John Misselbrook has joined Baring Asset Management as chief operating officer....
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European property figures hold up strongly
SWEDEN/IRELAND – Swedish property returns rose strongly in 2000, while Irish property assets retained their strong performance levels, according to figures published by the London based property index provider, Investment Property Databank….
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Schroders bags £70m property brief
UK – Suffolk County Council (SCC) has awarded a £70m (e112m) domestic indirect property mandate to investment manager Schroders...
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Schroders appoints Dobson to director slot
UK - Michael Dobson has been appointed as a non-executive director on the board of UK investment manager Schroders....
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Hedge fund adviser appoints European head
UK/EUROPE – Melissa Miller has been appointed as head of European client relations at alternative investment adviser Tremont TASS Europe….
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Aberdeen buys Swedish property outfit Celexa
UK/SWEDEN – Swedish pension insurance company Alecta (formerly SPP) is selling its property management firm, Celexa Group, to Aberdeen Asset Management....
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ABN AMRO launches euro credit bond fund
NETHERLANDS – ABN AMRO Asset Management is introducing a credit bond fund, which will invest in its existing e590m Euro Credit Fund....
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Italian pension funds grow by 124% in one year
ITALY – Total assets under management within Italy’s sector-wide and open pension funds increased by a massive 124% from the end of 1999 to the end of 2000, according to figures just released by Italian regulator, Commissione di vigilanza sui fondi pensione (COVIP)….
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European insurance body appoints chief executive
EUROPE - Daniel Schanté has been appointed secretary general and chief executive of the Comité Européen des Assurances, the European insurance federation representing 29 national insurance associations. Plus all the week's major people moves....
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Dutch fund looks at third-party service support
NETHERLANDS – Rijswijk based Mn Services, the recently split fund management services arm of the NLG40bn (e18bn) Dutch metal and technical industries pension fund has signed a declaration of intent on co-operation with support services provider Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, in its bid to court third-party pension fund business….
