Asset Managers – Page 400
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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….
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Hedge funds make five star offshore fund rating
UK – Only two offshore funds have received a five-star rating from independent investment consultant Global Fund Analysis (GFA), with many funds plummeting down the ratings as a result of the technology stock blow-out....
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Sweden's AP7 hires Goldman Sachs and Carlson
SWEDEN – The SEK14bn national PPM default fund Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7) has finalised its external investment manager line-up by appointing Goldman Sachs Asset Management to an e100m active European equity mandate and Carlson Investment Management to a SEK800m (e88.7m) active Swedish equity brief....
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European surge in demand for CFA certificate
EUROPE – This year has seen a boom in demand from investment professionals to take the global Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certificate, with numbers applying in Europe for the 2001 March deadline shooting up by 42% in one year....
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Morley challenges green credentials of FTSE 100
UK – Morley Fund Management, the investment management arm of insurer CGNU, has introduced a requirement in its corporate voting policy for FTSE 100 companies to produce environmental reports on their business activities or risk being voted against at their AGMs....
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Fidelity takes advisor path to German institutions
GERMANY – Fidelity Investment Services is to beef up its institutional investment presence in Germany and Austria by growing its advisory business through its Frankfurt office, according to recently appointed director of institutional business, Olaf John....
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Clerical Medical gets £100m Isle of Man leg up
UK – The Isle of Man Treasury has appointed Clerical Medical Investment, part of the Halifax Group, to manage a £100m (e160m) active balanced mandate...
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Europol e2.6m fund seeks total pensions provider
NETHERLANDS - The e2.6m Europol Pension Fund, based in The Hague, for officials of the European police organisation, is seeking tenders for the administration, asset management and risk coverage of the scheme.
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INVESCO to offer third-party funds to UK DC market
UK – INVESCO is to include third-party funds in its product offering to the UK defined contribution (DC) market...
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Sampo/Mandatum to fuse fund management business
FINLAND - Following the merger of financial services groups Sampo (formerly Sampo-Leonia) and Mandatum Bank, the new company is fusing its fund management businesses to create one of the largest institutional asset managers in the country....
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McAlpine fund builds with Blackrock and Attica
UK – The £240m (e384m) Chester based pension plan of construction firm Alfred McAlpine has appointed multi-manager Attica Asset Management to manage £15m in Japan and Far East ex-Japan portfolios. Edinburgh based Blackrock also scooped £20m in a pan-European equity mandate as part of the scheme’s investment review.
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Swiss funds beat benchmarks for 2000
SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds in the ASIP/Watson Wyatt performance universe managed to outperform two of their three performance benchmarks in 2000….
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Zurich Scudder appoints new European strategy head
Colin Robertson has been appointed as European head of global strategy at Zurich Scudder Investments...
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CDC IXIS and Schroders scoop SEK1.4bn mandates
SWEDEN – CDC IXIS Asset Management and Schroders have scooped mandates worth SEK1.4bn (e153m) from the default fund of the Swedish premium pension system (PPM) - Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7)...
