Asset Managers – Page 401
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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)...
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BFr2bn sector fund starts outsourcing
BELGIUM – Agoria, formerly FabriMetal – Belgium’s first sector-wide pension fund, for employees working in metal related industries, will begin transferring BFr2bn (e50m) in assets to four money managers next month, in a move which will be scrutinised by other industry sectors in the country considering creating pension funds on ...
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Lothian fund awards £136m property brief
UK – The £2bn Lothian Pension Fund has selected Standard Life Investments to run a £136m (217m) (e segregated property portfolio for a fixed-term seven-year contract....
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French companies shift to long-term savings plans
FRANCE – Almost a third of French employers are currently considering the adoption of long-term employee savings plans under new regulation passed in February...
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Chambers named global CIO of Gartmore/Villanova
UK/US – Peter Chambers, chief investment officer (CIO) at Gartmore, has been appointed global CIO of the newly combined investment division of London based Gartmore and the US manager Villanova Capital....
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Former Goldman's chief joins mPower Europe
UK/EUROPE – Charlie Metcalfe, the former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s UK and Northern European business, has joined mPower Europe, the electronic investment services advisor, as managing director in the UK...
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BNP Paribas buys currency overlay specialist
FRANCE – BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP PAM) has taken a majority stake in Overlay Asset Management (OAM), the Paris based Franco-Swiss currency overlay specialists, as part of the development of its alternative investments business...
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Allianz/Dresdner could create e1trn asset manager
GERMANY - The proposed merger between Allianz, Germany’s largest insurance company and Dresdner Bank, could create an investment management powerhouse with almost e1trn in assets under management, according to sources close to the deal....
