Asset Managers – Page 402
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Boonstra appointed to ABN-AMRO supervisory board
NETHERLANDS – Cor Boonstra has been appointed to the supervisory board of Dutch financial services group ABN-AMRO, with effect from May 10, 2001.... And all the rest of this week's major people moves....
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Former Mercury stars to retire from Merrill
UK – Carol Galley and Stephen Zimmerman, the driving forces behind the growth of UK fund manager Mercury Asset Management during the 1980’s and 1990’s, have announced their retirement from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) just a year after both were named as chief operating officers at the company....
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Goldman launches global sector fund range
UK – Goldman Sachs Asset Management is launching a range of global sector funds on March 30, categorising all industries into five main sectors....
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Italy gets first private equity fund of funds
ITALY – Mediolanum State Street SGRpA, the Italian institutional investment management joint venture, has launched the first Italian private equity fund of funds...
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German private equity market's e600bn boost
GERMANY - The German private equity market will receive an injection of some e600bn from next January on the back of tax reforms that will abolish capital gains tax (CGT), according to a new report by Commerzbank Securities...
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AP7 appoints Nomura for SEK1.1bn Japan mandate
SWEDEN – The seventh national Swedish pension fund (AP7) – the default fund for non-choosers in Sweden’s PPM system - has selected Nomura Asset Management UK to manage a SEK1.1bn (e121m) active Japanese equity mandate...
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AEU engages with FIS for £60m mandate
UK – AEU, one of the two pension schemes of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU), one of the largest UK trade unions, has appointed Friends Ivory & Sime (FIS) to a £60m (e96m) multi-asset mandate for its super-annuation and assurance scheme...
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Deutsche appoints D'Amore to drive Italian sales
ITALY – Gennaro D’Amore has joined Deutsche Asset Management’s Rome office as vice president of institutional sales in the bank’s effort to expand business in the country...
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ABP/State Street venture makes first investment
EUROPE/US – State Street Global Alliance, the jointly owned subsidiary of the e150bn Dutch civil service pension fund ABP and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), has bought a major interest in Washington based Residential Capital Management...
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Goldman appoints UK institutional business head
UK – Oliver Bolitho has been appointed as executive director responsible for UK institutional business development at Goldman Sachs Asset Management...
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Northern Trust scoops International Equity mandate
USA – The California based Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management has appointed Northern Trust Global Fund Services Practice to provide global custody, fund accounting and short-term cash management services to its new limited liability company, International Equity Fund...
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One in ten small cap firms meet investor hopes
UK – Only one in ten UK smaller quoted companies meet the minimum market capitalisation desired by institutional investors, according to a study by the London based consultancy KPMG Corporate Finance.
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F&C addresses annuity interest rate issue
UK – Investment management group Foreign & Colonial (F&C) has launched a service aimed at providing insurers with a method of neutralising the impact of interest rate movements on the cost of guaranteed annuity options...
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Deutsche takes top UK investment funds title
UK – Deutsche Asset Management has scooped the award for best UK investment manager in the Standard & Poor’s Investment Funds Performance Awards 2001...
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Schroders to break down Chinese walls
UK/CHINA – UK investment management group Schroders is to forge a strategic partnership with China Galaxy Securities Company in a bid to further develop its fund management business in mainland China...
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SEI up and running with first UK mandate
SEI, the US multi-manager firm has picked up its first UK institutional investment mandate since setting up its London operations...
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Royal Trust beefs up European sales presence
EUROPE - Royal Trust Global Securities in London has expanded its European sales team by appointing two new directors of business development... And all this weeks major European people moves
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AXA appoints head of German institutional sales
GERMANY - Alexandra von Kalnein has been appointed as head of German institutional sales at AXA Asset Managers...
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CalPers chooses AXA for European equity brief
US – The giant US$160bn (e171.5bn) California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPers) has selected AXA Rosenberg Investment Management to manage a US$600m European broad market equity portfolio...
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RLAM grabs £3m Irish Assembly brief
UK – The Northern Ireland National Assembly has selected Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) to manage its entire £3m (e4.7m) pension portfolio...
