Asset Managers – Page 405
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Nederlof to lead Deutsche global pensions team
Maarten Nederlof has joined Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) as managing director and global head of pension strategies...
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Old Mutual solidifies US asset management business
USA - Old Mutual Asset Managers (US) becomes the name for group of affiliate investment houses following last September's purchase of UAM...
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Lucas promotes Macdougall to top slot
UK - TRW Investment Management has appointed William Macdougall as managing director and chief investment officer...
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Gardener goes global at Mercer
Gardener promotion.. plus this weeks round-up of all the major industry personnel moves...
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VKG to expand into third party pension provision
Belgium: VKG, the pension fund for Belgian doctors, dentists and pharmacists is applying for licenses to set up a mutual insurance operation and a mutual fund, in a move to widen membership to cover all the country’s health-care sector workers.
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CDC rebrands for the new year
FRANCE - The Paris based former CDC Asset Management has seen in the new-year with a name change, becoming CDC IXIS.
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T Rowe Price expands presence in European market
UK - US group sets up direct team in London staffed by team coming largely from Dresdner
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Eureko to buy F&C for e662m
UK: Foreign & Colonial is being added to Eureko's asset management portfolio following its agreed sale by Germany's HypoVereinsbank for e662m.
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Swedish kommun takes on foreign equity managers
Sweden - The SEK100m Swedish kommun of Partille has selected Carlson Investment Management and Länsförsäkringar Wasa to Swedish balanced mandates of SEK40m each and pulled in overseas managers Fidelity and Indocam to manage SEK10m apiece in global equity funds.
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Allied Irish gets GIPS go ahead
IRELAND - Allied Irish Bank’s fund management house, AIB Investment Managers (AIBIM), has become one of the first Irish managers to be certified GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) compliant.
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Petroleum fund puts US$3.5bn up for grabs
NORWAY - Norway’s government petroleum fund is seeking proposals from managers for specialist mandates, that might be worth up to US$3.5m in total
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EDF charges up PIMCO and AGF
Paris based Eléctricité de France (EDF) – the French electricity provider - has selected Pimco Global Advisers and AGF Asset Management – both under the new Allianz PIMCO Asset Management grouping - to jointly run a significant global bond mandate worth tens of millions of euros.
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BfG and Gerling to become German financial giant
Germany - BfG bank and Cologne-based industrial insurer Gerling Group have signalled their intention to co-operate on insurance, internet banking, brokerage and asset management, with a view to possible expansion in Europe.
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Calor cuts off P&D and Merrill
UK - The UK retirement benefits fund for gas group Calor has dropped Phillips & Drew and Merrill Lynch from a pair of £140m balanced mandates
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Nomura launches Japanese tech fund
London based Nomura Asset Management UK (NAM) has launched a Japanese technology fund to compliment its range of Far East funds for European investors.
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Baring gets Boosey money
The £21mUK Boosey & Hawkes pension scheme has handed a £10m fixed-income mandate to Baring Asset Management
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Consultant covets multi-manager business
UK - Consulting actuary and pension administrator Punter Southall is to merge with South Africa’s Gensec International Asset Management in a bid to enter the multi manager market..
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Interest wanes in PPM funds
SWEDEN - Fewer Swedes in the South have made a personal investment choice under the new PPM system than their fellow countrymen in the North
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Stadlmann joins WestAM
AUSTRIA - Markus Stadlmann has been appointed as product specialist for global balanced mandates at WestAM.
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Another trophy for Carlson
SWEDEN - The Swedish municipality of Bollnäs has appointed Skandia owned Carlson Investment Management in Stockholm to run a SEK140m (e16.3m) international equity portfolio - replacing incumbents Alfred Berg Asset Management.
