All IPE articles in August 2003 (Online) – Page 3
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Mideast body tenders equity mandate via IPE-Quest
EUROPE – A public institution in the Middle East has tendered a 100 million-dollar plus mandate for actively-managed pan-European Mid Cap Equities.
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State Street’s research chief Persaud leaves
UK – Avinash Persaud, high-profile head of global research at State Street Corp., has left the company to run a currency investment fund.
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Barclays Global Investors’ profit up 52%
UK - Barclays Global Investors, the largest manager of European pension fund assets, saw its first-half operating profit rise 52% and assets under management rise 18%.
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Insight in swoop for Axa Rosenberg’s Millar
UK – Axa Rosenberg Investment Management’s UK and Ireland institutional marketing director, Stephen Millar, has surprised his employers by moving to Insight Investment.
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CS, UBS fund arms “rely more on pension plans”
EUROPE - The investment fund arms of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are more reliant on pension plans than their peers, according to a new report.
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MLIM hires Singer & Friedlander’s Poole
UK – David Poole, former director of marketing at Singer Friedlander Investment Management, has joined Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
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Morley Fund Management CFO Quirke to leave
UK – Gerard Quirke, chief financial officer at Morley Fund Management, has decided to leave the company in search of “new challenges in the fund management industry”.
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IMF wants Dutch pension system strengthened
NETHERLANDS – The International Monetary Fund says a strengthening of the Dutch pension system is needed to protect the solvency of occupational pension funds.
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Mercer offers “alpha transport” derivatives idea
EUROPE – Mercer Investment Consulting is offering a new concept for pension fund managers that involves the use of derivatives in constructing portfolios of independent alpha and beta sources.
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LAPFF tenders corporate governance mandate
UK – The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has put out to tender a mandate for an adviser in the field of corporate governance.
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Scandinavian fund tenders EM equity via IPE-Quest
SCANDINAVIA – A Scandinavian industry-wide pension fund has put out to tender a global emerging markets equity mandate via IPE-Quest.
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SWIP swoops for Edinburgh’s Waugh
UK – Robert Waugh, head of UK equities at Edinburgh Fund Managers, is leaving to join Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.
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Foreign firms top Austrian fund of funds market
AUSTRIA – Foreign providers of funds of funds have increased their share of the Austrian market, with US houses now dominant.
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Clywd chooses ABN Amro Mellon over State Street
UK – The 450 million-pound (638 million-euro) Clywd Pension Fund has awarded a custody mandate to ABN Amro Mellon, resulting in a loss for incumbent State Street.
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Belgian fund tenders E20m EM mandate on IPE-Quest
BELGIUM – A Belgian industry-wide pension fund has tendered a 20 million-euro actively managed emerging markets equities mandate via IPE-Quest.
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Pension funds want fixed fees – Watson Wyatt
EUROPE – The head of Watson Wyatt’s European investment practice, Nick Watts, says there is a “strong appetite” among its pension fund clients for fixed investment-management fees.
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Mercer’s manager picks added no value in Q1
GLOBAL – Mercer Investment Consulting says its manager research recommendations added zero extra value for clients in the first quarter of this year.
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Germany’s Ruerup sees benefits falling further
GERMANY – Government adviser Bert Ruerup has warned that German pensioners must be prepared for statutory pension benefits to fall even further.
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GSAM book lifts lid on portfolio management
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs Asset Management is to lift the lid on some of its portfolio management techniques with the publication of book next month.
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SWIP hires again from Edinburgh Fund Managers
UK – Beleaguered Scottish fund manager Edinburgh Fund Managers has lost another of its UK equity team to rival Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.
