All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 75
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NIBC plans hiring spree
NETHERLANDS – NIBC, the merchant bank that was formerly owned the two largest Dutch pension funds, has embarked on a hiring spree.
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UK coal scheme role for British Steel’s Debney
UK – LaSalle Investment Management has hired Richard Debney as European director and fund manager for the British Coal Schemes Pension Plan.
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Principal names Holt as UK institutional chief
UK - Asset manager Principal Global Investors has appointed Stephen Holt as head of UK institutional sales, the company has announced.
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France’s Kouchner to speak at IPE Awards
FRANCE – Bernard Kouchner, the founder of international aid groups Médecins sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde, has agreed to address the IPE Awards in Paris on November 30.
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MLIM nabs Gartmore’s Melvin for strategy role
EUROPE – Sarah Melvin, strategy manager at Gartmore Investment management, has left to join Merrill Lynch Investment Management as director of strategy and business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Aegon posts positive E. Europe pension business
NETHERLANDS – Insurance group Aegon reported positive developments in its fledgling Eastern European pensions business in its first-half results today.
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Shetland Islands fund seeks specialists
UK – The £275m (€408m) Shetland Islands Council Miscellaneous Fund is tendering £80m of its assets, the council has said.
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East Sussex tenders up to €742m in FX
UK – The £1.18bn (€1.85bn) East Sussex County Council Pension Fund has tendered up to £500m in active currency overlay, a new move for the council.
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Ex-Mn Services’ Dijkhuis sets up own firm
NETHERLANDS - Jan-Willem Dijkhuis, former director of Dutch real estate investments at asset management firm Mn Services, has set up his own consultancy firm for the financial and real estate sector.
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Mercer facing review at Derbyshire
UK - The £970m (€1.52bn) Derbyshire County Council Pension Fund has tendered for the supply of actuarial services, until now managed by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Church of England names finance chief
UK - Jackie Bliss has been appointed as director of Finance for the National Church Institutions of the Church of England.
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Fonchim names Scapolo president
ITALY – Fonchim, the €4.5bn industrywide pension fund for Italy’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry workers, has appointed Luciano Scapolo as its new president.
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ABP, PGGM get double boost from Philips
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund giants have ABP and PGGM have had a double boost from technology firm Royal Philips Electronics recently.
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PPM denies fund selection “flop”
SWEDEN – The Swedish Premium Pensions Authority has reacted vigorously to reports that its new online fund selection tool has been a flop.
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ING disbands global retirement department
NETHERLANDS – ING Group, the Dutch banking and insurance group, has abolished its Global Retirement Services department.
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Allied Domecq’s Smith strikes out on his own
UK – Brian Smith, former pensions and international benefits executive at drinks firm Allied Domecq, has set up on his own.
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Myners joins Land Securities as chairman
UK – Paul Myners, the former Gartmore chief who wrote an influential report on institutional investment for the government, is to join real estate firm Land Securities as chairman.
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New MD at Belgian broadcast pension fund VRT
BELGIUM – Hugo de Vreese, chief executive of the €374m Pension Fund for Statutory Personnel of Flemish public broadcaster VRT, has stepped down to be succeeded by Willy Wijnants.
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Eureko to sue Polish govt as row escalates
NETHERLANDS – Eureko, the Dutch insurer which owns pensions firm Achmea, is to sue the Polish State Treasury for an infringement of its personal rights.
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Hewitt’s Nilsson joins Sweden’s KP Pension
STOCKHOLM – The SEK50bn (€5.4bn) Swedish co-operative pension foundation KP Pension & Försäkring says it has hired Hewitt Associates consultant Björn Nilsson as its new head of marketing.
