All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 37
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Nestlé pension fund’s Gillbanks joins Saudi bank
SWITZERLAND – John Gillbanks, fund manager at the 6.2 billion Swiss franc (3.8 billion-euro) Nestlé Fonds de Pension, has left to join a Saudi Arabian bank.
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Credit Agricole Swiss relationship manager leaves
FRANCE - Credit Agricole Asset Management’s client relationship manager for Switzerland, Alain Barthel, is to join Morgan Stanley.
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Swiss MPs reject pensionskassen measure
SWITZERLAND - The lower chamber of the Swiss parliament has voted against allowing pensionskassen in financial trouble to suspend the 2.25% minimum guaranteed interest rate.
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Bank of Ireland asset mgmt chief named CEO
IRELAND - The chief executive of the Bank of Ireland’s Asset Management Services arm, Brian Goggin, has been named group chief executive after Mike Soden resigned last week.
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French reserve fund awards E4bn to managers
FRANCE - The 16 billion-euro French Reserve Fund, Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites, has concluded its second round of appointments, naming 12 managers to run 4.12 billion euros.
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UBS hires BNP Paribas’ Calchi in Italy
ITALY – UBS Global Asset Management has hired BNP Paribas institutional sales manager Roberto Calchi in a bid to strengthen its position in the Italian institutional market.
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Pension funds eye commodities as oil surges
UK - Commodities are poised to become a mainstream investment class for pension funds in Europe and in UK, according to well-known market analyst.
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IPE-QUEST: Irish insurer tenders E100m
IRELAND - An insurance company has tendered an actively managed balanced mandate worth in excess of 100 million euros through IPE-Quest.
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Investec outsources to State St., 66 staff move
GLOBAL - South Africa-based Investec Asset Management has outsourced the administration of its 34 billion dollars (27.7 billion euros) in institutional assets to State Street Corp.
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N. Trust names Winge as European sales head
UK - Northern Trust has named Anne-Lise Winge to the new role of head of European sales at its institutional asset servicing businesses.
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Germany: BaFIN to rule on hedge fund investments
GERMANY- Financial regulator BaFIN says it will issue its rules on how pension funds and insurance companies can invest in hedge funds later this year.
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Covip approves first Italian public scheme for 1.1 million teachers
ITALY- Pension regulator Covip, Commissione di Vigilanza sui Fondi Pensione has given the go-ahead to the first government-backed pension scheme aimed at public employees, Fondo Scuola Espero.
