All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 117
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New Swiss asset management firm launched
SWITZERLAND – Dutch bank Oyens & van Eeghen has launched an asset management company in Switzerland called Altis Investment Management in partnership with two former Morgan Stanley executives.
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Hogg Robinson pensions arm for sale – report
UK – Hogg Robinson’s employee benefits consulting arm is set to sold, according to a newspaper report.
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Standard Life targets E1bn in new liability unit
UK - Standard Life Investments is targeting an extra one billion euros in assets under management at a new unit focusing on liability-driven investments for institutions.
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UK pension fund disclosures this week
UK – The following are UK pension funds’ holdings in companies that have been disclosed this week under the Financial Services Authority’s stock market listing rules.
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UK's Havering taps State Street for custody
UK - State Street says it has been awarded a 250 million-pound (364 million-euro) custody brief by the London Borough of Havering Pension Fund.
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Dutch pension funds fail IMF stress tests
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds’ solvency ratios could be hit by any number of “plausible macroeconomic shocks” that have been modelled by the International Monetary Fund in a series of hypothetical ‘stress tests’.
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AP3 equities chief Eriksson leaves
SWEDEN – The 16.6 billion-euro Third Swedish National Pension Fund, Tredje AP-fonden or AP3, says Magnus Eriksson - head of equities management - is leaving the fund.
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Credit Suisse AM opens Dutch office
NETHERLANDS - Credit Suisse Asset Management has decided to open an office in Amsterdam targeting institutional clients.
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KAS names another successor to von Balluseck
NETHERLANDS – KAS Bank has named ING Group’s Albert Röell as successor to managing board chairman Sander von Balluseck.
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IPE’s Hay seeks Kenya bike ride sponsors
UK/KENYA - IPE’s Tony Hay is raising sponsorship funds for sustainable development projects in Kenya by cycling 250 miles from the slopes of Mount Kenya, across the Equator, to the shores of Lake Victoria 23-30 October.
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Law firm issues warning on pension directive
EUROPE – Law firm Hammonds - a member of the European Federation for Retirement Provision - has issued a warning that key elements of the European Union’s pension fund directive are under threat.
