All IPE articles in December 2001 (Online)
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Giant Italian fund selects new managers
ITALY – Fondo Pensione Complementare per la Famiglia (Fondo Famiglia), the Italian housewives’ and part time workers’ pension fund, which could potentially include as many as 15 million members, has made its final selection of managers to run its assets....
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Jupiter offers new pan-European hedge fund
IRELAND/UK – Jupiter International Group has launched a new pan-European long/short equity hedge fund called Jupiter Europa Hedge Fund.
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Mellon wins Direct Line stakeholder admin brief
UK - Mellon Trust has won a mandate to provide administration services to the stakeholder pension scheme of Direct Line Life, the Glasgow based life insurance company....
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CDC venture arm launches large-scale buy-out fund
FRANCE – €600m CDC Equity Capital, the leveraged buy-out arm of CDC Ixis, itself part of the Caisse des Dépôts group, has launched a new fund, CDC-Entreprises II, which is aimed at large-scale buy-outs in France with a target total of €450m....
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European pension schemes join Burma action group
EUROPE - A group of European financial institutions including the £21bn (e33.5bn) UK Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and e48bn Dutch superfund PGGM have formed an action group to raise concerns about investment in Myanmar – formerly known as Burma....
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Austrian fund fusion creates ATS21bn giant
AUSTRIA - The Vienna based ATS3.8bn (e280m) Verbund Pensionskasse, the pension scheme for Austria’s largest electricity company, has announced that it is to merge with the ATS 17bn (e1.3bn) OEPAG Pensionskassen, one of the country’s seven open funds, in an effort to cut costs and concentrate on its core business.... ...
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Reports give Allianz German metalworkers contract
GERMANY – Metall-Rente, the new Berlin based pension fund company set up by the metal and electronics employers’ association and its industry’s trade union has selected Allianz to run its new occupational pension system, according to reports in German daily newspaper Handelsblatt....
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Permal launches multi-manager hedge fund
NETHERLANDS/UK - London based Permal Investment Management (PIM), part of French group Worms & Cie, has launched the Permal Long Short Global Equity Holdings fund, a Dutch registered multi-manager fund....
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Mercer opens second Austrian consulting office
AUSTRIA – Mercer HR Consulting, the Vienna based subsidiary of international consultancy group William M Mercer, has opened an office in Innsbruck in conjunction with its sister company Marsh Austria....
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Capital wins Russell UK equity brief
UK – Capital International has won a mandate to run a UK equity portfolio for the Frank Russell Company within its manager of managers investment structure.
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AP7 starts phase two of alternatives RFP
SWEDEN - The e2.3bn AP7 fund has received proposals from 135 managers for tenders worth around e180m in hedge fund and private equity assets and will today (December 4) begin sending out the second phase questionnaire for the RFP process to all the managers....
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Nine managers win Petroleum fund equity mandates
NORWAY – The NOK547bn (e68bn) Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund (Petroleumsfondet) has appointed a raft of nine new managers to small and mid cap and sector driven equity mandates....
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Petroleum fund issues huge $5-8bn fixed income RFP
NORWAY – The NOK547bn (e68bn) Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund has issued one of the world’s largest ever fixed-income RFPs for an expected 15 managers with the size of the mandates varying from $100m to $1bn....
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Kvalheim to head Barclays' investment banking arm
UK - Grant Kvalheim, global head of credit products at Barclays Capital, is to take responsibility for the management of the firm’s Investment Banking Division, which manages Barclays Capital’s relationships with corporate and financial institution clients....
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AXA IM serves up new institutional pooled funds
UK - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched a new institutional range of pooled pension funds....
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Rothschild wins out in £80m CWFS mandate
UK – Rothschild Asset Management (Rothschild) has beaten rival management groups, Hermes, Gerrard and Tilney, to win the mandate to run the £80m (€127.5m) investment portfolio of the Communication Workers Friendly Society (CWFS)....
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Hermes poaches F&C's Mustoe for CIO role
UK – Pensions management company, Hermes, has appointed Nick Mustoe as chief investment officer (CIO) with effect from January 1, 2002.....
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Dunnett Shaw & Partners opens second UK office
UK - Pensions and IT consultancy, Dunnett Shaw & Partners (DSP), has opened their second UK office in Sheffield....
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Aberdeen wins Windsor Life property mandates
UK – Aberdeen Property Asset Managers (APAM) has won the mandate to run the £180m (€287.5m) property investment portfolios of Windsor Life Assurance Company (WLAC)....
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170,000 textile workers join German pensions giant
GERMANY – The 170,000 strong West German textiles and clothing industry workers have formally joined their metal, electronic and steel industry counterparts in the new industry wide pension scheme company, Metall-Rente, which will start operating next year.....
