All articles by Dickon Reid – Page 6
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Franklin hires Banz in Swiss institutional push
SWITZERLAND- Franklin Templeton Investments (FTI) has appointed Elzbieta Banz as marketing director for Switzerland in a bid to increase the size of its institutional business.
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Allianz hires Utermann as global CIO for equities
UK- Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (ADAM) has announced the appointment of Andreas Utermann who is joining the firm as global chief investment officer for its equity division.
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One in four Irish DB schemes set to close
IRELAND- Around a quarter of Ireland’s occupational defined benefit pension schemes are likely to close to new members in the next year according to research by the Pension Fund Partnership.
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Baring AM gets approval to market funds in Denmark
DENMARK- Baring Asset Management has received regulatory approval to market 21 Irish-domiciled funds to the Danish institutional market.
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Deutsche AM names new head of Dutch operation
NETHERLANDS- Michel Alofs has replaced Gerard Roelofs as head of Deutsche Asset Management’s operations in the Netherlands after Roelofs left to spend more time with his family.
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Nordea shakes up asset management arrangement
DENMARK- Nordea Asset Management has announced it is centralising its European, US and global equity management in Copenhagen. At the same time it is centralising the management of Norwegian equities in Oslo while bringing its European fixed income operation to Copenhagen.
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Sweden's AP2 drops 9.3% in six months to June
SWEDEN- Sweden’s second national fund AP2 has announced a first half decline in assets of 9.3% bringing the fund to Sek124.3bn (e13.6bn).
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Holdings in US fixed income up 50% in year to date
US- Holdings in fixed income in the US have already risen by more than 50% this year and now stand at $9.2trn according to a study of the institutional bond market by Greenwich Associates, the US research consultancy.
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Norges hires three new managers for petroleum fund
NORWAY- Norway’s $75bn Petroleum fund has announced the appointment of Lincoln Capital Management, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and State Street Global advisors to run indexed fixed income, mortgage-backed securities in the US.
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German funds show no risk of being underfunded
GERMANY- Germany’s corporate pensionskassen and direct insurance pension schemes carry literally no risk of being underfunded and have little or no exposure to equity markets according to new research from Commerzbank Securities.
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UK government faces call for compulsory payments
UK- The UK government is coming under pressure from the Trades Union Congress, the body representing seven million UK workers, to force employers to make compulsory payments to pensions after research suggested that around half the UK workforce is without access to an occupational pension scheme.
