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Nordea sees surge in Finnish assets
NORDIC – Nordea’s assets under management increased 5% in the third quarter, predominantly driven by growing business in the Finnish market.
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Netherlands’ TNO scheme opts for Hewitt
NETHERLANDS – The 1.2 billion-euro pension scheme of Dutch research institute TNO has chosen Hewitt Heijnis & Koelman as actuary and pensions consultant.
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Minister slams UK pension managers on activism
UK – The UK’s trade and industry minister, Patricia Hewitt, has criticised the lack of shareholder activism among pension fund managers.
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Bank of Ireland boosts UK institutional team
UK – Bank of Ireland Asset Management UK has expanded its client services team with the appointment of Alice O’ Dowd.
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Top pension funds quiz firms on emissions
GLOBAL – Eighty-seven of the world’s leading institutional investors and pension funds have written to 500 companies asking for the disclosure of information regarding their greenhouse emissions.
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Hibernian passes some asset management to London
IRELAND - Hibernian Investment Managers, (HIM) one of the five largest asset managers in Ireland, has split its fund management business between Ireland and the UK.
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ABP forms real estate venture in US with Prentiss
NETHERLANDS/US – Dutch civil servants pension fund, ABP, has agreed to form a joint venture with US real estate investment trust, Prentiss Properties Trust.
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Renaisssance plays down impact of arrest of Yukos chief
RUSSIA - The arrest of the head of Yukos, Russia’s largest oil company, will not slow the country’s move to a market economy, say Moscow investment analysts.
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German investment funds gain E48bn
GERMANY – German investment funds have seen net inflows of 48.7 billion euros in the first three quarters of 2003, according to the latest statistics from the BVI.
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Swiss pension funds return 1.2% in Q3 – report
SWITERLAND – Swiss pension funds returned 1.2% in the third quarter of this year, according to a new report from InterSec.
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Robeco AM scraps investment policy committee
NETHERLANDS – Robeco Asset Management has scrapped its investment policy committee amid a revamp of management responsibilities.
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Nordic institutions move to alternatives - survey
NORDIC – Nordic institutional investors are continuing to move into alternative assets, according to research conducted by Prospera Research.
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Ex-Watson’s van Aalst sets up own consultancy
NETHERLANDS – The former head of Watson Wyatt’s Dutch investment practice, Paul van Aalst, is setting up a new consulting firm called Strategeon Investment Consultancy.
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Danish regulator under fire for pension stance
DENMARK – Denmark’s financial regulator has come under fire for forcing pension funds to sell shares and miss out on the current recovery in share prices.
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Deutsche buys Dresdner’s German custody unit
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank has bought Dresdner Bank’s German custody arm for an undisclosed sum.
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Pension funds to have large role in SRI - report
EUROPE – Socially responsible investment among European institutional investors is increasing, and pension funds will play a large role in developing the market further, says Eurosif.
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Consultants entered USS mandate competition
UK – Two investment consultants entered the USS long-term, said Nick Fitzpatrick, head of global investment consulting at Hewitt Associates, which helped organise the contest.
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UBS sees unbundled German pensions market
GERMANY - The German pensions market is likely to see its services unbundled towards a more specialist approach, according to Tim Blackwell, managing director of UBS Global Asset Management in Germany.
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USS long-term mandate shortlist announced
UK – Three corporate entries have made it onto the shortlist of eight candidates in the Universities’ Superannuation Scheme’s long-term mandate competition.
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Petroleum Fund says it fires SRI firm CaringCompany
NORWAY – The Norwegian ministry of finance has decided not to continue the Petroleum Fund’s relationship with ethical consulting firm Caring Company/Etikanalytikerna.
