Investor Strategy – Page 260
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Robeco advises institutions to switch bond indices
NETHERLANDS – Dutch institutional investment manager Robeco has advised its institutional clients holding euro denominated fixed-interest investments to replace the current government loans index with an index consisting of both government loans and credits.....
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Royal London gets Carter as CIO
UK – Independent investment management company, Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has a new chief investment officer, Andrew Carter.
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New CIO at Phillips & Drew
**New CIO at Phillips & Drew** UK – Matthew Stemp is new chief investment officer at Phillips & Drew (P&D), replacing Robin Apps who has left the company.
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PWC acquires 30% stake in Callund Consulting
UK – UK based specialist government consultancy firm, Callund Consulting (CC), has formed a “strategic alliance” with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to offer international pension reforms advice.
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Andrew Ross is new chief executive at Cazenove
**New Chief Executive at Cazenove** UK – Andrew Ross has been named as new chief executive of London based Cazenove Fund Management. Ross was previously chief executive at HSBC Asset Management (Europe).
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Mercer wins brief for Boxclever plan
UK – Major employee benefits consultancy firm, William M. Mercer, has been chosen to act as consultant for the pension fund of Boxclever, the newly formed television and video rental joint venture company...
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Volkswagen works with State Street on DC plan
GERMANY – US global custodian State Street Bank, is partnering giant motor group Volkswagen in developing and implementing a new company-wide defined contribution (DC) pension scheme.
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Schroders to manage Bradford & Bingley pension
UK – Schroder Pensions, part of the €211bn Schroder asset management group, is to manage major UK building society, Bradford & Bingley’s new group pension plan.
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CSAM announces fixed income fund for Hungary
UK – Crédit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is to launch a fixed income mutual fund in Hungary.
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Rockwood selects SEI for €25m multi-asset mandate
UK – SEI Investments has won the £15m (€25m) specialist multi-asset mandate from Rockwood Specialties is to run Rockwood’s new defined contribution arrangement.
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Watson Wyatt Systems becomes 'Aquila'
UK – Pensions technology provider Watson Wyatt Systems has rebranded to become Aquila Group Holdings and will in the future trade as ‘aquila’.....
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Future looks bright for Europe's venture market
EUROPE - The medium-term outlook for the private equity industry in Europe has never been brighter, according to a Bank of Scotland sponsored report into the positive impact of legislation and initiatives at both European and government level.....
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Full details of Irish reserve's e6bn outsourcing
IRELAND – The Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission, the body appointed to oversee the management of the e7bn National Pensions Reserve Fund has revealed full details of the huge RFP for around a dozen investment mandates equalling e6bn in assets, as revealed by IPE-Newsline last Friday....
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Portugal's e3bn reserve fund to start outsourcing
PORTUGAL – The e3bn Lisbon based Portuguese pension reserve fund, created in 1989 to plug the future hole in Portugal’s social security retirement payments, could outsource up to 20% of its assets to external managers by the end of the year....
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Deutsche boosts Dutch institutional sales team
NETHERLANDS – Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Owen Thiers as vice president, institutional sales, as part of an expansion of its Dutch institutional sales capabilities....
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SEI starts Italian multi-manager joint venture
ITALY – SEI Investments has set up a joint venture relationship with Italy’s Bipiemme Gestioni, the asset management arm of Banco Popolare di Milano (BPM) to launch a manager-of-managers programme for bank branches and other distribution channels....
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Gartmore gets SICAV ok in Belgium and Germany
EUROPE – UK investment manager Gartmore has received authorisation for the public distribution of its SICAV range of funds in Belgium and Germany....
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Norwegian fund appoints Den Norske and Pareto
NORWAY – The NKr 800m (€101m) Larvik Primary Fund, the fund established to support the city of Larvik’s local economy has awarded two active segregated balanced mandates to Den Norske Bank Asset Management (DNB) and Pareto Asset Management....
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Altink to head Mellon's European corporate affairs
UK/EUROPE – Jan Altink has been appointed director of corporate affairs for Europe by Pittsburgh based Mellon Financial Corporation.
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PIMCO pulls in $165m in first Danish mandates
DENMARK - US fixed income specialist PIMCO Global Advisors has scooped its first mandates in the Danish market, picking up three high yield briefs from separate pension funds worth a total of $165m (e197m)....
