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EAMA questions EU legislators on indexation
EUROPE - The European Asset Management Association (EAMA) has published a collection of essays questioning European Union legislators’ approaches to the indexation of investments....
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Sweden's AP2 and AP3 funds make top level hires
SWEDEN – The government pension buffer funds AP2 and AP3 have made a number of top level appointments to their in-house investment teams....
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Mellon to consolidate in new European HQ
UK/EUROPE – Pittsburgh based Mellon Financial is planning to open a new European headquarters in London by the end of 2003....
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UK finance directors pledge support for Myners
UK – Nearly two thirds (64%) of finance directors of some of the largest UK companies ‘broadly’ support the proposals of the Myners report on institutional investment in the UK, according to a survey commissioned by Barclays Global Investors (BGI)....
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UK £20bn electric fund in huge reorganisation
UK – The £20bn (e33.1bn) industry-wide occupational retirement plan for 26 electricity companies, Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (ESPS), has reorganised some £2.1bn of its assets....
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US managers not waylaid by markets, says Mercer
US - Despite the current worldwide down turn of the stock markets, US investment managers are largely staying on course rather than changing their business strategy, according to a recent survey by consultants William M Mercer....
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Washington launches new European hedge fund
EUROPE – Adrian Farthing has been appointed by the Washington Financial Group to manage its new European hedge fund targeted at European, UK and US offshore institutional investors and funds of funds....
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Dutch pension giant appoints State Street
NETHERLANDS – The e150bn public sector pension fund ABP has appointed State Street to provide investor services and global securities lending for US$21bn (e24.5bn) in US and Japanese assets.
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First merger in Polish pensions market announced
POLAND – The first merger of two pension fund management companies in the fledgling Polish pensions market has been approved with the tie up of the Invesco/Polish church venture ARKA-INVESCO and Pocztowo-Bankowe PTE, the pension operation of the Polish post office Poctza Polska and BNP Paribas and its French insurance ...
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BMW enters investment fund field with Russell
GERMANY – BMW Bank, the financial services arm of German car manufacturer BMW, has entered investment fund business with a range of international multi-manager funds, offered through Frank Russell Company, starting on Jul 30.
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Finnish supervisory body names new MD
Jukka Rantala has been named managing director of the Finnish Central Pension Security Institute (ETK), the supervisory body of earnings-related pensions.... And all the week's major people moves...
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EMAC to take June 19 vote on pensions directive
EUROPE - The European Monetary Affairs Committee (EMAC) has announced that it is to vote on and adopt the Karas report on the directive for occupational pension provision on June 19....
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ISMA appoints new board at AGM
LUXEMBOURG – Members of the Zurich based International Securities Market Association (ISMA) have elected a new member and re-appointed four existing members to the board of the association, at its annual general meeting in Luxembourg today (June 7)....
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Deutsche AM unveils new regional COOs
Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed a raft of new regional chief operating officers (COO) for Europe, the Asia/Pacific region and the Americas, as part of the restructure of its institutional and retail businesses....
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Nasdaq Europe to go live on Friday
EUROPE – Nasdaq Europe, the pan-European exchange formed by the buy-out in March of Brussels based Easdaq by the US exchange, will begin live trading on Friday (June 8), following the approval of its rule book by the Belgian Finance Ministry.
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Zurich Scudder launches UK hedge fund
UK – Zurich Scudder Investments has launched a UK long/short basis hedge fund, Crescendo UK Fund, to be run by Paul Findley....
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Mercer names O'Faherty as new Irish head
IRELAND - Paul O’Faherty has been appointed as chief executive of consultant William M. Mercer in Dublin, effective from July 1....
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Deutsche Börse and Eurex spell out ETF plans
EUROPE/US – Deutsche Börse and Eurex are to offer trading participants a market for trading in euro-denominated US equities as well as exchange-traded funds and stock options on the Xetra and Eurex trading platforms by September.
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Dutch group Rodamco merges real-estate arms
NETHERLANDS – Property manager Rodamco Europe is creating the largest Dutch retail property investor by integrating Rodamco Retail Nederland (RRN), into Rodamco Nederland...
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Mercer expands consultancy business east
CZECH REPUBLIC/TURKEY – Human resource consulting firm, William M. Mercer, has opened new offices in Prague and Istanbul, expanding its presence in central Europe and Turkey to four offices.
