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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.
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Postal fund parcels out £450m to venture firms
UK – Post Office Pension Trustees Limited (POPTL), the manager of the £16bn (e26bn) UK Post Office pension fund for postal group Consignia, has completed a £450m expansion of its private equity allocation by bringing on board three new managers….
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Finnish consultancy restructures to become Silta
FINLAND – The Helsinki based actuarial consultancy and pension scheme administrator, Pension Service (EPS) has undergone a radical re-structuring and changed its name to Silta....
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Eureko expands into Greek market
GREECE – The insurance and financial services group Eureko is buying a further 54% stake in leading Greek life insurance and fund management company, Interamerican Hellenic Life Insurance, as part of its European insurance and asset management expansion....
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Pension funds to make up 40% of hedge fund capital
EUROPE – Corporate pension funds are planning to boost investment in hedge funds and are likely to comprise some 40% of hedge fund source capital by the end of the year, second only to private investors, according to a survey published by Goldman Sachs....
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DeAM builds Swiss institutional presence
SWITZERLAND – Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Eleonora Rajmann as vice president, institutional sales for its Zurich office, in a move designed to build on the group’s retail focus in the country....
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Cross-border joint ventures wane, says Cerulli
UK/US – The number of cross-border fund management joint ventures between US or UK fund managers and their counterparts worldwide dropped dramatically to 13 last year, compared to its peak of 26 in 1999, according to research and consultancy firm Cerulli Associates (CA)....
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SEI hosts UK trustee summer seminars
UK – Manager of managers firm, SEI Investments, will host a series of seminars around Britain addressing investment issues for pension funds in June and July. The seminars are aimed at trustees and investment committee members of pension funds...
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State Street bags CHF500m passive SRI brief
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Social Security Fund (Ausgleichsfonds der Alters -und Hinterlassenenversicherung) has awarded a CHF500m (e326m) passive socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)...
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DrKW names new German head of investment banking
GERMANY – Thomas Schwingeler is joining Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s Frankfurt office in the late summer as managing director of investment banking....
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BAM appoints new UK/Europe asset management head
UK/EUROPE – Baring Asset Management (BAM) has poached Percival Stanion from BNP Paribas Asset Management to become a head of UK and European investment management....
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Luxembourg multi-manager fund targets institutions
LUXEMBOURG – Premium Select Lux, the Luxembourg based multi-manager outfit, has unveiled a new multi-manager fund family for institutional and high net worth individuals....
