All IPE articles in July 2001 (Online)
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Regulation will hinder Pensionsfonds development
GERMANY – Heavy regulation and cumbersome legal structures are likely to stop Germany’s new Pensionfonds becoming “the instrument of choice” ...
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Style Research develops US presence in Boston
UK – Style Research, the London-based style market research and portfolio analysis company, is to open its first overseas office in Boston...
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Smith & Nephew awards £120m multi-manager mandate
UK – Smith & Nephew, the London based international medical device development and marketing firm, has appointed Frank Russell to manage through its multi-manager funds a £120m (€195m) portion of Smith & Nephew’s £220m UK pension fund
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Italian group picks Pimco for E300m bond portfolio
UK / ITALY – Pimco Europe has secured two specialist investment grade US bond mandates from Italian banking group, Fondi Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) worth €300m.
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Northern Trust scoops the lot at Nobel Foundation
UK / SWEDEN – Northern Trust (NT) is now sole custodian for the SKr 4bn (€66m) consolidated portfolios of Stockholm-based Nobel Foundation of Sweden (NFS).
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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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SWIP wins €25m Italian mandate
UK / ITALY – Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has won a mandate to manage the €25m active Japanese equity portfolio of Cassa dei Geometri...
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Punter Southall gives MacGregor stakeholder advice
UK – Aberdeen-based oil and engineering services company, MacGregor Energy Services, has selected Punter Southall Financial Management (PSFM) to advise on the stakeholder pension plan it is setting up...
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Lupus sets up KAG to penetrate German market
An independent KAG is being set up in Frankfurt by asset manager Lupus alpha to penetrate further the institutional market in Germany
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Deutsche AM refines passive approach
Deutsche Asset Management has launched a new approach to passive investing which it says refines the fundamental principles of the traditional approach
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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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New pensions ombudsmsan announced in London
UK - David Laverick is to take over the role of Pensions Ombudsman from September...
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Hay Hall fund gives €6m mandate to Northern Trust
UK – London-based multi-manager group, Northern Trust Global Investments has won a €6m mandate from the Birmingham-based specialist engineering group, Hay Hall…
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IBN extends network with new members
UK – The International Benefits Network has announced three new members...
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French management group opens office in Brussels
BELGIUM – Crédit Agricole Asset Management opens a representative office in Brussels to cover the Benelux region.
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Spurna rejoins CSAM to become chairman in Prague
CZECH REPUBLIC – Kamila Spurna has been appointed chairman of the management board of Crédit Suisse Asset Management (Praha) (CSAM).
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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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Dutch schemes invest in high yield property fund
UK/EUROPE – The io group and Axa Real Estate Investment Managers have announced the first closing of the €550m European Industrial Partnership fund...
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Dresdner RCM fined £90,000 by IMRO
UK - IMRO, the UK’s investment management regulatory organisation, has slapped a fine of £90,000 (€147,065) on Dresdner RCM Global Investors (UK)...
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Citibank adds INVESCO custody to Perpetual win
UK - INVESCO has announced that Citibank Worldwide Securities Services (WWSS), will retain the £8billion in UK mutual fund assets of Perpetual on top of an additional £5billion trustee/custodian appointment for INVESCO’s own UK mutual fund assets....
