All IPE articles in July 2001 (Online) – Page 4
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HSBC gets 'aa' ratings boost from Fitch-AMR
FRANCE – HSBC Asset Management has been bumped up from a Fitch-AMR aa- rating to aa for its Paris based asset management activities...
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Old Mutual splits chairman and chief exec roles
UK – Old Mutual is to split the role of chairman and chief executive officer within the group. Michael J Lovett is to continue as Chairman, whilst his former chief executive role will go to James Sutcliffe, who was previously on the board of Old Mutual with responsibility for ...
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AIMR examines broker research influences
US/EUROPE – The Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) has produced an ‘issues’ paper examining the range of potential influences on the objectivity of broker research – one of the key points raised in the UK Myners report on institutional investment....
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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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CSAM brand falls as Mack becomes Credit Suisse CEO
SWITZERLAND - John Mack, the former CEO at Morgan Stanley, has resurfaced as CEO at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), following the departure of former CS chief Allen Wheat....
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Nomura gets go-ahead for Spanish pensions push
SPAIN - Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has been granted permission to register its global fund range with the Spanish stock exchange commission, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain’s financial markets supervisory body....
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NTMA unveils e6bn mandates
IRELAND – The Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) has finally unveiled details of the enormous tender process through which it will hire managers to invest approximately e6bn in assets.....
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Style Research appoints Nelson to open US office
UK/US – London based Style Research, the investment style advisory group, is to open its first US office before the end of year to be managed by Bernie Nelson, who joins the company from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP)....
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Edinburgh ties up with Maltese insurer
Edinburgh Global Partnership, part of the Edinburgh Fund management group, has tied up with Maltese insurer GasanMamo Financial Services to sell products to the Maltese market.....
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Northern Trust wins Equitable Life custody
UK - Northern Trust, has won custody of the £17bn (€28bn) UK equity and gilt portfolios of Equitable Life Assurance Society and its subsidiary the University Life Assurance Society....
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New pension trustees guide launched
A new trustees’ guide has been published providing essential knowledge that trustees require to perform their role accurately, efficiently and according to the law....
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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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Dutch metalworkers fund forms web deal with Achmea
NETHERLANDS – Dutch metal and engineering workers’ pension fund, Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de metaalindustrie (PMI), and pensions administrator firm, Achmea, are to cooperate more closely in the future, with particular importance being placed on internet services....
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Aberdeen buys Ivory & Sime Asset Management
UK – Aberdeen Asset Management has bought out London based Ivory & Sime Asset Management (ISAM) from the Friends Ivory & Sime stable in a cash deal worth £6.5m plus the value of the net assets at completion – expected to amount to a further £2.1m....
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Scottish Widows to run £17m UK Coal funds
UK – Edinburgh based Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has won the mandate to run £17m (€28m) active bond and cash portfolio for UK Coal Mining Ltd....
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NTGI shows right mix for Thermofil £4.7m mandate
UK – The Thermofil Polymers Pension Scheme(TPPS) has appointed Northern Trust Global Investments to run a £4.7m (€7.7m) multi manager brief....
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Gartmore sells passive business to State Street
UK – State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is to take over the £18bn (€30bn) passive equity business of UK fund manager Gartmore for an undisclosed sum, it was announced today....
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Nestlé sweetens Northern Trust with SFR7bn custody
SWITZERLAND – Northern Trust has won the custody mandate for Nestlé Switzerland’s SFr 7bn (€4.6bn) pension fund.....
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Germany announces insurer investment plans
GERMANY – The liberalisation of German insurance companies’ investment criteria has taken a step forward with the German Ministry of Finance finally proposing to raise the quota for equity investments from 30% to 35%....
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Crédit Lyonnais gets Fitch AMR ratings upgrade
FRANCE – Fitch AMR, the Paris based ratings firm, has upgraded Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management’s (CLAM) rating to ‘aa’ from the ‘aa-‘ rating that was awarded last October....
