All IPE articles in July 2001 (Online) – Page 4

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    Deutsche boosts Dutch institutional sales team

    2001-07-12T05:48:00Z

    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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    UK nurses pension fund bought by life insurer

    2001-07-12T05:40:00Z

    UK – Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LVFS) is to acquire the Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses (RNPFN) in a deal worth approximately £248m (€409m).....

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    General Motors appoints Man as hedge fund advisor

    2001-07-12T05:23:00Z

    UK – Glenwood, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Man Group, the international hedge fund and futures broker, has been appointed as strategic hedge fund consultant to General Motors Investment Management Company (GMIMCo).....

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    SEI starts Italian multi-manager joint venture

    2001-07-11T05:54:00Z

    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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    Oppenheimer buys hedge fund outfit Tremont

    2001-07-11T05:42:00Z

    US – Tremont Advisers, the alternative investment and hedge fund advisory firm has been bought out by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp, the parent company of OppenheimerFunds, which currently has $120bn (€140bn) in assets under management.....

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    Yorkshire fund awards £15m venture brief

    2001-07-11T05:31:00Z

    UK – Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity (AMJPE) has won the mandate to manage and advise a new segregated £15m (€25m) private equity fund, Yorkshire Investors III, to be launched by the £5bn West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF)....

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    Yates takes Phillips & Drew top slot in September

    2001-07-11T05:29:00Z

    UK – Paul Yates is take over from Robin Hindle Fisher as chief executive of UBS owned UK fund manager Phillips & Drew from September....

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    Survey reveals European traits on investment

    2001-07-11T05:25:00Z

    LUXEMBOURG – A survey carried out by Crédit Agricole Indosuez Luxembourg looking at the values and beliefs of European investors, and whether culture influences financial decision making, reveals that that 38% of Europeans believe stocks are the best long term investment, with 43% of Germans saying that investing is fun. ...

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    US report issued on NAV/fair value practices

    2001-07-11T05:21:00Z

    US – Capital Market Risk Advisors (CMRA), the New York based risk management specialist advisory firm, has published the results of its recent Net Asset Value (NAV) / Fair Value practices survey in the US.

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    Gartmore gets SICAV ok in Belgium and Germany

    2001-07-11T04:12:00Z

    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

    2001-07-11T03:55:00Z

    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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    EFRP slams life-insurers inclusion in Directive

    2001-07-11T03:54:00Z

    EUROPE – The European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) has come out strongly against proposals by the European Parliament (EP) to create a level playing field for supplementary pension scheme providers, claiming that the Karas report gives life insurers ‘special advantages’ when operating in the occupational pensions’ market....

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    EFRP queries 'high price' of Parliament directive

    2001-07-11T03:54:00Z

    EUROPE - The compromise of the Karas report to secure a majority in the European Parliament has come at a high price, according to Kees van Rees, chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP)....

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    Dresdner poaches ING executives in Dutch push

    2001-07-10T05:37:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Dresdner RCM Global Investors has opened a new Amsterdam office and poached two senior sales executives, Richard Mouw and Michel Ho, from ING Asset Management to market the group’s institutional pension fund products to the Dutch market....

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    Soc Gen completes buy-out of US firm TCW

    2001-07-10T05:33:00Z

    FRANCE/US – Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM) has completed its 51% purchase of Los Angeles based fund managers, TCW, by promoting Philippe Citerne, chief executive officer (CEO), and Philippe Collas, chairman and CEO of SGAM, to the board of directors of TCW....

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    First Quadrant promotes Goodsall to chairman slot

    2001-07-10T05:27:00Z

    UK – US quant house, First Quadrant, has appointed Bill Goodsall as chairman and promoted Robert Brown to the position of managing director in its London office....

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    Gissings gets mandate for new DuPont scheme

    2001-07-10T05:22:00Z

    UK – DuPont, the polyester, resin and fibre products company, has appointed employee benefits advisor Gissings, to take care of pension scheme administration and accounting services for a new money purchase scheme....

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    Parliament has 'erred' on directive, says EFRP

    2001-07-10T04:26:00Z

    EUROPE – The European Parliament (EP) has turned its report on the occupational pensions directive into a social reform policy, ousting the proposals by the European Commission for a financial services directive, the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) has warned....

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    Consultant role to grow post-Myners, says Aon

    2001-07-09T09:44:00Z

    UK – Investment consultants can expect to have greater responsibility advising pension schemes on their investments, following the recommendations of the Myners report, according to Adrian Swales head of investment practice at Aon Consulting....

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    State Street provides access to Merrill funds

    2001-07-09T09:38:00Z

    UK – Merrill Lynch’s institutional liquidity funds have been made available via State Street’s online service, Fund Connect....