All IPE articles in July 2002 (Online)
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Ahto joins PIMCO in London from Deustche
UK/EUROPE – California-based fixed income management company, PIMCO, has appointed Laura Ahto as senior vice president and head of operations and administration to its London office.
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Dow Jones launches six new European indices
EUROPE – New York-based indices provider, Dow Jones Indexes, has launched six new European country-specific Dow Jones STOXX value and growth indices. The countries concerned are France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK.
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UK � London based global equity management group
UK – London based global equity management group, Axa Rosenberg Investment Management, has appointed Stephen Millar as new head of UK sales. Millar has a specific mandate to bring in new institutional clients.
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Winkler quits as CIO at Accuro in Zurich
SWITZERLAND - Zurich-based Accuro Asset Management is parting company with its chief investment officer Franz Winkler, following underperformance at the Accuro Global Top 20 Fund in excess of 12.5% against its benchmark MSCI World Index in Euro, in the first half of this year. But there were ...
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Low Riester take-up may mean compulsory pensions
GERMANY – People may find themselves obliged to take out personal pension cover if the take-up rate of private Riester pensions doesn’t improve soon, warns Deutsche Bank Research (DB) in Frankfurt.
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UK £58bn civil service scheme to go part-funded
UK – The Cabinet Office is to introduce a new funded component in its pensions scheme, the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS), following a four-year review, the first for 30 years, that was designed to modernise the scheme, which currently has liabilities of some £58bn (€92.3bn).
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Unigestion make senior moves in London and Geneva
SWITZERLAND/UK – Geneva-based alternative investment management group, Unigestion, has made three senior appointments to its teams in London and Geneva.
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Risk is key investor concern in manager selection
EUROPE – Risk control is now the most important factor investors consider when employing external asset managers, according to the latest Invesco annual survey of European institutional investors and their markets. In sharp contrast, risk control didn’t even figure in the top six factors in 2000.
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State Street appoints equity sales head for Europe
UK/EUROPE – Boston-based financial services group, State Street Corporation, has appointed Justin Shinebourne as head of its equity sales for Europe.
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Gartmore converts funds to OIECs for Europe drive
UK – London-based asset management group, Gartmore is to convert its range of 46 unit trusts worth collectively £6.1bn (€9.7bn) into four open-ended investment companies (OEICs) from the end of August.
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AIMA to research extent of UK short-selling
UK – The London-based Alternative Investment Association (AIMA) has welcomed the news that the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK’s financial industry watchdog, has called for greater disclosure on short- selling.
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UK MP scheme to review investment advisor
UK – The £300m (€475m) Parliamentary Contributory pension scheme, the pension fund for UK members of parliament (MPs) is reviewing its investment advisor Hewitt, Bacon & Woodrow.
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CEA- companies need more say in EU regulator
EUROPE – The Paris-based Comité Européen des Assurances (CEA), the European insurance industry federation, has welcomed the EU’s recent public hearing on the supervision and regulation of financial services but fears the subsequent consultation process won’t go far enough.
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Von Euw joins Swissca in institutional drive
SWITZERLAND- Swissca Portfolio Management has appointed Hans-Joerg von Euw as head of business development and client relationship. Von Euw joins from Julius Baer where he was responsible for client support and institutional clients in Switzerland and Austria.
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Hewitt enters French investment consulting market
FRANCE- Consultants Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow are entering the French investment consulting market with the purchase of the investment advisor Finance Arbitrage for an undisclosed sum.
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Italian pensions reform stalls again
ITALY – Recent discussions between the Italian government and Italy’s main unions about reforming the country’s pensions system have resulted in deadlock.
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Fortune AM beefs up marketing team
UK– London-based alternative asset management group, Fortune Asset Management, has appointed Peter Arkell and John McDonald as directors within its marketing team in London.
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EFM picks Marlborough for pensions administration
UK- Edinburgh Fund Managers (EFM) has appointed Marlborough Stirling, the software provider and consultant, to supply administration for its Edinburgh Portfolio Pension plans.
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FSA to investigate short-selling
UK – The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called for greater disclosure among hedge funds ‘selling short’, amid criticism in the industry that the practice is having a detrimental effect on already-depressed markets.
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UK private equity continues to outperform equities
UK- Private equity investments in the UK have outperformed UK pension fund assets over the past three five and ten years according to figures published by the British Venture Capital Association.
