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New e4bn German pension scheme out to tender
GERMANY – The German metal and electronics industry representative bodies have invited investment managers to tender for the assets of a new €4bn retirement savings scheme, which could potentially have a membership of around four million workers.....
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Investment banks rally after US disaster
US SPECIAL - Investment banking groups, many of whom had offices within the World Trade Centre in New York, have released statements of sympathy to the relatives of colleagues still missing in the aftermath of yesterday’s horrific terrorist attack, as well as updates on the well being of their employees.....
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Banks begin post US tragedy allocation reviews
US SPECIAL – Investment banks are beginning to review their asset allocation strategies in light of the US tragedy on September 11, with most sticking to their long-term policies and noting that political events going forward may shape strategy much more sharply than the terrorist atrocities in New York.....
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Emergency list of industry client contacts
As part of our endeavour at IPE Magazine and IPE-Newsline to assist any company within our community affected by events in the US, below is a list of client contact details provided by asset management companies that had offices or staff in the World Trade Centre complex in New York, ...
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Standard and Poor's upbeat on market post disaster
US SPECIAL – Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has issued an upbeat statement on the impact of Tuesday’s terrorist atrocities in the US on global financial markets, claiming that the effects will not be detrimental over the long term....
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One in five Swedes makes active PPM choice
SWEDEN - Less than a fifth of Swedes made active investment fund choices in the latest round of contributions to the country’s PPM system, according to figures emerging from the country’s Premium Pension Authority (PPM)...
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Previmoda in RFP for bond/equity managers
ITALY – Italian fashion and textiles industry pension fund, Previmoda, is tendering for three managers to run two bond portfolios and one equity fund....
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Europe's top pension funds list '2001' published
EUROPE – The Norwegian State Oil Fund was Europe’s fastest growing pension fund among the continent’s top 20 schemes in the year from September 2000 to September 2001, according to figures compiled by Investment & Pensions Europe Magazine (IPE) in its annual 'Top 1,000' survey of European pension funds.
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State Street launches new European sector ETFs
EUROPE – State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched a new series of European exchange traded funds (ETFs) to be based on the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe sector indices....
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GE poaches Schroders director in Europe push
UK/EUROPE - GE Asset Management has poached Schroders director of international and Scandinavian business, John Simpson, in a bid to expand its European institutional operations....
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Friends First Asset Management fuses with F&C
IRELAND – European asset management group F&C is to integrate the money management business of Irish financial group Friends First into its own operations, in a further bid to consolidate the investment management strands of its insurance firm parent Eureko, which bought F&C in May this year.....
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Morley makes new corporate research hires
UK - Morley Fund Management has made two new appointments to its London-based corporate research team...
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ABP elects Brinkman as new chairman
NETHERLANDS – The Heerlen based e150bn ABP pension fund has elected Elco Brinkman to become the new chairman of the ABP Council from September 1....
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ABP appoints US quant manager to large cap brief
NETHERLANDS – The e150bn Heerlen based ABP pension fund has appointed US equity quant manager Advanced Investment Technologies (AIT) to manage a large cap core equities portfolio....
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UK launch of multi-strategy fund of hedge funds
UK – London based alternative investment specialist, Global Investment Advisers (GIA), has launched a multi-strategy tracker fund of hedge funds into the UK market....
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Royal Trust wins huge $33bn custody mandate
Royal Trust Global Securities Services (GSS) has been awarded a huge $33bn (e36bn) global custody mandate by the Caymen Islands based triple A-rated specialist finance company, Sigma Finance Corporation.....
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Dutch fund head to chair Swiss private equity firm
NETHERLANDS/SWITZERLAND – Marinus Keijzer, chief investment officer of the Zeist based Emeritaatsfonds GKN pension fund and for 10 years a well known figure at Dutch superfund PGGM, is one of five new proposed board members of Swiss private equity firm 5e Holding....
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Property grows as volatility rocks equity marts
GLOBAL- Property continues to grow as an asset class as volatility continues to impact adversely on equity markets and low interest rates make real estate more attractive, according to new research by DTZ.....
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Irish e6bn RFP receives 600 replies from managers
IRELAND – The Irish National Treasury Management Agency, the investment management supervisory body for the country’s e7bn National Pensions Reserve Fund, says it has received around 600 expressions of interest for the huge raft of mandates totalling e6bn in assets that it put out to tender last month.....
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Northern Trust in German joint venture push
GERMANY – Northern Trust Global Investments Europe (NTGI) and Frankfurt based Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba), have set up a joint venture company Helaba NorthernTrust, to offer institutional investment management services to the German market....
