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    UK based fund manager wins $200m Ohio PERS brief

    2001-08-15T03:42:00Z

    UK/US – The UK fund management arm of Australia’s Colonial First State Investments has been selected by the tenth largest public pension fund in the US, the $57bn (e63bn) Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (Ohio PERS), to manage a new $200m global emerging markets portfolio.....

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    Eurozone slowdown worsening, says Swiss Life

    2001-08-14T05:29:00Z

    EUROZONE – The economic slowdown across euroland is worsening, according to Swiss Life Asset Management’s (UK) latest global economic summary.....

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    Montgomery Oppenheimer is Irish top performer

    2001-08-14T02:06:00Z

    IRELAND – Irish employee benefits and investments firm, Coyle Hamilton, has published the results of its group pension managed funds survey for the second quarter of 2001 with Montgomery Oppenheimer taking top slot on a five-year basis - returning an annualised 20.6%....

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    Gissings lands UK advisory mandates

    2001-08-10T03:21:00Z

    UK – Employee benefit and pensions advisory firm, Gissings, has landed two new UK pensions advisory contracts....

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    PGGM fires up debate on Dutch Z-score system

    2001-08-10T02:35:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the Zeist based NLG110bn (e50bn) Dutch superfund has publicly criticised aspects of the country’s Z-score system that tests the performance of industry-wide pension schemes, claiming that at worst it could lead to the disappearance of industry plans in Holland within thirty years.....

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    European hedge fund investment to rise by 500%

    2001-08-09T05:27:00Z

    EUROPE/HEDGE FUNDS - European investment in hedge funds is expected to grow by around 500% in the coming years, with pension funds and insurance companies representing over three quarters of the new users of the asset class, according to research published today (August 9) by asset management research firm ...

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    Hermes lands £220m passive brief from Croydon

    2001-08-09T03:41:00Z

    UK – The £400m (e645m) London Borough of Croydon pension fund has chosen Hermes Investment Management to run a £220 million FTSE 100 indexed portfolio following a head to head with two other investment management firms....

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    Robeco advises institutions to switch bond indices

    2001-08-07T03:59:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Dutch institutional investment manager Robeco has advised its institutional clients holding euro denominated fixed-interest investments to replace the current government loans index with an index consisting of both government loans and credits.....

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    Royal London gets Carter as CIO

    2001-08-06T06:06:00Z

    UK – Independent investment management company, Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has a new chief investment officer, Andrew Carter.

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    New CIO at Phillips & Drew

    2001-08-03T05:57:00Z

    **New CIO at Phillips & Drew** UK – Matthew Stemp is new chief investment officer at Phillips & Drew (P&D), replacing Robin Apps who has left the company.

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    PWC acquires 30% stake in Callund Consulting

    2001-08-01T06:09:00Z

    UK – UK based specialist government consultancy firm, Callund Consulting (CC), has formed a “strategic alliance” with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to offer international pension reforms advice.

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    Andrew Ross is new chief executive at Cazenove

    2001-08-01T06:09:00Z

    **New Chief Executive at Cazenove** UK – Andrew Ross has been named as new chief executive of London based Cazenove Fund Management. Ross was previously chief executive at HSBC Asset Management (Europe).

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    Mercer wins brief for Boxclever plan

    2001-08-01T06:05:00Z

    UK – Major employee benefits consultancy firm, William M. Mercer, has been chosen to act as consultant for the pension fund of Boxclever, the newly formed television and video rental joint venture company...

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    Volkswagen works with State Street on DC plan

    2001-08-01T06:04:00Z

    GERMANY – US global custodian State Street Bank, is partnering giant motor group Volkswagen in developing and implementing a new company-wide defined contribution (DC) pension scheme.

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    Schroders to manage Bradford & Bingley pension

    2001-07-24T11:36:00Z

    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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    CSAM announces fixed income fund for Hungary

    2001-07-23T06:28:00Z

    UK – Crédit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is to launch a fixed income mutual fund in Hungary.

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    Rockwood selects SEI for €25m multi-asset mandate

    2001-07-23T06:12:00Z

    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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    Watson Wyatt Systems becomes 'Aquila'

    2001-07-20T02:05:00Z

    UK – Pensions technology provider Watson Wyatt Systems has rebranded to become Aquila Group Holdings and will in the future trade as ‘aquila’.....

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    Future looks bright for Europe's venture market

    2001-07-20T01:57:00Z

    EUROPE - The medium-term outlook for the private equity industry in Europe has never been brighter, according to a Bank of Scotland sponsored report into the positive impact of legislation and initiatives at both European and government level.....

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    Full details of Irish reserve's e6bn outsourcing

    2001-07-17T04:07:00Z

    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....