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DeAM global institutional head named
GLOBAL – Deutsche Bank has appointed Roelfien Kuijpers as global head of Deutsche Asset Management’s institutional business with immediate effect.
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€10bn German public scheme VBL streamlines
GERMANY – The Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder, a €10bn pension fund for public sector employees, plans to streamline its operations to boost efficiency.
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Ex-Hoogovens bond manager joins LODH
NETHERLANDS – Iwan Lont, former Stichting Hoogovens Pensionenfonds fixed income senior portfolio manager, has joined Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie (LODH) as a senior portfolio manager.
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ABP names Neal as equities CIO
NETHERLANDS – ABP Investments has named Edwina Neal as chief investment officer of equities and board member from March 1.
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Austrian funds returned 11.4% in 2005 - FVPK
AUSTRIA - Buoyed by strong equity markets, Austrian pension funds finished 2005 with an average return of 11.4% on assets, according to fund association FVPK.
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BGI gets E70bn asset inflow
GLOBAL - Barclays Global Investors gained £48bn (E70.4bn) in net new assets in 2005.
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IPE-QUEST: Canadian firm tenders three briefs
CANADA – A Canada-based investment management firm which serves institutional and high net worth markets has tendered three mandates via IPE-Quest.
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IPE-QUEST: Mideast co. tenders $50m of equities
GLOBAL – An investment company in the Middle East has tendered $50m (€41.8m) in actively managed Middle East and North African equities via IPE-Quest.
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Schroders axed over performance at Cheshire
UK – Schroders has been axed from a £500m (€731m) mandate by the £2bn Cheshire County Council pension fund following poor performance.
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Milk scheme axes MLIM
UK – The roughly £300m (€438m) Milk Pension Fund has fired Merrill Lynch Investment Managers from a £136m global fixed income mandate – awarding the brief to AXA Investment Managers instead.
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Commodities the new hedge funds - Credit Suisse
UK – Commodities could become more popular than hedge funds among institutional investors, according to Credit Suisse.
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Merrill sells MLIM to BlackRock
GLOBAL – Merrill Lynch is to sell its asset management arm Merrill Lynch Investment Managers to BlackRock for a gain of around $1.1bn (€923m).
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ABN Amro AM names investment strategy head
UK – Former World Bank and IMF consultant Richard Duncan has been promoted to head of investment strategy at ABN Amro Asset Management.
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Investor confidence dips, Merrill says
GLOBAL – Investor confidence in Europe dipped this month revealing a slightly pessimistic outlook for economic growth in the region, according to the latest Merrill Lynch Regional Fund Manager Survey.
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Greenalls reviewing investment strategy
UK –Trustees of the Greenalls Group Pension and Life Assurance Scheme – the £250m (€367m) defined benefit fund for the De Vere hotel and travel group - are performing a complete review of the scheme’s investment strategy.
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Hampshire set to overhaul managers
UK – The £2.4bn (€3.5bn) Hampshire County Council Pension Fund is in the process of a complete managerial overhaul as part of a move towards a more specialist approach.
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Staffordshire appoints seven new managers
UK – The £1.8bn (€2.6bn) Staffordshire County Council Pension Fund has appointed six new equity managers and one bond manager following a management shake-up and structure review.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish fund tenders Asian equities
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered an expected $50m (€41.7m) in Asia ex-Japan equities via IPE-Quest.
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Coal scheme says it lost confidence in GSAM
UK – The £10.1bn (€14.8bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme has said it cut its £600m global fundamental equity mandate with Goldman Sachs Asset Management because it lost confidence in the product – and that further assets may be “relocated”.
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PGGM fixed income head Schlukebir to leave
NETHERLANDS - Hans Schlukebir, head of fixed income at the €71.5bn Dutch health care sector fund PGGM, is to leave on March 1 after two years in charge of the department.
