Markets – Page 227

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    Horeca portfolio manager van Nifterick quits

    2005-11-08T04:12:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Nick van Nifterick, senior portfolio manager of the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering scheme Pensioenfonds Horeca en Catering, has resigned.

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    Double defection blow for PGGM

    2005-11-07T03:38:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – In a double blow for Dutch healthcare fund PGGM, two senior executives are defecting to Merchant Bank NIBCapital on 1 January 2006.

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    JPMorgan AM names new institutional head

    2005-11-04T03:03:00Z

    EUROPE – JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has named Jens Schmitt as head of institutional business in Europe, replacing Peter Schwicht.

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    Italian pension funds agree merger

    2005-11-04T03:02:00Z

    ITALY – Fonchim, Italy's industry-wide chemical and pharmaceutical industry pension fund, is acquiring the Bayer Italia pension fund (Fpbi), the Italian unit of the German chemical firm Bayer.

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    UBS institutional invested assets surge 24%

    2005-11-02T03:45:00Z

    GLOBAL – UBS’ third-quarter results reported an annual 24% surge in institutional invested assets under global asset management to CHF425bn (€290.9bn).

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    Dutch schemes face €105bn shortfall – Watson

    2005-10-31T03:41:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are facing a combined shortfall of €105bn - taking into account full indexation for future inflation and salary rises – says Watson Wyatt Netherlands.

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    IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system

    2005-10-28T04:42:00Z

    GLOBAL – There are four new searches – for pharmaceutical equities, developed market debt, convertible and investment grade bonds and eurozone debt – on IPE-Quest.

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    SEB winning new institutional mandates

    2005-10-28T03:51:00Z

    SWEDEN – Swedish financial services provider SEB has secured several new institutional mandates and achieved “greater market clout” in Germany, its interim report released today revealed.

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    PIMCO says it wins Irish mandates

    2005-10-27T04:07:00Z

    IRELAND – Fixed income manager PIMCO Europe says it has been awarded two mandates – one worth €60m – from the Unilever Superannuation Fund and the Allianz Group Pension Scheme.

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    IPE-QUEST: Dutch scheme issues two tenders

    2005-10-27T03:35:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has tendered up to $200m in pan-European and US small-cap equities in two separate briefs via IPE-Quest.

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    Schering puts extra €450m into external fund

    2005-10-25T03:24:00Z

    GERMANY – Pharmaceuticals company Schering has removed another €450m in pension liabilities from its balance sheet so that they can be financed by its contractural trust arrangement (CTA).

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    IPE-QUEST: European insurer tenders $150m

    2005-10-24T03:54:00Z

    EUROPE – A European insurance company has tendered $150m (€211.5m) in global emerging markets equities via IPE-Quest.

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    Troubled Alliance Capital gets NPRF boost

    2005-10-24T03:49:00Z

    IRELAND – The National Pensions Reserve Fund has made its first move into emerging markets equities with a €142m investment via Alliance Capital Management, which has been under scrutiny from US regulators.

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    FRR’s invested assets return 15% in 2005 so far

    2005-10-21T03:23:00Z

    FRANCE – The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, has made a return of more than 15% on its invested mandates so far this year.

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    JP Morgan European custody co-head Bourgi exits

    2005-10-21T03:22:00Z

    EUROPE – JP Morgan’s European custody co-head Ramy Bourgi is to leave amid a restructuring of the division’s management.

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    IPE-QUEST: Swiss fund tenders Japan equities

    2005-10-20T03:48:00Z

    SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund has tendered up to $70m (€58.4m) in Japanese equities via IPE-Quest.

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    PGGM’s equities director Sol replaced

    2005-10-20T03:42:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Dutch health care fund PGGM has replaced Marjolein Sol as director of equities with Leo Lueb as of November 1.

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    AMF names new bond head

    2005-10-19T04:11:00Z

    SWEDEN – Bengt Björkén has been named head of bond management at AMF Pension.

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    JP Morgan Chase assets rise 13% to $828bn

    2005-10-19T04:07:00Z

    GLOBAL – Total assets under management at JP Morgan Chase surged to $828bn (€692bn) in the third quarter of 2005, up 13% since the third quarter of last year and up $45bn since June 30.

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    Lloyd’s taps AEGON for bond brief

    2005-10-18T03:59:00Z

    UK – The Lloyd’s Superannuation Fund – part of Lloyd’s of London - has awarded an £185m (€271m) fixed income mandate to AEGON Asset Management UK.