Markets – Page 241

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    Benkner named head of DeAM in Europe

    2004-12-07T03:34:00Z

    EUROPE - Deutsche Bank is to relocate Deutsche Asset Management’s headquarters to Frankfurt from London amid a revamp that has seen Paul Manduca replaced by Axel Benkner as DeAM’s European chief executive.

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    Pension funds to save “millions” in ITG-EXN deal

    2004-12-06T03:57:00Z

    EUROPE – Pension funds could be set to save millions of pounds as a result of Posit operator ITG Europe’s plans to buy E-Crossnet, or EXN, the equities crossing network that is owned by asset management firms.

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    UK debt office consults on long-dated bonds

    2004-12-06T03:47:00Z

    UK – The UK’s Debt Management Office has launched a consultation on ultra-long dated government bonds following talks with the pension industry this summer.

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    Germany: F&C to offer SRI option next year

    2004-12-03T03:45:00Z

    GERMANY – F&C aims to offer institutional clients a socially responsible investing option next year, according to Claus Heidrich, co-head of F&C’s German branch.

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    S&P in Russian equity index move

    2004-12-03T03:40:00Z

    RUSSIA - RTS Stock Exchange (RTS), the Moscow-based stock exchange, and Standard & Poor’s are to develop a “new generation” of Russian equity indices.

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    Harrigan voted out as CalPERS president

    2004-12-03T03:25:00Z

    US – Sean Harrigan has been ousted as president of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS.

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    Martin Currie sees big mandate wins but denies sale rumour

    2004-12-02T04:05:00Z

    UK - Martin Currie Investment Management has won significant new mandates in its latest financial year but has denied speculation that its latest appointment signifies its planned sale.

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    Axa hires Nutbrown for new tactical asset allocation division

    2004-12-02T04:05:00Z

    Axa Investment Managers has hired Kieron Nutbrown to take the new role of head of tactical asset allocation (TAA) under his old boss, Paul Griffiths.

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    IPE Seminar: Risk, Costs and Interest Rates

    2004-12-01T01:48:00Z

    EUROPE – Top European pension executives have told the IPE Awards seminar in Zurich today that cost cutting, inflation and attitude to risk are among the most significant challenges for the future of the industry.

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    TKP Pensioen takes over E13m Brunner Mond scheme

    2004-12-01T01:47:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – TKP Investments BV, a subsidiary of the Dutch life insurer giant Aegon, is to manage the assets of the €13m Stichting Pensioenfonds Brunner Mond.

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    New Italian institutional fund launched

    2004-11-26T03:20:00Z

    ITALY - Italian asset manager Arca SGR has launched a mutual fund to meet the needs of institutional investors called Anfiteatro – MultiInvestmentFund.

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    Sweden's AP3 names new management team

    2004-11-25T03:39:00Z

    SWEDEN - The 142 billion-crown (15.2 billion-euro) Third Swedish National Pension Fund, AP3, has appointed a new nine-strong executive management team that includes two new members.

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    Nomura ousts Schroders at London transport fund

    2004-11-23T04:44:00Z

    UK – Schroder Investment Management has lost a 215 million-pound (307.2 million-euro) mandate to Nomura Asset Management as the London Regional Transport Pension Fund (LRTPF) changes management for its active Far Eastern Equity portfolio

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    Mercer president leaves MMC board

    2004-11-22T03:03:00Z

    GLOBAL – Peter Coster, president of Mercer Inc., has left the board of troubled Marsh & McLennan Companies along with four other directors as part of corporate governance effort.

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    Gartmore UK CEO Jones quits, may run own firm

    2004-11-19T04:13:00Z

    UK – Glyn Jones, chief executive of Gartmore in the UK, has resigned, with group CEO Paul Hondros taking direct responsibility for the firm’s integrated business.

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    Italian railway scheme selects first managers

    2004-11-18T05:17:00Z

    ITALY - Eurofer, the 104 million-euro pension fund for railway workers, has selected its first asset managers.

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    Lane Clark & Peacock to launch “one-man DB”

    2004-11-17T03:27:00Z

    UK – Actuarial consulting firm Lane Clark & Peacock is to launch a defined contribution scheme that targets a specified level of pension benefits - which it likens to a single-member defined benefit scheme.

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    Schroders loses further E3.8bn institutional assets

    2004-11-17T03:27:00Z

    UK – Schroders says it lost 2.7 billion pounds (3.8 billion euros) in institutional assets in the third quarter, including 1.6 billion pounds in fixed income assets managed for a single client.

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    FRR says SRI part of social protection role

    2004-11-16T03:44:00Z

    FRANCE – The 18.5 billion-euro Fonds de Réserve des Retraites has provided more details on its socially responsible investing strategy, saying: “We belong to the social protection system.”

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    F&C says poised to decide on outsourcing

    2004-11-16T03:44:00Z

    EUROPE – The merged F&C-ISIS is poised to issue an announcement tomorrow about the outsourcing deals the combined group has with J P Morgan and Mellon.