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Sweden’s Alecta names equities chief
SWEDEN – Occupational pension fund manager Alecta has hired Nordea’s Peter van Berlekom as its new head of equities.
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Flintshire tenders for 153 million euro mandates
UK - Flintshire County Council in Wales has put out to tender four mandates for the 450 million pound (682.8 million euro) Clwyd pension fund.
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Nordea sees surge in Finnish assets
NORDIC – Nordea’s assets under management increased 5% in the third quarter, predominantly driven by growing business in the Finnish market.
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Hibernian passes some asset management to London
IRELAND - Hibernian Investment Managers, (HIM) one of the five largest asset managers in Ireland, has split its fund management business between Ireland and the UK.
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Fortis moves into High Yield, appoints Lupton
EUROPE – Fortis Investments is moving into the European high yield bond arena appointing John Lupton to head up the company’s new capability.
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ABN Amro's asset management Q3 revenues up
NETHERLANDS – ABN Amro Asset Management has announced its third quarter results with a 4.2% increase in revenues.
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Italy’s Scala theatre fund tenders for managers
ITALY – The autonomous Scala theatre pension fund is tendering for two managers and a deposit bank.
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Swiss pension funds see asset rise in third quarter
SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds, with 400 billion Swiss francs (258 billion euro) under management, reported a SFr 4bn rise in assets during the third quarter of 2003.
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Highland fund opts for three new specialist managers
UK – The Highland Council pension fund in Scotland has appointed Alliance Bernstein, Fidelity Investments and Schroder Investment Managers as Insight Investment loses its 300 million pound (435 million euro) mandate.
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Renaisssance plays down impact of arrest of Yukos chief
RUSSIA - The arrest of the head of Yukos, Russia’s largest oil company, will not slow the country’s move to a market economy, say Moscow investment analysts.
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UK asset management fees higher, but value better - Mercer
UK – Despite higher fees, the UK asset management industry may offer better value for money now than in the past, according to research by Mercer Investment Consulting.
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CSAM appoints new head of emerging market equities
UK – Credit Suisse Asset Management has appointed a head for its emerging markets equities team.
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French reserve fund set to announce manager list
FRANCE – The French pension reserve fund, le fonds de reserve pour les retraites (FRR), has confirmed that it will be announcing the shortlist of fund managers in the second half of next month.
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German investment funds gain E48bn
GERMANY – German investment funds have seen net inflows of 48.7 billion euros in the first three quarters of 2003, according to the latest statistics from the BVI.
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Swiss pension funds return 1.2% in Q3 – report
SWITERLAND – Swiss pension funds returned 1.2% in the third quarter of this year, according to a new report from InterSec.
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CSAM aims to attract wary institutions to hedge funds
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has become the latest global asset manager to move into the direct management of hedge funds.
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T Rowe Price names Dutch institutional head
NETHERLANDS – T Rowe Price has named Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch’s former Netherlands marking director as head of its institutional business in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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AXA IM names UK investment chief
UK - AXA Investment Managers has hired Paul Griffiths from Investec Asset Management to be UK chief investment officer.
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Hermes boosts corporate governance team
UK – Hermes Pensions Management has make three appointments to its corporate governance team, taking the total staffing of the team to 45.
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Rogge Partners in Japanese joint venture
EUROPE/JAPAN – Fixed income manager Rogge Partners has teamed up with Tokio Marine to form a Japanese asset management venture.
