Markets – Page 296
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Antonsson takes top spot at Telia fund
Peter Antonsson has been appointed to head the Farsta-based Telia pensionsstiftelse (pension fund) for the Swedish telecommunications company....and the rest of the weeks prominent people moves.....
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UK fund allocates £112m into multinational equity
UK - The £330m (e527m) Southern Water Pension Schemes has appointed Dresdner to invest a third of its assets in multinational equities...
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J Walter Thompson Trustees drops Schroders
UK – J Walter Thompson Trustees has split its £50m pension fund into three separate specialist portfolios - following the closure of the fund, dropping Schroder Investment Management in the process...
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FTSE becomes international benchmark for CalPers
FTSE has become the sole index provider for $160bn US superfund CalPers’ $36bn in international equities....
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F&C rolls out new SICAV range
UK – Foreign & Colonial (F&C) has launched a number of Luxembourg-based equity and bond SICAVs aimed at both the institutional and retail markets...
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Julius Baer to open Stockholm office
SWEDEN – Julius Baer Group is to open its first office in the Nordic countries in the middle of the year...
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Spain's third pillar funds shaky for 2000
SPAIN - individual pension plans slumped to negative performance figures for 2000, according to Inverco – the Spanish pension funds association...
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AP2 appoints raft of managers to SEK130bn fund
SWEDEN - The SEK130bn (e14.6bn) Gothenburg based AP fonden 2 has appointed six new asset managers and a global custodian...
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Singer & Friedlander scoops European equity briefs
UK – Singer & Friedlander Investment Management (SFIM) has picked up continental European large cap equity mandates worth around £45m (e71m)...
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Finnish FSA reappoints Jännäri for six years
Kaarlo Jännäri has been reappointed for a further six years as head of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (RATA).....Read on for this weeks major people moves in the European pensions and investment industry...
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Nederlof to lead Deutsche global pensions team
Maarten Nederlof has joined Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) as managing director and global head of pension strategies...
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FIS comes clean with new SRI fund
UK - Friends Ivory & Sime has teamed up with Christian Aid, Oxfam and the Pensions Trust in the development of a new SRI fund...
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Gardener goes global at Mercer
Gardener promotion.. plus this weeks round-up of all the major industry personnel moves...
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OM adjusts industrial indices
SWEDEN – The OM Stockholm Exchange has changed its industry classification in a bid to iron out discrepancies due to the weighting of telephone giant Ericsson...
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Petroleum fund puts US$3.5bn up for grabs
NORWAY - Norway’s government petroleum fund is seeking proposals from managers for specialist mandates, that might be worth up to US$3.5m in total
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EDF charges up PIMCO and AGF
Paris based Eléctricité de France (EDF) – the French electricity provider - has selected Pimco Global Advisers and AGF Asset Management – both under the new Allianz PIMCO Asset Management grouping - to jointly run a significant global bond mandate worth tens of millions of euros.
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Russell pushes $600m PIMCO's way
UK - Frank Russell has selected PIMCO Global Advisors to manage a further $600m (e674m) portion of its global bond fund range within the group’s multi-manager investment structure
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Ireland puts away IR£6bn for the future
IRELAND - The green light has been given to Ireland's National Pension Reserve Fund, which should see upwards of IR£6bn pumped into its coffers by the year end. RFPs for external mandates could be requested as early as February.....
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Calor cuts off P&D and Merrill
UK - The UK retirement benefits fund for gas group Calor has dropped Phillips & Drew and Merrill Lynch from a pair of £140m balanced mandates
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Baring gets Boosey money
The £21mUK Boosey & Hawkes pension scheme has handed a £10m fixed-income mandate to Baring Asset Management
