All IPE articles in November 2001 (Online)
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Schroders appoints Germany/Austria country head
GERMANY/AUSTRIA – Schroder Investment Management has poached Martin Theisinger, the former head of European sales at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management, to become its head of institutional sales and country head of asset management in Germany and Austria....
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ACA chairman warns on slide of UK pension schemes
UK - The government and pension funds should start working together to halt the slide in occupational pension schemes in the UK, says Mike Arnold, chairman of the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA)....
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Irish pensions association loses director
IRELAND – Des Crowther, director of the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF), has left the association to become chief executive of the Dublin-based Irish Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management....
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New European SRI forum launches
EUROPE – The socially responsible investment (SRI) market in Europe has been given a significant boost by the launch of the European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum (Eurosif) by a consortium of European social investment forums (SIFs) and with the financial support of the European Commission (EC)....
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Friends' venture arm becomes ISIS Capital
UK - Friends Ivory & Sime Private Equity is to become ISIS Capital in a bid to make the subsidiary “distinctive” from its parent company....
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DeAM names new European institutional sales head
EUROPE - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Andreas Varnavides as Head of European Institutional Sales following the resignation of Mark Scott from the position....
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UK pension funds still favour equities long term
UK – The flight out of equities into bonds by the £2.3bn (€3.7bn) Boots pension fund in October has not had an influence on other UK pension funds to follow suit, says Northern Trust (NT).
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ABN Amro Mellon lands $1bn Winterthur custody
GLOBAL – ABN Amro Mellon has won the global custody mandate for US$1bn (€1.1bn) XL Winterthur International (XLWI), the risk management arm of Bermuda based XL Capital.....
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ING to stamp its mark on Belgium's BBL
NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM - Dutch financial services group, ING is taking further steps towards rebranding its subsidiaries worldwide by incorporating the ING name and logo within its Belgian subsidiary, Banque Bruxelles Lambert (BBL) with the intention of dropping the BBL brand name in due course....
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Managers bullish on UK investment prospects
UK – The UK stock markets and economy are likely to continue to attract inward investment over the next 12 months, despite acceptance since September 11 of a worldwide recession, claims Stuart Fowler, head of UK equities at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM)....
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Trafalgar launch low risk institutional hedge fund
UK - Trafalgar capital management, the London-based fund management firm, has received IMRO authorisation and launched its first global hedge fund, the Trafalgar Fund with an expected cap of $40m, which it is set to roll out to institutional investors in early 2002....
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Mellon buys out PwC HR consulting subsidiary
US - Mellon Financial Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today announced a $275m (e309m) all cash deal under which Mellon will acquire the human resources outsourcing and consulting businesses of Unifi Network, a PwC subsidiary – a move that makes Mellon the fourth-largest global provider of human resources consulting/administration services....
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RBC names new UK operations director
UK/CANADA - RBC global services, institutional & investor services (IIS) - Canada's largest custodian and a provider of securities services worldwide - has appointed Simon Coleman as its director of operations in the UK....
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Morley lures Dresdner chief for European COO slot
EUROPE - Morley Fund Management (Morley) has lured Nick Alford from Dresdner RCM to become the group’s new European chief operating officer (COO)....
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Belgacom & Diageo among IPE award winners
EUROPEAN SPECIAL – Belgacom, the €3.5bn pension fund for the Belgian telecommunications group and the UK’s Diageo, the €5.2bn scheme of the global drinks firm, were heralded as the first ever European winners for Fund Structure and Administration at the inaugural IPE-Awards ceremony for pension fund excellence held in Brussels ...
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ABP and VKG/CPM win first IPE investment award
EUROPEAN SPECIAL – ABP, the €148bn Dutch civil service pension fund and VKG/CPM, the €520m Belgian pension fund for doctors, dentists and pharmacists, were named as the European winners for Investment Strategy at the first ever IPE-Awards ceremony for pension fund excellence, held in Brussels last night (November 27).
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Towers Perrin and Rauser to assist German pensions
GERMANY – Towers Perrin and Rauser AG, a major German retirement benefits consultancy firm, have established Rauser Towers Perrin GmbH, a new joint venture company that aims to assist companies across Germany in their pension programmes.
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Standard Life shows confidence in equities
UK – Standard Life Investments has increased its exposure to Asian equities at the expense of cash, despite anticipating that the equity markets will remain volatile.
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Ashburton launches new euro sub fund
UK – Jersey based asset management company, Ashburton, has launched two new sub funds within its Isle of Man domiciled Ashburton Global Funds umbrella.
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Thomson launches online analysis and research tool
UK – Major financial data provider group, Thomson Financial, has launched an online investment research and analytical tool for institutional investors, called First Call Analyst.
