All IPE articles in November 2002 (Online) – Page 7
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UK funds' dramatic turn to specialists
UK – UK pension funds are turning evermore frequently to speciality managers, according to a study by Greenwich Associates. Over the past five years, use of specialist managers has more than doubled, from 41% in 1998 to 89% in 2002. The share of total assets managed by specialist managers has ...
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Pioneer boosts German sales team
GERMANY - Pioneer Investments is bolstering its international business with four new appointments to its German sales division.
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Warning from IAPF as Irish pensions assets tumble
IRELAND - John Feely, chairman of the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF), has offered a word of warning to those planning saving for retirement, following a survey which shows total assets of Irish pension funds to have fallen to e43bn this year from e50.6bn at the end of 2001.
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Aon appoints Wilken in Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS - Aon Consulting has apppointed Bob Wilken as a senior consultant in its Amsterdam office. Formerly, Wilken held management and account management positions at Delta Lloyd NV.
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BGI launches Europe equity neutral fund
UK - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has launched a European equity market neutral fund, aimed at hedge fund of fund providers, institutional investors and family offices.
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Meridien & CeDo pick JLT for admin and consulting
UK- Hotel group Le Meridien has appointed Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) to provide pension administration services for its new money purchase scheme that is set to provide for around 1,000 of its UK employees by the end of next year.
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US private equity firm Advent opens in Spain
SPAIN- US private equity firm, Advent International, is opening an advisory office in Madrid. Jaime Carvajal Urquijo, Juan Díaz-Laviada and Luis Camilleri will be heading up the operation.
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Pioneer France names head of institutional clients
FRANCE- Pioneer Investments (France) has appointed Astrid Lubin to the new position of head of institutional clients for France. She will be responsible for the promotion and development of alternative investments and will be based in Paris.
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Half of DB funds under review shut to new members
UK- Over half the companies participating in a study by the consultant Watson Wyatt and reviewing their final salary pension scheme have opted to close it to new entrants.
