All IPE articles in October 2001 (Online) – Page 7
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Wasserman to head multinational servicing at Aon
LONDON/GLOBAL – Aon Consulting has promoted Simon Wasserman, the former head of international benefits at ASA, recently acquired by Aon, to the position of global chairman of its international benefits consulting practices....
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Myners warns of legislation threat over proposals
UK – There is a threat of government legislation to force pension funds to make statements of non-compliance to the recommendations of the Myners’ Review, warned Paul Myners, when speaking at the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) Autumn conference in London today.
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Moessle elected to head European AM association
EUROPE – The European Asset Management Association (EAMA) has elected Klaus Moessle of Deutsche Asset Management in Frankfurt as its president....
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Siemens Swedish fund hires State Street
SWEDEN/GERMANY – Boston based State Street Corporation has been appointed by German electronic giant, Siemens to provide a full range of global investment services to its $74m (€81m) Swedish pension fund...
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Mercer: Government will legislate for trustees
UK – The government will legislate against pension fund trustees taking decisions unless they are ‘familiar’ with the issues concerned - as laid out in the Myners report, claims consultancy firm, William M. Mercer....
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AXA Private Equity opens Frankfurt office
GERMANY/FRANCE - AXA Private Equity has opened a new German office in Frankfurt and announced the completion of its fund range with the addition of primary funds of funds to the firm’s offering....
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BancoPosta selects Russell's multi-manager funds
ITALY - BancoPosta, the Italian post office’s banking division, has chosen Frank Russell’s multi-manager fund range for its latest capital guaranteed product offering....
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S&P and Crédit Lyonnais in European ETF tie-up
FRANCE/EUROPE – Standard & Poor’s and Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management (CLAM) have entered into a partnership to sell exchange traded funds (ETFs) to institutional and retail investors in the European market under S&P’s SPDR brand....
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Questions galore for trustees after Myners’ code
UK – Global investment consultancy and services firm, Frank Russell Company has suggested nine points of its own to add to the 10 questions pension fund trustees should ask themselves about transaction costs, as outlined yesterday in the final Myners’ review code.
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New private equity and joint venture at Kleinwort
UK - A new private equity fund is being launched by Kleinwort Capital, a joint venture set up by investment trust Kleinwort Development Fund and Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, the private equity arm of Dresdner Bank.
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Roberts leaves NAPF to head back to BBC
UK – Rhoslyn Roberts has been appointed head of pensions for the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) £7bn (€11bn) UK staff pension fund.
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Wassum in strategic alliance with Hewitt
SWEDEN -International consultants Hewitt Associates have formed a strategic alliance with Nordic advisers Wassum Investment Consulting, as part of its plans for global coverage.
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Revised Myners investment voluntary code issued
UK – Following consultation within the industry, the government has outlined its revised set of principles of investment, as proposed by the Myners’ review...
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Morley launches four new pooled pensions funds
UK – Four new pooled pension funds have been launched by Morley Fund Management in London.
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Danish fund picks FSI for Europe small cap brief
DENMARK/UK – First State Investments (FSI) with £7bn (€11bn) under management has won a mandate to manage the £30m pan European small cap portfolio for KP Invest
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Senior City lawyer heads to Morgan Stanley
UK – Keith Clark, current chairman of international law firm, Clifford Chance (CC), has been appointed international general counsel at financial services giant, Morgan Stanley (MS).
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Norwegian merger may create huge pension company
NORWAY - Norway’s largest life pensions company could be created under plans being discussed by the NOK90bn (e11.1bn) KLP (Kommunal Landspensjonskasse) pension fund for Norwegian municipal workers and the SPK (Statens Pensjonskasse) pay-as-you-go retirement plan for civil servants - in a move that could see a significant raft of assets ...
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NLG25bn Dutch PMI fund in huge asset transfer
NETHERLANDS – The NLG25bn (e11.3bn) Dutch metal and engineering workers’ pension fund, Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de Metaalindustrie (PMI), has transferred around NLG17.5bn in assets to Eureko-owned fund manager F&C in London and is seeking two new US index managers to manage approximately NLG4bn in assets....
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FTSE All-World slumped by 9% in September
GLOBAL – The recent terrorist attacks in New York helped pile on the misery last month for global equity markets, according to index provider FTSE, who says that its All-World Index fell in September by more than 9%....
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Lasalle launches e500m European property fund
EUROPE – Lasalle Investment Management (LIM)has launched its new €500m Euro Growth II fund, a real estate investment fund to be invested in properties across Western Europe....