All IPE articles in October 2003 (Online)
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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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BoNY makes southern Europe appointment
SOUTHERN EUROPE – The Bank of New York is bolstering its capabilities in southern Europe, with the appointment of Carlo Montagna.
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T. Rowe Price European assets more than double
EUROPE – US-based asset manager T. Rowe Price has seen its European assets under management more than double.
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UK pension minister calls for DB/DC debate
UK – UK pension minister Malcolm Wicks has called for a debate about the merits of defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.
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Number of UK pensioners set to rise by 40%
UK – The Government Actuary’s Department says the number people over pension age in the UK is set to rise more than 40% to almost 15 million by 2039.
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Julius Baer’s London CEO Christian Yates departs
UK - Christian Yates, the chief executive of the London operations of Swiss asset manager Julius Baer has left the company.
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CSAM names Nordic sales vice president
EUROPE - Credit Suisse Asset Management has named a new vice president of Nordic sales.
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Deutsche Bank sees growth at asset arm
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank says its private client and asset management arm, which includes Deutsche Asset Management, is seeing profitable growth.
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UK employers’ retirement body to relaunch
UK – The Employers’ Retirement Association is relaunching in a bid to “change with the times”.
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Dutch fund tenders two mandates via IPE Quest
NETHERLANDS – Two mandates of up to 200 million euros have been tendered on www.IPE-quest.com on behalf of a Dutch pension fund.
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Mellon arm names institutional marketing manager
UK - Mellon Global Investments has expanded its institutional marketing team with the appointment of Keats Brydon as institutional marketing manager.
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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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USS competition event sparks call for a ‘real mandate’
AMSTERDAM - One of the leading lights behind the landmark long-term/ responsible investment mandate competition organised by the UK’s Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and consultant Hewitt Bacon and Woodrow, says she hopes that the energy and innovation sparked by the event can be carried through to the longer-term with the ...
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Germany’s HVB boosts hedge fund service
GERMANY – HVB Alternatives has established a structuring and due diligence service for third party hedge fund companies in light of the new German investment law.
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Directive to benefit multinationals and largest asset managers - report
EUROPE – The EU pensions directive will greatly benefit multinationals, and open up opportunities to asset managers, says business information company, Datamonitor.
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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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Pensionskasse Post opts for FTSEurofirst index
SWITZERLAND - Pensionskasse Post, the pension fund of the Swiss Postal service has signed up to use the FTSEurofirst 100 index as a tracked for a pan-Eoropean equity mandate.
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State Street’s Logue says winning client trust essential for service providers
GLOBAL – As the trend towards outsourcing continues, service providers will not win business based on products, but rather on reputation and trust, says Ron Logue, president and chief operating officer at State Street.
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Fortis appoints Adams to expanded information role
BELGIUM – Fortis Investments has appointed Bob Adams as its new global head of information services, based in Brussels.
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EAMA and FEFSI seek modified capital adequacy rules
BELGIUM – The European investment management industry is still pressing the European Commission to modify further its approach for operational risk for investment firms.
