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Dutch minister De Geus nominated for OECD role
NETHERLANDS - Dutch Social Affairs’ minister Aart Jan de Geus has been put forward as deputy secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
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HSBC expands its pension team with new hire
UK – HSBC Securities Services EMEA (HSS) has hired Northern Trust’s Matthew Adams in a move to enhance its London based pension team.
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Achmea appoints ex Dutch MP Bibi de Vries as a director
NETHERLANDS - Financial services provider Achmea has appointed former MP Bibi de Vries, and Kees Sibbing, as director at its department of Corporate Relations, it has announced.
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Former Credit Suisse team sets up hedge fund advisory
GLOBAL – Former Credit Suisse’s fund of funds head Jim Vos has launched a new advisory firm to help institutional investors bypass fund of funds and invest directly into hedge funds.
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Morley opens in Frankfurt to spearhead German sales
GERMANY – UK asset manager Morley has opened a sales office in Frankfurt this week to break into Germany’s retail and institutional fund market.
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Aon Consulting appoints Hoek to Dutch executive team
NETHERLANDS - Aon Consulting has appointed Wim Hoek as a member of its executive team, the firm has announced.
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ABP names SRI portfolio manager
NETHERLANDS – ABP has named Rob Lake as its new senior portfolio manager environment, social, governance (ESG) in its global equities unit.
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OMERS CEO goes in governance row
CANADA – Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Scheme (OMERS) CEO Paul Haggis is to step down later this year after a disagreement over his role in the fund’s new governance structure.
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Deutsche in foreign hedge fund move
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank is considering taking a stake in a US or UK hedge fund, the bank’s chief executive Josef Ackermann says.
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NBIM appoints CFO in move to alternatives
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has appointed Espen Klitzing, 43, to the newly created position of chief financial officer.
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Watson Wyatt loses actuary as Hewitt loses researcher
UK – Daniel Harrison, formerly actuary with Watson Wyatt, joins Synesis Life in the new position of senior pension actuary.
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East Capital recruits Stoltenberg for investment committee
SWEDEN – Prominent Norwegian politician Thorvald Stoltenberg, will join eastern Europe specialist asset manager East Capital’s investment committee, it was announced this morning.
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Heijman quits Fortis to major on hedge funds in London
NETHERLANDS – Clayton Heijman, global head for Fortis Bank’s alternative investors and investment banks in the merchant banking division, is leaving the bank after nine years to pursue his interests in hedge funds.
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Gartmore poaches Siwicki from Aon
UK – London-based asset manager, Gartmore has hired Marek Siwicki from Aon Consulting.
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Garrett-Cox heads for Scotland
UK – Katherine Garrett-Cox has resigned as chief investment officer at Morley Fund Management to move to Dundee-based Alliance Trust as group executive director and chief investment officer.
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Father hands Swiss consultancy over to son
SWITZERLAND – Michael Brandenberger has formally taken over as chief executive officer of the Swiss consultancy Complementa, a company established by his father in 1984.
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Credit Suisse nabs Griffiths from Axa
UK – Paul Griffiths joins Credit Suisse as managing director and head of fixed income for asset management.
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Union’s Mansfeld elected new BVI president
GERMANY – Fund industry association BVI has elected Wolfgang Mansfeld, a board executive at German asset manager Union Investment, as its new president.
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Kraneveld to leave PGGM
NETHERLANDS – Peter Kraneveld, head of international affairs at €81bn Dutch pension scheme PGGM, will leave the fund at the end of this month he announced today.
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Universal's head Wagner on brink of standing down – sources say
GERMANY – Bernd Wagner, managing director of Universal-Investment, a leading German institutional fund administrator, is stepping down, industry sources have told IPE.
