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New Dutch investment consulting firm launched
NETHERLANDS – Jacco Koopmans, a former senior investment consultant at Hewitt Associates in the Netherlands, has started his own investment consultancy firm.
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ABP chairman Neervens dies aged 60
NETHERLANDS – John Neervens, chairman of the board at Dutch pension giant ABP, has died, the pension fund has announced on its website.
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Belgian pension association names secretary general
BELGIUM - The Belgian Pension Funds Association (BVPI-ABIP) has named Lut Sommerijns as its new secretary general from January 1.
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ABN Amro AM names new equities CIO
UK – Barings’ David Kiddie has been named new chief investment officer equities at ABN Amro Asset Management from early 2007.
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Watson nabs Deloitte’s Gambini for Italy role
ITALY – Watson Wyatt has set up an Italian insurance consulting unit and hired a Deloitte consultant to lead it.
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Eurosif head of research Tagger leaves
EUROPE – Jerome Tagger, head of research at the European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif), has left and won’t be directly replaced.
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Complementa consultant Frei to leave
SWITZERLAND – Michael Frei, investment controller at Swiss pension consultant Complementa Investment-Controlling, is to leave the company on December 20, it was confirmed.
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Kempen chairman Wiet Pot steps down
THE NETHERLANDS - Wiet Pot, board chairman of merchant bank Kempen & Co has stepped down with immediate effect, the bank’s supervisory board has announced. He has been chairman at Kempen since 2004.
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Invesco recruits Wendt in Germany for pensions advance
GERMANY – Invesco’s German arm has recruited Thomas Wendt as its new specialist for pensions business. The appointment is effectively immediately.
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Furlonger joins Aon for new EU consulting practice
EUROPE – Geoffrey Furlonger, who joined Aon Consulting Worldwide from Lombard International Assurance last month, will now head the new EU practice in Belgium.
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Metzler AM appoints JP Morgan’s Treppner
GERMANY – Metzler Asset Management has recruited Joachim Treppner from JP Morgan in Frankfurt to head up its master fund business. The appointment is effective from November 1.
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UK pensions regulator names risk management head
UK – The Pensions Regulator has appointed Martine Trouard-Riolle as its permanent head of corporate risk management.
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EFAMA director general exits after a year
EUROPE - Hugh Trenchard, director general of the European Fund and Asset Management Association, is stepping down after less than a year in the role.
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Management change at State Street in the UK
UK – There’s been some management changes at State Street in the UK.
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New EU official handling IORP directive
EUROPE – A new official has taken over at the European Commission’s internal markets department overseeing the implementation of the occupational pension fund directive.
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Former Hermes strategy head new CIO at US University fund
UK – Hermes’ James Walsh has been nabbed by the $5bn (£2.35bn) Cornell University fund in the US as the endowment’s new chief investment officer.
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Pensions buy-out player Paternoster signs first deals
UK – The newly established pension fund buyout company Paternoster has signed its first five deals, a spokeswoman confirmed to IPE. However, no details were given.
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Dutch Kas Bank expands by hiring in UK
NETHERLANDS – TradeShare’s Andrew Caird has been appointed as KAS Bank’s London-based manager new business development institutional investors, in a move to increase its focus on the UK institutional market.
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Insight nabs Zurich’s Poll for institutional role
UK – insight Investment hired Jonathan Poll from Zurich Financial Services as a director of UK institutional business development.
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Royal Mail scheme chairman joins Synesis
UK – Jane Newell, chairman of the £21bn (€31.3bn) Royal Mail Pension Plan, is to join the board of new pensions annuity firm Synesis Life as a non-executive director.




