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Principal names Holt as UK institutional chief
UK - Asset manager Principal Global Investors has appointed Stephen Holt as head of UK institutional sales, the company has announced.
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France’s Kouchner to speak at IPE Awards
FRANCE – Bernard Kouchner, the founder of international aid groups Médecins sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde, has agreed to address the IPE Awards in Paris on November 30.
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MLIM nabs Gartmore’s Melvin for strategy role
EUROPE – Sarah Melvin, strategy manager at Gartmore Investment management, has left to join Merrill Lynch Investment Management as director of strategy and business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Hewitt Associates names new chairman and CEO
GLOBAL – Pensions consulting and human resources firm Hewitt Associates has named Bisys Group’s Russell Fradin to replace Dale Gifford as chairman and chief executive.
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Mercer names ex-Watson’s Whalley as UK chief
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has named former Watson Wyatt European managing partner Alan Whalley as its new UK chief executive.
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Swissfirst CEO hits back over trading allegations
SWITZERLAND – Thomas Matter, chief executive of Swiss bank Swissfirst, has dismissed allegations that he and five Swiss pension funds may have been involved in insider trading from which he benefited.
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Mellon Analytical Solutions MD Brant departs
UK - Mick Brant, managing director of Mellon Analytical Solutions International, is leaving the company later this month.
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Mercer takes on 16 Scottish & Newcastle staff
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has taken on 16 Scottish & Newcastle in-house pension staff from as part of an outsourcing contract with the brewing firm’s £2bn (€2.9bn) pension fund.
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Ex-Mn Services’ Dijkhuis sets up own firm
NETHERLANDS - Jan-Willem Dijkhuis, former director of Dutch real estate investments at asset management firm Mn Services, has set up his own consultancy firm for the financial and real estate sector.
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Germany’s MLP axes sales chief
GERMANY – Financial services firm MLP has parted company with its chief sales executive following weak sales of its occupational and private pensions during the second quarter.
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Fortis institutional sales director exits
NETHERLANDS - Robert Lobo, director of institutional sales at Fortis Netherlands, has left the company, Fortis has confirmed.
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Church of England names finance chief
UK - Jackie Bliss has been appointed as director of Finance for the National Church Institutions of the Church of England.
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Fonchim names Scapolo president
ITALY – Fonchim, the €4.5bn industrywide pension fund for Italy’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry workers, has appointed Luciano Scapolo as its new president.
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Hermes’ Biles joins water company board
UK - Hermes Pension Management director John Biles is to join the board of Sutton and East Surrey Water Plc, the UK utility bought last year by Deutsche Bank’s infrastructure investment business.
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IBM's Ross joins London pension fund
UK - Suzanne Ross, investment manager at the IBM Pension Fund, is to join the £3.5bn (€5.1bn) London Pension Fund Authority as investment director.
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LGIM names global fixed income head
GLOBAL - Legal & General Investment Management has named Gartmore's Roger Bartley as its new global head of fixed income.
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PGGM’s Muller joins Bouwfonds Asset Management
NETHERLANDS - Léon Muller, senior portfolio strategist for real estate at Dutch health care pension fund PGGM, is leaving to join Bouwfonds Asset Management as head of research.
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Segars appointed NAPF chief executive
UK – Joanne Segars is to take over from Christine Farnish as chief executive of the National Association of Pension Funds.
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State Street CEO eyes hedge fund acquisitions
GLOBAL – State Street chief executive Ron Logue has indicated that the bank sees opportunities to make acquisitions in the areas of asset management, institutional books of business and - possibly - hedge funds.
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NAPF seeking pensions investment policy adviser
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has advertised a vacancy for a Pensions Investment Policy Adviser.
