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Julius Baer says it’s not a takeover candidate
SWITZERLAND – Julius Baer Group says its new share structure does not mean it’s a takeover candidate - and that it could be on the lookout for acquisitions.
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Fortis names chief information officer
BELGIUM – Fortis has appointed Alain Deschenes to the new position of chief information officer to provide “strategy, leadership and management” to information services across the group.
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Finland: Kaupthing nabs Carnegie research head
FINLAND - Kaupthing Bank Oyj Asset Management says it has hired Carnegie’s Finland research head Kim Nummelin.
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Watson Wyatt private equity partner leaves
UK – Stephan Breban, a Watson Wyatt senior consultant and partner in charge of the private equity management research team, is to leave the firm at the end of March to set up his own business called City Capital Partners.
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Watson Wyatt confident in Credit Lyonnais case
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt is confident it will win a negligent advice claim brought against it by Credit Lyonnais that was first filed almost two years ago.
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Belgian construction fund officer joins regulator
BELGIUM - Ann Devos, investment officer for the €450m social fund for the construction sector, FSE, is to leave the fund and join the Belgian pension regulator.
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UK electricity scheme eyes commission recapture
UK – The £17bn (€24.6bn) Electricity Supply Pension Scheme has appointed the Bank of New York to supply commission recapture services, on top of other services the bank already provides.
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France’s Ionis names custodian for €7.2bn
FRANCE – BNP Paribas Securities Services says it has appointed sole custodian for French pensions and savings group Ionis’ €7.2bn assets.
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Jobs go as Safeway outsources pensions admin
UK – Jobs at supermarket chain Safeway’s roughly 20-strong pensions team are going as the company transfers administration to Capita Hartshead.
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ABP outlines post-Frijns board composition
NETHERLANDS – The €168bn,Dutch civil service scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has announced the composition of its board when Roderick Munsters takes over from Jean Frijns.
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Invesco pensions head joins UK protection fund
UK – The Pension Protection Fund has named Invesco’s Alan Duncan as director of operations.
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Deutsche hires firm for DeAM sale - report
GERMANY/UK - Deutsche Asset Management in the UK has declined comment on a newspaper report indicating that the investment bank Hawkpoint has been hired to explore its possible sale.
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Fortis nabs E&Y’s Collins for client role
EUROPE – Fortis Bank has appointed Ernst &Young’s Andrew Collins to the role of head of European client relationships.
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Capita names life and pensions sales director
UK - Capita Life and Pensions has appointed John Connor as its new sales and marketing director.
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LODH hires KAS Bank’s Kramer (Correct)
(Corrects name) NETHERLANDS – Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Asset Management has appointed KAS Bank’s Ben Kramer in a bid to stem a loss of institutional business in Benelux.
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South Yorkshire invests in Hermes hedge funds
UK - The £2.7bn (€3.91bn) South Yorkshire Pensions Authority has made “an initial investment” in the Guernsey-domiciled fund of hedge funds vehicle launched by Hermes Pensions Management.
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Crédit Agricole AM investment chief Voisin quits
FRANCE - Pascal Voisin, chief investment officer at Crédit Agricole Asset Management, is to leave and be replaced by economic research chief Pascal Blanqué.
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CalPERS confirms Feckner as president
US – The $182bn (€139.4bn) California Public Employees’ Retirement System, under attack from state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, has elected Rob Feckner as president.
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Vopak scheme appoints MN as fiduciary manager
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds Vopak, the pension scheme of oil services firm Koninklijke Vopak, has appointed MN Services as fiduciary manager.
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Banque Nagelmackers’ Sabine Riga joins ING
BELGIUM – Sabine Riga, formerly portfolio manager for institutional clients with Banque Nagelmackers, has joined ING Investment Management as head of marketing and sales institutional clients, Belgium.
