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Higham buys consulting firm Dunnett Shaw
UK – Dunnett Shaw, a consulting firm which helped BP move its pensions administration in-house, has been bought by Higham Group for an undisclosed sum.
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Assets surge NIB’s asset management arm
NETHERLANDS – NIB Capital, the bank owned by the two largest Dutch pension funds ABP and PGGM, said assets under management at its investment management unit rose 70% in 2004.
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Werner joins SAM Group
SWITZERLAND --SAM Group, a Swiss asset manager specialising in sustainable investing, has appointed Christian Werner as its new head of research.
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Ex-Isis institutional chief joins boutique
UK - Howard Daldorph, the former director of institutional funds for ISIS, has joined a boutique called Reabourne Technology Investment Management as marketing director, a new role.
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New hires at Swiss consultant Ecofin
SWITZERLAND - Ecofin, one of Switzerland’s largest investment consultants, has brought in a pair of new senior advisers and, for the first time, has opened itself up to private banking clients.
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Clarity sought in Greek banks’ pension transfer
GREECE – The International Monetary Fund has called for clarification in the planned transfer of state-controlled banks’ pension liabilities to the main public pension fund.
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Netherlands’ SNS to privatise pension scheme
NETHERLANDS - Dutch bancassurance group SNS Reaal plans to privatise its pension fund in a €105m move, it has emerged.
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JP Morgan to hire new UK institutional staff
UK - JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management says it is looking to hire new staff in the UK this year amid a 13% growth in assets under management.
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S&P cuts NIB ratings, citing ABP and PGGM
NETHERLANDS – Standard & Poor’s has downgraded its rating on NIB Capital because it thinks the merchant bank has become less important to owners ABP and PGGM.
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Ex-PGGM ALM specialist joins central bank
NETHERLANDS – Mohamed Lechkar, who worked on asset liability modelling at the E60bn Dutch health care scheme PGGM, has joined the central bank’s pension supervisory division.
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Janus boosts German sales team
GERMANY - Janus Capital Group has appointed Thomas Döring to the new position of sales director for the German-speaking countries, effective from 1 February.
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Threadneedle ‘unaffected’ by Amex spinoff
UK – Asset manager Threadneedle Investments says it won’t be affected by American Express’s plans to spin off its parent division.
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Aasnæs replaces Åkerstedt as Storebrand MD
NORWAY – Storebrand Investments, the asset management arm of Norway’s Storebrand, has named Hans Aasnæs to replace managing director Allan Åkerstedt, who resigned last month.
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Commerzbank names new asset management head
GERMANY - Commerzbank, Germany’s fourth-largest bank, has appointed Achim Kassow as its new head of asset management operations, effective from April 1.
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HSBC’s actuarial arm hires Hewitt principal
UK – HSBC’s actuarial consulting arm says it has hired Hewitt Associates principal Simon Lawrence.
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Campina wins legal battle over pension cuts
NETHERLANDS – Dutch dairy cooperative Campina rightfully cut the pensions of thousands of pensioners in 2004, a Dutch high court has ruled.
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Fortis CEO eyes acquisitions and partnerships
EUROPE – Jean-Paul Votron, the new chief executive of Fortis, says the company plans “selective acquisitions and partnerships” in Europe in a bid to boost growth.
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BG pension scheme taps Lane Clark for DB admin
UK - Consulting firm Lane Clark & Peacock says it has been appointed by gas company BG Group to provide pension administration for the £300m (E433m) BG Pension Scheme and two other schemes.
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German ABV pension association names chairman
GERMANY - The Arbeitsgemeinschaft berufsständischer Versorgungseinrichtugen (ABV), an association representing 81 German pension funds, has re-appointed Ulrich Kirchhoff as the chairman of its board.
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Watson Wyatt Ireland hires ex-E&Y economist
IRELAND – Watson Wyatt says it has hired a former chief economist at Ernst & Young, Paul Droop, to be a senior investment consultant in its Dublin office.
