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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
