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HPM to break chair link with BTPS
UK – Hermes Pensions Management (HPM), the asset management arm of the British Telecom Pension Scheme (BTPS), has announced that from next month it will separate the roles of its chairman and that of chairman of BTPS, which owns 100% of HPM.
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Deutsche Börse’s Clearstream custody assets rise
EUROPE – Clearstream, the custody and settlement division of exchange operator Börse Group, says client assets under custody rose 3.3% in November.
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Citigroup consultant head Duffain joins Pioneer
EUROPE - Pioneer Investments says it has hired Kerry Duffain from Citigroup Asset Management to be head of investment consultant relations in Europe.
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ABN Amro names global institutional sales chief
GLOBAL – ABN Amro Asset Management has named Frank Goasguen as its new head of global institutional sales.
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Towers Perrin hires two consultants from rivals
EUROPE – Towers Perrin says increasing demand from European multinational companies is behind its recruitment of two consultants from rival firms and the transfer of another from its Toronto office.
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AP3 names hedge fund exec as equities head
SWEDEN - The 152 billion-crown (17 billion-euro) Third Swedish National Pension Fund, Tredje AP-fonden or AP3, has appointed a hedge fund manager from Nordea as its new head of equities.
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Goldbrunner to head Allianz’s AGI in Europe
EUROPE - Johann Goldbrunner, head of dbi, Allianz’s institutional fund business in Germany, will be appointed head of Europe for Allianz Global Investors (AGI), effective January 1, IPE has learned.
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Axa hires Nutbrown for new tactical asset allocation division
Axa Investment Managers has hired Kieron Nutbrown to take the new role of head of tactical asset allocation (TAA) under his old boss, Paul Griffiths.
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UK's Pension Protection Fund picks directors
The UK’s safety net for bust pension funds has appointed five non-executive directors, including the chairman of the £17bn Electricity Supply scheme, which has previously been critical of government attempts to help.
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Multinationals to consolidate pension advice - survey
GLOBAL – Multinational companies are likely to consolidate their pension advisors and service providers as they seek to exploit economies of scale, a new survey has claimed.
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New CEO named for Chemie Pensionsfonds
GERMANY - Chemie Pensionsfonds AG, the pension fund for the German chemical industry, has appointed Martin Großmann as its new chief executive, effective immediately.
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ATP's private equity arm sees strong deal flow
DENMARK - ATP Private Equity Partners, a subsidiary of the 27 billion-euro statutory pension provision fund ATP, has made three senior appointments to expand its "bandwidth" in response to a strong deal flow.
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SEI names Benelux institutional sales head
NETHERLANDS – SEI Investments, provider of asset management and investment technology solutions, has appointed Jeroen van Rooij as institutional sales director for the Benelux region.
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Sweden's AP3 names new management team
SWEDEN - The 142 billion-crown (15.2 billion-euro) Third Swedish National Pension Fund, AP3, has appointed a new nine-strong executive management team that includes two new members.
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Dutch schemes’ NIB Capital considering options
NETHERLANDS - NIB Capital, the merchant bank owned by the two largest Dutch pension schemes, ABP and PGGM, says it is currently considering its options for the future.
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Schroders names Fidelity’s Goossens as Benelux head
BENELUX – Schroders has named Hans Goossens as country head for Benelux, taking a role vacated by Pieter van Daalen in the summer.
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Hazell Carr’s Donaldson joins Higham Group
UK – Pensions outsourcing firm Higham Group has hired Kenneth Donaldson from Hazell Carr Pensions Consulting to be director of business development, pensions.
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Vanguard hires ABN Amro’s Nagel
NETHERLANDS – Ronald Nagel, former head of institutional sales at ABN Amro Asset Management, has joined Vanguard Investments.
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Bank of Ireland AM gets new CEO amid outflows
EUROPE – Bank of Ireland Asset Management has named a new chief executive – Rothschild’s Kevin Dolan - amid a loss of 7.7 billion euros in assets under management.
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PGGM’s Munsters to succeed ABP’s Frijns
NETHERLANDS – ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, has named PGGM’s Roderick Munsters to succeed Jean Frijns as chairman of ABP Investments.
