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Welsh fund bond mandate goes to ISIS
UK – ISIS Asset Management has been appointed to manage a 125 million pound (178 million euro) bond mandate for the Welsh county of Rhondda Cynon Taf pension fund.
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Gartmore offers cautious option to institutions
UK – Gartmore will be offering a cautious managed fund to institutional investors as they seek to reduce volatility.
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Insight appoints Ahern for institutional role
UK – Insight Investment has appointed Mark Ahern from Lazard Asset Management as director and head of institutional client services in London.
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T. Rowe Price hires former ADAM CIO
UK – Laurence Linklater, former chief investment officer at Allianz Dresdner Asset Management, has been appointed by T. Rowe Price International.
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BAE names Northern Trust as pension custodian
UK – Defence group BAE Systems has appointed Northern Trust as global custodian for its pension funds...
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Pioneer Alternatives opens London office
EUROPE - Pioneer Alternative Investments has opened a London office as part of an ambitious expansion plan.
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State Street says 3,100 take voluntary redundancy
US – State Street Corp. says that 3,100 of its employees have opted to take voluntary redundancy – more than it expected. A spokesman said the cuts would all be in the US.
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Credit Lyonnais AM to launch SRI subsidiary
FRANCE - Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management is to make a full-scale sortie into the arena of socially responsible investment with the launch of a new subsidiary called Integral Development Asset Management, or IDEAM.
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Chynoweth retires as chief executive of university scheme
UK – David Chynoweth, chief executive of the 31.2 billion euro Universities Superannuation Scheme education pension fund, has retired after almost 10 years with the scheme.
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Credit Suisse AM UK bond director leaves
UK – Credit Suisse Asset Management’s director of UK fixed income, Kevin Adams, is to rejoin Henderson Global Investors.
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International Benefits Network expands membership
UK – Finland is one of the three new countries included in the consultancy network operated by International Benefits Network (IBN), a worldwide grouping for employee benefits services. Three new member firms have been added to give greater international presence.
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Mercer accuses UK of “misleading” pension claims
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting says the UK government has made misleading claims about the level of pension incentives in the tax system.
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Stoxx names Lombard Odier’s von Werra as MD
SWITZERLAND – Index group Stoxx has named Elizabeth von Werra, a fund manager at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, as its new managing director.
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HSBC’s actuarial arm hires Hewitt’s Latham
UK - HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Ltd has hired Robert Latham from Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow to be its new actuarial director in its pensions consulting practice.
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LODH beefs up fixed income team with hires
UK – The London-based asset management arm of Swiss firm Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (LODH) has appointed Christine Farquhar to head up its fixed income division, as part of a move to boost its bond expertise in the UK.
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J P Morgan in swoop for Citigroup's McGonagle
UK – J P Morgan’s securities services arm has hired Teresa McGonagle from rival Citigroup Global Transaction Services.
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Ex-Watson Wyatt consultant joins Investit
UK - Former Watson Wyatt senior investment consultant Philip Robinson has joined specialist consultancy Investit in London to boost its strategic marketing and investment process practice.
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Former Mercer manager joins Stamford
UK – Roger Cobley, former manager of international consulting at Mercer, has joined consultancy firm Stamford Associates as a director.
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Robeco’s investment chief Jaap van Duijn to retire
NETHERLANDS – Robeco has named Marnix Vriezen as its new chief investment officer for Europe, replacing Jaap van Duijn who is retiring.
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Deutsche Bank in European hedge fund index deal
UK – Deutsche Bank has signed a distribution deal with Hedge Fund Research Europe, under which the bank will be able to offer products based on the HFRX Indices to European institutional and retail investors.
