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DeAM hires Hindle Fisher from UBS
UK - Deutsche Asset Management, the second largest manager of European pension assets, has hired the former UK head of UBS Asset Management.
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Goldman Sachs AM boosts European management
EUROPE – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has made several new appointments aimed at boosting its European institutional sales and marketing.
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Storebrand sees strong DB demand
NORWAY – Norwegian insurer Storebrand says it saw strong sales of defined benefit pension schemes to the corporate market in the first quarter of 2003.
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Northern Trust hires Martin Currie’s Sagraves
UK – Northern Trust Global Investments has hired Barry Sagraves from Martin Currie to head its European investment business.
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SWIP hires ex-RSA global funds head
UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has hired former Royal & Sun Alliance global funds head Tim Scholefield as head of international research and global sectors.
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S&P names European investment services head
EUROPE – Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has appointed Geoff Hawksworth to head up its European Investment Services business.
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Schroders in European property push
EUROPE – Schroders Property Investment Management is making a push into Europe, joining two European property associations, and adding one member to its team.
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UK actuaries call for pension reform
UK – The head of the Association of Consulting Actuaries has called for the government to look again at pension reform.
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AXA’s UK pensions arm names Evans CEO
UK – AXA Sun Life, the UK life and pensions arm of the AXA group, has appointed Paul Evans as chief executive, following the departure of Andy Haste.
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Irish reserve fund to move into new asset classes
IRELAND - The commissioners responsible for the investment strategy of Ireland’s eight billion euro National Reserve Pension Fund have decided about exposure to additional asset classes apart from equities and bonds.
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Watson Wyatt hires senior investment consultant
UK – Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has hired a former actuary at insurer General Accident as a senior investment consultant.
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UK’s Railpen taps Mellon for accounting services
UK – The investment arm of the UK Railways Pension Trustee Company, Railpen Investments, has appointed Mellon European Fund Services to provide investment accounting services.
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Towers Perrin hires ex-Post Office pension chief
UK – Dermot Courtier, the former head of pensions and retirement provision at the UK’s Post Office, has been appointed as head of client services delivery at consultancy firm Towers Perrin.
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UK’s Hymans on recruitment drive
UK – Actuarial firm Hymans Robertson has recruited three people for its investment practice at its Glasgow office and says further hires are likely in the next few months.
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E1.13bn Dundee taps Goldman, Alliance Bernstein
UK – The Dundee City Tayside Superannuation fund has appointed Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Alliance Bernstein for its 775 million pound (1.13 billion euro) fund.
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Henderson names Fraser to deal with consultants
UK – Henderson Global Investors is focusing on its relationship with investment consultants, and has appointed Andrew Fraser to head up the new strategy.
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Watson quits UK local authority actuarial market
UK – Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt is withdrawing from a one million pound (1.45 million euro) business providing actuarial consulting to UK local authorities.
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Close names asset management CEO
UK – Close Brothers’ asset management arm, Close Investments, has appointed Jonathan Sieff as its new chief executive.
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Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow cuts seven UK jobs
UK – Pensions consultancy firm Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow has cut seven staff in its investment team in a “rebalancing” of its operations.
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S&P names European index director
EUROPE – Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has appointed Jason Feldmayer as director of European index operations, based in London.
