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Io Investors makes hires in UK push
UK – Manager of managers firm Io Investors, part of South African financial services group Sanlam, has hired Old Mutual’s head of research as part of a UK push.
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HSBC AM hires Schroders’ Rodgers
UK – HSBC Asset Management has hired Chris Rodgers from Schroder Investment Management to be its head of UK equities.
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Watson Wyatt makes Swedish hire
SWEDEN – Pensions consultancy Watson Wyatt has appointed Elisabeth Wass as head of employee benefits consulting services in its Stockholm office.
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Credit Suisse hires ex-ABB pension chief
SWITZERLAND – Christoph Schenk, the former chief executive of ABB’s pension fund unit has joined Credit Suisse Asset Management as its new chief investment officer in Switzerland.
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Ex-Watson Wyatt consultant joins Paamco
EUROPE – Stephen Oxley, former senior investment consultant at Watson Wyatt is to head up Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company’s (Paamco) new European hedge fund of funds operations in London.
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ADAM hires equity performance risk head from MLIM
UK - Allianz Dresdner’s asset management division has hired a senior risk and performance executive from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
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Innovest hires ex-Fitch research head
UK – Andy White, the former managing director of research at ratings agency Fitch, has joined Innovest Strategic Value Advisors’ London office.
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Standard Life names global equities director
UK – Standard Life Investments, fund management arm for Standard Life Assurance and Standard Life Pension Funds, has named Reg Watson as investment director in the global equities team.
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Harrigan is new president at CalPERS
US – The board of administration of CalPERS, the California Public Employees Retirement System, has elected Sean Harrigan as its president and Rob Feckner as vice president for 2003.
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Henderson names UK institutional marketing head
UK – Henderson Global Investors has appointed two former J P Morgan Fleming Asset Management employees to its UK institutional marketing team.
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Aon to integrate investment manager research
US – US-based insurance and consultancy firm Aon has set up a global unit to integrate its investment manager research and hired an Internet entrepreneur to run it.
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Bank of NY in Kimberly Clark UK custody win
UK – The 365 million pound (544 million euro) UK pension fund of paper products firm Kimberly Clark has appointed the Bank of New York as its global custodian.
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Axa IM names head of institutional sales
FRANCE – Axa Investment Managers has appointed Nathalie Boullefort-Fulconis as global head of institutional sales and member of the executive committee.
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Dutch SNT names TKP as administrator
NETHERLANDS – The newly established corporate pension fund for Dutch customer relationship management firm SNT has appointed TKP Pensioen as its administrator.
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State Street wins Deutscher Ring mandate
GERMANY – State Street Corp. has won a Depotbank mandate from German insurer Deutscher Ring Versicherungen, though the exact size of the mandate was not disclosed.
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SEI wins e45.4m global equity mandate from AEP
UK – AEP Energy Services Generation Ltd.’s pension fund has appointed manager of managers SEI Investments to run a 30 million pound (45.4 million euro) global equity mandate.
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Norway committee proposes simpler pensions tax
NORWAY – A government-appointed committee has proposed that Norway simplify the taxation of pensioners in a wide-ranging set of proposals.
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Edinburgh Fund Managers names new chairman
UK – Edinburgh Fund Managers has appointed Charles Nunneley as non-executive chairman following a board shake-up at the end of 2002 when four non-executive directors resigned and the chief executive was removed.
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NAPF hires ex-JPM chief for corporate governance
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has appointed Geoff Lindey, ex-head of UK institutional investments at JPMorgan Investment Management, as strategic advisor to its corporate governance team.
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Martin Currie hires private equity head
UK – Martin Currie has recruited Paul Murray of Deutsche Capital Partners to head up its private equity team.
