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AP2 appoints 13 external managers
SWEDEN - The 13.6 billion euro second Swedish national pension fund, AP2, has appointed what it calls a “network” of 13 external investment managers in 14 separate equity sectors – though no agreements about size of mandates has yet been reached.
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NY hires ex-Deutsche pensions chief MacIntyre
US – Desmond MacIntyre, former head of Deutsche Bank’s European pensions strategy group, is to be chief investment officer in the New York City Comptroller’s office, according to press reports.
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Schroders hires ex-Philadelphia pension chief
UK/US – Schroder Ventures International Investment Trust (SVIIT) has added Marc Bonavitacola, former chief investment officer for the city of Philadelphia’s five billion dollar public employees retirement system, to its US operations.
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Morley makes two executives redundant
UK – Morley Fund Management is combining its European and international business units resulting in a board reshuffle and the loss of two senior executives, citing market conditions. Malcolm Le May and David Tremblay are to leave the fund management firm at the end of January.
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France’s Oddo hires Credit Agricole’s Bert
FRANCE – Oddo Asset Management has appointed Louis Bert as board member and head of equity investment management in Paris.
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UK’s Railpen boosts investment team
UK – Railpen Investments, the fund manager of UK’s rail industry pension schemes, has restructured and made two additions to its investment and actuarial team.
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Calpers ends 40-year wait for female board member
US – The largest pension fund in the world, Calpers, has named Priya Sara Mathur as the first woman to its board for 40 years. Not only that, but the 29-year old is also the 133 billion dollar fund’s youngest ever board member.
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AIB hires ex-Nestle UK pension executive McKeand
UK – The former head of investments at food company Nestle’s UK pension fund, Innes McKeand, has been appointed as chief investment officer at AIB Investment Managers.
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Fortis IM names global equity investments head
BENELUX/US - Fortis Investment Management has appointed Charles Burbeck of Schroders as head of global equity investments, to be based in Boston.
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UK’s HBOS reshuffles managers as Burt retires
UK – HBOS plc, has appointed George Mitchell as governor of its Bank of Scotland unit and Sir Ron Garrick as deputy chairman of HBOS following the retirement of Sir Peter Burt.
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Green Paper passes UK actuary test
UK – The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has welcomed many of the proposals put forward by the UK government in its Green Paper.
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TUC demands seat on UK Pension Commission
UK - The UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for the government to include it in the line up of a new Pension Commission that will look at the issue of compulsory supplementary pension saving....
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Credit Suisse Asset Mgmt reorganises management
GLOBAL – Credit Suisse Asset Management has made a series of organisational changes, including the formation of a global executive committee and a reduction in the number of operating regions in a bid to bring the company in line with the Credit Suisse group.
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Marchand to head Norway’s Statens Pensjonskasse
NORWAY – The Norwegian government has appointed a new head for the State Public Sector Pension Fund, Statens Pensjonskasse. Gisele Marchand has been named as director for a six-year term.
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Threadneedle to run e155m Russell equity mandate
UK - Threadneedle Asset Management has been appointed to run a 100 million pound (155 million euro) UK equity mandate for Frank Russell Co.
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Davies quits UK’s Financial Services Authority
UK – The chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Sir Howard Davies, has decided to step down, having served in the position for over five years.
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Mercer hires PwC’s investment head
UK – Pensions consultancy firm Mercer Human Resource consulting has named Gordon Clark as a European partner, based in London.
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Chiswell names head of pension fund marketing
UK – London-based investment manager Chiswell Associates has appointed Simon Hill as its new head of pension funds marketing in a push to develop its institutional pension fund business.
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HBOS names managers at Rothschild Asset Management
UK – HBOS’s investment arm, Insight Investment Management, has announced its new senior management structure following the acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management this week.
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UK's NAPF names Faulkner chairman
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has appointed Terry Faulkner to replace Peter Thompson as its chairman, effective from the NAPF’s annual conference in May 2003.
