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Swedish pension fund fills all executive posts
SWEDEN – The Second Swedish National Pension Fund AP2 has appointed Petter Odhnoff as chief investment officer (CIO) and Lennart Jonsson as head of communications
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Mercer scores investment brief at rugby union fund
UK - William M. Mercer has been appointed as actuarial, administration and investment consultant for the £3 million Rugby Football Union defined benefit pension plan....
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JP Morgan lands £4.2bn Prudential fund custody
UK – JP Morgan Investor Services Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has been appointed as global custodian to the £4.2bn (€6.7bn) Prudential Staff Pension Scheme (PSPS)....
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Julius Baer appoints new CIO
SWITZERLAND – Bank Julius Baer & Co has appointed Gérard Plasko as chief investment officer of private banking in its Zurich office....
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Roberts is new COO at Jones Lang Lasalle
UK/US – Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) has appointed Peter Roberts as the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer....
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Russell strengthens Dutch institutional sales team
NETHERLANDS - Frank Russell has appointed Oscar Pesch as sales and client service manager within its institutional investment services team in Amsterdam....
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Fidelity appoints institutional head for France
FRANCE – Fidelity Investments has appointed Christophe Gloser as director of its institutional fund management business in France as part of its expansion plans across Europe....
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James Walker appoints Mercer as scheme actuary
UK – The £26m pension scheme of international industrial seals group James Walker has appointed William M. Mercer as actuary, administrator and investment consultant to the firm’s defined benefit plan....
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Deutsche beefs up Dutch institutional presence
NETHERLANDS - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed former Barclays Capital Benelux chief Michel Alofs as a senior institutional sales manager for the Netherlands, in what the firm says is a clear indication of its intent to increase institutional business in Holland....
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Unilever gets date for MAM high court showdown
UK - The £4bn Unilever Superannuation Fund is to finally present its £100m law suit against Mercury Asset Management, instigated in 1999, to the High Court on October 15.....
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AXA pulls in former UBS chief to head up equities
UK/Global - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has lured Richard Semark from UBS Asset Management to become its London-based global head of equity trading, with effect from November 1....
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GE poaches Schroders director in Europe push
UK/EUROPE - GE Asset Management has poached Schroders director of international and Scandinavian business, John Simpson, in a bid to expand its European institutional operations....
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Andersen gets new global financial services head
GLOBAL – Financial services consultancy Andersen has promoted Stephen Kingsley to the position of global head of its financial services industry (FSI) practice....
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Reuters appoints head of asset management branch
UK/US – Reuters has named the executives who will head its four customer segments, following the announcement in June that it was to split its operations into four principal areas: asset management, investment banking and brokerage, corporates and media, and treasury.....
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CSAM appoints European equity research head
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has appointed Ella Brown to the position of London head of European equity research....
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F&C appoints Cole to top HR slot
UK/EUROPE - F&C Management Limited, has announced that it has appointed Peter Cole as group head of human resources, a new position on its executive board....
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ABP appoints Achmea director as CIO for equities
NETHERLANDS - Jan Straatman, the former director of asset management (CIO) at Achmea Global Investors has been appointed as chief investment officer for equities with ABP Investments in Amsterdam, the investment arm of the e150bn Dutch pension fund....
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Morley makes new corporate research hires
UK - Morley Fund Management has made two new appointments to its London-based corporate research team...
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Schroders CEO quits as profits slump
UK - David Salisbury, the chief executive of UK investment management group Schroders has quit the firm, following the publication of half-year figures for the group that showed underlying profits down to £74.2 million (e118m) – 7.4% lower than the £80.1 million in profits earned by the same point last ...
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Mercer poaches Phillips & Drew executive
UK/EUROPE - Piers Bertlin has been appointed as a senior investment Consultant and European Partner with William M. Mercer in London, in a move from UK investment manager Phillips & Drew.....
