All articles by Perttu Jarvenpaa – Page 9
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Ferrans to head Halifax asset management
UK – Douglas Ferrans has been appointed as chief executive of asset management of the Halifax Group. He was previously marketing director of Britannic Asset Management...
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Mercer grabs three more funds
UK – William M Mercer has been appointed as administrator to three pension schemes, including a new plan. The £18.9m Vymura, £15.6m Sagar and the new Sportech pension plans are all associated with the family interests of T J Hemmings.
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IAPF chairman Tom Finlay steps down
IRELAND – Tom Finlay, director at Bank of Ireland Asset Management and chairman of the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF), is stepping down from both positions at the end of May to pursue other interests....
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Watson Wyatt consolidates for cross-border market
EUROPE – Consultant Watson Wyatt is seeking to strengthen its European consulting activities for multinationals by integrating its international practice more closely with its general consultancy practices, a move it says reflects the fact that companies are increasingly looking to operate on a global basis.....
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CSAM launches new Luxembourg funds
EUROPE – Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) is launching two new Luxembourg domiciled funds on May 14, a European convertible bond fund and a specialist global healthcare equity fund....
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Finnish pension funds look increasingly overseas
FINLAND – Pension funds and foundations, both public and private continued to switch investments from cash and loans to equity and overseas investment vehicles during 2000, according to TELA, the country’s Association of Employment Pension Insurers....
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JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management unveiled in UK
UK/EUROPE - Following the merger between Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan at the beginning of the year, their asset management subsidiaries have formally announced the launch on May 14 into the UK market of their combined operation JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management....
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European patent fund seeks risk-management advisor
EUROPE - The Munich based European Patent Organisation (EPO) is tendering for a consultant to assist its DM2.5bn (e1.3bn) plus pension reserve fund in establishing and developing an effective, global risk-management policy....
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Consultant insurance merger creates B&W Deloitte
UK – The merger between the insurance practices of consultants Deloitte & Touche and Bacon & Woodrow has been finalised with the formation of B&W Deloitte.....
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Standard Life picks up Lothian property tranche
UK – The £2bn Lothian pension fund, the scheme for Edinburgh City Council, has appointed Standard Life Investments to a potential £2.3m property mandate....
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First Swedish life insurer to demutualise
SWEDEN – Handelsbanken Liv is to become the first Swedish life insurance company to demutualise and become a profit-distributing firm....
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Polish pension assets clear PLZ9bn (e2.5bn)
POLAND – Open pension funds (OFE) run by insurance companies took in PLZ473.1m in investment revenues in the year 2000, less PLZ38.8m in operating costs, according to figures released by the national statistics office, Polska Statystyka Publiczna….
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Commercial property reaches record levels in 2000
EUROPE – Interest in European commercial property reached record levels last year and is expected to remain strong throughout 2001, according to a report by property adviser DTZ….
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West AM subsidiary scoops Texas teachers mandate
US/GERMANY – The pension fund for the Teachers Retirement System of Texas, has appointed Criterion Investment Management, the Houston based fixed income arm of Düsseldorf based WestAM, to a US$100m high-yield bond portfolio.
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Swedish financial supervisory body to restructure
SWEDEN – Finansinspektion (FI), the Swedish financial supervisory authority, is seeking to sharpen its regulation of the country’s financial market by re-organising its structure in the autumn....
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ING postpones merger talks with Polish Bank Slaski
POLAND – Discussion over the merger between ING Bank Warsaw, a fully owned subsidiary of ING Group, and Katowice based Bank Slaski, 74.7% ING owned, have been postponed until the annual general meeting on June 28….
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Aberdeen buys property manager RREEF
UK/NETHERLANDS – Aberdeen Asset Management has bought property asset manager RREEF UK from RoProperty Holding, part of the Robeco group, increasing its property assets under management to £5.9bn....
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Finnish actuarial consultant expands services
FINLAND – Helsinki based actuarial consultancy and pension scheme administrator, Pensionservice (EPS) is to undergo a radical re-structuring to expand its services from May 1….
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Denmark's PFA appoints new Managing Director
DENMARK – Henrik Heideby has been appointed managing director of the largest Danish pension administrator, the DKr140bn (e18.8bn) PFA Pension, as of August 1....
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Irish Life picks AXA Rosenberg for £20m UK brief
IRELAND - Irish Life International Multi-Managers, an investment division of Irish Life International has appointed AXA Rosenberg Investment Management to a £20m UK equity mandate....
