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UK managed assets total e2.8trn - IMA
UK – Assets managed in the UK as of end of June 2002 were 1.93 trillion pounds (2.8 trillion euros) according to the latest fund manager survey by the Investment Management Association.
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CSAM names DiMaio as head of alternatives
GLOBAL – Credit Suisse has named Jack DiMaio as chief executive of alternative investments at its Credit Suisse Asset Management division.
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PGGM sees cross-border opportunities of directive
NETHERLANDS - The chief economist at Europe's second largest pension fund, the 47 billion euro Dutch health and social service PGGM, says the European Pension Fund Directive has opened up "irresistible" opportunities for all European pension players.
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E1.2bn TNO fund appoints enhanced index manager
NETHERLANDS - The Rijswijk-based e1.2bn TNO pension fund for workers in the Dutch public/private sector for research and statistics, has awarded State Street Global Advisors an enhanced index mandate worth around e100m over the next couple of years.
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Finnish fund tenders for Asia Pac equity managers
FINLAND – The e12bn local government pensions institution responsible for pension cover of Finnish municipal employees has put out to tender an Asia Pacific ex Japan equities mandate worth up to e200m.
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Finland’s Ilmarinen taps Aberdeen for property
FINLAND – Finnish pension insurer Ilmarinen has appointed Aberdeen Property Investors to manage an international indirect investment property portfolio.
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Dutch TNO awards e30m real estate mandate
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund investment manager MN Services has been appointed to run a 30 million euro international real estate mandate for the 1.2 billion euro TNO pension fund.
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London exchange chief slams tax on pension funds
UK – Chancellor Gordon Brown’s five billion pound (7.3 billion euro) tax on dividend income paid by pension funds has been described as a threat to the position of the City of London – the UK’s financial heartland - by London Stock Exchange chief executive Clara Furse.
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ING sees AM contribution to profits halved
NETHERLANDS - Assets under management at the giant Dutch financial services ING Group dropped by 12.5% in 2001to 449 euro billions with assets managed for institutional clients falling by 21.1%. The asset management share of group operating profits amounted to 283 euro millions declined from 10% to 5% in 2002. ...
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Sweden's AP1 announces double-digit loss for 2002
SWEDEN – AP-1, the 117.1 billion Swedish krone (12.8 billion euro) first Swedish national pension fund, has posted a loss of 13.8% for 2002, and has announced changes to its asset allocation following an ALM study....
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UK scheme begins £1.75bn outsourcing programme
UK – Following the departure of two of its senior investment staff last year, the Merseyside Council 2.5 billion pound pension fund will appoint six external managers to run 1.75 billion pounds in mandates....
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European CIOs see assets rising in 2003
EUROPE – Eighty percent of European chief investment officers surveyed by US risk measurement firm Barra are positive that assets under management will increase over 2003.
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BT pension scheme in property buy
UK – Hermes Pensions Management has agreed to buy the 50% of property firm MEPC that it did not already own on behalf of the 44.9 billion euro British Telecom pension scheme.
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Sweden’s AP3 records 12.6% negative return
SWEDEN – Citing the continued downturn in equity markets, Tredje AP-fonden, the third national Swedish pension fund or AP3, has recorded what it has termed a “painful” negative return of 12.6% for 2002.
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GE Life outsources UK property to Credit Suisse
UK/US - GE Life, part of US-based GE Financial, has decided to outsource the management of its 540 million pound (814 million euro) property portfolio to Credit Suisse Property Investment Management (CSPIM), the UK property arm of Credit Suisse Asset Management.
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AXA asset management revenues decline 7.2%
FRANCE – AXA Group has reported a 7.2% decline in revenues in 2002 for its asset management businesses, AXA Investment Managers and Alliance Capital.
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Credit Suisse AM revamps European management
EUROPE – Credit Suisse Asset Management Europe has announced its pan-European management structure and executive board members.
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New European real-estate info service launched
EUROPE - Investment Property Databank (IPD) and Experian Business Strategies have launched a joint property information service in a bid to provide analysts with up-to-date and comprehensive information on European real estate investment.
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European real estate deals reach e67.5bn in 2002
EUROPE - Europe’s property investment market was still very active last year, with transactions amounting to 67.5 billions euros, according to real estate investment group Jones Lang LaSalle. But the total was 1% down on the figure for 2001...
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HBOS names Insight department heads
UK – HBOS’s asset management arm, Insight Investment, has announced the new heads of desk for its teams following the acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management in December.
