All IPE articles in September 2001 (Online) – Page 4
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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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Stock lenders hit back at 'short selling' critics
US SPECIAL – Stock lending operations within investment houses have hit out at reports that they may be inadvertently fuelling a market in short selling in the current volatile economic climate following Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in the US.....
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Currency markets hold up under US crisis
US SPECIAL – The currency markets remain largely unaffected by the tragedy that hit New York this week, according to industry specialists.....
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Banks begin post US tragedy allocation reviews
US SPECIAL – Investment banks are beginning to review their asset allocation strategies in light of the US tragedy on September 11, with most sticking to their long-term policies and noting that political events going forward may shape strategy much more sharply than the terrorist atrocities in New York.....
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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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Europe's exchanges: three-minute halt at 12pm CET
US SPECIAL/EUROPE – Europe’s stock exchanges observed a three minute silence and simultaneous cessation of trading at 12pm CET today, in line with the decision by the European Union to hold a day of mourning today, following Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in the US....
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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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Sweden's AP3 loses SEK5.6bn so far this year
SWEDEN – The SEK131.5bn (e13.7bn) third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3) has recorded losses of around SEK5.6bn for the first six months of this year, according to its half yearly report....
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Emergency list of industry client contacts
As part of our endeavour at IPE Magazine and IPE-Newsline to assist any company within our community affected by events in the US, below is a list of client contact details provided by asset management companies that had offices or staff in the World Trade Centre complex in New York, ...
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Standard and Poor's upbeat on market post disaster
US SPECIAL – Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has issued an upbeat statement on the impact of Tuesday’s terrorist atrocities in the US on global financial markets, claiming that the effects will not be detrimental over the long term....
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JPMorgan warns investors not to panic
US SPECIAL – There is no need for investors to panic about the impact that Tuesday’s terrorist attack in the US and its ensuing tragedy will have on equity markets, according to JP Morgan’s European equity group (JPM)....
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FOA says world markets will ride out crisis
US SPECIAL – The Futures and Options Association (FOA) is seeking to reassure investors that the world’s markets and clearing and settlement systems have sufficient maturity and strength to deal with the aftermath of the US crisis....
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UK £5bn fund appoints five private equity managers
UK – The £5bn (€8.1bn) Bradford-based West Yorkshire Pension Fund, the scheme for local government workers in the region, has appointed a raft of private equity managers as part of a move to increase venture assets to around four per cent of the fund’s portfolio in the next few years....
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WestLB suspends Luxembourg fund calculations
US SPECIAL - LUXEMBOURG - The board of directors of the Luxembourg-based WestLB Compass Fund, have suspended the calculation of net asset values (NAV) for its sub-funds, following on from the terrorist attacks in the US on Tuesday....
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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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One in five Swedes makes active PPM choice
SWEDEN - Less than a fifth of Swedes made active investment fund choices in the latest round of contributions to the country’s PPM system, according to figures emerging from the country’s Premium Pension Authority (PPM)...
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Giant Italian scheme draws up manager shortlist
ITALY – Fondo Pensione Complementare per la Famiglia (Fondo Famiglia), the Italian housewives’ and part time workers’ pension fund, which could potentially include as many as 15 million members, has drawn up a shortlist of 12 asset management firms to run the fund’s assets....
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EVCA lobbies EU on private equity 'disparities'
EUROPE – Considerable disparities exist between EU member states over regulations and incentives surrounding venture capital and private equity, despite the single market, the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) today told European Union (EU) representatives....
