All IPE articles in September 2001 (Online) – Page 6
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Missed opportunity on stakeholder SRI, says report
UK – A great opportunity has been missed for Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) to take its place in the new stakeholder pensions arena – to become legally applicable next month, according to research commissioned by Friends Provident among 200 small to medium sized UK companies.....
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Gartmore gets green light for SICAV in Ireland
LUXEMBOURG/IRELAND – Gartmore Investment Management’s Luxembourg domiciled SICAV range of funds has gained registration from the Irish authorities to begin marketing in Ireland....
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Swiss banker becomes AIMR chairman
SWITZERLAND/US - Philippe Sarasin, managing partner with international investment bank Lombard Odier & Cie in Geneva, Switzerland, has been elected chair of the board of governors of the 50,000-member Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR).....
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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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Russell in Germany/Austria venture funds tie-up
GERMANY/AUSTRIA – Frank Russell is joining forces with HVB International Markets, a branch of HypoVereinsbank - Germany’s second largest private commercial bank, to create a series of private equity fund of funds for institutional and private investors in Germany and Austria....
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Friends First Asset Management fuses with F&C
IRELAND – European asset management group F&C is to integrate the money management business of Irish financial group Friends First into its own operations, in a further bid to consolidate the investment management strands of its insurance firm parent Eureko, which bought F&C in May this year.....
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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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Index tracking growth bucks market slump
UK - Investment in UK index tracking funds continues to grow, despite the setback in the UK market in recent months, according to research firm Standard & Poor’s....
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UCW Pensions selects Rothschild for fund assets
UK – The £32m (e52m) UCW Pensions 2001 scheme, which provides pension benefits to sections of the employees and former employees of the Communication Workers Union, has selected Rothschild Asset Management (RAM) to manage a multi-asset mandate for its entire assets....
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World's first index to track exchanges launched
FTSE has teamed up with Mondo Visione, publisher of the Handbook of World Stock, Derivative and Commodity Exchanges, to produce the world’s first index for tracking listed exchanges and other trading venues.....
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Rate cuts fail to ignite equity marts, says FTSE
Interest rate cuts from the world's central banks failed to bolster global equity markets in August, according to figures compiled by FTSE....
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InvestorForce shuts down its European operations
EUROPE – InvestorForce, the online manager selection platform, has closed its London-based European operation and made the entire staff redundant, in a bid to focus on its domestic US market, citing the downturn in capital for internet projects in Europe.....
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Baring produces 'plain English' trustee guide
UK – Baring Asset Management (BAM) has put together a guide on investment management for pension trustees that seeks to cut through the jargon of the asset management world....
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Swedish multinationals club together for DC plan
SWEDEN - A group of multinational firms in Sweden is clubbing together under a collective defined contribution (DC) pension plan in a bid to bundle administration and asset management and to eliminate brokerage commissions....
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AstraZeneca creates SEK2.2bn Swedish pension fund
SWEDEN – The Swedish arm of pharmaceutical multinational AstraZeneca is to transfer around SEK2.2bn (e232m) from its balance sheet into a pension foundation, which could be outsourced to external managers as early as the beginning of next year.....
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Carsberg becomes new UK pensions ombudsman
UK – The UK government has announced the replacement of pensions ombudsman Julian Farrand with the appointment of Sir Bryan Carsberg as chairman of the Pensions Compensation Board (PCB) from September 1....
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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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JPMorgan launches automated cash sweep service
EUROPE - JPMorgan Treasury Services has launched a new automated investment sweep service to its range of Luxembourg money market funds aimed at corporate and institutional clients wishing to invest surplus cash....
