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HSBC’s actuarial arm hires Hewitt principal
UK – HSBC’s actuarial consulting arm says it has hired Hewitt Associates principal Simon Lawrence.
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Germany’s Metzler sees boom in master funds
GERMANY - A boom in so-called “master funds” should enable Germany’s Metzler Asset Management to grow its institutional assets under management in 2005 about as fast as they did in 2004, one of its executives says.
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German ABV pension association names chairman
GERMANY - The Arbeitsgemeinschaft berufsständischer Versorgungseinrichtugen (ABV), an association representing 81 German pension funds, has re-appointed Ulrich Kirchhoff as the chairman of its board.
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Watson Wyatt Ireland hires ex-E&Y economist
IRELAND – Watson Wyatt says it has hired a former chief economist at Ernst & Young, Paul Droop, to be a senior investment consultant in its Dublin office.
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BGI’s ALM head joins Pension Protection Fund
UK – Partha Dasgupta, head of asset/liability management at Barclays Global Investors, has joined the new Pensions Protection Funds as director of investment and finance.
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Psolve nabs three Aon consultants
UK - Psolve Asset Solutions, sister firm of consultant Punter Southall, says it has hired three investment consultants from Aon in Scotland.
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Capital International ‘has more to do in Europe’
EUROPE – Ratings firm Fitch Ratings says reclusive US-based asset manager Capital International still has “further additions” to make to its European business.
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Lothian scheme reappoints Hymans Robertson
UK – The £2bn (€2.85bn) Lothian Pension Scheme has reappointed Hymans Robertson to provide actuarial and investment consulting services.
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MLIM’s Dyson sees new consultant-manager model
EUROPE – Andrew Dyson, head of institutional business at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in Europe, has explained his ideas about a “new model” for the relationship between investment consultants and asset managers.
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UK: NAPF’s wants trustees to “pull their weight”
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has published a guide on voting to help pension fund trustees “pull their weight” with UK firms.
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December European ETF trading volumes fall
EUROPE -- The aggregate volume of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded on European exchanges decreased 1.71% in December from the previous month to 220m shares, according to the Pan European ETF Report.
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Further Fidelity move in Germany
GERMANY -- The German arm of Fidelity Investments has further beefed up its new institutional fund business by poaching of a specialist for investment consultants from Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM).
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Professor joins Dutch consultancy
NETHERLANDS -- Pieter de Lange, professor of pension law at Radboud University, Nijmegen, is to join Dutch consultancy Schols & de Lange in February.
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UK Social Investment Forum seeks chief
UK- The UK Social Investment Forum, a network promoting the development of socially responsible investments among UK investors, is looking for a new executive director.
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Aon Consulting’s Belgian co-MD Claes leaves
EUROPE – Anne Claes, joint managing director at Aon Consulting in Belgium, has left.
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New shareholders at MetallRente - report
GERMANY - Metallrente, the pension fund for employees in Germany’s metalworking and engineering industries, looks set to get new shareholders as part of a shake-up aimed at boosting sales.
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Dutch govt under fire at DNB pensions seminar
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government came under fire from senior pension industry figures such as Roland van den Brink and Jean Frijns at a seminar organised by the Dutch central bank earlier this week.
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UK’s Enfield seeks investment consultant
UK – The £370m (€525.9m) London Borough of Enfield Pension Fund is looking for an independent investment consultant.
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JP Morgan eyes profitable German mandates
GERMANY – The head of JP Morgan Fleming in Germany says that winning profitable mandates is the firm’s top priority.
