All articles by Helen Avery – Page 11
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Mercer HR Consulting hires PWC’s Hill
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed Jeremy Hill as European principal and senior consultant.
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RLAM names new equities and fixed income heads
UK – Royal London Asset Management has restructured its senior positions with the promotion of Jane Coffey to head of equities and Jonathan Platt as head of fixed income.
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UK’s Fife appoints Northern Trust as custodian
UK– Fife County Council’s 600 million-pound (858.5 million-euro) pension fund has appointed Northern Trust a its global custodian.
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ICI taps Ashmore for E100m in emerging debt
UK – Ashmore Investment Management has been appointed to run a 70 million-pound (100 million-euro) emerging debt mandate for two of ICI’s pension funds.
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France: UBS GAM hires DeAM’s Bruno Servant
FRANCE – UBS Global Asset Management France has appointed Bruno Servant as deputy chief executive.
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LGIM hires fund manager Holmes from CSAM
UK – Legal and General Investment Management has further bolstered its equity team as it makes a push into active equities.
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Mercer spends E36m to boost pension admin
UK – Mercer is boosting its pensions administration business, by spending 25 million pounds (36 million euros) on new technology, training and customer service.
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Ex-Shell Pension deputy CIO joins Gartmore
UK – Nick Shaw, former deputy chief investment officer for Shell Pension Management Services, has been appointed by Gartmore as it expands into private equity.
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Italy’s Tremonti says 2nd-pillar pensions vital
ITALY – Italian economy minister Giulio Tremonti has said that the state pension system will explode unless the second pillar is not developed as soon as possible.
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Austrian pension reform “unfinished business”
AUSTRIA – The International Monetary Fund has praised Austria’s pension reform, but highlights that the second and third pillar systems need gradual development.
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Top US consultants losing market share - report
US – “Leading firms in the investment consulting business are losing their historic stronghold on the market” – so says a new report by Cerulli Associates.
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EU Commission consults on pensions mobility
EUROPE – The European Commission has published a consultation paper on pensions mobility.
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Inflows to German investment funds halve
GERMANY – Investments into German investment funds dropped by half in August to 1.6 billion euros, according to the latest data from the BVI, Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management.
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NAPF names head of governance venture
UK – The new corporate governance venture set up by the National Association of Pension Funds and US corporate governance firm Institutional Shareholders Service has now appointed a chief executive.
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UK government amends armed forces pensions
UK – The UK government has announced changes to the Armed Forces pensions resulting in more benefits for widows and unmarried partners.
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Italian supplementary pension funds rise 2%
ITALY – Both closed and open supplementary pension funds provided positive returns of two percent and above by the end of the first half of 2003 according to COVIP, the Italian pension fund supervisory authority.
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Gartmore in hedge fund tie with Aspect Capital
UK – Gartmore is expanding its hedge fund business by forming an alliance with Aspect Capital, a global hedge fund company.
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Dexia’s assets under management rise 8.1%
BENELUX – Franco-Belgian bank Dexia has reported positive first-half results for its institutional asset management business, with an increase in assets under management in the Netherlands of 8.1%.
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French reserve fund tender closed
FRANCE – Applications for the 27 mandates for the 16 billion-euro French National Retirement Reserve Fund closed at noon today.
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Aberdeen’s property arm names new Europe head
UK – Aberdeen Property Investors has appointed Paul Aggett to oversee its Nordic, UK and continental European divisions - essentially taking the role of chairman Iain Reid.
