All articles by Helen Avery – Page 9
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New head for SEI Investments France
FRANCE – SEI Investments has appointed Jean-Louis Azoulay as head of its French business unit.
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Hewitt forms alliance for German market
GERMANY – Consultant, Hewitt Associates, is strengthening its services in the German market.
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No change in investment strategy for UK employers
UK – UK employers are not planning on changing their investment strategy and are confident that they will ride out current pensions difficulties, according to research by Aon Consulting.
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European institutions turn to stocks - Greenwich
EUROPE – Continental European institutional investors are turning to equities and alternatives in an attempt to boost returns, according to research by Greenwich Associates.
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Degussa revamps pension fund, tenders mandates
GERMANY – German chemical company Degussa has re-organised its 2.4 billion-euro pension fund resulting in six mandates being put out to tender.
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Julius Baer asset management head Schuhen leaves
SWITZERLAND – Veit Schuhen, head of asset management at Julius Baer, has left the firm after only 10 months following “conflicting viewpoints”.
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ABN AMRO Asset Management appoints new head
NETHERLANDS – Huibert Boumeester has been appointed to head up ABN AMRO Asset Management.
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New CIO for Vontobel as investment process streamlined
SWITZERLAND – The Vontobel Group is bringing together the investment side of its two businesses with a newly appointed chief investment officer, Giuseppe Benelli.
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Russian system creaks into action
Russia’s pension reform has been slow in coming. For the past eight years, a three-pillar system has gradually been taking shape, and over the past two years, developments to the second pillar appear to have now been finalised. Back in January, President Putin signed the law to allow private asset ...
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Swiss court rejects challenge to Winterthur
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss federal council has rejected demands by the Federal Office for Social Security to re-examine Winterthur’s new second pillar model.
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Hewitt bolsters UK investment team
UK – Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow has bolstered its investment team with the appointment of Anne Freeman and John Belgrove.
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AP1 names seven managers for E656m Asia brief
SWEDEN – Sweden’s first national pension fund, Första AP-fonden or AP1, has appointed seven managers for its actively managed Asia-Pacific equity portfolio.
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Schroders unveils indirect property fund
UK –Schroder Property Investment Management is launching a UK indirect property fund to institutional investors.
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Germany: Deutsche says ageing to hit property
GERMANY – Germany’s investment products must diversify more strongly across regions and property categories, says Deutsche Bank.
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Ex-PIMCO's Parry joins Schroders
UK – Mark Parry, formerly of PIMCO Europe, has joined Schroder Investment Management.
