All articles by IPE staff – Page 45
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Features
A big 'Yes' for the euro
The arrival of euro coins and notes on the streets of Europe – the new kid on the currency bloc – is a milestone on the road to monetary union. As the UK labour peer Lord Radice remarked, the idea of 300m Europeans using the same euro notes and coins, ...
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Alternatives join the mainstream
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to alternative investments in an attempt to boost returns, claims joint research undertaken by Goldman Sachs and Frank Russell. The report finds that since the last survey in 1999, the amount of funds committed by European investment houses to private equity has almost doubled from ...
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European pension fund in €58m manager search
EUROPE - A European corporate pension fund is currently running a preliminary search for managers for a large-cap European equities portfolio, with a value in excess of US$50m (€58m), via the IPE-Quest system
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Pensions debate needs French role, says Pickering
UK - The French had a significant part to play in the development of pensions Europe, Alan Pickering, chairman of the European Federation of Retirement Provision, said in London last night.
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Fall in Spanish mutual funds less than expected
SPAIN- The fall in assets in the Spanish mutual fund market during 2001 has been less severe than expected, according to data from Lipper. The overall assets under management of mutual funds domiciled in Spain went down by 3.4% to € 177bn during last year.
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Reid replaces Wheelan as IPE-Newsline Editor
UK – Dickon Reid becomes Editor of IPE-Newsline.com from Monday January 7 following the departure of Newsline Editor, Hugh Wheelan, to Amnesty International....
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Come out from behind that benchmark!
This month’s Off The Record was hastily rearranged to pull together your views on the recent out-of-court settlement reached between the Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), in one of Europe’s most high-profile financial court cases in years. We wanted to know what you thought the ...
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Antici to head Goldman's emerging markets team
UK - Gabriella Antici is to relocate from Brazil to London in the New Year to become head of the global emerging market equity team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management...
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Parsons to head up EFG AM global marketing push
UK – EFG Asset Management, part of the global EFG banking group, has hired John Parsons, a former sales director for Barclays International Funds, to become its marketing director....
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Mercer hires OPRA man as legal consultant
UK - Gary Crockford has been appointed as a senior legal consultant with William M. Mercer....
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Dunnett Shaw & Partners opens second UK office
UK - Pensions and IT consultancy, Dunnett Shaw & Partners (DSP), has opened their second UK office in Sheffield....
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Kvalheim to head Barclays' investment banking arm
UK - Grant Kvalheim, global head of credit products at Barclays Capital, is to take responsibility for the management of the firm’s Investment Banking Division, which manages Barclays Capital’s relationships with corporate and financial institution clients....
