All articles by IPE staff – Page 53
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News
Baillie Gifford reopens for UK segregated business
UK - Edinburgh-based asset manager Baillie Gifford (BG) will reopen its doors to segregated mandates from UK clients as of next month, having refused new business since November last year....
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Northern Trust ousts Mellon for £1.5bn custody
UK – Northern Trust has been selected to provide global custody for the £1.5bn (e2.4bn) pension fund of chemicals and pharmaceutical group Akzo Nobel....
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European pension fund awards ceremony announced
EUROPE - Investment & Pensions Europe Magazine (IPE) – parent magazine to IPE-Newsline.com, has announced the first awards ceremony specifically for Europe’s pension funds, with the aim of setting an industry benchmark for excellence in scheme management....
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Tax confusion could mean German contributions boom
GERMANY - Tax advantaged contributions to the new second pillar pensions arrangements in Germany could be much higher than generally thought, according to a report by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in Frankfurt….
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Fidelity takes advisor path to German institutions
GERMANY – Fidelity Investment Services is to beef up its institutional investment presence in Germany and Austria by growing its advisory business through its Frankfurt office, according to recently appointed director of institutional business, Olaf John....
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Olaf John joins Fidelity as institutional director
GERMANY/UK - Olaf John, the former director of European institutional business at Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has returned to Frankfurt to join Fidelity Investment Services as director of institutional business...
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Features
Looking after the planet - or number one?
In this month’s Off The Record we asked how far pension funds should be involved with the companies in which they invest. This is a particularly pertinent issue in light of recent high-profile media cases on corporate ethical policies, directors’ pay and the involvement of pension funds in extracting shareholder ...
