Markets – Page 274
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SEI up and running with first UK mandate
SEI, the US multi-manager firm has picked up its first UK institutional investment mandate since setting up its London operations...
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Royal Trust beefs up European sales presence
EUROPE - Royal Trust Global Securities in London has expanded its European sales team by appointing two new directors of business development... And all this weeks major European people moves
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CalPers chooses AXA for European equity brief
US – The giant US$160bn (e171.5bn) California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPers) has selected AXA Rosenberg Investment Management to manage a US$600m European broad market equity portfolio...
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Scheme specific benchmarks become the norm
UK- More than half of UK pension funds have now adopted their own benchmarks and follow a scheme specific investment policy, according to analysis by UK performance measurer CAPS...
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BAM sweeps £60m from UK supermarket fund
UK – Supermarket chain Somerfield’s £300m pension scheme has appointed Baring Asset Management as manager to a £60m UK fixed income portfolio...
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New fund invests in Balkan opportunities
UK - London-based Ashmore Investment Management has announced the closure of its new Balkan Regeneration fund with an initial subscription of $20m (e 21.5m) from institutional investors.
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PIMCO strengthens Benelux position
Marc van Heel has been appointed senior vice president and director of business development for the Netherlands and Belgium at PIMCO. And other moves of note.
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Standard Life stresses importance of UK budget
UK- Asset manager Standard Life Investments has warned investors to pay particular attention to Chancellor Gordon Brown’s March 7th budget given its proximity to the general election.
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Euroclear Group's turnover climbs by 15%
Euroclear group's turnover increased in 15% during 2000, according to figures released by the organisation today. These annual results confirm the group's position as the world's largest settlement system for domestically and internationally traded bonds and equities.
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IAIM assets under management reach Ir£48.2bn
Pensions assets managed by the13 members of the Irish Association of Investment Managers, rose by just 1.1% in 2000 to Ir£48.22bn. This includes not just assets in segregated accounts but those held in insurance policies and unit trusts.
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Schroders' assets under management fall £10.1bn
UK asset management group, Schroders, saw assets under management fall from £142.6bn (€223.2bn) in 1999 to £132.5bn in 2000, according to preliminary results.
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Maguire to head SWIP global marketing push
** Maguire to head SWIP global marketing ** Fiach Maguire joins Scottish Widows Investment Partnership as director of global marketing....and all the rest of this weeks major people moves....
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European equities could be best bet
EUROPE – At a time of slowing economic growth in the US, Europe could prove to be a haven for investors, says Mark Pignatelli, head of European equities at Schroders...
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STOXX beefs up regional sales teams
STOXX has made a raft of appointments to its regional marketing and sales teams with Kevin Pilarski appointed regional director for the Americas and Jon Winslade regional director for the Netherlands and the UK.... and all the rest of the week's major people moves......
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Schroders gets Korean green light
SOUTH KOREA – UK fund manager Schroders has become the first foreign asset management company to be given a preliminary fund management licence in the Republic of Korea...
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Antonsson takes top spot at Telia fund
Peter Antonsson has been appointed to head the Farsta-based Telia pensionsstiftelse (pension fund) for the Swedish telecommunications company....and the rest of the weeks prominent people moves.....
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UK fund allocates £112m into multinational equity
UK - The £330m (e527m) Southern Water Pension Schemes has appointed Dresdner to invest a third of its assets in multinational equities...
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J Walter Thompson Trustees drops Schroders
UK – J Walter Thompson Trustees has split its £50m pension fund into three separate specialist portfolios - following the closure of the fund, dropping Schroder Investment Management in the process...
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FTSE becomes international benchmark for CalPers
FTSE has become the sole index provider for $160bn US superfund CalPers’ $36bn in international equities....
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F&C rolls out new SICAV range
UK – Foreign & Colonial (F&C) has launched a number of Luxembourg-based equity and bond SICAVs aimed at both the institutional and retail markets...
