People – Page 118

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    Cordares creates pensions research chair

    2008-10-02T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CEST 02-10] NETHERLANDS – Dutch professor Fieke van der Lecq has been appointed by the €26bn pensions provider Cordares as the first chair of European pension markets at Erasmus School of Economics.

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    Rümmeli convicted over Swiss kickbacks

    2008-10-02T15:10:00Z

    [16:10 CEST 02-10] SWITZERLAND – Roland Rümmeli, the former asset manager of the Siemens Pensionskasse, has been convicted by the Swiss authorities after confessing to being involved in the payment of 'kickbacks' concerning the Swissfirst merger.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-10-01T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CEST 01-10] GLOBAL: People roundup - Watson Wyatt, Corestate Capital, TKPI, Swisscanto, Kas Bank, Union Investment, HACL, Invesco Perpetual, MSIM, Aberdeen, Mercer, AXA IM, BNY Mellon Asset Management, LaSalle IM, Stoxx.

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    Ziegelbecker goes federal

    2008-10-01T10:00:00Z

    [11:00 CEST 01-10] AUSTRIA – Johannes Ziegelbecker, head of the Austrian multi-employer pension fund ÖPAG, will manage the federal Pensionskasse for civil servants (BPK) from today.

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    Shake-up changes SGAM head

    2008-09-30T14:15:00Z

    [15:15 CEST 30-09] FRANCE – Alain Clot is moving into a new role and Jean-Pierre Mustier is to become the head chief executive of Société Genérale Asset Management, in a series of major changes to the group’s senior management.

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    Lehman’s asset management sold to private equity

    2008-09-30T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CEST 30-09] GLOBAL – The bulk of Lehman Brothers’ asset management business, including the private equity division Neuburger Berman, is being moved into a new independent company carrying the Neuburger name, in a deal won by two private equity firms and its senior management.

  • New face to take on IASB pensions review
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    New face to take on IASB pensions review

    2008-09-26T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 26-09] GLOBAL - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has moved to reassure constituents its pensions accounting project has adequate staffing following the departure last week of project team member Jenny Lee.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-09-24T14:20:00Z

    [15:20 CEST 24-09] GLOBAL – Wednesday people up: APG, SAM, Metzler Asset Management, CB Richard Ellis Investors, Watson Wyatt, Schroders, Close Investments, T. Rowe Price, Mesirow Financial.

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    ÖPAG loses head

    2008-09-23T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CEST 23-09] AUSTRIA – Johannes Ziegelbecker, who has run the Austrian multi-employer Pensionskasse ÖPAG since its launch in 1990, has resigned from his position as CEO.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-09-17T13:00:00Z

    [14:00 CEST 17-09] GLOBAL – tPR, P-Solve, rpmi, Hermes, Baillie Gifford, BDO Stoy Hayward, RWC Partners, BNP Paribas, Man Investments, Schroders Property, Threadneedle, Aberdeen Asset Management, T. Rowe Price.

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    AMF Pension seeks new investment head

    2008-09-15T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 15-09] SWEDEN – AMF Pension is looking for a new chief investment officer following Sarah McPhee appointment as the new chief executive of Nordic pension provider SPP.

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    Barclays fund taps CIO to boost performance

    2008-09-15T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 15-09] UK – The £18bn (€22.7bn) UK retirement fund of retail bank Barclays has appointed ex-F&C man Tony Broccardo as its first chief investment officer (CIO), in a bid to create “a world-class pension scheme”.

  • Jürg Maurer leaves Rieter fund
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    Jürg Maurer leaves Rieter fund

    2008-09-12T16:10:00Z

    [17:10 CEST 12-09] SWITZERLAND – The pension fund of Swiss textile company Rieter is losing its portfolio manager Jürg Maurer as he is leaving to set up his own asset management business.

  • Lugano fund sacks president
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    Lugano fund sacks president

    2008-09-12T15:50:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 12-09] SWITZERLAND – The Pension fund for employees of the City of Lugano (CPCL) has sacked Giuliano 'Nano' Bignasca as president of its executive board.

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    Pioneer’s FoHF team suffers resignations

    2008-09-12T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CEST 12-09] US/IRELAND – Pioneer Investments has been forced to confirm nine people have resigned from its fund of hedge funds team but the firm is seeking to reassure clients it is business as usual.

  • Aon hires new German CEO to push business
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    Aon hires new German CEO to push business

    2008-09-10T15:55:00Z

    [16:55 CEST 10-09] GERMANY – Marco Arteaga, the chairman of the management board of Mercer Deutschland, has been appointed the new chief executive of Aon Consulting in Germany.

  • Wednesday people roundup
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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-09-10T13:00:00Z

    [14:00 CEST 10-09] GLOBAL – People roundup: PADA, SEB, Threadneedle, Fidelity International, AXA IM, Mn Services, SEI, Cardano, BAAM, Permal Group, Northern Trust, Metzler Asset Management, Mirae, Lonkal.

  • BGI snaps up Fuhr
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    BGI snaps up Fuhr

    2008-09-08T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 08-09] UK – Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has today revealed it has signed Deborah Fuhr as its global head of a newly-created exchange traded funds (ETF) research and implementation strategy.

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    €1.8bn German Verka fund divorces executives

    2008-09-05T13:30:00Z

    [14:30 CEST 05-09] GERMANY – The supervisory committee of the Pensionskasse Verka, the €1.8bn German Evangelical Church fund, has sacked its executives Bernd Kühlein and Wolfgang Völkers following a special meeting on Tuesday.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-09-03T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CEST 03-09] GLOBAL – People roundup: IBM, Nordea, Henderson Global Investors, Mercer, Watson Wyatt, UBS Global Asset Management, Insight Investment, Unigestion, Barings, Teslin Capital Management, Sophis, CFA Institute.