People – Page 119

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    Blue Sky Group seeks CIO (amended)

    2008-09-03T11:45:00Z

    [11:45 CEST 03-09] NETHERLANDS – Fons Lute, chief investment officer of Blue Sky Group, the manager of KLM’s Dutch pension assets, has left to join PGGM.

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    PPF's CEO to step down

    2008-08-28T13:15:00Z

    [13:15 CEST 28-08] UK – Partha Dasgupta, chief executive of the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has announced he will step down from the role in June 2009 in search of fresh challenges.

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    One in eight Europeans to reach age 80

    2008-08-27T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CEST 27-08] EUROPE – The number of people living to the age of 80 or more will almost triple by 2060, and almost one-third of the population will be over 65, the European Commission is predicting.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-08-27T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CEST 27-08] GLOBAL – People roundup: State Street, Hermes, HSBC Actuaries & Consultants, MetLife, Sinopia AM, Alexander Forbes Trustee Services. F&C, New Star International, Barrie & Hibbert

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-08-20T14:45:00Z

    [15:45 CEST 20-08] People roundup: GLOBAL – SPP, Governance for Owners, DNB, Invesco Perpetual, ABI, RCM, CFA Institute, Xafinity Consulting.

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    Trustee consultant Pickering to switch sides

    2008-08-18T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CEST 18-08] UK – Alan Pickering, a partner at Watson Wyatt and a long-standing adviser to pension fund trustees, is leaving the firm at the end of the year to switch sides and becoming a trustee as well as chairman of Bestrustees.

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    €2.8b Horeca fund seeks new director

    2008-08-15T15:50:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 15-08] NETHERLANDS – Horeca, the €2.8bn industry-wide pension fund for the Dutch hotel, restaurant, cafe and catering industry today said it is looking for a new managing director, following the resignation of Eric Uijen.

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    Ethos warms to 'positive' UBS moves, but S&P is hesitant

    2008-08-13T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CEST 13-08] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Ethosfund has welcomed new appointments to the UBS board but ratings agency S&P is still questioning whether the Swiss-based firm can improve its position in the short-term.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-08-13T14:45:00Z

    [15:45 CEST 13-08] GLOBAL - People roundup: Russell, Baring, Mercer, Schroders, LCP, Sacker & Partners, Royal London, Hewitt, Hermes, Xafinity Claybrook.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-08-06T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CEST 06-08] GLOBAL – People roundup: Thomson Reuters, F&C, RCM, Aon, Vanguard, Composition Capital Partners, Northern Trust, SLCP.

  • F&C’s Peter Hans Budde dies
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    F&C’s Peter Hans Budde dies

    2008-08-04T14:15:00Z

    [15:15 CEST 04-08] NETHERLANDS – Peter Hans Budde, the country head of F&C’s Dutch office in Amsterdam, has died at the age of 51.

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    Flynn to share BoI pensions experience

    2008-07-30T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 30-07] IRELAND – Frank Flynn, former head of group pensions at the Bank of Ireland, has opened a pension consultancy business to share his expertise with businesses and pension funds reviewing their pensions strategies and governance.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-07-30T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CEST 30-07] GLOBAL: People roundup – Threadneedle Asset Management, Pioneer, Aegon, Bfinance, Mercer, AXA IM, BNP Paribas.

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    Changes at the top for Hewitt’s consultancy

    2008-07-29T15:45:00Z

    [16:45 CEST 29-07] GLOBAL – Perry Brandorff and Roger Parkin are stepping down from their roles as heads of Hewitt Associates’ global and European consulting businesses, after over 25 years with the firm.

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    Shareholders called to step up chairmanship scrutiny

    2008-07-23T15:25:00Z

    [16:25 CEST 23-07] UK/GLOBAL – Companies must expect more scrutiny and pressure from shareholders managing pension fund assets, according to officials at UK investment house Legal & General Investment Management, to ensure they act responsibly and efficiently in the interests of shareholders, staff and customers during the current economic climate.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-07-23T14:15:00Z

    [15:15 CEST 23-07] People roundup: GLOBAL – UBS, SSgA, Newton, Redington Partners, Barrie & Hibbert, Alexander Forbes, Mercer, Russell, Aon, BNP Paribas, Wilshire, Halbis, Watson Wyatt.

  • News

    Few Slovaks move to opt out

    2008-07-22T14:30:00Z

    SLOVAKIA – Just 6% of Slovakians had chosen to leave the second pillar pension system by the end of the recently implemented 'opt-out' deadline, figures reveal, but new member inflow will be slower from now on as it is no longer mandatory.

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    €24bn Finnish fund loses manager selector

    2008-07-18T14:55:00Z

    [15:55 CEST 18-07] FINLAND – The head of external equity manager selection at the Local Government Pensions Institution (LGPI), Finland’s largest retirement fund, has left her post.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-07-16T11:06:00Z

    [12:06 CEST 16-07] GLOBAL – Aon, A.G. Bisset & Co, Pioneer, Aegon, BlackRock, Credit Suisse, Cardano, CAAM, CBRE, Watson Wyatt, Alcentra, HSBC, Invalda.

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    DKK25bn Teachers' fund appoints Sørensen as manager selector

    2008-07-14T14:57:00Z

    [15:57 CEST 14-07] DENMARK - The DKK25bn (€3.4bn) Danish teachers’ fund, Laerernes Pension, has appointed a fixed income specialist, Morten Roed Sørensen to be its new portfolio manager.