People – Page 122

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    Diary delight: From pensions to iTunes

    2008-04-16T15:00:00Z

    DIARY: Those of you who remember Geof Pearson, who retired last year as manager and secretary of the £3.8bn (€5.5bn) Sainsbury pension fund after 18 years, might be interested to know he has just released his first CD, called Newton's Blues.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-04-09T13:00:00Z

    [14:00 CEST 09-04] GLOBAL – Wednesday people roundup: CSAM, Sate Street, NTGI, Fidelity, SGAM, Citigroup, Rodamco, Aon, BNY Mellon, Pictet Funds, TPR, Allen & Overy.

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    PGGM’s Van Essen takes the chair at PensioenCoöperatie

    2008-04-08T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 08-04] NETHERLANDS – Heino van Essen, former chairman of the executive directors at PGGM, has joined the Dutch pension cooperative, PensioenCoöperatie, as its new chairman.

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    Swedish funds see management changes (updated)

    2008-04-07T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CEST 07-04] SWEDEN – Swedish pension buffer fund Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4) has appointed Björn Kvarnskog as global equities manager, while there are further changes at AP2 and AP3.

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    SWIP restructures European team

    2008-04-03T15:55:00Z

    [16:55 CET 03-04] EUROPE - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has cut the size of its European sales team from 10 to seven people, as part of a restructuring and review of its continental business.

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    Beenen to promote alternative strategies at Mercer

    2008-04-03T14:15:00Z

    [15:15 CEST 03-04] NETHERLANDS – Jelle Beenen, who until this week was head of alternative investments at PGGM, is planning to help smaller pension funds devise innovative strategies in his new role at Mercer.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-04-02T10:30:00Z

    [11:30 CET 02-04] GLOBAL – Wednesday people roundup: TPR,NTGI, Lehman Brothers, Union Investment, Watson Wyatt, SWIP, Mercer, Schroders, BlackRock, Edhec.

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    Ospel quits UBS amid further write-downs

    2008-04-01T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 01-04] SWITZERLAND – Crisis-ridden Swiss bank UBS has announced another capital increase to balance out further write downs of $19bn (€12bn) on subprime related assets.

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    Watson’s Urwin hands reins to Hess

    2008-03-31T09:30:00Z

    [10:30 CEST 31-03] GLOBAL – Roger Urwin is stepping down as global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt to take a new role focused on wider investment development and research.

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    Kas Bank board seeks Frijns' arrival

    2008-03-27T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CET 27-03] NETHERLANDS – Dutch securities bank Kas Bank today has said it will propose Jean Frijns, former director of investments at Dutch pension fund ABP, as a new supervisory director.

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    Belgium names pension minister

    2008-03-26T15:20:00Z

    [16:20 CET 26-03] BELGIUM – Marie Arena of the Francophone Parti Socialiste has when she joined the federal government as minister of social integration and pensions.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-03-26T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CET 26-03] GLOBAL People roundup – Investment Solutions, Cardano, SWIP, IFDS, Hymans Robertson, Pimco, Axa Framlington, Resolution, AXA Rosenberg, Montae, Brown, Chi-X.

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    Watson Wyatt replaces corporate consulting head

    2008-03-25T12:15:00Z

    [13:15 CET 25-08] UK – Rashpal Bhabra will take over as head of corporate consulting in the UK at investment consultant Watson Wyatt in London.

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    PME’s van Els sets up shop

    2008-03-25T11:30:00Z

    [12:30 CET 25-08] NETHERLANDS – Bram van Els, the spokesman for and communications head of PME, the Dutch industry wide pension fund for the metal and electro industry, is to launch his own consultancy business.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-03-19T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CET 19-03] GLOBAL – People roundup: Watson Wyatt, Pioneer, Henderson, Schroders, ETF Securities, ITS, Freshfields, ING, Northern Trust.

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    Snippe resigns from Philips scheme’s board

    2008-03-14T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CET 14-03] NETHERLANDS - Jan Snippe, member of the management board of the €14.6bn Philips pension fund has resigned, a company spokesman has confirmed.

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    APG names new senior adviser

    2008-03-13T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CET 13-03] NETHERLANDS – APG, the newly-established separate administration body of the giant Dutch ABP pension scheme, has today announced the appointment of Herman Hintzen as senior adviser.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-03-12T13:45:00Z

    [14:45 CET 12-03] GLOBAL people roundup – ING IM, CAAM, Mercer, Sentinel, MSIM, Watson Wyatt, Hewitt, Threadneedle, LGIM, HACL, State Street Corporation, CBRE, Toscafund, Rowanmoor.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2008-03-05T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CET 05-03] GLOBAL: People roundup – Watson Wyatt, Hewitt, ING, Aberdeen, Close Brothers, BlackRock, SWIP, Henderson, Invesco, PCS, Pioneer, Cazenove.

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    Søbjerg Nielsen departs PFA

    2008-02-27T15:35:00Z

    [16:35 CET 27-02] DENMARK - Danish pension fund PFA has announced Niels Søbjerg Nielsen has resigned as its group director, but all those involved remain tight-lipped about the reason for his departure.