People – Page 125

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    Mercer Austria names new head

    2007-12-11T10:00:00Z

    [11:00 CET 11-12] AUSTRIA – Josef Papousek was named chief executive officer of consultancy Mercer’s Austrian operations.

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    Elmehagen to leave AMF Pension

    2007-12-10T11:50:00Z

    [12:50 CET 10-12] SWEDEN – Christer Elmehagen, the chief executive of Sweden’s largest fund company, AMF Pension has said he will leave the company at the end of 2008.

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    VBV poaches manager from IPE winner

    2007-12-10T11:45:00Z

    [12:45 CET 10-12] AUSTRIA – Günther Schiendl, head of investments at the APK Pensionskasse, will join the board at rival pension fund VBV from January.

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    Prime minister sacks Polish pensions supervisor

    2007-12-06T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CET 06-12] POLAND – The vice-chairman of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) with responsibility for pensions, Iwona Duda, has been dismissed by the new Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2007-12-05T11:00:00Z

    [12:00 CET 05-12] People Roundup GLOBAL – Aon, PPF, Punter Southall, SGAM, SEB, BlackRock, Hewitt, Investec, Sacker & Partners.

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    IPE winner loses heads

    2007-12-05T10:00:00Z

    [11:00 CET 05-12] AUSTRIA – Markus Zeilinger, chairman of the board, and Johannes Puhr, head of asset management, are leaving the €240m Bonus Pensionskasse.

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    Hermes gets pensions shakeup on CEO’s arrival

    2007-12-04T15:55:00Z

    [16:55 CET 04-12] UK – Rupert Clarke has been confirmed today as the chief executive of Hermes, the asset manager owned by the BT pension fund, but fresh expansion plans for the group mean a new management team is being created to take responsibility for BT’s pension fund.

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    BT reveals Chessells' replacement

    2007-12-04T13:40:00Z

    [14:40 CET 04-12] UK – Rod Kent has today been announced as the new chairman for the UK’s largest pension fund, replacing Sir Tim Chessells.

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    Ashcroft plans regulatory departure

    2007-12-03T10:25:00Z

    [11:25 CET 03-12] UK - John Ashcroft, head of strategy at the UK's Pension Regulator (tPR) is set to leave early next year, IPE has learnt.

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    Pension supervisors replace president

    2007-11-30T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CET 30-11] GLOBAL – The International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) said today it has appointed Ross Jones as its new president.

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    Axa IM modernises its institutional business

    2007-11-28T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CET 28-11] UK – Axa Investment Managers has restructured its institutional investment business and divided its team into three operations, in a bid to keep up with changing client needs.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2007-11-28T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CET 28-11] People roundup: GLOBAL – Henderson, F&C, Punter Southall, Northern Trust, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price Mercer, Investec, Barrie and Hibbert, Cohen & Steer.

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    Watson Wyatt poaches from Goldman

    2007-11-27T15:45:00Z

    [16:45 CET 27-11] GLOBAL - Watson Wyatt has persuaded Paul Richards, head of consultant relations (ex-US) at Goldman Sachs, to join its global manager research team as a ‘sustainability’ expert.

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    Carnegie EGM votes on new chair

    2007-11-22T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CET 22-11] SWEDEN - Stockholm-based Carnegie bank has elected Anders Fällman - chief executive of Carnegie shareholder Invik - as its new chairman, despite recent calls for an independent chairman to see the bank through its current troubles.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2007-11-21T12:45:00Z

    [13:45 CET 21-11] GLOBAL – People roundup: ATP, Akkermans Stroobants & Partners, Punter Southall, Watson Wyatt, Aon, BNP, Santander, Otane, ICML, Jupiter, Barings, Credit Suisse, CFA.

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    IPE AWARDS: Ambachtsheer honoured for industry contribution

    2007-11-15T22:55:00Z

    [23:55 CET 15-11] IPE AWARDS – Keith Ambachtsheer, the world-renowned expert in pensions, has been recognised for his services to the international pensions market with an Outstanding Industry Contribution award at this year’s IPE Awards in Vienna.

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    IPE AWARDS: Full list of 2007 winners

    2007-11-15T22:45:00Z

    [23:45 CET 15-11] IPE AWARDS - One individual and 27 European pension funds were presented with awards tonight for excellence in pension fund management, at this year’s European Pension Fund Awards in Vienna.

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    German pensions minister resigns

    2007-11-15T13:45:00Z

    [14:45 CET 15-11] GERMANY – German minister of labour and vice chancellor Franz Müntefering has resigned.

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    Norway fund pushes for more active management

    2007-11-15T11:00:00Z

    [12:00 CET 15-11] NORWAY - The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global is looking to hire more staff for its offices in Oslo, New York, Shanghai and London, in a push to widen its scope of active management.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2007-11-14T10:30:00Z

    [11:30 CET 14-11] GLOBAL - People roundup: Hoechster Pensionskasse, Fidelity, Mercer, European Commission, Hewitt, Certinvest, Hymans, Barings, Northern Trust, Henderson, SWIP.