People – Page 127
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Wednesday people roundup
[11:30 CEST 03-10] GLOBAL – PGGM, GSAM, HSBC, State Street, Barings, CEIOPS, Nordea, Hewitt, Mercer, BlackRock, DekaBank, Sprenkels & Verschuren, Aon.
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Swiss newspaper apologises over Swissfirst scandal
[17:00 CEST 02-10] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss tabloid 'Blick' has apologised to Jürg Maurer, head of investments at Rieter Pensionskasse, for the way it portrayed him in its coverage of the Swissfirst scandal.
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'If you don’t know it, don’t buy it' – Laboul
[16:45 CEST 01-10] EUROPE – Pensions funds should be more prudent to prevent losses on asset-backed securities related for instance to the recent US subprime credit crunch, says the OECD’s Andre Laboul.
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UBS changes top team and cuts 1500 jobs
[14:00 CEST 01-10] SWITZERLAND – UBS has announced a major reshuffle of its senior management following the recent market turbulence.
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Wednesday people update
[11:00 CEST 26-09] GLOBAL – People moves roundup: Permira, Caceis, BlackRock, State Street, Watson Wyatt, BNP Paribas, NBIM, Fortis, Investec, Millennium Global Investments, Premier Pensions Management, Morse, Nordea.
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CAAM appoints new CEO
[16:45 CEST 19-09] EUROPE – Crédit Agricole is expected to remain unscathed by subsidiary Calyon's €250m unauthorised trading loss amid the credit market turmoil as new chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the CAAM group Yves Perrier prepares to take over the reigns of its asset management arm.
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Wednesday people update
[16:45 CEST 19-09] GLOBAL – Syz, PIMCO, F&C, CBRE, BVI, NTGI, JPMAM, BDO Stoy Hayward, AXA IM, T. Rowe Price, LCP, Esofac
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Norway fund's Kjær to step down (Update)
[11:30 CEST 19-09] NORWAY – Knut Kjær, head of the €235bn Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, has resigned after 10 years at the helm to "pursue new challenges". (Updated with quotes from Kjær)
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Grancio to head Indexchange as Fehrenbach resigns
[16:50 CEST 17-09] GERMANY – Andreas Fehrenbach, chief executive of Indexchange, is resigning after just one year in his post.
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CEIOPS gets new secretary general
[15:45 CEST 17-09] EUROPE – Alberto Corinti has resigned as secretary-general of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS).
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Scales heads Enhanced Analytics
[15:15 CEST 17-09] UK – Former LPFA chief Peter Scales has been appointed as chief executive of Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI), which seeks to encourage investment research to look at 'extra-financial' issues.
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Borgdorff to leave VB (Updated)
[11:47 CEST 17-09] NETHERLANDS – Peter Borgdorff has announced he will step down as director of the Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB) to join major Dutch pension fund PGGM.
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DNB director Dirk Witteveen dies
[15:48 CEST 14-09] NETHERLANDS – Dirk Witteveen, a director at the financial regulator and pensions supervisor De Nederlandsche Bank, has died.
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Wednesday people roundup
[12:00 CEST 12-09] GLOBAL – People roundup: Pimco, Robeco, Barnett Waddingham, NTGI, Morley, Standard Life, CSAM, KPMG, Mercer, Watson Wyatt, Hewitt, Investec, OMEGA, ProTRUST, PPF, AP1.
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VB to set up separate pension commission
[11:00 CEST 11-09] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch organisation for industry-wide pension funds, VB plans to establish a pension commission focusing on the export of the Dutch pension system.
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USS strengthens alternatives team
[16:45 CEST 10-09] UK – The £30bn (€44.2bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme has hired from Railpen Investments (RPMI) and private equity firm Klesch & Company Limited.
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Sainsbury’s gets new pensions head
[16:00 CEST 10-09] UK – David Brennan has been appointed as head of pensions at the £2.1bn (€3.1bn) pension fund of UK supermarket retailer J.Sainsbury.
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BlackRock co-founder leaves
[16:00 CEST 07-09] GLOBAL – Ralph Schlosstein, president and co-founder of BlackRock has announced he will leave the company to "pursue other entrepreneurial interests”.
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Regulators to head up Holland Financial Centre
[12:30 CEST 07-09] NETHERLANDS - The new Holland Financial Centre has appointed Akkie Lansberg as its chief executive officer and another member of the existing supervisory team as her deputy.
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Hewitt signs Strathclyde man
[16:50 CEST 06-09] UK – David Crum left the £9.8bn (€14.5bn) Strathclyde pension fund and will be joining consulting firm Hewitt.
