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Co-head of UK equities at £29bn scheme quits
UK – Fraser Slater, co-head of the UK equities team at the £29bn (€43bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), has left and the fund is looking for replacements.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Mercer, ABN Amro AM, Invesco, Henderson, Santander AM, BGI, F&C, KAS Bank, ING Real Estate, oekom research.
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Brown comes out fighting on pensions
UK – Chancellor Gordon Brown came out fighting in a debate over his handling of occupational pensions yesterday.
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State Street recruiting UK operations chief
UK – Custodian bank State Street is looking to recruit a head of operations for its UK investor services business.
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Ex-Hewitt employee jailed for theft from client
UK – A former Hewitt Associates pensions administrator has been given a 21-month prison sentence for stealing more than a quarter of a million pounds from a client.
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Parker to head consolidated HSBC DC business
UK – Banking group HSBC has consolidated its UK defined contribution pensions administration offering.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL - CalSTRS, AXA, Tremont, Morgan Stanley, PIMCO, Mercer, PIC, Threadneedle, Northern Trust, GES, BISYS.
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British Coal scheme goes into absolute returns
UK – The £11.9bn (€17.5bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme says is cutting its allocation to listed equities, especially those in the UK, and replacing it with a 20% exposure to absolute returns via private equity.
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Switzerland’s ASIP names new president
SWITZERLAND – The management board of Swiss pension fund lobby group ASIP has nominated Christoph Ryter to succeed current president Hans Ender.
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Outgoing SWIP CEO Phillips dies (Update)
UK – Chris Phillips, who recently announced his departure as chief executive of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership to join Morley Fund Management, has died during a holiday in Spain aged 50 (Updates with further information).
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UK's PPF recruiting investment chief
UK - The Pension Protection Fund is looking to recruit a chief investment officer, a new role.
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Wednesday people roundup
Insight, Barings, BlackRock, Mercer, Henderson, CSAM, PensionsRisk, Northern Trust, Dexia AM, Fabien Pictet, Sacker & Partners, Mellon.
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AXA IM nabs Fidelity’s Hall for UK role
UK – Martin Hall, co-head of fixed income at Fidelity International, has been appointed as the new head of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) in the UK.
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DeAM names global institutional product head
GLOBAL – Deutsche Asset Management has named Sal. Oppenheim’s Frank Klein as its new global head of institutional product management and development.
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Pension impact in TNT job cull
NETHERLANDS – TNT Post, the Dutch postal service company, has announced possible changes to its pension scheme amid a cull of around 7,000 of its total 58,000 jobs.
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€5bn Swiss energy fund names CFO
SWITZERLAND – Pensionskasse Energie, a CHF8.5bn (€5.2bn) pension fund for the Swiss energy sector, has appointed Bernard Rasper as its new chief financial officer.
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Mercer chief executive earns $2.3m
GLOBAL – Michele Burns, the new chief executive at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, earned $2.3m (€1.7m) in 2006.
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Irish reserve fund’s real estate chief departs
IRELAND – Ian Gleeson, head of property at Ireland’s €18.8bn National Pensions Reserve Fund, is to join Morley Fund Management.
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Troubled Greek scheme gets new head
GREECE – Andreas Kintis has been appointed as the chairman of the Greek Civil Servants’ Auxiliary Fund (TEADY), following his predecessor’s forced resignation over bond-overpricing allegations.
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Taube starts new fund
UK – Veteran fund manager Nils Taube has set up a new company and is trying to lure over clients from his old venture for his first fund.
