People – Page 133
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Blue Sky’s Satumalaij to join Bouwfonds
NETHERLANDS - Blue Sky Group real estate fund manager Raymond Satumalaij is to join fund manager Bouwfonds in May.
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Credit Suisse loses CEO
EUROPE – Leonhard Fischer, Credit Suisse’s chief executive for Europe, Middle East and Africa is leaving the position just weeks after filling it at the beginning of March.
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Wednesday people roundup
DeAM, Eumedion, Dexia AM, Mn Services, HSBC, Aberdeen, AG, LGT Capital, Vescore
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Georg Seil and Towers Perrin lose consultants
GERMANY- Georg Seil, chief executive of the eponymous German investment consultancy, has confirmed that two of his senior consultants, including a team leader, are leaving.
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Senior private equity partner quitting ATP
DENMARK – Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen, managing partner at ATP Private Equity Partners is leaving.
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Mercer hires from Watson Wyatt
UK – Mercer Investment Consulting has appointed Reena Thakkar as senior associate with responsibility for advising UK clients.
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Cardano in UK recruitment drive
UK – Rotterdam-based derivatives specialist Cardano Risk Management will open its first office in the UK during the summer.
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Wednesday people roundup
Peter Walker has been appointed to the newly created role of chief operating officer at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). He had joined the UK pensions lifeboat last year as interim COO and his position has now been made permanent.
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BP hires Bridgeland as new pension CEO (updated)
UK – Sally Bridgeland is leaving consultants Hewitt to become the new chief executive of the BP pension scheme. (updated with details on the fund)
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Balls wants more voting disclosure
UK – Almost half of UK institutional investors are now disclosing their voting positions in general meetings but Ed Balls, economic secretary to the Treasury, wants this figure to rise, and urged the industry to come up with a 'comply and explain' code.
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Hoogervorst expected as financial markets head
NETHERLANDS – Former Dutch welfare minister, Hans Hoogervorst is expected to succeed outgoing head of the Dutch financial watchdog, Authority Financial Markets (AFM), Arthur Docters van Leeuwen.
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DC members save towards “soup kitchen” - Tomlinson
UK – Current defined contribution schemes will not provide sufficient means for members in retirement, Lindsay Tomlinson, vice-chairman of Barclays Global Investors, told delegates at the NAPF investment conference in Edinburgh today.
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Mercer to lose head of investment consulting to Deloitte
UK - Andy Green, one of the UK’s most senior investment consultants, is quitting Mercer for Deloitte.
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SSgA wins €1.9bn in new German business
GERMANY – State Street Global Advisors’ German arm says it took in €1.9bn in new assets during 2006, around half of which came from new institutional clients, notably pension funds.
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PGGM appoints new chief investment officers
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the €81bn pension fund for Dutch healthcare and social workers, has made another internal management reshuffle – the second one in just under 14 months.
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Feri loses hedge fund specialists (UPDATED)
GERMANY – FERI Institutional Advisors (FIA), the German investment consultant, has lost its entire hedge fund advisory team, as well as Werner Goricki, the head of the unit, it has emerged. Yesterday, IPE reported that FIA had lost Goricki and two members.
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Wednesday people roundup
Citi Alternative Investments, The Pensions Management Institute, ING IM Europe, EDHEC, SGAM, Thames River Capital
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Quarterly focus hinders sustainability – Gore
UK – Former US vice president Al Gore has told pension funds that their expectance of quarterly outperformance from managers and companies hinders sustainability.
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Schroders to close Stockholm office
SWEDEN – Schroders Investment Management is about to close its Stockholm office for all activity except for property. From June 30 its Nordic activities will be co-ordinated from Copenhagen.
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Thomas Steffen elected new CEIOPS chair
EUROPE – The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pension Supervisors (CEIOPS) has elected Thomas Steffen, Germany’s top insurance regulator, as its new chairman, effective from March 12.
