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    Three more leave CSAM

    2007-02-28T16:03:00Z

    EUROPE – Markus Hübscher, head of index products at Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM), has left the firm to become country head of Switzerland for Barclays Global Investors (BGI).

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    USS expands SRI team

    2007-02-26T16:46:38Z

    UK – The £29bn (€43bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has made two new hires to extend its responsible investment team.

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    BoNY appoints another to Brussels office

    2007-02-26T16:45:36Z

    BELGIUM – The Bank of New York has appointed Axel Dewitte as head of corporate actions at its Brussels office.

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    Cordares’ Kloet strikes out on his own

    2007-02-23T16:04:06Z

    NETHERLANDS – Jan Kloet, corporate development director at Dutch construction industry pensions provider, Cordares, has left the company to set up his own consultancy firm.

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    LPFA’s Scales joins EPIC investment panel

    2007-02-21T15:53:26Z

    UK – Peter Scales, former chief executive of the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA), has joined the investment panel at EPIC Investment Advisers (EIA).

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    Mercer recruits Deloitte’s Elwine

    2007-02-20T15:50:42Z

    UK – Deloitte’s Sarah Elwine has been appointed as principal at Mercer Human Resource Consulting's London-based retirement business, the company announced today.

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    ATP recruits real estate specialist

    2007-02-19T16:02:39Z

    DENMARK – Ville Raitio, head of research at European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), has been poached by the DKK371.5bn (€49.8bn) Danish labour market pension fund ATP.

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    LV 1871 hires Großmann for Liechtenstein

    2007-02-16T16:29:10Z

    GERMANY – Life insurer LV 1871 has named Martin Großmann, the former head of Chemie Pensionsfonds, as one of two managing directors for its new corporate pension fund in Liechtenstein.

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    Northern Trust builds LDI team for global push

    2007-02-15T16:00:17Z

    GLOBAL – US asset manager Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) has made a number of key appointments in London and Chicago to expand its liability driven investment (LDI) capabilities.

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    VB welcomes new Dutch pensions minister

    2007-02-15T15:50:50Z

    NETHERLANDS – Piet Hein Donner is to replace exiting social affairs minister Aart Jan de Geus, Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende said as he announced the new cabinet.

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    Belgian sector fund veteran to retire

    2007-02-14T16:16:41Z

    BELGIUM – Johan Vanbuylen is retiring as director of FBZ Electriciens, the industrywide pension plan for Belgium’s electrical sector.

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    Handelsbanken mourns Browaldh’s death

    2007-02-14T16:06:52Z

    SWEDEN – Tore Browaldh, former chief executive of Handelsbanken and current honorary chairman, has died aged 89.

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    Zurich money manager seeks new managing director

    2007-02-14T16:06:03Z

    SWITZERLAND – Zurich-based ATAG Asset Management is looking for a new managing director.

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    Head of UK fixed income quits Credit Suisse

    2007-02-14T12:30:35Z

    UK - Credit Suisse Asset Management’s head of UK fixed income, Ian Fishwick, has resigned just weeks before the arrival of new boss, Paul Griffiths from AXA.

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    Robeco strengthens institutional sales team

    2007-02-13T15:24:46Z

    NETHERLANDS – Ronald Waals is joining Robeco Asset Management’s institutional sales team from 1 March, the Dutch firm has announced today.

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    Norway fund gets new investment director

    2007-02-13T15:14:52Z

    NORWAY – Tom Fearnley has been appointed investment director at a special unit for the Government Pension Fund at the Norwegian finance ministry.

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    HSBC strengthens multi-manager team

    2007-02-12T15:29:30Z

    UK – Cara MacGregor will join HSBC Investments’ multi-manager team from Investment Solutions in April.

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    Man arrested after death of Greek pension head

    2007-02-12T15:18:48Z

    GREECE – A man has been arrested following the murder of the head of Social Insurance Institute (IKA), Greece’s largest social security organisation, according to Athens police.

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    Dutch minister De Geus nominated for OECD role

    2007-02-07T15:46:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Dutch Social Affairs’ minister Aart Jan de Geus has been put forward as deputy secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

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    HSBC expands its pension team with new hire

    2007-02-06T15:42:07Z

    UK – HSBC Securities Services EMEA (HSS) has hired Northern Trust’s Matthew Adams in a move to enhance its London based pension team.