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Dutch Doctors’ scheme nabs ABP’s Wu
NETHERLANDS - Meng-lei Wu has taken up the function of treasurer at the €12bn Doctors’ Pension Fund Services, or DPFS.
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BlackRock MLIM names Benelux marketing manager
BENELUX - Mark Schipper has been named as marketing manager, Benelux for BlackRock Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
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Fidelity names German institutional sales head
GERMANY – Fidelity’s German arm has recruited Hans-Jörg Frantzmann from a Frankfurt-based asset manager as its new head of institutional sales, effective January 1.
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Morley names European marketing manager
UK – Morley Fund Management has named American Express’s Nicolas Portet as European marketing manager.
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UBS asset arm appoints Nordic sales director
SWEDEN – Henrik Af Donner has been appointed director of Nordic sales in the UBS Global Asset Management offices in Stockholm.
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Allianz gets new pension research head
GERMANY – German financial services giant Allianz has named a new head of pension research.
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Watson hires two for UK investment strategy team
UK - Watson Wyatt has made two new hires, from ABN Amro and the London Business School, for its investment strategy team.
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Liljeström to head merged €6bn Tapiola fund units
FINLAND - Tom Liljeström has been named as managing director to oversee the merger of Tapiola’s asset management and fund arms.
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Nestlé pension management firm names CEO
UK – Peter Tait, formerly investment manager of Nestlé UK Pension Trust, has been named as the head of the confectionery company’s new pension asset management company.
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CSAM gets new European COO
EUROPE – Credit Suisse has named Dresdner Kleinwort’s Joachim Mies as chief operating officer for Asset Management in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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Swissfirst affair: Siemens manager repays cash
SWITZERLAND – Roland Rümmeli, the Siemens Swiss pension investment head embroiled in the Swissfirst insider trading affair, has repaid CHF400,000 (€251,000) to his former company.
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New LPFA investment head leaves after five weeks
UK – Suzanne Ross left her role as investment director at the £3.4bn (€5bn) London Pensions Fund Authority “for personal reasons” – just five weeks after joining.
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PGGM names external audit committee members
NETHERLANDS - PGGM, the €77bn Dutch healthcare scheme, has named three external members on its audit committee, as a consequence of the new Pension Fund Governance Principles.
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Irish pensions regulator names new CEO
IRELAND – Brendan Kennedy, actuarial adviser at the Pensions Board, is to take over as chief executive of the regulator from Anne Maher.
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Rieter’s Maurer cleared over Swissfirst affair
SWITZERLAND – Swiss industrial firm Rieter has cleared Jürg Maurer, head of investments at its CHF955m (€599bn) pension fund, of any wrongdoing in the Swissfirst affair.
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Deutsche Bank nabs Insight’s Hamilton for LDI
UK – Deutsche Bank has hired former Hewitt Associates consultant Joseph Hamilton to join its Insurance and Pensions Group.
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Browne appointed at Hibernian to head L&P leadership push
IRELAND – Dermot Browne has been appointed as Hibernian Life & Pensions new managing director, the Hibernian insurance group and one of the largest in Ireland, announced today.
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NBIM looking for CFO, strategist
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs the NOK1.5trn (€182bn) Norwegian Pension Fund – Global, is looking for a chief financial officer, a new role.
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New Dutch investment consulting firm launched
NETHERLANDS – Jacco Koopmans, a former senior investment consultant at Hewitt Associates in the Netherlands, has started his own investment consultancy firm.
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ABP chairman Neervens dies aged 60
NETHERLANDS – John Neervens, chairman of the board at Dutch pension giant ABP, has died, the pension fund has announced on its website.
