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Russell hires from ING, Watson for Europe push
EUROPE – Multimanager specialist Russell Investment Group says it has hired staff from ING Investment Management and Watson Wyatt amid growth in Benelux and the Nordic countries.
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Alliance Bernstein taps Nagel for Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS – Ronald Nagel, former head of institutional business at Vanguard, has been appointed head of Benelux institutions at Alliance Bernstein’s new sales office in the Netherlands.
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Watson Wyatt names Urwin to board
GLOBAL - Watson Wyatt Worldwide has named Roger Urwin, its global practice director for investment consulting, to its board of directors.
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Society of Pension Consultants names Ashworth
UK – The Society of Pension Consultants has named Law Debenture’s Mark Ashworth to take over as president from Robert Birmingham.
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Ex-Mercer’s Donaldson joins PSolve
UK – PSolve Asset Solutions says it has hired former Mercer Investment Consulting consultant Fiona Donaldson.
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Hewitt nabs ex-HACL’s Riddaway
UK – Former HSBC Actuaries and Consultants (HACL) investment strategy head Bobby Riddaway, has been appointed client consultant at Hewitt Associates.
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ABN Amro Mellon rejigs management
UK - ABN Amro Mellon’s chief financial officer John van Verre has been appointed chief commercial officer in the first of two board-level changes announced today.
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MN Services’ treasury head joins Fortis
NETHERLANDS – Dennis van den Bosch, head of treasury at MN Services, is to join Fortis Merchant Banking as director of currency management.
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Mercer hires Punter Southall’s Vassiliades
UK – Mercer Investment Consulting has hired Punter Southall’s London office head Danny Vassiliades as a principal.
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PGGM fixed income head Schlukebir to leave
NETHERLANDS - Hans Schlukebir, head of fixed income at the €71.5bn Dutch health care sector fund PGGM, is to leave on March 1 after two years in charge of the department.
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Coal scheme says it lost confidence in GSAM
UK – The £10.1bn (€14.8bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme has said it cut its £600m global fundamental equity mandate with Goldman Sachs Asset Management because it lost confidence in the product – and that further assets may be “relocated”.
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Bank of New York’s Fraser joins JP Morgan
UK – Benjie Fraser, head of the Bank of New York’s UK pensions business, has joined JP Morgan.
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DB/DC shift may be cyclical, says UK actuary
UK – The shift from defined benefit to defined contribution pension arrangements may simply be a cyclical trend that could be reversed, says the president of the Institute of Actuaries.
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London pension fund gets new board members
UK – London Mayor Ken Livingstone has appointed former Insight Investment CIO Michael Deakin, and retired Deloitte & Touche director Icky Iqbal to the board of the £3bn (€4.4bn) London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA).
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Mellon names Wachovia’s Kelly as CEO
GLOBAL – Mellon Financial Corp. has named Wachovia’s chief financial officer Bob Kelly as its new chairman, president and chief executive to replace incumbent Martin McGuinn.
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Shell Pension’s Morgan joins F&C
UK – F&C Asset Management has appointed former Shell Pension Management Services manager Gareth Morgan to the position of fund manager in its emerging equities team.
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Korea seeks to arrest ex-Hermes fund manager
KOREA – An arrest warrant has been issued by the South Korean prosecuting authorities for former Hermes Investment Management fund manager Robert Clements, who has left the country.
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KAS Bank adds to Benelux, institutional sales
EUROPE – KAS Bank has boosted its sales staff in Benelux and the European institutional areas.
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KPMG names investment management head
UK – KPMG partner Tom Brown has been appointed as the firm’s UK head of investment management and funds.
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Germany’s BVV fund names Aden to board
GERMANY – BVV, a €17.7bn pension fund for the German financial services industry, has appointed Helmut Aden to replace Christoph von Langsdorff on its two-member board.
