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    TNO awards extra €20m to MN Services

    2006-01-04T03:27:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The pension fund of technical research institute TNO has awarded an additional €20m in international real estate assets to MN Services, MN said.

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    Dutch governance body Eumedion launches

    2005-12-22T03:54:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The corporate governance forum Eumedion – formerly known as SCGOP – has started under its new name with nine new members.

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    BT Scheme joins Enhanced Analytics Initiative

    2005-12-20T03:39:00Z

    UK – The £33bn (€57bn) BT Pension Scheme has become the latest member of the Enhanced Analytics Initiative, which seeks to encourage investment research to look at extra-financial issues.

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    Unilever sets up €5bn asset pooling vehicle

    2005-12-20T03:39:00Z

    EUROPE – Consumer products group Unilever has set up a pension asset pooling vehicle called Univest which could grow to around €3-5bn in size.

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    Hoogovens scheme’s Bronger joins Robeco

    2005-12-16T03:57:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Patrick Bronger, senior investment manager at the €5.3bn Hoogovens pension fund, has joined Robeco’s hedge fund department.

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    Dutch insurance association CEO to retire

    2005-12-15T04:01:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Eric Fisher is take early retirement from his post as chief executive of the Association of Dutch Insurers, VvV, and be succeeded by Richard Weurding.

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    ABP joins Enhanced Analytics Initiative

    2005-12-13T03:48:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The €187bn Dutch civil service pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has joined the Enhanced Analytics Initiative as a full member.

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    Dutch doctors tap WM for measurement

    2005-12-13T03:46:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Doctors Pension Funds Services, which runs a combined €11.7bn for the two Dutch doctors’ schemes, has awarded a performance measurement brief to State Street’s WM arm.

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    GE’s Dutch scheme secretary Boesveld retires

    2005-12-09T04:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – The €500m Dutch pension scheme of US industrial group General Electric has appointed former scheme director Jan Aerts as the new board secretary from January 1.

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    Mercer names multi-management president

    2005-12-09T03:46:00Z

    GLOBAL – Mercer has named Fidelity’s Phil de Cristo as president of its multi-manager arm Mercer Global Investments, a new role.

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    Northern Trust names Dutch asset servicing sales head

    2005-12-08T10:20:00Z

    UK – Northern Trust has appointed Eric Pouwels as the new head of asset servicing business development for the Dutch institutional market.

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    Aegon institutional chief joins board

    2005-12-08T04:08:00Z

    NETHERLANDS – Aegon management board member Jan Overmeer is due to retire next year – to be replaced by corporate and institutional client chief executive Erik van Houwelingen.

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    UK actuarial standards board chair named

    2005-12-08T03:44:00Z

    UK – Former Laurentian Financial Group chief executive Paul Seymour has been appointed chairman of the UK’s new actuarial standards board.

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    PIMCO boosts its Swiss team

    2005-12-07T03:32:00Z

    SWITZERLAND – Specialist fixed-income manager PIMCO has appointed Joachim Suter to the position of Swiss head of institutional business development.

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    USS names JP Morgan’s Holmes to board

    2005-12-07T03:32:00Z

    UK – The £25bn (€37bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has appointed Virginia Holmes as co-opted director and investment committee chair.

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    MSIM hires ex-GSAM European equities co-CIO

    2005-12-05T04:21:00Z

    EUROPE - Hywel George, former co-chief investment officer of European equities at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has joined rival Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

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    Buck’s investment research head Treich exits

    2005-12-05T03:53:00Z

    UK – Rob Treich, head of investment research at Buck Consultants, has left to join Mercer Investment Consulting.

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    TNO's van Ballegooijen to retire next month

    2005-12-02T03:36:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Joop Ruijgrok has been appointed director of the pension fund of technical research institute TNO, the scheme has announced.

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    Lenfers takes up new post with Sarasin

    2005-12-01T03:53:00Z

    GERMANY – The German arm of Swiss asset manager Sarasin has recruited Marco Lenfers from a German private bank for the new position of senior advisor, institutional clients.

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    Sweden's AP2 names new chief executive

    2005-11-29T02:02:00Z

    SWEDEN – Andra AP-fonden, the SEK173bn (€18.2bn) Second Swedish National Pension Fund or AP2, has appointed Eva Halvarsson as chief executive.