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Oyens hires van Berckel for institutional role
NETHERLANDS – Former Commerzbank executive Gerard-Jan van Berckel has been appointed executive director for institutional clients at Dutch bank Oyens & Van Eeghen.
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Barclays Global Investors ousts co-CEO Skirton
UK – Andrew Skirton, co-chief executive of Barclays Global Investors, has been ousted in a management shake-up.
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French banks’ CACEIS venture now operational
FRANCE – CACEIS, a new securities services joint venture between two major French banks, is now operational.
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European funds taking less risk – State Street
EUROPE – European institutional investors are currently taking less risk in the equities market – instead they are ploughing cash into the fixed income market, according to State Street’s investor confidence index.
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Hermes names head of commercial real estate
UK - Hermes, the asset manager owned by the BT Pension Scheme, has named Arlington Property Investors' Tim Turnbull as head of commercial real estate.
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Northern Trust names European pension sales VP
EUROPE – Northern Trust has named Ben Williams-Thomas as vice president responsible for custody sales to European pension funds.
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MLIM hires F&C Netherlands' van den Heuvel
NETHERLANDS - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has hired André van den Heuvel from rival F&C to head institutional sales and client service in the Netherlands, a new role.
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Akkermans Stroobants director Andre dies
BELGIUM – Antwerp-based firm Akkermans Stroobants & Partners are looking to appoint a new independent board director following the death of Eric Andre, who passed away at the end of July.
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NAPF calls for standing commission on pensions
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has called for an independent standing commission on pensions.
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Uhlmann joins INDEXCHANGE board
GERMANY – European exchange traded funds leader, INDEXCHANGE Investment, has appointed dbi’s Thomas Uhlmann to its management board in a strategic strengthening of its international sales body.
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Caulfield takes over as Mercer president
GLOBAL – Michael Caulfield has been appointed president of Mercer Human Resource Consulting, taking over from Brian Storms who has become chief executive of sister firm Marsh Inc.
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F&C CEO exits amid outflows, outsourcing delay
UK – F&C Asset Management says its chief executive Howard Carter is to retire and be replaced by former institutional chief Alain Grisay.
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Threadneedle names UK institutional head
UK – Threadneedle Investments has named Madeline Forrester as its new head of UK institutional business, effective immediately.
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UK’s Willetts joins Punter Southall as advisor
UK – Former opposition pensions spokesman David Willetts has been appointed senior policy advisor for actuarial consultancy Punter Southall & Co.
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Mercer to advise company and trustees at HBOS
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has downplayed suggestions of a potential conflict of interest in its appointment to advise banking group HBOS on pensions matters.
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Dutch rail scheme SPF hires PGGM’s Varkevisser
NETHERLANDS – The €10.4bn Dutch railway pension scheme SPF has just appointed PGGM’s Jan-Theo Varkevisser as portfolio manager for fixed income and the treasury.
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PGGM strategy head De Vrij joins ABP
NETHERLANDS – PGGM’s head of strategy and research, Gerlof De Vrij, has left the €60bn health care fund to work on a project for civil service scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP.
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Mercer hires ex-Jardine Lloyd’s Parker
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed former Jardine Lloyd Thompson senior actuary, Matthew Parker, as senior consultant.
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ING Real Estate chief quits over Polish complex
POLAND – Paul Trip, chief executive of development at ING Real Estate, has quit over problems at a shopping complex in Warsaw.
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ABN Amro Mellon makes Nordic hire
DENMARK - ABN Amro Mellon has appointed Danske Bank’s Soren Eberhard as business development manager for the Nordic market.
