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Fidelity names Benelux institutional head
BENELUX – Fidelity has appointed Vanguard’s Theo van der Meer as head of institutional business in Benelux.
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AP2’s managing director Idermark resigns
SWEDEN – Lars Idermark, managing director of the SEK158.1bn (€16.7bn) Andra AP-fonden, AP2, is to leave the buffer fund to join consumer association KF as chief executive.
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Coal scheme’s Morgan joins research firm
UK – David Morgan, chief executive of Coal Pension Trustee Services, has been appointed as non-executive chairman of new pension fund monitoring firm Blacket Research.
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Chemicals firm Ciba taps Watson (Update)
UK – Watson Wyatt says it has been appointed by chemicals firm Ciba Specialty Chemicals to manage its UK pensions administration and accounting, replacing KPMG (Updates with fresh quotes).
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Mercer hires ex-IAPF chief for new Irish unit
IRELAND – John Feely, former chairman of the Irish Association of Pension Funds, has joined Mercer to head its new retirement solutions arm in Ireland.
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AP3 names new asset allocation chief
SWEDEN – Tredje AP-fonden, the SEK160.2bn (€17.3bn) Swedish third national fund, has named Skandia Liv’s Hans Lindberg as chief strategist for asset allocation, a new role.
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Gartmore promotes Meyer to Europe CEO
EUROPE – Gartmore Investment Management has appointed Jeff Meyer, its US-based global chief financial officer, to the new role of chief executive officer for Europe.
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€1.3bn UK plumbing scheme fires Mercer
UK – Consulting firm Mercer has lost the investment consulting and scheme actuary roles at the £900m (€1.3bn) scheme for the plumbing industry.
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Germany's WestAM CEO sees asset boost
GERMANY - Institutional fund provider WestAM expects to raise its assets under management to €40bn at the end of 2007 from just under €27bn currently, its chief executive says.
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Fund body EFAMA names new president
EUROPE – Investment fund association EFAMA has appointed a new president and vice president.
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Alecta real estate manager joins Schroders
SWEDEN - The manager of Swedish pension fund Alecta’s European real estate portfolio is leaving to join Schroder Property Investment Management.
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Dutch system seen as global pension leader
NETHERLANDS – “The Dutch pensions industry had come from being a virtually unknown pension power 10 years ago, to being the global pension revolution leader today,” said Keith Ambachtsheer, academic and strategic adviser to pension plans.
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Inarcassa CEO Tosi joins alternatives house
ITALY - Paolo Tosi, chief executive of Inarcassa, the €3bn pension fund for self-employed architects and engineers, has left the fund to join alternatives group Kairos Partners.
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EnBW taps FondsConsult for €3.8bn revamp
GERMANY - Energy giant Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) has hired Munich investment consultant FondsConsult to assist it with a sweeping revamp of €3.8bn in corporate pension assets.
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Railpen hires former Lane Clark consultant
UK - Railpen Investments, which manages £15bn (€22.6bn) of pension assets for the UK rail industry, has hired a former consultant from Lane Clark & Peacock as senior investment manager.
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Mercer hires MLIM’s Williams for investment biz
UK – Mercer Investment Consulting says it has hired Cara Williams from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in New York.
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Deutsche hires UBS exec for hedge fund marketing
EUROPE – Deutsche Bank says it has hired a marketing executive from UBS as head of European distribution for its Deutsche Asset Management arm’s absolute return strategies unit.
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ABP in foreign exchange settlement move
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has joined a system aimed at reducing the risk involved in foreign exchange settlements called continuous linked settlement.
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Henderson loses out in North Yorkshire revamp
UK – The £880m (€1.31bn) North Yorkshire Pension Fund has dismissed Henderson Global Investors from a balanced mandate worth 22% of the fund.
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Italy’s TFR delayed for six months
ITALY – The Italian government has announced that the start of one of the key aspects of the pension reform, the so-called Tfr, will be postponed by six months.
