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Italy names new president of Mefop pension body
ITALY - The Association for the Development of pension funds, Mefop, whose major stake-holder is the finance ministry, has appointed a new president after Marcello Messori stepped down at the end of his term.
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HVB Group’s pension head Eckert to leave
GERMANY- Carsten Eckert, chief executive of Pension Consult, the consulting arm of HypoVereinsbank, is to leave his job in July.
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ABN Amro Mellon names European sales head
UK - ABN Amro Mellon has appointed Peter Adams to head its European sales division which targets the pensions, asset management, charities and local authority markets.
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Sweden: SPP policyholders vote to demutualise
SWEDEN – Around 90% of SPP’s policyholders have voted to demutalise the life insurer, says SPP parent Handelsbanken.
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Finatem picks up Hennings and deal flow from DZ
Germany- German mid-market private equity firm Finatem has appointed Robert Hennigs as partner and managing director of the firm’s second portfolio, which has recently has its first closing with commitments of €74m.
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Skandia recruits Eklof as chairman
SWEDEN- Swedish insurer Skandia Liv has hired Bo Ekloef from insurer SPP, part of Svenka Handesbanken, to succeed its chairman of the board, Lars Eric Ericsson, following a turbulent time for the company.
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BGI recruits Stan Beckers for active equities
UK - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has appointed Stan Beckers to the new position of senior investment strategist within its £30bn (€44.8 bn) European active equity business.
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Epic hires Hermes' White
UK – Epic Investment Consulting, a pension fund trustee advisory company, has made snapped up Adrian White from Hermes and John Siska for its panel and asked the regulator to crack down on unauthorised independent advisers.
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Fortis appoints John Brown for insitutional sales
GLOBAL - Fortis Investments, the €81bn asset management arm of Belgium financial services company Fortis Group, has appointed John Brown director of institutional sales for the US market.
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RBoS puts St David's trust into admin receivership
UK – Royal Bank of Scotland has put the St David’s Investment Trust into administrative receivership after minority shareholders objected to the restructuring proposal.
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SEB creates the Commercial Real Estate division
GERMANY - Financial banking group SEB is bringing together the real estate business of its Scandinavian Corporate and Institution Division and of its German subsidiary SEB AG Group to better target German investors.
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GES allows Nestle and Nomura into the ethical fold
SWEDEN – GES Investment Services, a Sweden-based socially responsible investments consultancy with clients managing €60bn of assets, has revised its exclusion list following improvements at Nestlé and Nomura but barred three other companies.
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Sweden's AP1 hires head of external management
SWEDEN- The 140 billion crowns (15.2 billion euros) buffer fund AP Foersta Fonden, the First Swedish National Pension Fund, has appointed SEB Asset Management’s Rikard Kjoerling to the new position of head of external management.
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Credit Suisse appoints Tochtermann
SWITZERLAND - Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has appointed Daniel Tochtermann as director and head of international real estate products targeting Swiss institutional investors.
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EFRP’s Wittemann joins PWC in Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS – The European Federation for Retirement Provision’s Marie-Christine Witteman has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow hires ex-Pilkington CIO
UK - Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow says it has hired Jeff McMahon, former chief investment officer at the 1.1 billion-pound (1.7 billion-euro) Pilkington Superannuation Scheme, which outsourced its assets to State Street last year.
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UK: Aon names development, commercial heads
UK - Aon Consulting has named Martin Good and Paul Crocker as business development and commercial directors.
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King & Shaxson says it hires Pilkington’s Wilson
UK - King & Shaxson Asset Management says it has hired Andrew Wilson from the Pilkington pension scheme.
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Nestlé pension fund’s Gillbanks joins Saudi bank
SWITZERLAND – John Gillbanks, fund manager at the 6.2 billion Swiss franc (3.8 billion-euro) Nestlé Fonds de Pension, has left to join a Saudi Arabian bank.
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Cerulli says asset managers hiring again
GLOBAL – Cerulli Associates says asset managers are starting to recruit again – though they are being “more strategic” in their choice of staff.
