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ABP hires ex-BGI’s Holdsworth for overlay
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has hired Kate Holdsworth, the former head of UK portfolio management at Barclays Global Investors.
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SWIP hires Barings’ Ortving as Nordic head
NORDIC – Scottish Widows Investment Partnership says it has hired Martin Ortving from Baring Asset Management to head its Nordic business.
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Towers Perrin hires two from Watson Wyatt
UK – Towers Perrin has hired two consultants from Watson Wyatt, Huck Ch'ng and David Finn.
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Mercer wins demerged Six Continents pension fund admin
UK – The demerger of the Six Continents leisure group has resulted in Mercer Human Resource Consulting winning the pension administration business for the group’s four former pension schemes.
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SWIP names Bolton as head of European equities
UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has named Nigel Bolton as head of European equities.
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Watson Wyatt names head of UK investment strategy
UK - Watson Wyatt has appointed Chris Ford to the new role of head of investment strategy in the UK following a three-year secondment in the US.
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AP1 hires Mercer, ORTEC/Towers Perrin
SWEDEN – The first Swedish buffer fund the 127 billion-crown (13.7 billion-euro) AP1 has tapped Mercer and ORTEC/Towers Perrin as strategic advisors.
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State Street hires former Xerox pensions chief
UK – State Street Corp. has hired Tony Phillips, the former director of pensions at Xerox, to be head of its London-based consultant management team.
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Linde taps Mercer for UK investment consulting
UK – German industrial group Linde – in the news over the treatment of pension liabilities by ratings agencies - has appointed Mercer Human Resource Consulting in the UK.
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Marsh & McLennan, CalPERS in spat over Putnam
US – Marsh & McLennan has hit back at CalPERS’ claims that the market timing problems at its Putnam Investments arm are Enron-like, saying the claim is “outrageous”.
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Grafische Bedrijfsfondsen names new chief
NETHERLANDS – The 6.4 billion-euro pension fund for the Dutch printing industry, Stichting Pensioenfonds voor de Grafische Bedrijfsfondsen, has named Paul van Leeuwen as its new general director.
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AMF Pension names AP4’s McPhee as CIO
SWEDEN – AP4’s head of performance and risk control, Sarah McPhee, has accepted what she termed an “irresistible offer” to join AMF Pension as chief investment officer.
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BNP Paribas AM hires MLIM's Rudigoz
FRANCE - BNP Paribas Asset Management says Olivier Rudigoz has joined its European Equity team as product head for euro equities.
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Mellon boosts European transition management
EUROPE - Mellon Global Investments has hired Julie Dickson from Barclays Global Investments to be director of transition management marketing for Europe.
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Two top executives leave State Street
EUROPE – Two top executives – UK investor services’ Richard Fodder and Luxembourg funds’ Thierry Logier - have left State Street.
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Germany’s BVK has smooth asset transition
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, says the transition of assets to its new array of external managers has gone very smoothly.
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Britannic hires finance chief from Winterthur UK
UK – Britannic Group, which recently closed its retirement arm to new business, has named Graham Singleton as group finance director.
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Legg Mason names institutional sales director
UK – Legg Mason Investments has appointed Spencer Ahluwalia as director of institutional sales.
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Finland’s OP hires Nordea’s Backstrom as CIO
FINLAND – Magnus Backstrom has been appointed as chief investment officer for the OP Bank Group Insurance and Pensions.
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Northern Trust adds to European client service
UK – Northern Trust Global Investments has made two new appointments to its European institutional client service team.
