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Morgan Stanley hires trio of new managers
UK – Morgan Stanley Investment Management has bolstered its equity investment teams with the addition of three new executives....
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Mellon makes Brisk move for global COO
Global - Mellon Global Investments has appointed Greg Brisk as chief operations officer (COO)...
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Inalytics hires for buy-side transaction cost team
UK - Inalytics, the transaction cost measurement company has made a string of new hires to augment a new buy-side transaction cost analysis (TCA) team...
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Ex-KPMG pensions head Evers joins Aon
UK – Actuarial consultant Aon has hired Charles Evers, a former head of KPMG’s pensions practice, as a principal in its executive benefits practice.
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HBOS names Insight department heads
UK – HBOS’s asset management arm, Insight Investment, has announced the new heads of desk for its teams following the acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management in December.
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Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow boosts UK investment team
UK – Consultancy firm Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow has recruited four new members to its investment team following increased demand.
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Invesco hires DC experts from Deutsche, Mercers
UK – Invesco has hired the head of Deutsche Asset Management’s defined contributions sales and a European principal from Mercer Human Resource Consulting as it seeks to gain market share.
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Regulator approves new Italian transport fund
ITALY – Italy’s regulatory authorities have given the all-clear to a new complementary industry-wide pension fund for Italy’s workers in public transport services and associated companies, Fondo Priamo.
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Buck hires Mercer’s Littlewood for NW England
UK – Mellon Financial Corp.’s Buck Consultants has hired a former Mercer Investment Consulting senior investment consultant for its Manchester office in the north west of England.
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Ex-Invesco CEO joins CSTIM board
UK – The former chief executive of Invesco UK, Hugh Ward, has joined the board of CSTIM, or Consulting Services to Investment Managers, as a non-executive director.
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Switzerland’s Partners in venture with Sauerborn
GERMANY/SWITZERLAND – Swiss alternative asset manager Partners Group and German private asset manager and financial service provider Sauerborn Trust AG (formerly FERI Family Office AG) have launched a joint venture in Switzerland aimed at high net worth individuals.
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Higgs report: summary of proposals
UK – Former S G Warburg banker Derek Higgs made his recommendations on reforming the role of non-executive directors (see separate story). Below is a summary of Higgs’ key proposals:
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Mercer HR names UK client development head
UK – Consultancy firm Mercer has named a former Royal Bank of Scotland marketing and strategy director as its head of UK client development in its human resources arm.
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Polish pensions body joins EFRP
POLAND - The Polish Chamber of Pension Funds has joined the European Federation for Retirement Provision – the first fruit of the EFRP’s push into expanding its membership in countries that are set to join the European Union.
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Mercer Investment Consulting names Europe head
UK – Mercer Investment Consulting has bolstered its operations in Ireland and Continental Europe with the appointment of Divyesh Hindocha as head of the Ireland and Continental Europe practice.
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HVB’s Activest makes management changes
GERMANY - The Activest group, Germany’s sixth largest fund manager and the investment arm of HVB, has made changes at senior level following the departure of two of its executives.
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AIMA names chairman as membership surges
UK – The Alternative Investment Management Association has named Christopher Fawcett as its new chairman, following a 34% growth in its membership.
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AP2 appoints 13 external managers
SWEDEN - The 13.6 billion euro second Swedish national pension fund, AP2, has appointed what it calls a “network” of 13 external investment managers in 14 separate equity sectors – though no agreements about size of mandates has yet been reached.
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NY hires ex-Deutsche pensions chief MacIntyre
US – Desmond MacIntyre, former head of Deutsche Bank’s European pensions strategy group, is to be chief investment officer in the New York City Comptroller’s office, according to press reports.
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Schroders hires ex-Philadelphia pension chief
UK/US – Schroder Ventures International Investment Trust (SVIIT) has added Marc Bonavitacola, former chief investment officer for the city of Philadelphia’s five billion dollar public employees retirement system, to its US operations.
