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LPFA takes on independent investment advisor
UK- The £3bn London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has appointed David Rough as an independent investment advisor in response to publication of the Myners report last year. Until recently, Rough was group director of investments at the Legal & General Group and he remains a consultant with L&G Investments. ...
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Punter Southall hires Forest-Jones from Aon
UK – Consulting actuaries firm, Punter Southall has appointed Graham Forest-Jones as group marketing director to its London office. The move follows the recent appointment of Graeme Muir as head of the group’s public sector pensions department.
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JP Morgan's Lowrie joins Newton IM
UK – London-based Newton Investment Management has appointed Audrey Lowrie as a fund manager with responsibility for UK institutional equities and global multi-asset portfolios.
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Wilding to replace Piermay at EURACS
NETHERLANDS- The European Actuarial Consulting Services (EURACS) has appointed Danny Wilding of Barnett Waddingham as chairman to succeed Dominique Piermay of Fixage following the actuarial company's decision to leave and join the consulting network Milliman Global.
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Frank Russell adds Barry to institutional team
UK – Investment services firm, Frank Russell Company, has appointed Mark Barry as director of client service within its institutional investment services team.
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Credit Agricole adds to its Benelux operation
BELGIUM- Credit Agricole Asset Management is adding to its Brussels office with the appointment of Sandra Lequime as senior client relationship manager. She joins from State Street Global Advisors in Brussels where she was in charge of sales and client servicing for large Dutch pension funds.
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Pensions regulator appoints Hobman as new CEO
UK- The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Opra) has appointed Tony Hobman as its new chief executive. He replaces Caroline Instance who has left to become chief executive of the Faculty and the Institute of Actuaries and secretary general of the Institute of Actuaries.
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Rothschild poaches Milton from Baring AM
UK – Rothschild Asset Management has appointed Ian Milton as assistant director and head of European institutional business development. Milton joins Rothschild from Baring Asset Management where he was regional team head in the continental European sales and client service team.
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Frei to cover north central Europe for Citibank
UK – Citibank Global Securities Services has appointed Alfred Frei as regional market manager for north central Europe. Frei comes to Citibank from Pictet & Cie where he was head of global custody marketing and sales in Zurich.
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Fixage leaves EURACS and joins Milliman
France – Fixage, the French actuarial and consulting firm, has left the European and Actuarial Consulting Services (EURACS) network, where it was acting secretariat. Fixage has also just announced its appointment as representative in France for the worldwide consulting network, Milliman Global.
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Franklin Templeton beefs up FTI Institutional
UK- Franklin Templeton Investments is expanding FTI Institutional, its London-based marketing and client servicing division, with four new appointments. Peter Escott has been moved from manager of international marketing services to manager of UK Institutional Sales. Escott is tasked with building consultant and market awareness of Templeton’s global equity exempt ...
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Stamford picks Morris for multi-manager products
UK – Independent consultancy firm Stamford Associates has appointed Neil Morris as head of business development and client services for multi-manager products.
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Citibank joins FX Connect and FXall
GLOBAL- Citibank has joined FX Connect, State Street’s multi-bank electronic foreign exchange trading system, and the electronic platform FXall following the collapse of the rival system Atriax last week.
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BGI adds to portfolio transition management team
UK- Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has appointed Jagdeep Bains as head of portfolio transition management, a new role which sees him responsible for defining and managing BGI’s transition trading strategies and implementing them in the UK and Europe.
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FIS beefs up US equities team
UK – Friends, Ivory & Sime (FIS) have appointed Tim Sharman and Robin Wrench to their US equities team.
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Mercer IC prepares to re-open Stockholm office
UK/NORDIC- Mercer Investment Consulting has appointed Hanne Hother as a senior investment consultant for the Nordic region. Based in London, she will develop the investment consulting services in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
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BNP Paribas hires Lespinard as global CIO
FRANCE- BNP Paribas Asset Management has hired Philippe Lespinard as its first global chief investment officer. He will be responsible for the research and active management activities of BNP Paribas AM in equity, fixed income and balanced accounts worldwide.
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Paris heads Standard Life's global fixed income
UK- Standard Life Investments has appointed Rod Paris as head of global fixed income. Paris joins from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers where he held the same position. He will be responsible for the UK, Euro and overseas bonds, including corporates.
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BNP Paribas to launch UK custody and clearing
UK- BNP Paribas is to launch custody and clearing services in the UK later this year. The bank says preparation is well underway but that it is awaiting the relevant regulatory approval. A preliminary date is late summer, perhaps in August or September.
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Northern Trust names new product development head
UK- Northern Trust Global Investment Europe has appointed Andrew Edgington as director of product management and development. In the new role he will work with chief operating officer Nick Ring and product manager Chris Turpin in developing new investment products as well as overseeing the existing product range.
