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Robur picks EFA for €5bn Luxembourg administration
SWEDEN/LUXEMBOURG – Stockholm-based fund manager Robur has appointed European Fund Administration (EFA) to take over the administration of its Luxembourg fund range.
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Northern Trust adds APS to multi manager roster
UK – Northern Trust’s multi-manager business in the UK has appointed Singapore-based APS Asset Management to run the Pacific Basin ex-Japan part of its multi-manager pooled funds Pacific Basin section.
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Marks & Spencers joins ranks of defectors from DB
UK- The £3.4bn (€5.5bn) Marks & Spencer has become the latest UK company to close its final salary defined pension scheme plan to new entrants.
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End-2002 remains pensions directive deadline
EUROPE- The Financial Services Policy Group has met in Brussels to consider the political obstacles to the action plan, which includes the pensions directive and the Lamfalussy report. The group discussed political obstacles to, among other things, the proposed pension fund directive (IP/00/1141) with the aim of paving the way ...
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LGT beefs up executive board
SWITZERLAND – Switzerland-based alternative investment firm, LGT Capital partners has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Maximilian Brönner and Tycho Sneyers to its executive board.
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Aegon makes four new appointments to the board
UK- Aegon has appointed four new board members in a move that recently-appointed managing director Colin McLatchie says reflects a desire to “bring clients to the front of the business.”
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Unico picks State Street to run 10 new index funds
GERMANY/LUXEMBOURG- Unico Asset Management, the Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Germany’s Union Fonds Holding has appointed two State Street divisions to service and manage its i-tracker funds, a series of index funds being launched at the beginning of march.
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INVESCO beefs up UK institutional equity team
UK- INVESCO has appointed Daniel Roberts to its UK institutional equity desk in London. Roberts will report to Robert Churchlow, head of UK institutional equities and his appointment takes the team to four.
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Little replaces Groom as Mellon Global CEO
UK – Mellon Global Investments has appointed Jon Little as its new chief executive officer in place of Jon Groom, who is leaving the company for personal reasons.
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FIS adds Thompson to global equities team
UK – Friends, Ivory & Sime has appointed Mark Thompson as a fund manager to its global equities team in London. Thompson will have specific responsibility for researching global environmental technology companies.
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PMI picks Northern Trust for €13bn custody mandate
NETHERLANDS – The €13bn Dutch metal and electronic industries’ pension fund PMI-SVM has appointed Northern Trust as sole custodian.
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Sandeberg succeeds Nillson as AP1 CEO
SWEDEN- Sweden’s e14.2bn AP1 fund has appointed William af Sandeberg as CEO to replace Lennart Nillson who has retired.
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Northern Trust beefs up its research team
UK- Northern Trust has beefed up the research department of it multi manager business with the appointment of John Greene as International research analyst. Greene will work with director of research Michael Kinney to carry out research in continental Europe and the UK.
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ABF launches Luxembourg-based SRI equity fund
FRANCE/LUXEMBOURG – Paris based quantitative management company, ABF Capital Management (ABF), has launched ABF Green Planet Fund, a Luxembourg based socially responsible investments equities fund, which applies a global environmental investment approach.
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Blue Sky CIO Ratra quits for new ten Cate venture
NETHERLANDS- Arun Ratra, the chief investment officer at the KLM pension fund’s investment arm Blue Sky, has left to join the consultant Lou ten Cate in a new venture called Pension Factory. Ratra joins as a managing director and is a shareholder in the company.
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Gartmore adds to Swedish team
SWEDEN – Gartmore Investment Management, which has £36.1bn (€58.9bn) in assets under management, has expanded its Stockholm office with the appointment of Patrik Silfverling as business development manager.
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AEGON UK adds to its fixed interest team
UK- AEGON Asset Management UK has added to its fixed interest team with the appointment of Stephen Jones as portfolio manager. Jones joins from Britannic where he managed corporate bond investments for institutional and retail funds.
