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Style Research appoints Nelson to open US office
UK/US – London based Style Research, the investment style advisory group, is to open its first US office before the end of year to be managed by Bernie Nelson, who joins the company from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP)....
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Portugal's e3bn reserve fund to start outsourcing
PORTUGAL – The e3bn Lisbon based Portuguese pension reserve fund, created in 1989 to plug the future hole in Portugal’s social security retirement payments, could outsource up to 20% of its assets to external managers by the end of the year....
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Old Mutual splits chairman and chief exec roles
UK – Old Mutual is to split the role of chairman and chief executive officer within the group. Michael J Lovett is to continue as Chairman, whilst his former chief executive role will go to James Sutcliffe, who was previously on the board of Old Mutual with responsibility for ...
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Deutsche boosts Dutch institutional sales team
NETHERLANDS – Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Owen Thiers as vice president, institutional sales, as part of an expansion of its Dutch institutional sales capabilities....
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First Quadrant promotes Goodsall to chairman slot
UK – US quant house, First Quadrant, has appointed Bill Goodsall as chairman and promoted Robert Brown to the position of managing director in its London office....
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Gissings gets mandate for new DuPont scheme
UK – DuPont, the polyester, resin and fibre products company, has appointed employee benefits advisor Gissings, to take care of pension scheme administration and accounting services for a new money purchase scheme....
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Altink to head Mellon's European corporate affairs
UK/EUROPE – Jan Altink has been appointed director of corporate affairs for Europe by Pittsburgh based Mellon Financial Corporation.
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Mantel to lead Baring UK/Europe investment team
UK/EUROPE – Jan Mantel joins Baring Asset Management (BAM) next week as director and head of its UK and Europe investment team....
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Northern Trust brings in new multi-manager heads
US/UK – Northern Trust Global Advisors, the groups’ multi-manager affiliate, has appointed Margaret Towle as chief investment officer (CIO) and Bill Huffman as chief operating officer (CEO), with both to be based in the US...
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£26bn UK coal funds re-appoint JP Morgan
UK – The trustee board of the £26bn British Coal Pension Schemes has re-appointed JP Morgan Investor Services as global custodian....
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Brown Brothers Harriman lands e1.65bn SEI fund
IRELAND – Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has been appointed global subcustodian for the SEI Global Master Fund, with assets over $1.4bn (€1.65bn) - amassed mainly in South Africa and the UK, its first areas of distribution....
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Deutsche appoints EMEA fund management head
UK - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has announced the appointments of Brian Collings as head of emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Andrew Ness as a fund manager for the same regions, in a bid to strengthen its global emerging markets investment capability....
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Martelli joins SSGA's Italian institutional team
UK/ITALY – Margherita Martelli has joined the London based Italian institutional sales team of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)....
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Fidelity in Europe/UK personnel reshuffle
UK/EUROPE – Fidelity has appointed Anna Roads to the new position of director of research and product development, pan-Europe....
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Swedish manager poaches FIS chief for US push
Stockholm-based asset manager Länsförsäkringar Kapitalförvaltning is beefing up its US operations by recruiting J Robert Bloom as head of its New York office.... And all the week's major people moves...
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Deutsche scoops £2.35bn Royal London custody
UK – Royal London Unit Trust Managers has appointed Deutsche Bank as trustee and custodian to its entire fund assets worth over £2.35bn (e3.91bn)....
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Mercer to build new fund for Johnson Controls
UK - Automotive and building supplies group Johnson Controls has appointed William M.Mercer to set up a new UK pension scheme for its approximately 3,000 employees....
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Van Lanschot hires FMC for investment operations
NETHERLANDS – ‘s-Hertogenbosch based private and institutional asset manager Van Lanschot Asset Management has selected the Financial Models Company (FMC) to manage its front-to-back office investment operations....
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Sampo names new investor relations head
FINLAND/SCANDINAVIA – Jarmo Salonen has been promoted to head of investor relations at Helsinki based financial services group Sampo, from September 1...
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Sweden's AP2 and AP3 funds make top level hires
SWEDEN – The government pension buffer funds AP2 and AP3 have made a number of top level appointments to their in-house investment teams....
