People – Page 224

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    Schroders joins stakeholder race

    2001-01-16T12:15:00Z

    UK – The investment group Schroders, with £140bn (e220bn) of assets under management, is offering an institutional stakeholder pension scheme, as part of its defined contribution (DC) services.

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    Alleato launched to bring technology into benefits

    2001-01-16T12:15:00Z

    SWEDEN - Ericsson and Skandia are launching a new company specialising in security, safety and health, called Alleato.

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    Finnish FSA reappoints Jännäri for six years

    2001-01-16T12:13:00Z

    Kaarlo Jännäri has been reappointed for a further six years as head of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (RATA).....Read on for this weeks major people moves in the European pensions and investment industry...

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    Nederlof to lead Deutsche global pensions team

    2001-01-12T11:35:00Z

    Maarten Nederlof has joined Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) as managing director and global head of pension strategies...

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    Allianz's All Net brings in Heiligers

    2001-01-12T04:18:00Z

    All Net, the international employee benefit network of Germany’s Allianz Group has appointed Rob Heiligers as regional director for UK, Ireland and France...

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    Worcestershire outsources to Mercer

    2001-01-10T11:46:00Z

    UK - The £830m (e1.3bn) Worcestershire County Council Pension Fund has appointed William M Mercer as its actuarial consultant...

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    De Ponti to head up DrKW's Italian investments

    2001-01-10T03:49:00Z

    ITALY - Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has appointed Paola Giannotti De Ponti as head of investment banking in Italy...

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    Lucas promotes Macdougall to top slot

    2001-01-09T04:22:00Z

    UK - TRW Investment Management has appointed William Macdougall as managing director and chief investment officer...

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    AP3 fund selects overseas managers

    2001-01-09T04:19:00Z

    SWEDEN - The SEK130bn (e14.6bn) Swedish government third AP-fund (AP3) has awarded new global ex Europe investment mandates to a number of UK and US managers.

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    Gardener goes global at Mercer

    2001-01-09T04:16:00Z

    Gardener promotion.. plus this weeks round-up of all the major industry personnel moves...

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    Ciba appoints Mercer as actuary

    2001-01-03T06:35:00Z

    UK - The £500m (e789m) fund switches benefit consultants

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    Russell pushes $600m PIMCO's way

    2000-12-20T05:32:00Z

    UK - Frank Russell has selected PIMCO Global Advisors to manage a further $600m (e674m) portion of its global bond fund range within the group’s multi-manager investment structure

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    Romanian government approves private pension funds

    2000-12-19T03:15:00Z

    ROMANIA - Romanians will have private pensions by 2002 after the government gave the go-ahead to universal pension funds (UPFs).

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    Finns to examine competition option

    2000-12-13T12:11:00Z

    FINLAND - The Finnish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs has set up a working group to look at competition elements between pension institutions in the country.

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    Stadlmann joins WestAM

    2000-12-13T12:10:00Z

    AUSTRIA - Markus Stadlmann has been appointed as product specialist for global balanced mandates at WestAM.

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    Diageo decides on custodian

    2000-12-12T10:00:00Z

    UK - The UK-based Diageo Pension Scheme has re-appointed The Bank of New York (BNY) to act as global custodian for its fund, valued at £3.6bn (e6bn)

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    Van Rees stays on at EFRP

    2000-12-08T04:54:00Z

    EUROPE - Kees van Rees will remain chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) until at least October 2001, after he was elected to remain in his current position at the EFRP's annual conference meeting of members in October.

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    Overlay team at Barclays

    2000-12-08T04:24:00Z

    UK - Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays in London, is launching a new FX outsourcing service for corporate and institutional clients by forming a currency overlay team.

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    Directive hailed as 'revolutionary'

    2000-12-08T04:09:00Z

    EU - The European Commission’s draft directive on supplementary pensions could be the precursor to cross border recruitment raids by pension funds on employees working in similar professions, according to Karel Stroobants, head of the Belgian Association of pension Funds.

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    Van Rees steps down at OPF

    2000-12-08T03:38:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Henri J Thoman, currently director of the executive body of KLM Pension Fund based in Amstelveen, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Dutch OPF, Association of Company Pension Funds, effective on January 1, next year.