All articles by Perttu Jarvenpaa – Page 18
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Nurses' fund gives Henderson property portfolio
UK – The Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses has awarded Henderson Global Investors a £150m direct property portfolio.
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Altius targets Scandinavia from new Danish office
DENMARK – UK-based private equity adviser and consultant Altius Associates has opened a representative office for the Nordic area in Denmark...
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Irish civil servants may pay for pensions
IRELAND – The commission set up by the Irish government to investigate the future solvency of public service pensions has recommended the introduction of a new 1% contribution by civil servants...
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EAMA report calls harmonisation 'inappropriate'
EUROPE – Attempts to harmonise regulatory rules for asset managers in Europe are inappropriate as long as pronounced institutional differences remain, says a report commissioned by the European Asset Management Association (EAMA)....
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Credit Lyonnais takes over alternative manager
FRANCE – Credit Lyonnais Asset Management (CLAM) is buying a majority interest in SYSTEIA Capital Management...
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Baring closes Vostok PE fund at US$102m
RUSSIA – Baring Vostok Capital Partners, a subsidiary of Baring Private Equity Partners, has announced the closing of its Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund at US$102m...
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J Walter Thompson Trustees drops Schroders
UK – J Walter Thompson Trustees has split its £50m pension fund into three separate specialist portfolios - following the closure of the fund, dropping Schroder Investment Management in the process...
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SPP formalises name change to Alecta
SWEDEN – SPP group has formally announced its name change to Alecta, following the insurance company’s sale of SPP Liv, SPP Fonder and the brand name, to Handelsbanken in December...
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US plans beat EAFE benchmarks despite negativity
US – Pension funds actively investing internationally beat their overseas equity benchmarks last year, despite the performance figures for both coming in below zero...
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SEB launches first PPM 'option' fund
SWEDEN – The first option fund under the Swedish Premium Pension Authority (PPM) scheme has been launched by financial group SEB...
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Edinburgh Fund Managers ups Scandinavian presence
FINLAND – Unit Linked Limited, the newly formed representative in Finland of UK life company Criterion Life Assurance, has appointed Edinburgh Fund Managers (EFM) as its lead investment manager...
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APK drops US equity manager
AUSTRIA – The ATS22bn (e1.6bn) Wien-based APK pensionskasse is changing investment tack following disappointing US equity returns, in a move which has led to the dropping of an active US blue chip equity manager...
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BGI to manage new sector based ETFs
UK – iShares has announced the launch of four European sector based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) managed by Barclays Global Investors...
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Global sector indices out in February
Indices provider Morgan Stanley Capital International is launching a global sector-based set of indices in February...
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French SRI body adds weight to European push
EUROPE - The European socially responsible investment community has taken another step towards the formation of a pan-European forum with the launch of the French Social Investment Forum (FIR)...
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SFIM grabs e15m Swedish brief
SWEDEN - Stockholm based shipping company Soya appoints Singer & Friedlander Investment Management for a e15m pan-European ex Sweden large cap portfolio...
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F&C rolls out new SICAV range
UK – Foreign & Colonial (F&C) has launched a number of Luxembourg-based equity and bond SICAVs aimed at both the institutional and retail markets...
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Julius Baer to open Stockholm office
SWEDEN – Julius Baer Group is to open its first office in the Nordic countries in the middle of the year...
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Kramer to head up European sales at KAS
NETHERLANDS - Kas-Associatie has appointed Ben Kramer as head of sales and acquisition for its department of institutional relations in Europe and the UK...
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Sampo-Leonia shifts focus to investment banking
FINLAND – Financial services group Sampo-Leonia is closing its non-life insurance business in a corporate strategy shift towards domestic investment banking and life insurance...
