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Henderson names Germany sales head
GERMANY - Henderson Global Investors has named Uwe Diehl to head of sales for Germany and Austria.
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Irish, Dutch schemes in German real estate move
GERMANY – Irish and Dutch pension funds are among the backers who’ve put $140m (€116.2m) into a German residential real estate venture called DeWAG.
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Watson’s Urwin doubts hedge fund capacity
GLOBAL – Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, says the performance of fund of hedge funds is “in doubt” due to a lack of capacity at some of the managers.
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IPE-QUEST: two new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are two new searches, for offshore property and global emerging markets, on IPE-Quest.
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West Midlands scheme recruiting two managers
UK – The £5.4bn (€8.07bn) West Midlands Pension Fund is looking for two internal equity investment managers following an internal restructuring.
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DeAM loses Lincolnshire brief to Martin Currie
UK – Deutsche Asset Management has lost an active UK equity brief to Martin Currie Investment Management after the £840m (€1.2bn) Lincolnshire County Council pension fund changed its performance target.
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Alecta real estate manager joins Schroders
SWEDEN - The manager of Swedish pension fund Alecta’s European real estate portfolio is leaving to join Schroder Property Investment Management.
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Dutch system seen as global pension leader
NETHERLANDS – “The Dutch pensions industry had come from being a virtually unknown pension power 10 years ago, to being the global pension revolution leader today,” said Keith Ambachtsheer, academic and strategic adviser to pension plans.
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MN Services changes management structure
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension manager MN Services has named Wouter Pelser as co-head of asset management in a bid to enhance efficiency.
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South Yorkshire scheme loses team member
UK – The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, which manages £2.7bn (€4bn) of assets, is looking for an investment manager following the departure of one of its six-strong investment team.
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Volkswagen Pension Trust in revamp (Update)
GERMANY - Volkswagen Pension Trust, the pension fund for the German car giant, has completed a sweeping revamp of the way its €1.5bn in pension assets are invested (Updates with clarification, fresh edit).
