All articles by Robert Melia Watson – Page 21
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Forsyth launches fund analysis and rating service
UK – Investment manager research and consultancy company, Forsyth Partners (FP), and Old Broad Street Research (OBSR) are launching a new qualitative fund analysis and ratings service, Forsyth-OBSR Fund Ratings.
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New portal offers access to Dutch pensions market
NETHERLANDS – Dutch consultancy firm, Bureau Bosch, has launched DutchInvestor.com, an internet-based portal allowing institutional investors to remain abreast of developments in the Dutch asset management industry.
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German occupational assets set to double by 2012
GERMANY – The volume of company pension schemes in Germany is expected to double in the next ten years, from €330bn to €660bn in assets, largely as a result of the introduction of the second phase of the Riester pensions reform this year, says Allianz, the Stuttgart-based insurance and banking ...
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Deutsche launches system to rate and rank brokers
GLOBAL – Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has launched BrokerMerit, a propriety internet based system designed to rate, rank and review the brokers that DeAM uses worldwide.
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eSecLending promotes Peters to CEO
US – Boston based global securities lending manager, eSecLending, has promoted chief operating officer Susan Peters to chief executive officer.
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AXA appoints Worts as head of European marketing
UK – Axa Rosenberg Investment Management has appointed Richard Worts as chief executive officer (CEO) and head of marketing of its European operation.
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Crédit Agricole launches Nordic sub fund
NORDIC– Crédit Agricole Asset Management has launched a new Nordic region sub-fund within its Luxembourg based fund range, Crédit Agricole Funds (CA-Funds), targeting international institutional investors and third party distributors.
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Newham picks HarbourVest for private equity
UK – The £535m (€874m) pension fund of the London Borough of Newham has appointed global private equity specialist, HarbourVest Partners to manage a new private equity portfolio.
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French civil service scheme swaps PAYG for funding
FRANCE – The French civil service complementary pension scheme, the €5bn Complément Retraite de la Fonction Publique (CREF), part of the Mutuelle Retraite de la Fonction Publique (MRFP), is to convert from a traditional caisse de retraite pay-as-you-go system to a fully funded pension scheme, managed by three public mutual ...
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KPA promotes Looström to CEO
SWEDEN – Stockholm-based asset management company, KPA Kapitalförvaltning has promoted its head of sales, Wiveka Looström to chief executive officer.
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DWP- trustees needn't be investment specialists
UK – The government’s recommendation that pension fund trustees needn’t become investment specialists is the most important aspect of the latest consultation papers to be published by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), according to the consultants Watson Wyatt.
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Henderson beefs up German and Austrian operations
AUSTRIA/GERMANY - Henderson Global Investors has appointed Patrik Roeder as country head and director of sales and marketing for Germany and Austria.
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German association to offer pensions advice
GERMANY- The German chemical employers association, the Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie (BAVC) has entered into a ‘social’ partnership with the industry’s executives and managers representative body, the Verband angestellter Akademiker und leitender Angestellter (VAA), to offer and advise on occupational pensions and other retirement provision products.
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Lincolnshire Council to cut equity weighting
UK – The £740m (€1,215m) Lincolnshire County Council pension fund is likely to reduce its equity weighting as a result of an asset liability study (ALS) currently being undertaken to evaluate its investment strategy.
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INVESCO in partnership with Crédit Mutuel Nord
FRANCE – Invesco has entered into a strategic partnership to provide investment management and consultancy services to Multifonds, the asset management arm of French banking group, Crédit Mutuel Nord (CMN).
