All articles by Robert Melia Watson – Page 25
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Newton appoints new head of European equities
UK – Newton, the London-based asset management subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation, has appointed Rajesh Shant as investment leader to its European equities team.
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EU funding levels insufficient by 2010 warns S&P
EUROPE – The funding levels of pension funds will need to be increased if the sovereign credit ratings of highly rated European Union member states comes under downward pressure by the end of this decade, warns a report by Standard & Poor’s (S&P).
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Swedish public sector fund for 240,000 on horizon
SWEDEN – Negotiations are underway between the Swedish National Agency for Government Employees, the Arbetsgivarverket and its representative trade union, SEKO, which could lead to the creation of a new pension fund for up to 240,000 employees in Sweden’s public sector.
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German savings bank launches pensions providers
GERMANY – The German public savings bank network, the Deutsche Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV) and its fund management arm, DGZ DekaBank, has formally established three new retirement provision companies with the German public insurers’ association.
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British Vita picks Mercers for administration
UK – Consultant William M. Mercer has won the mandate to provide administration services to the main group pension funds of British Vita, the Manchester-based polymer technology specialist.
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Schroders raises e172m for private equity fund
UK – The Schroders Private Equity Fund of Funds has attracted €172m in the first phase of its launch, says Schroders after announcing the fund’s first close.
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GSAM launches five new pooled funds
UK – Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), with £40.3bn (€65bn) under management, has launched five new funds aimed primarily at the UK’s medium and small sized institutional pensions market.
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Lucent and Coller form venture capital partnership
US/UK – New Jersey-based Lucent Technologies and London-based Coller Capital have formed a new venture capital partnership, called New Venture Partners II LP
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Forsyth launches its first fixed income fund
UK – London based research and investment management company, Forsyth Partners, has launched a new fixed income fund, the Forsyth Global Bond fund.
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Robeco launches economic recovery fund
THE NETHERLANDS – Dutch investment group, Robeco, has launched a new fund, the Robeco Economic Recovery 02/04 fund.....
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Charity funds concerned over market volatility
UK – Charities with investment portfolios are becoming increasingly concerned about market volatility as well as declining capital and income returns, suggests the latest 2002 Survey of Charitable Funds.....
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Euro to have significant effect on property market
EUROPE – The introduction of the physical euro will have a significant symbolic impact on investor confidence in the European real estate market, suggests Lasalle Investment Management’s (Lasalle IM) latest ‘Investment Strategy Annual’ report....
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Mellon beefs up Irish fund admin operation
IRELAND – Mellon Fund Administration (Dublin), US group Mellon’s Irish subsidiary, has made a number of significant new appointments to its Dublin-based team....
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CDC IXIS poaches DTZ property team
FRANCE – CDC IXIS Capital Markets (CICM) has poached 11 team members from DTZ Corporate Finance, including managing director John van Oost, to further strengthen its real estate investment banking team....
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Aon wins Det Norske Veritas UK admin mandate
UK – Aon Consulting has won the mandate to provide actuarial advice, pensions consultancy and administration to the UK defined benefit pension (DB) scheme of Det Norske Veritas (DNV) UK, the UK branch of the Norwegian independent property safeguarding and risk management foundation....
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Dexia fuses Labouchere and Kempen arms
NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM – Securities specialist bank, Bank Labouchere and asset management group, Kempen & Co, both based in Amsterdam and part of the Brussels based Dexia group, have merged to form Dexia Bank Nederland....
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ING enters Greek life and pensions market
NETHERLANDS/GREECE – Dutch financial group, ING, has entered into a strategic alliance with Athens based Greek retail banking group, Piraeus Bank, allowing ING to become a “prominent” player in the Greek bancassurance market and extending into the fields of employee benefits and pensions....
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RTP's pension programme
Towers Perrin and Rauser, a major German retirement benefits consultancy firm, have established Rauser Towers Perrin, a new joint venture company that aims to assist companies across Germany in the implementation and administration of their pension programmes. Based in Reutlingen, the idea to establish the new company comes in the ...
