UK/US - Insurer Aon said today Kristi Savacool and Baljit Dail will become the new co-chief executives of Aon Hewitt, replacing Russ Fradin who is leaving the firm to join SunGard.
Aon Hewitt names co-CEOs, Schroders lures BlackRock portfolio manager, International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, BNY Mellon, Barings, State Street, Fidelity, Kempen Capital, Old Mutual
ASIA - Fidelity International has promoted Judy Marlinski to president of the Japan business and scooped the former CEO of BGI's Asia business for a new managing director of Asia ex-Japan role.
CANADA - The United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Plan has hired RBC Dexia Investor Services as custodian for its multi-employer pension plan.
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US - Some 60% of all US corporate defined benefit plans are closed to new entrants, SEI found.
US - Old Mutual Asset Management (OMAM) US has named Steve Belgrad as chief financial officer and Aidan Riordan as director of affiliate development as part of a series of managerial changes.
NETHERLANDS - Stichting Alcatel-Lucent Pensioenfonds has invested €25m ($36m) in an anti-benchmark world equity strategy run by French asset manager TOBAM, reducing BlackRock's global equity mandate by half.
NETHERLANDS - Pension fund manager APG is looking for an additional €100m ($144m) for its hedge fund seeding platform IMQubator, before closing it to new investors, and plans to launch a second seeder fund.
JP Morgan Asset Management, UniSuper, BNY Mellon, International Asset Management, Russell Investments