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AUSTRIA - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has won a EUR15m fund of fund equities mandate from BVP Pensionskassen, the EUR985m Austrian multi-employer fund.

SWITZERLAND - The EUR6.8bn pension fund for Swiss postal workers, Caisse de Pension Poste, has awarded mandates to fund managers UBS, Credit Suisse and Pictet, Jurg Bucher, president of the fund's investment committee said.

SWITZERLAND - Zurich Financial Services has appointed a new chief executive officer to its Continental Europe business division to replace Peter Eckert.

SWITZERLAND - Multi-manager Frank Russell has opened an office in Geneva, as part of its European growth strategy.

AUSTRIA - The EUR1.6bn APK Pensionskasse is set to review its asset allocation next year in a move which could see the retendering of its entire portfolio.

SWITZERLAND - Zurich Financial Services (Zurich) has overhauled its senior management .

SWITZERLAND - Insurance company Zürich Kosmos Versicherungen, the Austrian arm of the Zurich Financial Services Group, is to take over insurance company Winterthur Versicherungs, Vienna, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse-owned Winterthur.

SWITZERLAND - ABB, the Baden-based pension fund covering 16 funds in the engineering industry, is ready to appoint a multi-manager hedge fund.

GERMANY/AUSTRIA - Schroder Investment Management (SIM) has appointed Martin Theisinger as head of institutional sales and country head of asset management in Germany and Austria. His move is part of SIM's growing focus on private pension opportunities...

GERMANY/AUSTRIA - Schroder Investment Management (SIM) has appointed Martin Theisinger as head of institutional sales and country head of asset management in Germany and Austria. His move is part of SIM's growing focus on private pension opportunities...