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GERMANY - Henderson Global Investors (HGI) - the fund management arm of Australian financial giant AMP - and private bank MM Warburg have set up a joint German property investment company for institutional investors, particularly corporate pension funds....

GERMANY - Zurich Financial Services (Zurich) and Deutsche Bank have finalised an agreement over the transfer of businesses and strategic cooperation first announced in September.

GERMANY - Hans-Rudolf Rittinghaus has been appointed as a managing director of WestLB Asset Management Kapitalanlagegesellschaft with effect from December 1.

SWITZERLAND - The approximately CHF1.6bn Pensionskasse Alusuisse-Lonza Groupe has appointed undisclosed managers for two alternatives mandates worth a combined CHF75m.

GERMANY - Allianz has started to issue an exchangeable bond through its Dutch finance subsidiary Allianz Finance II B.V, aimed primarily at institutional investors.

UK/GERMANY - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has appointed Andreas Varnavides as head of European institutional sales, based in London and Frankfurt.

GERMANY - Consulting firms Towers Perrin and Rauser AG have established a joint venture to assist German companies with the planning and maintenance of their pension programs.

GERMANY - The ‘anticlimactic' German private equity market is now set for a recovery, following prolonged disappointment for investors, according to new research.

SWITZERLAND - Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has relaunched Credit Suisse 1a Immo PK, a real estate fund for the Swiss pensions market.

SWITZERLAND - The newly-created Pensionskasse Poste has appointed UBS AG and Zurich-based firm PPCmetrics as its global custodian and investment controller respectively.