Fund Administration

Putnam Stops Naming Fund Managers

Brennan Succeeds Bolsover at Baring Asset Management Baring Asset Management, a unit of ING Group, has appointed David Brennan chairman and chief executive, effective July 1.Brennan has been with the company for 14 years and has been chief executive of

Bond Funds Lag Equity Funds in First Quarter

Brennan Succeeds Bolsover at Baring Asset Management Baring Asset Management, a unit of ING Group, has appointed David Brennan chairman and chief executive, effective July 1.Brennan has been with the company for 14 years and has been chief executive of

MetLife Chooses State Street

MetLife Investors have chosen State Street to provide its Met Investors Series Trust with custody, fund accounting, fund administration and securities lending services. State Street will also serve as transfer agent for the $2.5 billion Trust. The Trust currently comprises

Another Bad Year at Zurich Financial Services

Zurich Finnacial Group announced today that it had sold Zurich Afore, its private retirement fund management company in Mexico, to the Principal Financial Group. Five days ago, Zurich confirmed a net loss of US$ 387 million for 2001. The disposal

BNY Wins BGI Outsourcing Mandate

The European Fund Services division of the Bank of New York has won the mandate to service the retail fund management operation launched by Barcalys Global Investors (BGI). This is a much bigger win than two earlier mandates secured by

CSFB Sells Online Brokerage to Bank of China

BOC International, the investment banking arm of Bank of China, has acquired Hutchison CSFBdirect, a online retail brokerage joint venture between CSFB and Hutchison E Commerce, a division of conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, which is owned by billionaire Li Ka shing.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Lists Four More ETFs

Daiwa Asset Management and Nomura Asset Management are each adding four new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to the seven that already trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. They will track the TOPIX Core 30, TSE Electrical Appliance Sub Index, TSE