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JLL names its new Sweden chief; Nykredit finds new portfolio manager at Danske Asset Management, and Brunswick Real Estate makes changes to its staff line up.
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JLL names its new Sweden chief; Nykredit finds new portfolio manager at Danske Asset Management, and Brunswick Real Estate makes changes to its staff line up.
Velliv, formerly Nordea Life & Pension, poaches chief strateigst from PFA Pension.
Head of equities at Finnish based Nordic bank Nordea, Kasper Elmgreen has resigned from his job. Nordea confirms the loss of head of equities to AMWatch. Kasper Elmgreen is becoming head of equities with Europes largest asset manager
Danske Bank; Nordnet; Oslo Stock Exchange and Pensiondanmark are the firms featuring in this week's recruitment rundown.
Jacob Aarup-Andersen, the current head of wealth management at Danske, could be the troubled group's next CEO, according to media reports. However, were the Danish bank domiciled in the eurozone, it is uncertain whether he would be approved by the currency bloc's supervisory authorities, according to European Central Bank guidelines.
One of the largest Nordic banks acknowledges, that "a culture of abusive treatment" has existed in one of the bank's departments.
Newly-elected chairman of Skagen, Jan Erik Saugestad, has spent the past 19 years at Storebrand Asset Management making sustainability the core of the business -- while rising through the ranks from portfolio manager, to CIO and finally -- CEO. But these days, he says, the mainstream incorporation of sustainability among financial service providers is changing the competitive landscape.
Even though the board of Danske Bank insisted last Wednesday that its CEO Thomas Borgen would stay on until a replacement had been found, news broke this morning that as of today, Borgen is no longer employed at the scandal-hit bank. And the bank's head of legal has now announced his resignation.
Skagen names new chairman; Industriens Pension appoints new strategist; Velliv hires head of fixed income and a real estate investment firm puts a new CEO in place.
Danish asset manager Bankinvest has found the replacement for Karsten Søndermølle, who is leaving for asset Manager Maj Invest.
After a very brief tenure at Danish state pension fund ATP, former Danish FSA Deputy Director General Jan Parner is now moving on to work for a financial consultancy specializing in compliance.
Come November 1st Witold Bahrke can call himself chief strategist at Nordea's new Investment Team.
M&G Investments hires Stockholm-based real estate investor; Allianz Global Investors loses Nordic sales representative and Alecta's CEO becomes chair of newly-established sustainable finance advisory board.
Sparinvest, Industriens Pension, SEB, EQT, Swedbank, Eastnine, IFU and Pensiondanmark are this week's firms in focus.
PKA AIP expands infrastructure team; Nordea loses member of group executive; Catella names managing director and Avanza Pension executive quits.
The Copenhagen-based asset manager is hiring a new fund manager to strengthen its Danish equity fund. The incoming portfolio manager has a decade's experience under his belt picking Danish stocks at SEB Asset Management and will share investment responsibility with the fund's current lead portfolio manager.
Folksam names head of investor relations; former ATP chief investment officer joins LEGO investment firm's board and Formuepleje hires real estate investment manager.
ATP is appointing a new chief risk officer following a recent resignation. The replacement CRO has been recruited from SEB Pension -- the Swedish group's Danish business bought by Danica earlier this year.
The healthcare-sector fund manager at Nordic and Baltic property investor Horizon Capital has now been hired by Catella Asset Management Finland as its new managing director.
The EUR 1.51 billion fund boutique is expanding its investment capabilities by taking on a trio of new employees from Nordea, Handelsbanken and Redeye.
Nordea has recently lost a number of its top sell-side bankers amid complaints that management’s focus on cutting 6,000 jobs is hurting morale in key parts of the business.
AP3 hires alternatives specialist for portfolio management; Nordea poaches equity analyst from Carnegie and CARN expands investment team.
The US asset manager strengthens its Nordic distribution team to provide locally-tailored services for both its retail and institutional clients.
Nordic-based Alma Property Partners hires new head of asset management with 20 years' experience within the real estate and investments market.
