Invitation to tender
AP7 has issued an invitation to prequalification for investment managers to AP7, see Contract notice 2012-068491.
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Kirstein A/S has won a contract from AP7
Through a simplified procurement, AP7 invited advisers to submit a tender for external advice in the process of appointing external managers for alpha mandates to their fund AP7 Såfa. Kirstein A/S has won the tender in competition with the largest investment consultants throughout the world. AP7 explains their choice of Kirstein A/S as owing to an attractive pricing and a clear and concise presentation of the solution of the task.
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Are you equipped to engage the Nordic investors?
If you want to know more about the Nordic institutional market, it is still possible to subscribe to the survey
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Opportunities in bank loans
Kirstein has recently carried out a study on bank loans compared to other credit investments and find that the asset class is highly attractive right now.
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Welcome to Jakob Hommel-Hansen
Kirstein welcome Jakob Hommel-Hansen, who has been hired as Senior Investment Analyst. Jakob will be attached to the department Search & Selection.
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How do you generate high income?
This is the main focus of Kirstein Financial Market Research’ newest survey. The study relates to the effect of and the possible change in investors’ behavior due to the current investment climate.
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Welcome to Christine Ebert and Søren Riber
Financial Market Research has hired Christine Ebert and Søren Riber as Investor Relations Assistants on Nordic Investor Survey and the Danish Investor Survey.
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Questionnaire launch
Kirstein Financial Market Research has just sent out our questionnaires for this year’s Nordic and Danish Investor Survey 2012. Based on positive feedback from investors and asset managers on the Benelux Investor Survey 2011, we have decided to continue with a greater emphasis on manager evaluations.
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Investor Surveys 2012 – Questionnaire launch
Kirstein Financial Market Research has just sent out our questionnaires for this year’s Nordic and Danish Investor Surveys 2012.
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New Head of Department
Kirstein A/S has appointed Bertel Roslev Rasmussen Head of Department for Investment Consultancy & Pension.
Bertel Roslev Rasmussen has been employed by Kirstein A/S as Senior Investment Analyst since October 2007, having previously been employed at TDC.
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Visit in Holland
Head of Department, Jan Willers, and Senior Investment Analyst, Sofie Gravers Jacobsen, have just returned from Holland, where they presented the results from Benelux Investor Survey 2011.
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Alternative investments in the Nordic region
MandateWire Analysis recently launched a new section called the Consulting Room in which Jan Willers, Head of Financial Market Research, has wrote an article about demand for alternative investments in the Nordic region.
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Trip to Geneva
Thursday January 26 Jesper Kirstein and Nikolaj Eriksen were in Geneva to visit Unigestion.
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Visit in London
The 10th and 11 January Jesper Kirstein and Jan Willers were in London to visit asset managers and our collaborator CAMRADATA.
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ESG Investor Survey
Sofie Gravers Jacobsen gives her view on the results from Kirstein A/S' Pan-European ESG Investor Survey in the article "Great expectations".
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Nordic Investor Survey 2011
Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer outlines key findings on asset allocation, as well as trends on global versus regional mandates, based on the Nordic Investor Survey 2011 in the article "Nordic Investors take a cautious line".
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Jan Willers in IPE Magazine
In the November edition of Investment & Pensions Europe Magazine 2011 Jan Willers is quoted in the article "Local safe havens: a catch 22".
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Published: Benelux Investor Survey 2011
The second Benelux Investor Survey 2011 has just been published. Since the first publication we have been increasingly active in the region and achieved a greater understanding and knowledge of the investors and the investment universe.
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Merry Christmas
Kirstein A/S wishes all our collaboratores, clients and friends of the house a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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Welcome to Andreas Weilby
Financial Market Research has hired Andreas Weilby per January 3, as a Senior Investment Analyst.
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Published: Nordic Distributor Survey 2011
We are pleased to announce that we have just completed our Nordic Distributor Survey 2011 and sent it to our participating managers.
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Benelux Investor Survey soon to be published
Kirstein Financial Market Research is putting the final touches on the 2011 Benelux Investor Survey and we are getting ready for publication.
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Published - Pan-European ESG Investor Survey
Kirstein Financial Market Research's first pan-European Investor Survey is published and sent to the participating asset managers.
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Citywire Global Magazine
In the September edition of the Citywire Global Magazine, Nikolaj Eriksen gives his view on which barriers a selector could run into when weighing up the skills of a team of managers compared to a lone operator.
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Nordic Distributor Survey 2011 launched
The electronic questionnaire for the biannual Nordic Distributor Survey is now ready to be sent out and has been designed in accordance with the dialogue we have had with subscribing managers.
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Launch of Benelux Investor Survey 2011 and travels
Kirstein Financial Market Research has just sent out the electronic questionnaire to collect data for our second Benelux Investor Survey.
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Welcome to Lars Kjær
Kirstein welcome Lars Kjær, who has been hired as Junior Analyst. Lars will be attached to the department Investment Consultancy.
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Visit in London
Nikolaj Eriksen and Martin Sønderskov Nielsen was in London from October 19 to October 20 2011 with the purpose to meet CAMRADATA.
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Nordic and Danish Investor Surveys 2011 completed
Kirstein Financial Market Research has released the Nordic Investor Survey 2011.
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Kirstein’s Pan-European ESG Investor Survey
Kirstein Financial Market Research has begun the preparation for the first pan-European ESG Investor Survey.
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Welcome to Andreas Stoltenberg
Financial Market Research has hired Andreas Stoltenberg per August 15, as a Project Analyst.
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Welcome to Mie Allersted
Financial Market Research has hired Mie Allersted per July 19, as a Project Analyst.
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Next step ahead - emerging market debt
Portfolio, Aberdeen's update for institutional investors, June 11.
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Nordic Investor Appetite for Emerging Market Debt
On behalf of Aberdeen Asset Management, Kirstein A/S has completed a Survey about Emerging Markets Debt.
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Kirstein’s Pan-European ESG Investor Survey
At Kirstein Financial Market Research we are about to start working on our very first pan-European investor survey.
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Welcome to Anne Mette Lund Madsen
Kirstein welcome Anne Mette Lund Madsen, who has been hired as Financial Analyst.
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Investor Survey and Subscription Possibilities
Like the previous five years we strive to achieve the highest response rate from the Nordic investors to our survey. So we are very pleased that we are nearly there in the collection process – close to last year’s response rate of 80%.
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Morning seminar at Kirstein
Thursday the 16th of June, Kirstein A/S held a successful morning seminar on the attitude towards regional respectively global equities in the portfolio.
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Global long/short equity manager
Kirstein is on behalf of a smaller number of Danish institutional investors initiating a search for an asset manager of a single fund on Global Long/Short Equities.
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Mail problems
Unfortunately, we have had a breakdown on our mail server on Monday 23rd May and we have therefore been unable to access our emails. Therefore we have not been able to read or reply emails sent to us Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday (May 20th to 23th).
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The role of absolute management
At the annual Institutional Investor Institute’s Nordic & Benelux Pension Fund Meeting held in April in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, CEO of Kirstein A/S, Jesper Kirstein, delivered a keynote address on current trends in the investment management industry and its implications for pension funds. During his address, Jesper Kirstein was able to put forward questions to the audience of investors and the answers were subsequently registered electronically.
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Global Emerging Markets Manager
Kirstein A/S is on behalf of a Danish foundation initiating a search for an asset manager of Global Emerging Markets Equities. The expected mandate size is USD 80m.
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CAMRADATing
Wednesday 13 April Kirstein Seach & Selection participated with Head of Department Nikolaj Eriksen and Financial Analyst Martin Sønderskov Nielsen in our partner CAMRADATA’s manager event in London.
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Solvency II Study completed
We are pleased to announce that we have completed a study on Solvency II.
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Nordic and Benelux Pension Fund Meeting
The 6th and 7 April Jesper Kirstein participated as speaker at the seminar, Nordic and Benelux Pension Fund Meeting. The seminar was held in Holland and is an annual event which is being organized by Institutional Investor Institute.
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Work in Progress - Investor Survey 2011
We are well under way with our research for this year’s Nordic Investor Survey 2011. As in the previous six years we have already travelled extensively in Scandinavia to ensure the qualitative angle and the nuances that we consider a valuable supplement to our data from the surveys.
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Welcome to Rosa Fannymilla Falking
Financial Market Research has hired Rosa Fannymilla Falking per March 14, as a Project Analyst.
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Welcome to Lars Villumsen
Kirstein welcome Lars Villumsen, who has been hired as Junior Analyst. Lars will be attached to the department Life & Pension.
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Benelux Investor Survey 2010
Kirstein A/S enters golden partnerships with Médecins sans Frontières,The Red Cross and UNICEF
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Update: Benelux Investor Survey 2010
The Financial Market Research team has now completed its very first Investor Survey for the Benelux region. With a very high response rate among the investors and their fiduciary managers we have had a very solid pool of data both in terms of quantitative and qualitative data to base our survey on.
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Email problem
Due to technical problems, we have unfortunately been unable to receive emails from Friday 21st January around lunchtime until Saturday 22nd.
Fortunately, we are able to receive emails again.
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Welcome to Martin Nørregård
Financial Market Research has hired Martin Nørregård per February 1, as a financial analyst.
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Welcome to Lene Garrigues O'reilly
Kirstein welcome Lene Garrigues O'Reilly, who has been hired as administrative assistant per 17 January.
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Merry Christmas
Kirstein A/S wishes all our collaboratores, clients and friends of the house a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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Update on the Benelux Investor Survey 2010
Time flies when you are busy - and we have been very busy in the last couple of months with our new addition to our investor survey products – the Benelux Investor Survey 2010.
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Review of managers
Kirstein was with head of department Nikolaj Eriksen in London in week 48 to review a number of selected managers.
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Reception
To celebrate that we have moved into new premises, we held a reception on 23 September for partners, clients and friends of the house.
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Welcome to new employees
Kirstein has hired two new employees in the department Financial Market Research which makes annual reports about investment trends among institutional investors.
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Nordic Investors Forum
Wednesday 8th September head of search & selection, Nikolaj Eriksen, participated as moderator in a panel discussion at Finance iQ’s Nordic Investors Forum at Hilton Slussen in Stockholm.
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German manager tour
Tuesday 7th September Head of Search & Selection, Nikolaj Eriksen, was in Frankfurt a.M to review some in advance selected managers.
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J.P. Morgan Pension Breakfast
The 20th August Jesper Kirstein attended as moderator in a morning seminar organized by J.P. Morgan.
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Manager selection in the United States
On September the 4th, Bertel and Jesper are travelling to Los Angeles and New York to visit several American managers. The purpose of the visit is to gain closer knowledge to those managers, who are of interest already.
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Kirstein with new adress
As the number of employees continues to increase at Kirstein, we have decided to relocate to a larger office, offering improved meeting facilities and furnished to fit with our corporate profile.
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Manager of Emerging Markets Corporate Bonds
Kirstein is on behalf of a Danish asset manager initiating a search for asset managers of Global Emerging Markets Corporate Bonds. The selected asset manager is intended to function as the sub advisor to a Danish mutual fund for the Danish asset manager. In addition to this, the Danish asset manager requires that the selected manager as a starting point grants exclusivity in the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Jesper Kirstein in roundtable discussion
nrpn (Nordic Region Pensions and Investment News) publishes a roundtable discussion in which Jesper Kirstein has participated. The discussion is about emerging market debt and how that asset type has become increasingly interesting for institutional investors.
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Search for global equities
Kirstein is on behalf of a range of Danish institutions initiating a search for a manager of global equities. The selected manager must predominantly be core in its investment style and have a fundamental bottom up investment approach.
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Travel activities in the Nordic countries
The work on this year's Danish and Nordic Investor Survey has now begun and we have closed for signups on the ++ version of Investor Survey, while it is still possible to buy Investor Survey +.
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Visit in USA
Jesper Kirstein and Nikolaj Eriksen was in USA from January 23 to January 30 2010 with the purpose to meet a number of selected asset managers.
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Welcome to Nina Schmiegelow
Kirstein welcomes Nina Schmiegelow, who has been employed as student assistant from February 3.
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Welcome to Kim Long Nguyen
Kirstein bid welcome to Kim Long Nguyen who has been employed as Junior Analyst. Kim starts at Kirstein on 15 February 2010 and will be maintaining the company's databases.
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Distributor Survey
The preparation of this year's Distributor Survey has begun and it is open for subscription until October.
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Distributor Survey 2009
The Distributor Survey 2009 has been released and we have sent out the report to the subscribing asset managers.
This year, 15 asset managers participate in the report and we have achieved a response rate on 88 per cent among the respondents.
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Distributor Survey
Jan Willers and Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer was in Stockholm on Wednesday 11th November to interview a selection of distributors who participate in this year's Nordic Distributor Survey.
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New organisation in Kirstein
Kirstein Finance introduces a new business department. Head of the new department, Financial Market Research, is Jan Willers, who has four years of experience from Investor Survey, three of them as Project Manager.
Furthermore, Nikolaj Eriksen has been appointed Head of Department of Search and Selection. Nikolaj Eriksen has been employed in Kirstein Finance since January 2007 and he has been engaged in manager selection during this period.
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Nikolaj Eriksen in Berlin
Wednesday 18th November to Friday 20th November, Nikolaj Eriksen from Kirstein Finance participates in Citywire’s forum for European Fund Selectors. The arrangement takes place at Hotel Adlon in Berlin and is sponsored by a number of Citywire’s asset managers.
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Unique co-operation with CAMRADATA
Kirstein Finance has signed an exciting and innovative co-operation with the British data company CAMRADATA on the collection of performance data for asset managers from across the globe.
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IPE-Quest Manager Selection Workshop
On October 8 2009, Jesper Kirstein attended in a workshop organized by IPE (Investment & Pensions Europe). The event was held in Brussels and Jesper Kirstein held the following presentation: How to get the most from your manager selection process.
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Search for Global Emerging Markets Bonds
On behalf of a Danish Pension Fund, Kirstein Finance is searching for asset managers of Global Emerging Markets Debt. The selected managers must be able to offer the strategy in a fund structure that is UCITS III compliant or alternatively be willing to subadvise a Danish mutual fund.
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Jesper Kirstein in Brussels
Jesper Kirstein is in Brussels on Thursday 8 October to present the Investor Survey 2009 and to make preparations to the Benelux Survey.
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Visit in Amsterdam
On October the 6th, Jan Willers is in Amsterdam to present the results from Investor Survey 2009 and to make preparations for the Benelux Survey.
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London visit
Financial analyst Nikolaj Eriksen was 1st September 2009 in London, where he visited a number of selected asset managers. The purpose of the visit was to gain a deeper insight in the management of in advanced selected asset classes and strategies.
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European Investment Roundtable
Jesper Kirstein is participating in this year's European Investment Roundtable 16 - 18 September in Munich. The theme on the conference is "Institutional investing after the shock" and it is held by Institutional Investor.
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Search for Global Real Estate Securities
Kirstein Finance is on behalf of a Danish fund conducting a search for an asset manager of Global Real Estate Securities with primary focus on Global REITs Securities. The selected asset manager is intended to function in a number of allocations and as part of the Danish fund’s tactical asset class allocations. The offered product must therefore be offered in a fund structure accessible for the Danish investor, e.g. a Luxembourg fund.
The mandate size is expected initially to be USD 25 millions with future increases and decreases.
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Investor Survey 2009
Nordic Investor Survey 2009 is now completed. This year we present the fourth edition of the Nordic Investor Survey that deals with investors' attitude towards asset management in general and asset managers in particular.
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Emerging markets debt local currency manager
Kirstein Finance conducts a search for an emerging markets debt local currency manager. The selection is done on behalf of and in co-operation with a Danish asset manager.
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Scandinavian Institutional Investors Summit
On June the 8th Jesper Kirstein participated as chairman in the 9th Annual Scandinavian Institutional Investors Summit in Stockholm.
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Nordic Fund Selector Forum
On June the 9th financial analyst Nikolaj Eriksen is participating in a Nordic Fund Selector Forum at the Sheraton Hotel in Stockholm.
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European Pensions Consultancy of the Year
Kirstein Finance has been nominated for the title of European Pensions Consultancy of the Year. The nominees have been published on 5 May and the election of the winner takes place in London on 9 July 2009.
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Nikolaj Eriksen in London
Nikolaj Eriksen from Kirstein Finance participates Monday 27 April in a Consultant Panel Event at Sofitel in London with CAMRADATA as host.
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Nordic and Benelux Pension Fund Meeting
Jesper Kirstein attends on 21 - 22 April the III Nordic and Benelux Pension Fund Meeting in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
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Nordic Institutional Client Seminar
Lombard Odier holds in the spring of 2009 four seminars titled Nordic Institutional Client Seminar. Jesper Kirstein is involved with the speech Nordic Institutional Market - Current Trends & Challenges in Manager Selection.
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Welcome to Lars Køhler
We have employed a new junior analyst, Lars Køhler, who is going to work in the department of Search and Selection.
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IPE Magazine
In the March edition of the Magazine for Investment and Pension Europe IPE Jesper Kirstein gives his view on how the role as a consultant has changed in the financial crisis.
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Welcome to new employees
This week we bid welcome to two new employees in Kirsten Finance. Sophie-Emilie Vase Pedersen og Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer is going to work with the Investor Survey 2009.
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Dexia Fund of Hedge Funds, fourth quarter
Dexia Fund of Hedge Funds has now been active for half a year since its inception on 1 July 2008.
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Meetings in New York
Director Jesper Kirstein and financial analyst Nikolaj Eriksen are going to New York and Toronto in the period from January 31 to February 6. The purpose of the trip is, first and foremost, to meet some of the hedge funds that are included in Dexia Fund of Hedge Funds.
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Nordic Investor Survey in IPE Magazine
The international magazine IPE Investment and Pensions Europe brings this month a two-page article on our annual Nordic Investor Survey. The article is based on our results from the survey.
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Welcome to Mads Gottlieb
On 1st December Mads Gottlieb is employed as a junior analyst in the investment consultancy team.
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Jesper Kirstein in London
In relation to the Investor Survey, Jesper Kirstein is in London from the 29 to 31 October. As a follow-up on the written report he gives an oral presentation to every subscriber of the individual Investor Survey.
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Dexia Fund of Hedge Fund
After having been active for a full quarter, we are able to report on Dexia Fund of Hedge Fund
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Search for Pacific Free ex-Japan Equity
Kirstein Finance is on behalf of a Danish asset manager initiating a search for an asset manager of Pacific Free ex-Japan Equities.
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IPE Quest for Global Inflation-Linked Bond Search
On behalf of a Danish Pension Fund, Kirstein Finance is initiating a search for an asset manager of Global Inflation-Linked Bonds.
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Buy Kirstein Distributor Survey 2008
Would you like unique knowledge about the Nordic distributors' needs and requests with regards to external asset management?
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Search for global emerging markets equity
Kirstein Finance is currently searching for a Global emerging markets equity manager on behalf of a Danish asset manager.
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Welcome to two new junior analysts
Mette Hjortsø and Camilla Elgstøen are our new junior analysts and we are looking forward to welcome them at Kirstein Finance.
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We go by bike!
Kirstein Finance has purchased a company bike. In stead of using a car or take a taxi we now support the environment and the employees' health by going by bike.
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Investor Survey 2008 completed
Investor Survey 2008 is now completed. This year we have made four different reports based on the questionnaires and the interviews we have carried out during the spring.
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Welcome to Kristian Obling
On August 4th Kristian Obling is employed at Kirstein Finance as financial analyst. Kristian har a master in economics from the University of Aarhus and is going to work in the Life and Pension department.
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Investor Survey 2008
We have almost completed the data collection for the Investor Survey 2008 and we are currently processing the answers we received from both the questionnaires and the interviews.
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Goodbye to Ulla Agesen
Ulla Agesen resigns her position as director on 16th May. After nine years at Kirstein Finance Ulla has decided to move to London where she is going to work at Hewitt Associates in the research department.
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Investor Survey 2008
The preparation of the Investor Survey 2008 has begun and Jesper Kirstein, Jan Willers and Rikke Frandsen are now travelling in the Nordic countries visiting large investors and insurance associations.
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Annual Scandinavian Institutional Investors Summit
Jesper Kirstein participated in the conference 8th Annual Scandinavian Institutional Investors Summit held in Copenhagen 6.-7. May 2008.
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Welcome to Jens Lohfert Jørgensen
Head of investment consultancy
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Investor Survey 2008
The preparation of Investor Survey 2008 is now in progress. We will as in previous years prepare an individual and a general report. Futhermore, we will - at the request of several asset managers - this year prepare a report on alternative investments.
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Fund Manager Selection conference
Tuesday 15th April Jesper Kirstein will attend the European Fund Manger Selection conference in Geneva as expert speaker. On the first conference day, Jesper will give his perspective on how consultants add value to the process of selecting asset managers.
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Alternative investments
One of the key findings of the second Nordic Investor Survey, shows that investors risk appetite is increasing in all Nordic countries. Jan Willers co-author of the survey has been interviewed to The Nordic Hedge Fund Journal, where he also points out, that the fastest growth in alternative investments is set to happen in Finland and Norway.
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European Fund manager Selection
The 3rd of October Jesper Kirstein will attend the European Fund Manger Selection conference. In his introductory presentation Jesper Kirstein will talk about consultants’ provision of the “one stop shop” service for manager asset allocation, manager selection and monitoring.
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Nordic Alternative Asset Investment conference
The 26th of September Jesper Kirstein will attend the Nordic Alternative Asset Investment conference in Stockholm as expert speaker. On the main conference day, he will give an independent and objective perspective on Nordic pension funds’ alternative investments.
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Life and Pension
We hereby announce – not without a great amount of sorrow – that our annual report on the Danish life and pension industries will no longer be prepared. Last year’s edition of the report was therefore the last one so far. Kirstein Finance will however, still pursue and analyze the pension market and the pension companies but in a new and more individualized appearance.
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