Asset Managers – Page 176
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PPF appoints global equity managers
[16:30 CET 22-12] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has confirmed the appointment of seven global equity managers to help manage its assets.
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NewsSSgA wins Clwyd absolute return mandate
[16:00 CET 22-12] UK – Flintshire County Council has appointed State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to run a £20m (€22.4m) absolute return mandate for the Clwyd Pension Fund.
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Dutch charity adopts fiduciary management
[16:50 CET 17-12] NETHERLANDS – Prins Bernhand Cultuurfonds, the €120m Dutch charitable foundation, has appointed SEI as a fiduciary manager for 90% of its assets.
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UK roundup: Tyne & Wear, Shropshire, Kent, Xafinity, FSA, PMI
[16:30 CET 17-12] UK – Several UK local authorities have reviewed their investment and administration mandates while there have been developments elsewhere in relation to UK pensions regulation.
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New chief at Austria's VVP considers equity risk hedge
[16:00 CET 17-12] AUSTRIA – The Victoria-Volksbanken Pensionskasse (VVP) may hedge parts of its portfolio in 2010, its new head Axel Hartleib, has told IPE.
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Poland to ease pensions investment rules (amended)
POLAND – As part of the plan to divert some contributions from the second pillar to the first investment regulations for open pension funds (OPFs) would be loosened, IPE learnt.
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Hermes brings closer pensions alignment in Sourcecap buy
[15:30 CET 15-12] GLOBAL – Hermes Fund Managers is stepping up its position as an equities manager and at the same time strengthening pension fund links by buying a majority stake in asset management specialist Sourcecap.
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AP1 targets 12 managers for US small caps
[16:00 CET 15-12] SWEDEN: Första AP-fonden (AP1), the First Swedish National Pension Fund, has approved a list 12 investment managers to manage passive and active US small cap equity accounts.
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UK roundup - Royal Mail, Wandsworth, Oxford and Powys
[16:15 CET 10-12] UK – Royal Mail has also revealed its pension deficit may have tripled in the last three years while three local authorities are making changes to their pension funds.
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Buyout market yet to encourage return of Paternoster
[13:00 CET 08-12] UK - Pensions buyout firm Paternoster is set to remain withdrawn from the market for the time being, according to chief Executive Ed Jervis, as market conditions are still insufficient to make the move worthwhile.
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UK roundup: Environment Agency, Logica and Vodafone
[17:10 CET 03-12] UK – The Environment Agency is seeking global bond managers for its £1.4bn (€1.5bn) active pension fund.
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One in four German institutions replaced managers post-crisis
[17:05 CET 03-12] GERMANY – German ratings agency Feri has found some German institutional investors have replaced their asset managers in the wake of the recent financial turbulence.
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SNPF appoints Aegon for fixed income
[16:55 CET 03-12] NETHERLANDS – The €1bn Stichting Notarieel Pensioenfonds (SNPF) has awarded Aegon Asset Management a mandate to run part of its fixed income allocation and provide a fixed income overlay for an existing loans portfolio.
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Frigerio to step down as head of Pioneer
[13:00 CET 03-12] EUROPE – Unicredit Group is preparing to name a new chief executive at Pioneer Investments, its asset management division, over the coming days as Dario Frigerio is leaving in January.
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BlackRock completes BGI takeover
[16:30 CET 02-12] GLOBAL – BlackRock has finally completed the deal to buy Barclays Global Investors (BGI) and ETF provider iShares from Barclays Group, making it the largest asset manager in the world.
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PFA expands into Danish retail pensions
[16:55 CET 01-12] DENMARK – Danish occupational pension provider PFA Pension has taken its first step into the retail pensions market, and linked up with Danish local and regional savings banks to provide private pensions.
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AP3 targets corporate credit managers
[16:50 CET 01-12] SWEDEN – Tredje AP-fonden (AP3), the third Swedish National Pension Fund is seeking a number of corporate credit bond managers for its SEK188.6bn (€18.1bn) fund.
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Italy sees €200m in pension inflows over three months
ITALY - Assogestioni, the Italian asset management association, said open plan pension funds saw net inflows of just €218m between July and September 2009, taking the overall net value of Italian pension fund assets to nearly €6bn.
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UK roundup - Torfaen, RPMI, BMI, Harrods, East Riding
[16:30 CET 30-11] UK – Torfaen Council has appointed a global equity manager, while RPMI has been awarded the administration contract for the Arup pension fund.
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Pension schemes warned to prepare inflation-proof strategies
[16:15 CET 30-11] GLOBAL/UK – Pension funds and other institutional investors, particularly those with inflation-linked liabilities, have been advised by Watson Wyatt to plan ahead for a return to high inflation, even though suitable investments could in some cases prove expensive.
