All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 8
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Pramerica names European fixed income chief
EUROPE – US firm Prudential Financial’s Pramerica fixed income arm has named former Threadneedle executive Peter Lindqvist to lead its institutional client relations Europe.
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UK's €5bn Pensions Trust names new CEO
UK - The Pensions Trust, the £3.6bn (€5.3bn) multi-employer occupational pension funds for the charity sector, has named Stephen Nichols to take over from retiring chief executive Richard Stroud.
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BlackRock MLIM names Benelux marketing manager
BENELUX - Mark Schipper has been named as marketing manager, Benelux for BlackRock Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
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British Waterways selects Barnett Waddingham
UK – The British Waterways Pension Fund has moved its actuarial and pension consultancy brief to Barnett Waddingham.
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Cambridge fund awards custody to ABN Amro Mellon
UK – The Cambridgeshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded a £1.2bn (€1.8bn) custody, investment accounting and securities lending mandate to ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services.
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New EU pensions portability draft text published
EUROPE – The Finnish presidency of the European Union has drafted a new text of the proposed directive on pensions portability, in a bid to meet some of the concerns expressed by Member States.
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Lane Clark & Peacock’s parent profit slumps
UK – Alexander Forbes, the parent company of actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock, has reported a 17% decline in first-half pre-tax profits.
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Real estate ripe says Schroders' Brown
REAL ESTATE – The real estate market is “ripe” for a more global investment approach, says Schroders’ investment chief Alan Brown.
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UK life expectancy reaches record – statistics office
UK – UK life expectancy at 65 has reached its highest level ever for both men and women, the Office for National Statistics says.
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Norway global fund awards seven new mandates
NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global says it has transferred capital into three new fixed income and four new equity mandates in the third quarter.
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Watson hires two for UK investment strategy team
UK - Watson Wyatt has made two new hires, from ABN Amro and the London Business School, for its investment strategy team.
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Liljeström to head merged €6bn Tapiola fund units
FINLAND - Tom Liljeström has been named as managing director to oversee the merger of Tapiola’s asset management and fund arms.
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Legal warning over “too safe” LDI
UK – Moving into a safety-first liability-driven investing strategy could leave trustees and actuaries open to negligence claims, a law firm says.
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JP Morgan wins $30bn in UK custody mandates
UK – JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services says it has bagged more than $30bn (€23.4bn, £15.8bn) of new UK pension fund custody assets in the last six months.
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Bedfordshire scheme seeds new currency fund
UK – The Bedfordshire County Council Pension Fund has seeded FX Concepts’ new currency fund targeted at UK local authorities.
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Consultants’ “seismic shift” on structured products
UK – There’s a “seismic shift” taking place in the way investment consultants view structured products for pension funds, according to Richard Boardman, director of fixed income derivatives at UBS.
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Citigroup transition management goes global
GLOBAL – Citigroup has expanded its transition management into the North America, making the service now global.
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Accountants urge trustee caution with hedge funds
UK – The head of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has advised pension fund trustees to “proceed with caution” when it comes to investing in hedge funds.
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Environment Agency awards €649m FX mandate
UK – The Environment Agency says it has awarded a total of £440m (€649m) in currency mandates to Informed Portfolio Management.
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UCITS pooling a model for pensions – EU
EUROPE – UCITS investment fund asset pooling techniques are a possible model for pension funds, according to the European Commission.
