All articles by Helen Avery – Page 23
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Invesco’s enhanced index aims at UK institutions
UK – Invesco is targeting UK institutional investors with the launch of an enhanced index product.
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Subadvisory growing among small European banks
EUROPE – European smaller banks are increasing their use of subadvisors in order to be able to offer a broader selection of investment funds, says consultants Cerulli Associates.
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Austrian private equity fund raising jumped 30% in 2002
AUSTRIA – Investment into private equity remained stable from Austrian investors in 2002, although fundraising in Austria showed nearly a 30% increase, according to the Austrian private equity and venture capital organisation, AVCO.
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Employer task force members for UK reforms announced
UK – The Department of Work and Pensions has announced the membership of the employer task force, established as a result of the government Green Paper on pension reforms to oversee the extension and improvement of pension provision by employers.
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Belgian fund puts two debt briefs through IPE Quest
BELGIUM – A Belgian pension fund is tendering two mandates in global high yield and global emerging market debt via IPE Quest.
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Consultant places Euro 690m mandates on IPE Quest
GERMANY – Five mandates totalling 690 million euros have been tendered by an investment consultant on behalf of a German institutional investor on IPE Quest.
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Byblos fund in Italy tenders three mandates
ITALY – The Italian graphics, paperworks and publishing industry sector-wide pension fund, Fondo Pensione Byblos, is tendering three mandates for its 41 million euro fund.
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ScottishPower picks Northern Trust for custody
UK – The ScottishPower 1.6 billion pound (2.3 billion euros) pension scheme has appointed Northern Trust as its global custodian.
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AXA loses bond expert Bond to Threadneedle
UK – AXA Investment Managers’ head of corporate bonds, Simon Bond, will be leaving to join Threadneedle Asset Management.
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AP3 appoints Axa Rosenberg and Batterymarch for Euro325m briefs
SWEDEN – The third Swedish national pension fund, AP3, has appointed Axa Rosenberg Investment Management and Batterymarch Financial Management as managers of a US small and midcap equities portfolio.
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EVCA joins push for more PE disclosure by European investors
EUROPE - The EVCA is backing efforts to look into disclosure of private equity performance in Europe. At present public institutional investors in Europe are not under pressure to disclose the underlying performance of their individual investments to the public, unlike in the US.
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Pension funds shunned private equity in 2002 says EVCA
EUROPE – Pension funds significantly decreased their investments in the European private equity industry in 2002, according to the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA).
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Mellon partners with BIG for funds in Portugal
PORTUGAL – Mellon Global Investments has set up a partnership with Banco de Investimento Global in order to distribute its products in Portugal.
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Italian pension fund assets jump 40% in 2002
ITALY – Latest figures from Italian pension fund supervisory authority, COVIP, show a rise of 6.8% in the number of subscribers to Italian supplementary pension funds in 2002 from 2001.
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Bader sets up real estate investment advisory firm
GERMANY – Former chief investment officer of the six billion euro Bayer pension fund, Juergen Bader, has set up a new firm to focus on real estate.
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Managers curb optimism for equity rises globally
EUROPE – IPE’s monthly investment manager survey of expectations of equity and bond market movements reveal asset managers are less optimistic about global equity markets than last month.
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More protests in Austria and France over pensions
AUSTRIA/FRANCE – Both the Austrian and French governments are digging their heels in over the pensions reform, in spite of further strikes yesterday by unions in both countries
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UK to announce employer insolvency pension cover proposals
UK – The UK government looks set to announce its proposals regarding protection for employee pensions in the case of company insolvency this summer.
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ADAM launches ‘new balanced’ approach for European institutions
EUROPE – The European asset management industry could well be moving away from traditional balanced portfolios to a new-type of balanced funds with elements of multi-management and specialisation, says Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (ADAM).
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JP Morgan handles CREF 3.6bn Japan equities brief
US – JPMorgan Investor Services has had its custody relationship with the US College Retirement Equities Fund expanded to encompass the provision of income collecting for a 3.6 billion dollar (3.07 billion euro) Japanese equities portfolio.
