All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 65
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NewsUK downgrade could impact LDI strategies, consultancy warns
UK – Redington highlights impact of downgrade on collateral posted for derivatives trades.
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Mandate roundup [updated]: Kent County, Shropshire County, SEI
EUROPE – Superannuation fund looks to appoint managers to global equity framework agreement.
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NewsAP3 buys SEK1bn property portfolio as fund returns 11%
SWEDEN – Buffer fund acquires more than 70 local retail properties from Axa Real Estate.
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NewsBAE Systems insures £2.7bn of liabilities with L&G, Hannover Re
UK – Defence and aerospace giant de-risks fund six months after starting talks on transaction.
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Irish Life Investment Managers bought by Canada's Great-West
GLOBAL – Acquisition of ILIM parent recoups entire cost of €1.3bn bailout granted in 2012.
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NewsTPR lacks 'realistic remedies' for master trust conflict of interest
UK – Union praises work done by UK Pensions Regulator, but calls on DWP to lead on governance.
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NewsLPFA 'pushing' for creation of London housing fund
UK – Chairman Edmund Truell also says merger of London local authority funds 'a ways off'.
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NewsMandate roundup: Barking & Dagenham, IPE-Quest, BNP Paribas
GLOBAL – UK's Barking & Dagenham pulls mandate from Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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NewsLPFA, Lloyds provide final seed capital for infrastructure fund
UK – Pensions Infrastructure Platform appoints PwC to help select manager, targets launch by summer.
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NewsBerkshire rejects disclosure of council tax data in pension scheme funding
UK – Percentage of council taxes used in local pensions a 'meaningless statistic', county says.
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NewsEuropean fund seeks value-added large-cap manager
GLOBAL – IPE-Quest mandate seeks active managers with $10bn in assets under management.
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NewsMandates for alternatives grow by 70% in two years
GLOBAL – Towers Watson survey sees equity, bond awards account for 60% of total.
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Mandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Royal County of Berkshire
GLOBAL – European pension fund seeks manager for $100m bank loan portfolio, using IPE-Quest.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – USSIM, Danica, Pagadigm Change, AMP, BlackRock, JP Morgan, Kenston, MN, Saga
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NewsSwedish buffer fund AP2 seeks to grow timber, agricultural portfolio
SWEDEN – Chief investment strategist sees assets as better diversifier than traditional real estate.
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UK roundup: PPF on deficits, DWP on auto-enrolment
UK – Defined benefit funding improves to best level since November 2011.
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NewsIrish report presents 'misleading view' of pension charges
IRELAND – IAPF says report ignores benefits of occupational pension funds.
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NewsNorwegian Pension Fund Global enters US real estate market
GLOBAL – Venture comes less than two months after mandate amended to allow US exposure.
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NewsSwiss pensions group questions 'mandatory engagement'
SWITZERLAND – ASIP stresses importance of voluntary engagement, casts doubt on plebiscite.
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NewsParliamentary report calls for 'urgent' removal of NEST restrictions
UK – Lifting restrictions would create certainty ahead of SME staging dates, committee says.
