Mandates – Page 2
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NewsMerseyside Pension Fund picks Schroders for £3.8bn equity protection strategy
The strategy enables the scheme to maintain its equity exposures in order to meet its long-term performance objectives, while effectively managing downside risk
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NewsCompenswiss rebuffs security concerns over custodian appointment
The mandate given to State Street does not cover the transfer of assets to a single country or the management of the first pillar’s assets
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NewsSampension sees 27% rise in contributions after corporate client wins
Danish labour-market pensions firm reports year-on-year doubling of one-off contributions, citing pension transfers from other schemes as a result of business wins as the main factor
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NewsMandate roundup: Compenswiss tenders direct lending mandates
Plus: APK issues $300m EM debt brief; Italian journalists scheme award €100m corporate bond mandate
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NewsAegon UK awards £720m multi-asset credit mandate to asset management arm
The mandate is run as part of the £12bn Aegon Universal Balanced Collection fund, with over 700,000 members
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NewsFondoposte issues mandates worth €1.4bn
The scheme is also looking to set up two new sub-funds once the tender process is completed and asset managers are picked
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NewsSwedish funds agency opens for domestic equities bids in biggest tender yet
Platform reformer FTN invites tenders for more than SEK155bn (€13.6bn) of investment management; aims to halve the number of funds currently on offer
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NewsPKSF invests CHF2bn in sustainable funds, appointing manager trio
Swisscanto, Lombard Odier Investment Management and UBS Asset Management were awarded the mandates
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NewsNational Grid Pension Scheme outsources executive services to LCP
The appointment comes after the scheme’s CEO Chris Hogg announced he was stepping down this summer
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NewsACCESS Pool issues senior secured direct lending mandates
The initial allocations will be around £200m for the European mandate and £150m for the US mandate
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NewsFonchim reviews sub-fund’s strategy picking UnipolSai as new manager
UnipolSai Assicurazioni will manage a €285.94m portfolio, replacing Amundi
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NewsCPEG awards CHF200m sustainable equities mandate as it exits energy/fossil fuels
Scheme gradually disengaged from energy sector, excluding fossil fuels companies whose emissions were not in line with Paris Agreement
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NewsLGPS Central appoints Longview Partners as global equity manager
Longview joins the existing managers Harris, Schroders, and Union
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NewsBorder to Coast seeks manager for £6.8bn global equity alpha fund
The investment pool is looking for a manager that is philosophically aligned with growth investing and can identify emerging structural growth opportunities
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NewsNorway’s KLP defence risks blurring all procurement rules, says Storebrand
Government ‘seems to be picking a fight with Brussels’ by rejecting ESA’s backing of complaint over lack of mandatory municipal pensions tendering, Hippe says
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NewsMonte dei Paschi scheme to make further investment in private markets
The pension fund has issued a tender for infrastructure, private debt and private equity
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NewsUK regulator to evolve supervision of master trusts
TPR’s supervision will focus on investments, data quality and standards, and innovation at retirement
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NewsIntesa Sanpaolo DB fund picks managers for equities, bonds
Several mandates were re-tendered, with Eurizon Capital picked for bonds, Schroders for global equity, Azimut for European equity, and Pictet for US equity.
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NewsSwiss occupational scheme tenders up to CHF1.2bn in bond mandates
The searches are for emerging market debt and US high yield bonds, considering both active and passive options
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NewsBorder to Coast set to launch global multi-factor equity index fund
The pool is searching for an external manager to support its first equity index proposition
