Markets – Page 179
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Smurfit goes to Invesco
[17:00 CET 19-11] UK – Two pension funds of the manufacturing firm Smurfit Kappa have handed asset manager Invesco Perpetual a mandate to manage some of its UK equities.
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PPM chooses new SRI fund
[16:15 CET 19-11] SWEDEN - The SEK1.3bn (€140m) Swedish Premium Pension Authority (PPM) has appointed four new managers for its equity portfolio, and among them is State Street for a socially-responsible investment (SRI) mandate.
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IPE Awards: "Diversification may turn to contagion" warning (Updated)
[13:00 CET 16-11] GLOBAL - Increasing globalisation means correlations between markets and returns of asset classes change frequently, Sudhir Rajkumar, head of the Pension Investment Partnership at the World Bank, has warned.
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IPE-QUEST: $90m Swiss equity mandate
[13:00 CET 14-11] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss institutional investor is looking for a global sustainable equity manager via IPE-Quest.
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Irish bodies increase mandate needs
[16:30 CET 09-11] IRELAND – The Irish Pensions Board and National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) have issued several mandates to assist with pension fund management, including a tender for a €600m emerging markets investment.
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NPRF seeks managers to double EM exposure
[16:30 CET 07-11] IRELAND – The €21.3bn National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) is tendering €600m in emerging markets equities.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m in Swiss fund equity investments (amended)
[11:00 CET 07-11] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss corporate pension fund is looking for managers for one $50m (€34.4m) global equity mandate via IPE-Quest. (amends mandate size)
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130/30 approach benefits fixed-income mandates - Barings
[15:00 CET 06-11] GLOBAL - A 130/30 approach can benefit not only equity but also fixed-income investors, according to international investment firm Barings.
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CAAM mixes strategies to deliver alpha gem
[15:00 CET 05-11] GLOBAL – Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has unveiled two global equity funds which incorporate a mixture of top-down, tactical and bottom-up strategies designed to generate uncorrelated performance.
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IPE-QUEST: Fund seeks debt manager
[16:30 CET 02-11] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund today has tendered for a €300m corporate Eurozone debt mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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BAA flies 130/30
[16:30 CET 31-10] UK – The £2bn (€3bn) defined benefit scheme of the UK airport group BAA will invest £330m in 130/30 strategy funds.
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PKA and Sampension act on Burma
[16:45 CEST 26-10] DENMARK – More Danish pension funds are moving to offload holdings in French oil company Total and US firm Chevron, in support of the Danish government’s stance on trade with politically-troubled Burma.
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Lærernes to review PFA and Bankinvest
[16:30 CEST 26-10] DENMARK - The DKK24.5bn (€3.3bn) Danish Teachers' Pension and Life (Lærernes Pension) will be reviewing its Danish equity managers.
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IPE-QUEST: German pension fund posts equity brief
[15:45 CEST 25-10] GERMANY – A German corporate pension scheme is looking for an equity manager for a €150m mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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AP3 signs enhanced managers
[15:00 CEST 25-10] SWEDEN – The SEK227.7bn (€25bn) third Swedish buffer fund AP3 has selected 13 managers for enhanced indexing briefs.
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ATP makes first move on Burma investments
[16:30 CEST 23-10] DENMARK - Danish labour market pension fund ATP said it has decided to sell its shares in Total and other oil companies that work directly with Myanmar Oil.
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AP1 reviews Pacific mandates
[14:00 CEST 23-10] SWEDEN – The SEK221bn (€24bn) buffer fund AP1 is tendering a $680m (€478m) Pacific ex-Japan equities mandate.
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PGGM targets ESG in emerging markets
[12:33 CEST 22-10] NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the €88bn Dutch healthcare pension fund, has asked Mercer to search for high-performing emerging markets equities managers with ESG at the core of their strategy.
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Italian €3bn Previndai fund tenders bonds and equities
[16:40 CEST 19-10] ITALY – Previndai, the €3bn Italian industry wide pension fund for managers of industrial companies, has launched a major investment manager search for several bond and equity mandates, IPE has learned.
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Growth will become scarce - Merrill Lynch
[17:00 CEST 19-10] GLOBAL – Investors expect growth will become increasingly scarce, according to the latest Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
