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Mecklenburg joins civil servants fund trend
[15:30 CEST 16-08] GERMANY – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will become the ninth German province to create a pension fund for its civil servants.
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Equity appetite unscathed by US turmoil – ML
[14:00 CEST 16-08] GLOBAL – Despite global market turbulence, institutional investors still believe equities offer value, particularly relative to bonds, Merrill Lynch has found.
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IPE-QUEST: $60m specialist equity mandate
[13:30 CEST 15-08] DENMARK – Investment consultant Kirstein Finance is looking for a manager for $50m to $70m (>€37m) a global technology equities manager on behalf of a Danish asset manager using IPE-Quest.
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Barclays appoints Russell for pension plan
[16:30 CEST 14-08] UK – The £16.8bn (€24.9bn) Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund has awarded a £2bn multi-manager high alpha equity brief to Russell Investments.
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Bulgarian Doverie confirms investment trend
[16:30 CEST 13-08] BULGARIA – Pension funds are looking for alternatives both in the bonds and equities sectors as government bonds are becoming less attractive.
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DWS keeps ABS fund open as US sub-prime crisis ebbs
[16:00 CEST 13-08] EUROPE – Deutsche Bank’s DWS has bucked the trend and kept an asset-backed securities (ABS) fund open as shockwaves from the US sub-prime loan crisis began to die down in Europe on Monday and central bank intervention soothed financial market woes.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m UK equity mandate
[12:30 CEST 09-08] EUROPE – A European multi-manager is tendering a $50m (€36.3m) UK large-cap mandate using IPE-Quest.
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S&P takes indexing to a new frontier
[16:30 CEST 08-08] GLOBAL – Standard & Poor’s, the ratings agency, is attempting to plug a gap in the extreme emerging markets index space with the launch of a benchmark covering “frontier market” companies based in countries such as Zimbabwe and Kazakhstan.
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Pension surplus under threat from equities - LCP
[14:00 CEST 08-08] UK – Companies whose pension schemes remain heavily invested in equities should reconsider they are in a vulnerable position, argues Bob Scott, partner at Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
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US sub-prime crisis prompts fund closures in Germany
[14:00 CEST 07-08] GERMANY – Shockwaves from the US sub-prime loan crisis have hit Germany and prompted three providers of asset-backed securities (ABS) to temporarily close their funds.
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Robeco beats F&C to 130/30 Europe
[11:00 CEST 07-08] NETHERLANDS - Robeco is launching a ‘short-extension’ European equities fund which promises a “high return” by making extended use of derivatives.
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Market gains could reduce cash funding
[16:00 CEST 03-08] UK – Financial directors are being advised to review their funding deficits as improved market conditions may have reduced the level of contributions now required.
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Cardiff seeks transition managers
[16:00 CEST 03-08] UK – The £899m (€1.34bn) Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund is looking for a ‘panel’ of transition managers, IPE has learnt.
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IPE-QUEST: Equity mandates for the Middle East
[13:00 CEST 02-08] UK – Investors in the Middle East are looking for pan-European, global, US and emerging market equity managers using IPE-Quest.
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Active managers see 'fee cake' crumble - IMA
[16:00 CEST 01-08] UK – The continuing trend among pension funds towards separating index tracking from absolute returns is a challenge for some active managers the UK's Investment Management Association (IMA) found.
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Romania introduces pension fund risk profile
ROMANIA – Pension funds in the recently-created Romanian second pillar will be labelled "high risk level" if they have less than 65% invested in low-risk bonds.
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Stanlib targets African growth
[16:45 CEST 31-07] EUROPE – South African asset manager Stanlib is moving into the European institutional market with the launch of two funds tapping the growth potential of African equities.
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Dutch schemes recall Fortis’ securities for ABN vote
[17:00 CEST 30-07] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are recalling their loaned securities in Fortis Bank to prevent activist hedge funds benefiting from the implicit voting rights on Fortis’ bid for ABN Amro.
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Waltham Forest completes overhaul
[15:00 CEST 30-07] UK – The £485m (€719.6m) London Borough of Waltham Forest pension fund has appointed six new managers.
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FRR awards three more passive mandates
[14:30 CEST 30-07] FRANCE – The €33.4bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) appointed the final three managers to its newly-created passive portfolio.
