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Turkisfund to target EU investors
TURKEY - Turkisfund will start marketing its Turkey funds to European investors from its Luxembourg office later this summer.
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F&C moves 130/30 into Europe
[16:30 CEST 26-07] UK - F&C, the fund manager majority-owned by Friends Provident, is to expand its newly-launched UK 130/30 strategy into European equities.
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ABP and PGGM want returns in sustainable investment
[11:00 CEST 26-07] NETHERLANDS - ABP and PGGM, the largest pension funds in the Netherlands, say they expect to see real returns on investments in sustainability and social causes.
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IPE Quest: Dutch fund seeks emerging markets manager
[11:45 CEST 24-07] NETHERLANDS – An unnamed Dutch pension fund, aided by consultancy firm Towers Perrin in The Netherlands, is seeking a manager for a $11m (€8m) global emerging markets (GEM) equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Suffolk signs three firms to handle £255m in equities
[16:15 CEST 23-07] UK – Suffolk County Council Pension Fund has awarded three mandates to manage its equity investments, following a change in allocation strategy.
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Cumbria introduces global equity and alternatives focus
[16:00 CEST 20-07] UK - Cumbria County Council is making its first move into investing in alternatives with the appointment of asset manager Blackrock, as well as shift into global equities.
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Agency seeks environmental corporate bonds
[15:30 CEST 20-07] UK - The Environment Agency has handed Royal London Asset Management the contract to manage a £55m (€81.5m) UK corporate bonds mandate, with SRI restrictions on the type of investments selected.
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Construction major signs €425m return portfolio
[14:00 CEST 20-07] NETHERLANDS – The €850m pension fund of Dutch construction group VolkerWessels have appointed specialist Swiss asset manager EIM Group to manage a €425m absolute return portfolio, IPE has learnt.
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PensionDanmark allocates equity to Europe
[14:00 CEST 19-07] DENMARK - Danish pension fund PensionDanmark has added a new fund management house to its list of external managers through the award of an active European equity mandate.
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IPE-QUEST – $250m pan-European equity mandate
[16:45 CEST 18-07] SCANDINAVIA – A Scandinavian pension fund is looking for an active manager for a $250m (€181.7m) pan-European equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Bullish institutions focus on pro-cyclical sectors
[14:30 CEST 18-07] GLOBAL – Institutional investors globally have adopted a more pro-cyclical stance amid greater confidence in the strength of global growth and improving risk appetite, a survey has found.
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FRR ventures into US small cap equities
[16:00 CEST 17-07] FRANCE – The €32bn French reserve fund (FRR) is looking for managers for two US small cap equity portfolios totalling €500m.
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Union sees demand for SRI and portable alpha
[14:00 CEST 16-07] GERMANY – Union Investment, the asset manager for Germany’s co-operative bank sector, is rolling out sustainability and portable alpha funds on the back of institutional investor demand.
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Wiltshire appoints three managers
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – The £1.1bn (€1.7bn) Wiltshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded three mandates for unconstrained equity, long-short equity and active currency.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m currency alpha mandate
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – A UK-based institutional investor is looking for a manager for a $50m (€36.3m) active global currency alpha mandate using IPE-Quest.
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Hermes chooses tracking partner
[17:00 CEST 12-07] UK – Legal & General Investment Management will provide index tracking services to Hermes Pension Management, it was announced today.
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IPE-QUEST: $30m heading for SRI
[17:00 CEST 12-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund is seeking to appoint a manager for a $30m SRI (€21.8m) mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Rethink global equities, says Pioneer
[16:45 CEST 11-07] GLOBAL - Asset managers must rethink the way they present global equity products, according to Pioneer Investments’ global head of institutional business, Paul Price: “The age of the product push is over,” he said today.
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IPE-QUEST: $125m US equity mandate
[17:16 CEST 10-07] EUROPE – A European multi-manager is using IPE-Quest to appoint a manager for a $125m (€91.7m) all cap and large cap US and Canada equity mandate.
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Edinburgh local government fund seeks global equities
[13:00 CEST 10-07] UK - Lothian Pension Fund (LPF) is looking for a manager to handle a £150m (€222m) global emerging markets equity mandate.
