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SWIP names Bolton as head of European equities
UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has named Nigel Bolton as head of European equities.
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ECB says pension funds’ shift to bonds continues
EUROPE – The European Central Bank says pension funds and insurers in the euro area are still shifting out of equities and into fixed income and mutual funds.
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Somerset awards E143m in fixed income to F&C
UK – The 600 million-pound (867 million-euro) Somerset County Council Pension has awarded a 100 million-pound (143 million-euro) UK fixed income mandate to F&C Management.
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Norway’s Petroleum Fund “not enough” - IMF
NORWAY – The International Monetary Fund says Norway’s 803 billion-crown (99.4 billion-euro) Petroleum Fund “will not be enough” to cover future pension needs.
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Scandinavian fund tenders E326m via IPE-Quest
SCANDINAVIA – A Scandinavian pension fund has tendered a mandate for around 400 million dollars (326.7 million euros) in North American equities via IPE-Quest.
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Gartmore says it boosts US equities team
UK – Gartmore Investment Management has hired Gil Knight as vice president, senior portfolio manager, to boost its US equities team.
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Petroleum Fund tenders active equity mandates
NORWAY – The 803 billion-crown (99.4 billion-euro) Petroleum Fund is seeking managers to run active global and emerging market equities.
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Aegon awards E19bn custody mandate to KAS
NETHERLANDS – Aegon Asset Management Netherlands has awarded KAS Bank a 19 billion-euro mandate for the custody and administration of European bonds and Dutch equities.
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State Street unveils ‘virtual’ asset pooling
EUROPE - Global custody group State Street says it is introducing a ‘virtual’ product for multinational pension fund asset pooling.
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TNO puts E30m into hedge funds
NETHERLANDS – The 1.3 billion-euro pension fund of Dutch research institute TNO has allocated 30 million euros to hedge funds, taking the cash out of equities.
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Swiss fund tenders E32m via IPE-Quest
SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund has tendered a mandate for enhanced Swiss equities worth 50 million Swiss francs (32 million euros) via IPE-Quest.
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PGGM names new equities and fixed income heads
NETHERLANDS – The 49.7 billion-euro Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM, which recently named a new chairman, has named new heads for equities and fixed income.
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BNP Paribas AM hires MLIM's Rudigoz
FRANCE - BNP Paribas Asset Management says Olivier Rudigoz has joined its European Equity team as product head for euro equities.
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Germany’s BVK has smooth asset transition
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, says the transition of assets to its new array of external managers has gone very smoothly.
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Dutch pension fund tenders equities via IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch corporate pension fund has tendered a European equities mandate worth around 200 million euros via IPE-Quest.
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German institutions eye tactical asset allocation
GERMANY - German institutional investors are increasingly focusing on the possibilities for tactical asset allocation (TAA) within their portfolios.
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French reserve fund delays manager shortlist
FRANCE – The Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraite (FRR) is to delay announcing the manager shortlist for its 16 billion euros of mandates until December.
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Dutch fund tenders emerging markets via IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has tendered a mandate for up to 70 million euros in global emerging markets equities via IPE-Quest.
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Funds should manage core internally - IPE panel
NETHERLANDS - European pension funds should manage the core of their business internally, and outsource only the specialist areas of asset management to external managers.
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Baring AM hires Kiddie as Walker retires
UK - Baring Asset Management has hired David Kiddie, former head of equities at Rothschild Asset Management.
