Markets – Page 244
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Allianz’s Pimco names UK fixed income head
UK – Pimco has named Rothschild Asset Management’s Michael Amey as its new head of UK fixed income.
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ECB pension plan announces manager and custody tender
GERMANY – The European Central Bank is looking for investment managers and a custodian for its 70 million euro retirement plan.
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Pioneer poaches BAM's Robson to head up global equities team
IRELAND – Pioneer Investments has appointed Neil Robson as new head of global equities in Dublin.
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Chevron Texaco hires CSAM for UK bond brief
UK – Chevron Texaco pension scheme has appointed Credit Suisse Asset Management as manager for a 70 million pound (98.9 million euro) UK fixed income portfolio.
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Robeco Alternative offers bond to diversify risk
NETHERLANDS – Robeco Alternative Investments has launched a multi market bond fund aimed at offering investors risk diversification.
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Gartmore offers cautious option to institutions
UK – Gartmore will be offering a cautious managed fund to institutional investors as they seek to reduce volatility.
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European institutions eye US real estate - PGI
EUROPE - European institutions are showing an increased appetite for US real estate, says the new chief executive of US-based asset management firm Principal Global Investors' European operations.
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Fund managers coming out of defensive positions
GLOBAL – Fund managers across the globe are becoming more positive about the economy and are moving out of defensive investments, according to the monthly survey by Merrill Lynch.
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Talbot quits as head of SSGA fixed income to join BGI
UK/US – State Street Global Advisors’ head of international fixed income, Mark Talbot, has left the company to join Barclays Global Investors in the US.
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Belgian funds on course to return 6.5% this year - ABIP
BELGIUM – The Belgian pension fund association says that, on current trends, Belgian pension funds could return around 6.5% in 2003.
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T. Rowe Price hires former ADAM CIO
UK – Laurence Linklater, former chief investment officer at Allianz Dresdner Asset Management, has been appointed by T. Rowe Price International.
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Scandinavian industry fund tenders mandates via IPE-Quest
SCANDINAVIA – A Scandinavian industry-wide pension fund has put out to tender two US equity mandates via IPE-Quest.
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Shropshire moves into hedge funds
UK – Shropshire County Council has announced a change in its pension fund benchmark with greater allocation to bonds and the introduction of a hedge fund portfolio.
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Portuguese pension funds net buyers of equities
PORTUGAL – Pension funds in Portugal were net buyers of equities in the first quarter, according to new data from Watson Wyatt.
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Ignore consultants’ advice, says Somerset
UK – The head of the 600 million-pound (867 million euro) local authority pension fund of Somerset County Council says only a bad pension fund follows the advice of investment consultants to the letter.
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European institutions shun consultants - poll
EUROPE – A new poll has found that 67% of European institutional investors do not employ the services of an external investment consultant.
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Scandinavian fund tenders EM equities via IPE-Quest
EUROPE – A Scandinavian public pension fund has tendered an 80 million-dollar (70 million euro) emerging markets equities mandate via IPE-Quest.
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AP1 tenders $200-300m US small-cap mandate
SWEDEN - The 12.8 billion-euro Swedish national pension scheme AP1 has put out to tender a 200-300 million dollar US small-cap mandate.
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Credit Suisse AM UK bond director leaves
UK – Credit Suisse Asset Management’s director of UK fixed income, Kevin Adams, is to rejoin Henderson Global Investors.
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HSBC UK custody mandates under review
UK – HSBC Global Investor Services has seen two of its global custody mandates for UK local authority pension funds being re-tendered.
