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Hampshire Pension Fund tenders £1.2bn in active equity mandates
Southern UK public sector fund seeks up to five managers
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Mandate roundup: Hampshire Pension Fund, RPMI Railpen, Northern Trust
UK’s Hampshire tenders for managers as it outsources more than £400m in alternative assets
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ACCESS Pool delivers £98.9m in savings for its members
Last year alone the Pool delivered savings of £28.6m for members
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UK: Labour government seeks continuity with focus on boosting domestic investment
The Department for Work and Pensions will have its work cut out as the new Labour government starts a comprehensive pensions review
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Mandate roundup: Ircantec awards five mandates worth €2.8bn [updated]
Plus: German church fund awards currency overlay mandate to Metzler; Italian education workers’ scheme shakes up manager line-up; Hampshire hires JP Morgan
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Mandate roundup: Swiss scheme seeks passive bond manager for $1bn
Plus: Another Swiss fund issues an RFI on €4.1bn currency overlay brief; UK local authority awards property mandate
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PRI hits 500th asset owner signatory ‘milestone’ with Colombian fund
70% of the signatories are investment managers
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UK: Encouraging UK growth through consolidation
The UK government is pursuing plans to leverage pension assets to boost economic growth while generating best returns for members
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Hampshire seeks managers for £660m multi-asset credit mandates
Local authority pension fund open to investing on segregated or pooled fund basis
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UK roundup: Railpen scheme director to retire
Plus: Hampshire LGPS awards short-term global equity mandate; Co-op seals £425m buy-in deal
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UK: Funding challenges amid continued market uncertainty
The UK’s pension regulator emphasises the need for schemes to focus on long-term planning, transparency and risk management
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UK government proposes 'British wealth funds' as part of LGPS reform
Chancellor of Exchequer calls for pooling of assets, greater exposure to infrastructure
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UK: Consolidation remains controversial
Guidance on the long-awaited legislation setting out a regulatory framework for superfunds is finally released
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Madoff fraud hits pension funds
[17:05 CET 15-12] GLOBAL – As the list of investors hit by Bernard Madoff’s scam grows, it has emerged pension funds have also been hit by the alleged $50bn Ponzi scheme.
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Schroders named as Shetland manager
[12:57 CEST 14-06] UK – The Shetland Islands Council has named Schroders as the manager awarded a £20m (€29.6m) UK property mandate.
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Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Pensions back at a sweet spot
Assets for the leading 1000 European pension funds grew by 8.7% year-on-year, reversing last year’s loss of 6.8%. This brings total assets back up to above their previous high water mark of €9.7trn in 2022’s research exercise. This year’s overall net gain in assets of €775bn is the largest since 2021’s increase of €810bn.
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Mellon targets multi-national pooling
GLOBAL – Mellon Financial Corp. is targeting multi-national pooling as one of the drivers for its asset servicing business, according to the division’s head Jim Palermo.
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UK: Thinking beyond Brexit
Pensions regulation has taken a backseat to Brexit but this has not stopped the industry from moving ahead with changes