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Leicestershire tenders targeted returns

2006-10-09T15:55:03Z

UK – The £1.9bn (€2.8bn) Leicestershire County Council pension fund is looking for a targeted or absolute return manager to invest 5% of its portfolio.

Leicestershire chooses hedge funds manager

2007-05-23T10:00:46Z

[11:00 CEST 23/05] UK – The £1.9bn (€2.8bn) Leicestershire County Council pension fund found a manager for a £105m targeted return mandate.

Leicestershire axes BGI in review

2006-05-04T03:03:00Z

UK – The £2bn (€2.9bn) Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund has axed Barclays Global Investors as manager of a roughly £400m multi-asset class passive portfolio following a review of the scheme structure.

Warwickshire in talks to join £9bn East Riding LGPS pool​

2015-12-22T13:27:00Z

Local authority fund agrees to submit joint proposal in February but will continue talks with other asset pools

Seven LGPS move towards passive investment collaboration

2015-09-07T15:04:00Z

Midlands grouping to combine assets into pooled fund mandate to save 30% in management fees

UK’s Leicester reviews asset, portfolio structure

2003-05-27T04:13:00Z

UK – The 1.1 billion pound (1.52 billion euro) Leicestershire county council pension fund is reviewing its asset and portfolio structure and is asking for managers to put forward proposals for various asset classes.

City of London grants Australia's IFM infrastructure mandate

2013-10-23T10:38:00Z

Local authority splits mandate across pension fund, trust responsible for bridge maintenance

Mandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Leicestershire Council, JPMAM

2012-03-28T12:45:00Z

Continental corporate scheme tenders $50m European fixed income mandate using IPE-Quest.

Mandate roundup: NEST, TCAM, IPE Quest, Leicestershire County

2012-01-27T01:00:00Z

NEST appoints Co-operative Asset Management to provide responsible ownership services.

Mandate roundup: Leicestershire, Devon, Shropshire, Bpf GIL, Hymans Robertson

2011-05-24T16:30:00Z

Leicestershire's LGPS plans €147m timber, infrastructure investment to fight inflation.

Mandate roundup: TOBAM, Northern Trust, Skandia, Capita Life, Leicestershire

2011-05-11T16:00:00Z

French asset manager TOBAM wins €25m mandate from Alcatel-Lucent's Dutch scheme.

Dutch SFP fund awards custody to Northern

2006-05-10T03:40:00Z

NETHERLANDS – Northern Trust says it has been awarded an asset servicing mandate by the €330m Stichting Federatief Pensioenfonds.

UK's Berkshire tenders €599m currency overlay

2006-05-04T04:38:00Z

UK - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has tendered a £410m (€599m) currency overlay mandate for the £1.3bn Berkshire Pension Fund.

Charity lobbies local gov't pensions over mining

2009-08-20T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 20-08] UK – A number of local authority pension funds are coming under pressure from the charity ActionAid to use their investments in mining firm Vedanta to stop an open pit mine in India.

European schemes ditch passive equity - GSAM

2006-06-08T04:08:00Z

EUROPE – Pension funds in Europe are increasingly jettisoning passively managed equity portfolios for enhanced indexed strategies, says Melissa Brown, managing director of quantitative strategies at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Leicestershire to move out of gilts

2008-05-19T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 19-05] UK – Leicestershire County Council’s pension fund management board is following the recommendation of its investment consultant and increasing its total returns strategy by moving out of government bonds.

BoNY custody win

November 1999 (Magazine)

Using overlay strategies

June 2006 (Magazine)

In May, The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead tendered a E599m currency overlay mandate for the £1.3bn (E1.9bn) Berkshire Pension Fund. It is one of a string of pension funds who are looking at diversifying risk through currency overlay. Other recent funds include Strathclyde, which hired Mellon Capital Management, ...

US groups to take all?

June 2000 (Magazine)