Asset Managers – Page 147
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Mandate NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, SEI, Cooper-Avon Tyres
EUROPE – Continental pension fund tenders £50m, passive, UK Gilt mandate using IPE-Quest.
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NewsDutch giant APG to invest €170m in Japanese warehouses
NETHERLANDS – 'Club-style' fund to focus on modern facilities near Tokyo, Osaka.
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NewsUnited Capital moves to quell growing disquiet over Doverie deal
EUROPE – Asset manager aims to 'strengthen ties' in Bulgaria, keep on current CEO.
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NewsBNP Paribas buys into GOEF market with Depotbank deal
GERMANY – BNP Paribas Securities Services buys Commerzbank's Depotbank business for undisclosed sum.
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NewsDexia confirms ending 'long negotiations' over AM division
GLOBAL – GCS still able to 'fulfil contractual obligations' and close deal by month's end.
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UK roundup: Premier Foods, RHM, SEI
UK – Premier sees group-wide pensions deficit fall £70m on back of discount-rate increase.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – ABP, Stenham Asset Management, bfinance, Traiana, First Actuarial
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Union sees surge of interest from German institutionals
GERMANY – Institutional investors account for €4bn of €6.7bn in net inflows reported in H1.
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NewsAcademic paper questions merits of property as inflation hedge
GLOBAL – Only commercial real estate shows any evidence of 'real link' between inflation, returns.
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Unilever pension fund attributes funding level to 'fine-tuning'
NETHERLANDS – €4.4bn Progress scheme returns more than 18% on investments in 2012.
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PGB to bring management of BlackRock government bond portfolio inhouse
NETHERLANDS – Pension fund for Dutch printing industry cites efficiency, cost savings.
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NewsGerman investor tenders €100m Pacific equities mandate
IPE-QUEST – Selected manager to serve as 'backup for existing managers for time being'.
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NewsBulgarians criticise sale of pension fund to UK-based United Capital
EUROPE – Austrian insurance group VIG offloads 92% stake in largest Bulgarian scheme Doverie.
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NewsWiltshire Pension Fund tenders multi-asset GEM mandate
GLOBAL – Mandate to cover 'mainly bonds and equities'.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Pramerica, Dutch Social Affairs, MN, Sackers, Janus, Barings, BNY Mellon, Mirabaud
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Mandate NewsMandate roundup: Shropshire, Bevan Howard, BlueCrest, BNP Paribas, NPRF, BlueBay
EUROPE – Shropshire local authority fund appoints manager to £55m hedge fund mandate.
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NewsStrathclyde selects manager for £550m indexation portfolio
UK – Scottish fund says framework agreement has seen 'strong response' from others.
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NewsFriday people roundup
GLOBAL – The Pensions Trust, BlueBay Asset Management, Twelve Capital, Four Capital Partners
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NewsGerman pension fund tenders $150m GEM mandate
IPE-QUEST – Managers must have at least $500m in AUM for mandate itself.




