Asset Managers – Page 155
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NewsAXA taps defined benefit schemes with UK long-lease fund
EUROPE – Company raises £125m for fund with target war chest of £1bn by 2018.
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Hertfordshire LGPS awards fiduciary mandate to Swiss manager
UK – Alternatives portfolio worth as much as £300m to be overseen by LGT Capital Partners.
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NewsFriday people roundup [updated]
GLOBAL – Coal Pension Trustees, Mercer, Atkin & Co, Pramerica, Barings, Amplion
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Insight Investment Management acquires currency risk investment firm
GLOBAL – Asset manager snaps up currency risk-management specialist Pareto.
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NewsMandate roundup: Lærernes, Parametric, Clwyd, Cornwall, Invesco
EUROPE – Danish industry scheme for teachers appoints Eaton Vance subsidiary to EM portfolio.
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Lothian, Aberdeen, Mondrian, UBS
EUROPE – Swiss pension fund tenders $150 small-cap equity mandate using IPE-Quest.
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Swiss roundup: Publica, ifund services, UBS, LIBOR
SWITZERLAND – Country’s largest pension fund to lower discount rate from 2015.
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NewsIndustry unhappy with 'flawed' alternative fund managers directive
EUROPE – Investment Management Association says legislation a 'disappointing outcome of a flawed process'.
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NewsBlackRock, UK RREEF funds merge to create £2.4bn unit trust
UK – 'Landmark' merger to create country's largest unit trust.
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NewsSectors lagging in 2012 tipped to outperform in January
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley research suggests so-called 'January effect' also applies in reverse.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Schilders, LPFA, SSgA, Old Mutual GI, Liquidnet, International Benefits Network
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Police Pension Scheme
IPE – Swiss occupational pension fund tenders $1.5bn EM equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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NewsPRI 'must change' before asset managers can be held to account
GLOBAL – Aviva Investors says assessment structure of UN-backed principles must change.
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NewsMandate roundup: PIC, Munich Re, Towers Watson, Rexam
UK – Pension Insurance Corporation agrees £400m longevity reinsurance deal with Munich Re.
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NewsDutch investors falling short on sustainability policies
NETHERLANDS – Organisation VBDO calls on pension funds to act more 'systematically'.
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Clwyd, Aberdeen, P-Solve
EUROPE – Swiss fund looking to invest $175m in hedge funds, using IPE-Quest for manager search.
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NewsFriday people roundup
GLOBAL – The Pensions Regulator, VvV, Royal London, Aberdeen Asset Management, BNY Mellon
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NewsEU parliament approves introduction of Tobin tax
EUROPE – Text must now be approved by European Council to initiate 'enhanced cooperation'.
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NewsMandate roundup: PKA, Aberdeen, IST, Hermes, Berkshire, Kames
EUROPE – Denmark's PKA awards $200m emerging market corporate bond mandate to Aberdeen.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Pensions Federation, Threadneedle, PDN, Aon Hewitt, Association of Corporate Trustees
