Asset Managers – Page 191
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Iceland prepares to free capital restraints
[16:40 CEST 14-10] ICELAND - Iceland has been preparing for the liberalisation from its capital controls, which will eventually conclude with the lifting of currency restrictions.
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UK mandate roundup: Bucks appoints global eq managers
[16:30 CEST 14-10] UK – Buckinghamshire County Council has appointed three new global equity managers for its £1.07bn (€1.14bn) pension fund, completing the search for investment managers announced in July 2008.
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One in three fund managers predict double-digit growth
[16:20 CEST 14-10] GLOBAL - Profit growth expectations are at to a five-year high as fears among fund managers of a double dip recession are beginning to wane, according to the latest Bank of America-Merrill Lynch survey.
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Bucks appoints RLAM for bonds as Devon seeks actuary
[17:00 CEST 13-10] UK – The £1.07bn (€1.14bn) Buckinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has appointed Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) to run a fixed income mandate.
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Erste creates AM umbrella and targets CEE
[17:15 CEST 12-10] AUSTRIA – The banking and management group Erste has created Erste Asset Management(EAM), a new umbrella to combine all of its asset management business in Austria and the CEE region.
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Essex appoints Fidelity for global equities
[17:10 CEST 09-10] UK – The £2.2bn (€2.37bn) Essex Pension Fund has appointed Fidelity International as an active global equity manager.
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SFE tenders for pension provider but mulls own fund
[17:00 CEST 09-10] NORWAY – Sogn og Fjordane Energi AS (SFE), the Norwegian energy company, is re-tendering for a pension provider for its defined benefit (DB) occupational scheme, but is considering the possibility of joining with other energy companies to establish their own pension investment fund.
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NewsFinland's Keva appoints Swiss Altis for manager analysis and monitoring
[15:26 CEST 07-10] FINLAND - Keva, the €22bn local government pension institution in Finland, has appointed Altis Investment Management to assist with external asset manager analysis and monitoring.
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Tesco continues property deals with pension funds
[17:05 CEST 06-10] UK – Tesco has formed a fourth joint venture with a UK pension fund to sell and leaseback property assets in an effort to release value from its property portfolio.
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NewsAviva to go ahead with Delta Lloyd IPO
[16:55 CEST 05-10] NETHERLANDS – Aviva has today confirmed it will float Delta Lloyd in a Dutch shareholder offering, although the parent group will continue to hold the majority share in the firm.
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NewsRaiffeisen buys into Albanian pension system
[14:00 CEST 05-10] ALBANIA – The Albanian branch of the Raiffeisen group has bought the biggest pension provider in the market.
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RPMI shake-up brings new admin head
[13:30 CEST 02-10] UK - Pensions administrator RPMI has completed a major restructuring designed to boost its third-party business potential which will see Xafinity’s Robert Branagh become managing director for administration within the newly-streamed RPMI team.
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Eureko secures exit from Polish PZU row
POLAND – Eureko, the Netherlands-headquartered insurance group, has finally secured a financial settlement and exit strategy from its ownership of PZU following a long-running dispute with the Polish government.
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North Yorks pension pulls out of pressured GTAA
[16:00 CEST 01-10] UK – The £1.04bn (€1.14bn) North Yorkshire Pension Fund has formally withdrawn its investment in a Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) strategy run by UBS, and from the asset class as a whole.
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Profond changes fee-structure post-crisis
[16:10 CEST 30-09] SWITZERLAND – The CHF2.2bn (€1.46bn) Swiss multi-employer pensionskasse Profond has changed the fee structure for its portfolio managers, in a bid to reduce costs.
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Swedish government to overhaul AP7
[16:00 CEST 30-09] SWEDEN - The Swedish government is proposing wide-ranging changes to the country’s premium-based pension system (PPM) and AP7 - responsible for managing the premium choice and default funds - which will see both scrapped and transformed into a single new type of fund, in a bid to ...
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Swisscanto expands its pensions potential
[16:50 CEST 28-09] UK – Swisscanto, the asset manager, has widened its European presence and is now planning to target UK pension fund investor, even though it has operated in the UK for over 20 years.
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Dilworth surfaces as Allianz GI's German CEO
[15:30 CEST 25-09] GERMANY - James Dilworth, former head of European at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, is joining Allianz Global Investors Germany from 12 October as its new chief executive, ahead of major changes to its European operational strategies.
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Bulgaria may offer multifunds in 2010
[16:35 CEST 24-09] BULGARIA – Multi-funds, or investment portfolios with different risk profiles, could be introduced into the third pillar pensions regime next year if the government adopts a draft law by the end of 2009, the Bulgarian Association of Supplementary Pension Security Companies (BASPSC) has revealed.
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Applying ESG to alternatives is tricky, reveals IPE survey
[16:30 CEST 21-09] EUROPE - Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into alternative asset classes seems to be difficult, the findings of an IPE survey suggest.
