Asset Managers – Page 200
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SocGen further dismantles asset management
[16:10 CET 26-01] FRANCE – Crédit Agricole and Société Générale, France’s second- and third largest banks, have signed a preliminary agreement to merge their asset management operations, for an undisclosed sum.
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2008 volatility hits more Finnish funds
[16:20 CET 23-01] FINLAND – Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company has reported a €1.2bn fall in the value of its assets in 2008, according to preliminary figures while Eläke-Fennia saw a negative return of 12% and VER suffered further to lose 15% last year.
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1,000 open DB plans could switch to DC [updated]
[15:00 CET 23-01] UK – More than 50% of open defined benefit (DB) pension schemes could close to new members as a result of the economic crisis, claims new research by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).
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Aberdeen saw £5bn in outflows last quarter
UK – Aberdeen Asset Management has revealed its total assets under management fell to £110.2bn (€116.7bn) in last quarter of 2008, down from £111.1bn at end-September.
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Pensions funds opt to raise TRS collateral
[12:00 CET 22-01] EUROPE – Pensions funds are likely to be paying slightly higher for passive investments since the collapse of Lehman Brothers if using synthethic replication, but are choosing to do by over-collateralising their total return swaps, according to officials at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
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NewsImproved confidence yet to translate to market shift
[16:15 CET 21-01] US – Global investor confidence is said to have improved as a monthly sentiment recorder has climbed 12.1 points against the end of last year, but analysts have questioned whether the improved confidence is actually shifting into market sentiment given the ongoing turmoil.
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AP7 mulls more alpha centres
[15:45 CET 21-01] SWEDEN – The SEK74bn (€6.9bn) Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden (AP7) is planning to review its pure alpha investments to see if it can add more of its ‘alpha centres’.
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Currency volatility leads to Record outflows
[16:00 CET 20-01] UK – Record plc, the listed company behind Record Currency Management, has admitted the firm saw client assets outflows worth $2.6bn (€bn) in its third quarter trading and its assets under management fell by 25% when combined with market and currency turbulence.
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Merseyside awards equity roles and moves fixed income
[16:55 CET 19-01] UK – Merseyside Pension Fund has appointed four new investment managers to run a third of the £3.7bn (€4.1bn) scheme's allocation to UK equities, ahead of plans to start a new search for active fixed income managers.
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Merseyside invests in fundamental index fund
[15:00 CET 15-01] UK – The £4.26bn (€4.8bn) Merseyside local authority pension fund is provided half of the funding for a new enhanced indexation-type fund launched by Nomura Asset Management.
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Asda taps Cardano for 'new-style' mandate
[17:05 CET 14-01] UK – The £1bn (€1.1bn) group pension scheme of UK supermarket retailer Asda, has appointed Cardano’s London office for a so called 'solvency management' mandate.
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Allianz completes Cominvest takeover
[16:20 CET 13-01] GERMANY – Cominvest, the asset management division of Commerzbank, now falls under the umbrella of Allianz Global Investors Germany following the completion of its takeover.
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NewsMore equity volatility predicted
[14:00 CET 12-01] GLOBAL – Equity volatility remains high in 2009, while real yields on government securities are likely to remain low, according to a global fund manager survey by consultancy firm Watson Wyatt.
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NewsNBIM picks London as real estate base
[16:20 CET 09-01] NORWAY/UK – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has increased the office space of its London branch to cope with an increase in new employees and to act as a base for the organisation's real estate investment team.
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NewsInstitutions to exit bonds for stocks - BlackRock CEO
[15:00 CET 09-01] GLOBAL - Institutional investors are set to exit fixed income and move into equities, reckons BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink.
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NewsHymans replaces P-Solve at Kensington
[15:45 CET 09-01] UK – Hymans Robertson has replaced P-Solve Asset Management as investment consultants for the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's pension fund.
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NewsBT fund 'retains stock lending ban'
[16:30 CET 08-01] UK - The £39.7bn (€44bn) BT Pension Scheme plans to keep in place a ban on stock lending - despite the lifting of an official ban on the practice, according to reports.
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NewsABP taps ex-NBIM chief Kjaer for advice
[14:55 CET 08-01] NETHERLANDS – Knut Kjaer, the former chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management (NIBM), the asset manager of the Norwegian oil fund, has joined the investment committee of the giant Dutch civil service pension fund ABP.
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Aegon takes control of Romanian pension business
[16:00 CET 07-01] ROMANIA – Dutch pension firm Aegon has taken control of its joint venture pensions business in Romania.
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NewsFujitsu taps SLI for UK equities
[16:00 CET 07-01] UK – The £1.9bn (€2.1bn) UK defined benefit (DB) pension fund of Japanese computer manufacturer Fujitsu has appointed asset manager Standard Life Investments for a £90m UK equity portfolio.
