Asset Managers – Page 208
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Investment arm untouched by Fortis rescue
[14:15 CEST 29-09] EUROPE – Fortis Investments is 'unharmed' by the €11.2bn rescue action from the Benelux governments today, though the Belgian-Dutch bankassurer is still waiting for a €2.15bn cash injection from Chinese insurer Ping An.
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Dutch institutions shun indirect real estate
[17:15 CEST 26-09] NETHERLANDS – Dutch institutional investments in indirect real estate declined by 17% last year in favour of a growth in direct real estate portfolios, a new report claims.
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NewsGet buyout quotes asap – Vassiliades
[17:00 CEST 26-09] UK – Danny Vassiliades, head of corporate advice at Punter Southall, has warned pension funds who are considering a buyout to de-risk their scheme should get a quote as soon as possible.
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Credit crunch pushes liability hedging, despite Lehman
[17:05 CEST 25-09] UK – UK pension funds are increasingly looking into liability hedging structures, despite the collapse of several banks acting as counterparty, according to Mark Davies, investment director at P-Solve.
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Dutch fund seeks fund of hedge funds
[17:00 CEST 25-09] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund is looking for manager to manage a €10m global fund of hedge funds mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Pension funds limit derivatives default risk
[16:45 CEST 24-09] UK – Pension funds could have suffered huge losses on their derivatives positions last week had they not demanded such tough terms on collateralisation and mark-to-market valuations, according to investment consultant Watson Wyatt.
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PGGM ceases stock lending of foreign financials
[15:25 CEST 24-09] NETHERLANDS – Dutch asset manager PGGM has stopped lending securities of all foreign financial institutions, IPE has learnt, following increased Dutch criticism of the practice of stock lending.
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Hermes 'not interested' in joint venture
[16:15 CEST 23-09] UK – Fund firm Hermes has stated it is not interested in teaming up with other organisations, after it was revealed joint venture talks with Governance for Owners (GO) have fallen through.
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West Midlands allocates 25% to alternatives
[17:00 CEST 22-09] UK – The £8bn (€10bn) West Midlands Pension Fund has confirmed it is investing appxoximately a quarter of its portfolio in alternative assets.
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TI Group agrees second buy-in (Update)
[13:15 CEST 22-09] UK – The £1.3bn (€1.7bn) TI Group Pension Scheme (TIGPS), one of the schemes belonging to the engineering firm Smiths Group, has agreed a second £250m (€312m) partial buy-in deal, this time with Paternoster.
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Putnam’s money market fund falls victim
[16:45 CEST 19-09] GLOBAL – Putnam Investments has been forced to close its prime money market institutional fund and return the assets to investors, just as consultants warn money market fund liquidity could be the unintended victims of this week’s market turbulence.
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Dutch funds' stances differ on stock lending
[14:00 CEST 19-09] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds today showed mixed views on the practice of lending securities of European and US banks.
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Financing to keep AIG afloat for break-up
[17:00 CEST 17-09] GLOBAL – The US Federal Reserve has granted global financing firms and their investors a last-minute rescue package by agreeing to invest up to $85bn (€60bn) in American International Group.
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HBOS rescue could marry Insight and SWIP
[16:15 CEST 17-09] EUROPE – Insight Investment and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) could be merged into a £200bn (€250bn) asset management house as Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is in talks with rival Lloyds TSB following fresh falls in its share price.
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Central banks pump money markets as AIG shares spiral (amended)
[17:05 CEST 16-09] GLOBAL – Central banks injected huge sums of money into the capital markets today in a bid to prevent from liquidity from seizing up but turbulence in the markets is still driving the price of equities down and bonds prices up as all eyes are now on ...
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BlackRock will stay independent
[16:05 CEST 16-09] GLOBAL – BlackRock, the asset manager half-owned by US investment bank Merrill Lynch, today said it will remain independent even after retail house Bank of America (BoA) has picked up its 50% stake in the operation through its proposed acquisition of Merrill.
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Lehman Brothers bankruptcy sparks Monday meltdown
[17:10 CEST 15-09] GLOBAL – Pension funds have moved quickly to assess their financial positions today following the Chapter 11 insolvency investment banking giant Lehman Brothers’ voluntary and Bank of America’s takeover of Merrill Lynch, but many are also being advised the unwinding of financial positions could significantly affect asset ...
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Swedish buffer funds exclude cluster bomb investment
[16:15 CEST 15-09] SWEDEN – Four AP-funds have agreed to divest from companies involved in the manufacture and sale of cluster munitions following a recommendation by the Ethical Council of the Swedish National Pension Funds.
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NewsJürg Maurer leaves Rieter fund
[17:10 CEST 12-09] SWITZERLAND – The pension fund of Swiss textile company Rieter is losing its portfolio manager Jürg Maurer as he is leaving to set up his own asset management business.
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NewsBoNY Mellon merges Iberian AM
[17:00 CEST 10-09] IBERIA – Bank of New York Mellon Asset Management’s Spanish, Portugese and Andorran operations are merging with WestLB Mellon Asset Management to create a “single point of contact”.
