Asset Managers – Page 210
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Nordea to launch Estonian pensions business
ESTONIA – Nordea, the Nordic finance group, is to enter the Estonian pension fund market with the planned launch of its Nordea Pensions Estonia pension fund.
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Aegon finalises Turkish push
[15:00 CEST 10-07] TURKEY – The Dutch insurer Aegon has confirmed its expansion into Turkey with the completed acquisition of the Turkish pension and life insurance provider, Ankara Emeklilik.
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Lower Saxony to set up pension fund
[15:00 CEST 10-07] GERMANY – The German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) is to set up a new pension fund for its civil servants from 2010 in an attempt to cut costs.
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IAM buyout brings solvency relief to Fortis
[16:45 CEST 09-07] UK – International Asset Management (IAM), the fund of hedge fund manager previously owned by ABN Amro Asset Management, has regained its independence in a management buyout (MBO).
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NPRF under pressure over Zimbabwe investments
[16:00 CEST 09-07] IRELAND – The Irish National Pension Reserve Fund has come under pressure to conduct a full ethical review of its investment strategy following the discovery that it invests more than €575m in companies operating in Zimbabwe.
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EC lifts hold-up on Ucits IV
[13:30 CEST 08-07] EUROPE - Ucits IV, described as a badly-needed upgrade of European Union rules governing pan-EU cross-border fund movements, is back on the European Commission’s agenda.
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Credit crunch pushes pension flight from equities
[12:15 CEST 08-07] UK – Nearly half of pension scheme managers have shifted their investments from equities to bonds during the past 12 months, according to research released by Aon Consulting.
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Fundamental indexing still disliked – IPE survey
[16:35 CEST 07-07] EUROPE – Fundamental indexing strategies still remain unpopular as the vast majority of small and medium-sized European institutional investors indicate they are not even considering the instrument, according to the first IPE/Invesco survey.
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Sweden sells E4.4bn real estate arm to AP
[15:45 CEST 04-07] SWEDEN – The Swedish government has agreed to sell the state-owned real-estate company Vasakronan to AP Fastigheter in a deal valued at SEK 41.1bn (€4.4bn).
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Swiss absolute return manager opens Dutch office
[15:47 CEST 04-07] NETHERLANDS – The Swiss hedge fund and asset manager EIM Group, specialists in absolute return portfolios, has opened a separate office in Amsterdam.
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Nordea Liv & Pensions buys Alka Liv
[12:30 CEST 03-07] DENMARK - Nordea Liv & Pension, the life and pensions arm of the Nordic finance group, has bought Alka Liv - a life insurer with DKK1bn (€134m) under management.
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Delta Lloyd Investment Management GmbH sold
[12:30 CEST 02-07] GERMANY – Kas Bank, the Dutch securities bank, has formally acquired Delta Lloyd’s German investment manager business, following its exclusive talks with Delta Lloyd Deutschland last month.
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Watson Wyatt unites global quant offerings
[11:30 CEST 02-07] UK – Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide is creating a quantitative research and investment systems group in an attempt to combine its various quant offerings into one team.
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Aegon merges Hungarian pension funds
[16:40 CEST 30-06] HUNGARY – Dutch financials group Aegon has announced it will merge its Hungarian pension fund with the ‘Uniqa and Public Service’ pension fund, following its recent purchase of Uniqa Asset Management.
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NewsUN PRI to expel fund managers over disclosure
[16:00 CEST 30-06] GLOBAL – Donald MacDonald, chairman of the United Nations’ Principles of Responsible Investments (PRI), has refuted claims suggesting the initiative is a talking shop without teeth by threatening non-compliant fund manager signatories with expulsion.
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PGGM cuts alternative beta target
[14:00 CEST 27-06] NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the asset manager in charge of the €88bn assets of the Dutch health care pension fund PFZW, is likely to halve its 8% target allocation to alternative beta.
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Illiquid assets are greatest risk – Mercer
[14:00 CEST 26-06] UK - Tim Gardener, the former global head of consultancy firm Mercer and now chief global investment strategist, warns illiquid assets are the greatest future risk for investors in an era of climate change.
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'Disappointed' Fuhr goes it alone
[14:30 CEST 25-06] UK – Deborah Fuhr will now work independently, after the “disappointing” decision confirmed by Morgan Stanley last week to disband her renowned Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) research, team in its drive to cut jobs.
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NewsCorporate fund taps into Asia
[17:00 CEST 24-06] EUROPE – A corporate continental European pension fund wants to invest in Asian large-cap emerging market equities via new managers, and is conducting a search using IPE-Quest.
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IMF tells Austria to 'ease investment restrictions'
[14:00 CEST 24-06] AUSTRIA – Regional restrictions on equity exposure in third-pillar pension vehicles might be detrimental to the funds' performance, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested.
