Asset Managers – Page 211
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Firms seeking buyout rises to 35%
[16:50 CEST 23-06] UK – Over a third of UK companies is looking to buyout some or all of the pension liabilities and insurers should raise more capital to meet demand, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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NewsNew classification to overhaul funds
[16:35 CEST 23-06] EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has unveiled a new classification for investment fund which it hopes will cope with the growth of evolving fund strategies by categorises funds based on their underlying portfolio structure and holdings.
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OECD queries SWF future spending plans
[16:45 CEST 20-06] UK – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has questioned whether sovereign wealth funds are likely to be as willing to continue investing in the finance and real estate market over the coming years following the recent surge of credit crunch-related deals, as officials argue ...
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Another German province chooses 'Fed'
[16:00 CEST 20-06] GERMANY – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has signed a contract with the federal "Bundesbank" to take over the asset management of its newly-created Pensionsfonds.
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Euro-equities hit popularity low with institutions
[16:35 CEST 19-06] GLOBAL – Stagflation fears are driving institutional investors out of equities and bonds into cash, as fund mangers globally have their most negative stance towards equities in a decade, according to investment bank Merrill Lynch.
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UK 'buy-in' specialist goes overseas (amended)
[15:20 CEST 18-06] UK – PensionsFirst, the recently-launched company which claims to completely immunise defined benefit (DB) schemes from risk, is now planning the launch of two separate offices in the US and Japan.
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Funds critical of non-cap-weighted indices
[16:30 CEST 17-06] EUROPE – A panel of institutional investors have expressed its doubt about the added value of non-cap-weighted indices such as fundamental indices.
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Oyak sells private pension division
[11:35 CEST 17-06] TURKEY – Oyak, the Turkish Army Pension Fund, has sold its private pension subsidiary Oyak Emeklilik for €110m to Dutch financial group ING.
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IAMAs crown excellence in asset management
[16:55 CEST 13-06] EUROPE – Eleven Europe-based asset management firms, including Petercam Asset Management and Capital International, were rewarded last night for excellence in institutional asset management offerings, at the inaugural IPE-EDHEC Institutional Asset Management Awards.
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Recession and collapsing banks are good – Faber
[16:15 CEST 13-06] GLOBAL – Swiss-born investment manager Marc Faber believes the recent turbulence of the capital market are a healthy lesson in teaching investors to be more careful when choosing their investments.
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Survey reveals 'unimaginative' ETF use
[17:10 CEST 12-06] EUROPE – Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are not successfully customised, while advance features are underused, a survey of over 100 institutional investors has found.
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Hewitt loses Manweb to Mercer
[13:30 CEST 11-06] UK – Trustees of the £800m (€1bn) Manweb Group part of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (ESPS), has appointed Mercer to provide investment consulting services to its defined benefit (DB) scheme.
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2007 returns fall to 2.4% for PFČP
[16:20 CEST 10-06] CZECH REPUBLIC - Penzijní fond Ceské pojištovny (PFCP), the largest pension fund in the Czech republic, has reported a fall in returns to just 2.4% following the recent credit crisis.
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NewsNPRF to adopt risk measurement system
[16:15 CEST 10-06] IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) is seeking a provider of a risk measurement system for the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF).
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NewsAsset managers to up RI focus by 35%
[15:50 CEST 10-06] Global asset managers predict that the level of assets they manage according to responsible investment criteria, such as themed sustainability funds, negative stock screening and activist engagement with companies, will rise by more than $700bn (€443bn) in the next two years.
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NewsTeeside offers £1.75m direct property mandate
[15:45 CEST 06-06] UK – Middlesbrough Borough Council has issued a tender for a manager to take responsibility for the direct property portfolio of its local government pension scheme.
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Fiduciary managers to be stamped with hallmark
[12:30 CEST 06-06] NETHERLANDS – The planned code of conduct for fiduciary managers pitching services to Dutch pension funds will take the shape of a quality mark, IPE has learnt.
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Aegon to roll out pension asset pooling in autumn
[16:35 CEST 05-06] NETHERLANDS – Aegon is planning to launch a pension asset pooling platform in autumn which is is being developed with Citigroup and TKP Investments andis specifically targeted at multinational companies, IPE has learnt.
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New LDI tools evoke 'false sense of security'
[16:15 CEST 03-06] UK – Pension fund trustees have been warned to heed thinking too short-term and seeking refuge in new risk management tools and investment strategies, as a new study claims they give a false sense of security.
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Norway’s oil fund stockpiles European equity
[16:40 CEST 02-06] NORWAY – The NOK1.947trn (€245bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global has confirmed it is close to owning more than 1% of the entire European stock market.
