Asset Managers – Page 212
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NewsCamden starts first phase of portfolio restructure
[14:55 CEST 15-07] UK – The London Borough of Camden has started the restructuring of its pension fund portfolio, issuing tenders for passively-managed securities, fixed income and active global equities.
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DKK25bn Teachers' fund appoints Sørensen as manager selector
[15:57 CEST 14-07] DENMARK - The DKK25bn (€3.4bn) Danish teachers’ fund, Laerernes Pension, has appointed a fixed income specialist, Morten Roed Sørensen to be its new portfolio manager.
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Pensionskasse gets new roof
[15:26 CEST 14-07] AUSTRIA – The €1.9bn Austrian Pensionskasse ÖPAG will be included in Raiffeisen and Uniqa's soon-to-be-unveiled pensions conglomerate.
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NewsDáil to grill NPRF over Zimbabwe
[14:21 CEST 14-07] IRELAND – The National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) has been called to give evidence to the Irish Parliament's joint committee on foreign affairs over Zimbabwe.
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Graphics giant envisages €25bn media fund
[12:51 CEST 14-07] NETHERLANDS – In a push for third-party business, the €9.8bn pension fund for the printing and publishing industry Pensioenfonds Grafische Bedrijven (PGB) wants to persuade Dutch media industry schemes to use its services.
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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.
