Asset Managers – Page 225
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Quarter of UK corporate schemes manage longevity risk
[16:50 CEST 17-10] UK – Around 25% of UK corporate sponsors have implemented measures to control the longevity risks in their pension scheme, according to a new study by Watson Wyatt.
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FRR tenders €2bn in commodities mandates
[16:40 CEST 16-10] FRANCE – The €33.4bn Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) is looking for commodity managers.
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AP4 signs internal currency manager
[15:00 CEST 12-10] SWEDEN – The SEK214bn (€23.5bn) buffer fund AP4 has hired Per Berglund as new currency and fixed income portfolio manager.
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Bpf Meubel appoints ABN AMRO Mellon
[15:00 CEST 12-10] NETHERLANDS - Bpf Meubel, the €1.5bn pension fund for the furnishings industry, has appointed ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services as global custodian of its assets.
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Mn Services eyes more fiduciary growth
NETHERLANDS – Global financial heavyweights operating in the Dutch fiduciary market are no threat to local pension providers, asset manager Mn Services has argued.
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Romanian 2nd pillar gains new provider
ROMANIA – Bucharest-based Bancpost bank has launched a new division called its Bancpost Fond De Pensii, targeting Romania's new mandatory second pillar market.
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RBS man takes ABN Amro chair
[14:00 CEST 11-10] NETHERLANDS – Mark Fisher, board member at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), will replace Rijkman Groenink as chairman of ABN Amro, amid a number of changes to the Dutch bank’s board.
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Institutions’ 130/30 appetite tops €6bn - IPE study
[16:30 CEST 10-10] EUROPE – European institutional assets in 130/30 and other allied strategies exceed €6bn, according to a survey published in the October edition of IPE.
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UK pest controller taps Standard Life
[15:53 CEST 10-10] UK – The £587m (€847m) pension fund of pest control firm Rentokil Initial has awarded Standard Life Investments (SLI) with a £340m UK corporate bond mandate, in a massive shift into bond investments.
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Hansa equity team defects to build Limestone
[11:00 CEST 09-10] ESTONIA – A total of nine people have left Estonia-based Hansa Investment Funds to set up their own specialist Eastern European and Central Asian asset manager.
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ABP and PGGM invest in windmills and biomass
[16:45 CEST 08-10] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension giants ABP and PGGM have made a combined €200m investment into a new sustainable energy fund set up together with sustainable energy project developer Evelop.
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'Riot point' may take time to disperse - State Street
[16:00 CEST 08-10] GLOBAL – State Street Global Markets is predicting investment markets will continue to be turbulent in the coming months as recent stabilising action of the US Federal Reserve appears at odds with other central banks.
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West Sussex splits private equity holding
[16:30 CEST 05-10] UK – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund has appointed the Swiss alternative investment house Partners Group as an additional private equity manager, IPE has learned today.
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F&C ready to go fiduciary
[16:30 CEST 05-10] NETHERLANDS – F&C today unveiled details of its anticipated move into fiduciary management for the Dutch pension market.
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Swiss Life mulls sale of Dutch and Belgian firms
[16:15 EST 05-10] EUROPE – Zurich-based life and pension insurer Swiss Life confirmed it might sell its businesses in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Pioneer soaks up Capitalia assets
[16:30 CEST 03-10] ITALY – Pioneer, the asset management arm of the UniCredit group, will grow its assets under management by €30bn following the merger with Capitalia.
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Pension funds eye traded life strategies
[16:30 CEST 03-10] EUROPE – European institutional investor interest in traded life policy (TLP) funds has risen since the recent subprime credit crunch, according a report prepared by Bristol Business School for Managing Partners Limited (MPL).
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'If you don’t know it, don’t buy it' – Laboul
[16:45 CEST 01-10] EUROPE – Pensions funds should be more prudent to prevent losses on asset-backed securities related for instance to the recent US subprime credit crunch, says the OECD’s Andre Laboul.
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UBS changes top team and cuts 1500 jobs
[14:00 CEST 01-10] SWITZERLAND – UBS has announced a major reshuffle of its senior management following the recent market turbulence.
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Features
A matter of experience
When it comes to picking a 130/30 manager, the track record counts, writes Pirkko Juntunen
