Asset Managers – Page 229
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Fortis steps closer to annex ABN’s asset management
[15:00 CEST 06-08] BELGIUM/THE NETHERLANDS – Belgian-Dutch financial services group Fortis has won initial shareholder support today for its part of a three-bank bid to buy the beleaguered Dutch bank ABN AMRO.
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Cardiff seeks transition managers
[16:00 CEST 03-08] UK – The £899m (€1.34bn) Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund is looking for a ‘panel’ of transition managers, IPE has learnt.
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PGGM to increase concentrated risk investments
[12:00 CEST 03-08] NETHERLANDS – The €86bn Dutch pension fund PGGM, the second largest in the Netherlands, will double its concentrated risk investments in 2007, IPE has learnt.
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IPE-QUEST: Equity mandates for the Middle East
[13:00 CEST 02-08] UK – Investors in the Middle East are looking for pan-European, global, US and emerging market equity managers using IPE-Quest.
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Active managers see 'fee cake' crumble - IMA
[16:00 CEST 01-08] UK – The continuing trend among pension funds towards separating index tracking from absolute returns is a challenge for some active managers the UK's Investment Management Association (IMA) found.
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Dorset joins currency trend
[13:00 CEST 01-08] UK – The £1.4bn (€95m) Dorset County Council Pension Fund is looking for an active currency manager.
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Stanlib targets African growth
[16:45 CEST 31-07] EUROPE – South African asset manager Stanlib is moving into the European institutional market with the launch of two funds tapping the growth potential of African equities.
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Joint venture strengthens Aegon’s foothold in Spain
[11:00 CEST 31-07] SPAIN - Aegon has strengthened its foothold in the Spanish pensions and life insurance market by agreeing to establish a joint venture with savings bank Caja Cantabria.
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Employer quits Swiss scheme APK over bailout
[16:30 CEST 30-07] SWITZERLAND – Aargauische Pensionskasse (APK), a CHF6bn (€3.6bn) pension fund for Swiss civil servants, has lost one of its public employer-backers to another Pensionskasse as the employer in question is unwilling to help finance its bailout.
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FRR awards three more passive mandates
[14:30 CEST 30-07] FRANCE – The €33.4bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) appointed the final three managers to its newly-created passive portfolio.
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IPE Quest: Swiss fund seeks fund of hedge funds
[14:15 CEST 30-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund is tendering a $400m (€293m) long-short-equity fund of hedge funds mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Turkisfund to target EU investors
TURKEY - Turkisfund will start marketing its Turkey funds to European investors from its Luxembourg office later this summer.
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German insurer Talanx adds Pensionskasse to portfolio
[15:45 CEST 26-07] GERMANY – Insurance conglomerate Talanx has gained another corporate pension fund (Pensionskasse) following its €550m acquisition of nearly all the insurance operations of retail bank Deutsche Postbank.
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F&C moves 130/30 into Europe
[16:30 CEST 26-07] UK - F&C, the fund manager majority-owned by Friends Provident, is to expand its newly-launched UK 130/30 strategy into European equities.
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Life insurers’ merger will see RAM takeover by F&C
[13:55 CEST 25-07] EUROPE – F&C Asset Management has entered into due diligence for the potential takeover of UK-based Resolution Asset Management.
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IPE Quest: Dutch fund seeks emerging markets manager
[11:45 CEST 24-07] NETHERLANDS – An unnamed Dutch pension fund, aided by consultancy firm Towers Perrin in The Netherlands, is seeking a manager for a $11m (€8m) global emerging markets (GEM) equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Cardano debuts new consultancy model in UK
[17:00 CEST 19-07] UK - Cardano, the Rotterdam-based consultant specialising in derivatives and risk, is now actively competing against mainstream UK firms for investment consulting business.
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Hampshire stays with Bramdean alternatives
[12:02 CEST 19-07] UK – The £2.5bn (€3.7bn) Hampshire County Council Pension Fund has renewed its contract with UK-based multi-manager Bramdean Asset Management in a push for alternatives, IPE has learnt today.
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Bullish institutions focus on pro-cyclical sectors
[14:30 CEST 18-07] GLOBAL – Institutional investors globally have adopted a more pro-cyclical stance amid greater confidence in the strength of global growth and improving risk appetite, a survey has found.
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FRR ventures into US small cap equities
[16:00 CEST 17-07] FRANCE – The €32bn French reserve fund (FRR) is looking for managers for two US small cap equity portfolios totalling €500m.
