All IPE articles in August 2003 (Online) – Page 5
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SEI expands its institutional team
UK – SEI Investments has expanded its institutional team with the creation of three new roles, including a new appointment.
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Institutions eye fixed income – Threadneedle
UK – Threadneedle Investments says it anticipates that institutions will raise their allocations to fixed interest due to a change in the way pension fund liabilities are measured.
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Institutions lift German spezialfonds investment
GERMANY – Institutional investment into German spezialfonds increased in the second quarter of 2003, according to new statistics from the BVI Bundesverband Investment and Asset Management.
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Axa Investment Managers’ earnings fall 6%
FRANCE – Axa Investment Managers’ earnings and revenues declined by six percent and 13.7% respectively in the first half, according to Axa Group’s first-half earnings report.
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Danish fund tenders EM debt via IPE-Quest
DENMARK - A public pension fund in Denmark has tendered a mandate for 75 million euros in actively managed global emerging markets government debt via IPE-Quest.
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Global fund managers go underweight bonds - Merrill
GLOBAL – Fund managers have dramatically changed their interest rate views over the past month, leading to a sharp move underweight in bonds, according to the latest fund manager survey by Merrill Lynch.
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ISIS dismisses "arbitrary benchmarks"
UK - The chief investment officer at ISIS Asset Management wants the investment industry to rethink its views on benchmarking to an index.
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Blue Sky Group backs new Kempen property fund
NETHERLANDS – Blue Sky Group, the manager of the pension assets of Dutch airline KLM, has been the first to sign up to Kempen Capital Management’s European real estate fund.
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SWIP hires again from Edinburgh Fund Managers
UK – Beleaguered Scottish fund manager Edinburgh Fund Managers has lost another of its UK equity team to rival Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.
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GSAM book lifts lid on portfolio management
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs Asset Management is to lift the lid on some of its portfolio management techniques with the publication of book next month.
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Germany’s Ruerup sees benefits falling further
GERMANY – Government adviser Bert Ruerup has warned that German pensioners must be prepared for statutory pension benefits to fall even further.
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Mercer’s manager picks added no value in Q1
GLOBAL – Mercer Investment Consulting says its manager research recommendations added zero extra value for clients in the first quarter of this year.
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Pension funds want fixed fees – Watson Wyatt
EUROPE – The head of Watson Wyatt’s European investment practice, Nick Watts, says there is a “strong appetite” among its pension fund clients for fixed investment-management fees.
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Belgian fund tenders E20m EM mandate on IPE-Quest
BELGIUM – A Belgian industry-wide pension fund has tendered a 20 million-euro actively managed emerging markets equities mandate via IPE-Quest.
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Clywd chooses ABN Amro Mellon over State Street
UK – The 450 million-pound (638 million-euro) Clywd Pension Fund has awarded a custody mandate to ABN Amro Mellon, resulting in a loss for incumbent State Street.
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Foreign firms top Austrian fund of funds market
AUSTRIA – Foreign providers of funds of funds have increased their share of the Austrian market, with US houses now dominant.
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SWIP swoops for Edinburgh’s Waugh
UK – Robert Waugh, head of UK equities at Edinburgh Fund Managers, is leaving to join Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.
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Scandinavian fund tenders EM equity via IPE-Quest
SCANDINAVIA – A Scandinavian industry-wide pension fund has put out to tender a global emerging markets equity mandate via IPE-Quest.
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LAPFF tenders corporate governance mandate
UK – The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has put out to tender a mandate for an adviser in the field of corporate governance.
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Mercer offers “alpha transport” derivatives idea
EUROPE – Mercer Investment Consulting is offering a new concept for pension fund managers that involves the use of derivatives in constructing portfolios of independent alpha and beta sources.