All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 100
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IPE-QUEST: $50m currency alpha mandate
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – A UK-based institutional investor is looking for a manager for a $50m (€36.3m) active global currency alpha mandate using IPE-Quest.
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Wiltshire appoints three managers
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – The £1.1bn (€1.7bn) Wiltshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded three mandates for unconstrained equity, long-short equity and active currency.
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EP wants pan-European pensions product
[17:00 CEST 13-07] EUROPE – The European Parliament has called on the European Commission to encourage the financial industry to create a portable pension product.
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Pension fund replaces brown envelope
[11:00 CEST 13-07] EUROPE – New forms of bribe have emerged which now include payments into a pension fund, participants at an anti-corruption seminar learned this week.
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IPE-QUEST: $30m heading for SRI
[17:00 CEST 12-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund is seeking to appoint a manager for a $30m SRI (€21.8m) mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Pensions Board urges trustees to focus on risk
[17:00 CEST 12-07] IRELAND – Trustees should be constantly reviewing the asset allocation in their pension funds' investment portfolios to mitigate risk, the Irish Pensions Board has suggested.
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Hermes chooses tracking partner
[17:00 CEST 12-07] UK – Legal & General Investment Management will provide index tracking services to Hermes Pension Management, it was announced today.
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£3bn NI scheme appoints new custodian
[13:09 CEST 12-07] UK – The £3bn (€4.5bn) Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) has appointed HSBC Securities Services as its new custodian.
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Italy reaches pension agreement
[11:00 CEST 12-07] ITALY – The minimum pension will be increased from next year, the Italian government and the unions agreed.
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Hymans steps up quantitative approach
[16:45 CEST 11-07] UK – The consultant Hymans Robertson will offer its clients a quantitatively-based manager research database to cope with the growing number of asset management products.
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UK funds may only need one set of actuarial assumptions
[16:45 CEST 11-07] UK – Pension fund trustees will be required to devise an extra set of actuarial assumptions under new regulations on transfer values, but actuaries Hamish Wilson & Co believe funds might get away with only one.
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IPE-QUEST: CHF3bn currency overlay mandate
[16:45 CEST 11-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss institutional investor is looking for one or more managers for a CHF3bn (€1.8bn) passive currency overlay mandate.
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Bank of England set to reduce pension costs
[17:19 CEST 10-07] UK – The £2bn (€3bn) non-contributory defined benefit scheme for Bank of England employees faces changes as the bank sees pension expenses soar.
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IPE-QUEST: $125m US equity mandate
[17:16 CEST 10-07] EUROPE – A European multi-manager is using IPE-Quest to appoint a manager for a $125m (€91.7m) all cap and large cap US and Canada equity mandate.
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CEIOPS to offer mediation in cross-border disputes
[17:12 CEST 10-07] EUROPE – Supervisors in Europe will in future have the opportunity to take disputes over cross-border pension and insurance issues to the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS).
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PwC agrees payment in Tyco case
[17:09 CEST 10-07] US – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is to pay $225m (€165m) in a class action settlement on allegations of accounting fraud at Tyco International.
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First PPF index reveals £100bn surplus
[17:00 CEST 09-07] UK – Rising bond yields and equity markets have improved the funding levels of 7,800 defined benefit schemes, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) said today.
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Polish pension assets break €35bn mark
[17:00 CEST 09-07] POLAND – Assets in the mandatory second pillar increased by over 23% in value over the last half year climbing to over PLN130bn (€34.7bn).
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IPE-QUEST: €400m UK equities mandate
[14:00 CEST 09-07] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund is looking for two or three UK equities managers via IPE-Quest.
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Time for climate discussion is over – LAPFF
[11:00 CEST 09-07] UK – The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) is urging the government to introduce more ambitious emission targets and mandatory corporate reporting on greenhouse gas emissions.
