All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 128
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Ex-Schroders hedge CIO Parkin re-surfaces
UK - John Parkin, formerly chief investment officer of the fund of hedge fund team at Schroders, has re-surfaced at hedge fund group Aspect Capital.
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Pension funds offered multi-manager FX product
UK – Pension funds are being offered a new multi-manager foreign exchange product as a way to get exposure to the asset class.
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Hermes’ own pension fund deficit widens
UK - The deficit at Hermes Pension Management’s own £50m in-house scheme widened to £16.6m (€24.4m) last year from £14.7m, company accounts show.
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German institutions ‘still hedge fund sceptics’
GERMANY – German institutional investors are still very reluctant to put money into hedge funds, despite the 2004 liberalisation of the market, says FERI Institutional Advisors.
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UBS, Fidelity under scrutiny at Ealing
UK - UBS Global Asset Management and Fidelity International, currently managing the London Borough of Ealing’s £500m pension fund are under scrutiny.
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Hymans facing review at Cornwall
UK - Cornwall County Council has tendered actuarial services for its £980m (€1.4bn) pension fund.
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Northern Trust names quantitative CIO
GLOBAL – Northern Trust Global Investments has named Steven Schoenfeld to the new role of chief investment officer of Global Quantitative Management.
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Kingston hires HSBC for DB admin
UK – Telecoms firm Kingston Communications has appointed HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Ltd. to provide administration services to its two defined pension schemes covering 2,900 members.
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CalPERS names bond, real estate managers
US – California’s $205bn (€160bn) public pension giant CalPERS has named 16 managers for international fixed income, real estate equities and US global equities.
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Clearstream’s custody assets up 8%
GERMANY - Assets under custody at Deutsche Börse Group’s settlement and custody services provider Clearstream have risen 8% to €9.1trn, from €8.4trn in July 2005.
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CAPS pooled update now includes hedge funds
EUROPE - Mellon Analytical Solutions says it will include statistics on pooled fund of hedge funds in its CAPS pooled pension fund survey.
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Dresdner offers schemes new volatility funds
EUROPE – Dresdner is to launch two equity volatility funds aimed at pension funds and insurance companies next month.
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Fortis Investments gets €7.1bn inflow
EUROPE – Fortis Investments, the asset management arm of the Fortis group, had a net inflow of funds under management of €7.1bn in the first half due to good performance in both institutional and retail markets.
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Luxembourg FDC scheme in €4bn tender
LUXEMBOURG – The new fund set up to hold Luxembourg’s excess pension revenues is looking for managers to administer its €4bn in assets, excluding real estate and loans.
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Deutsche suggests FX can save pensions
GLOBAL – Deutsche Bank says currencies can be the saviour for unfunded pension plans.
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BBC scheme taps Hermes for ownership advice
UK – The £7.5bn (€11.1bn) BBC Pension Scheme has joined the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP as clients of Hermes’ equity ownership service.
