All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 40
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Allen & Overy names Burstow pension partner
UK – Law firm Allen & Overy has promoted pension specialist associate Dana Burstow to partner in its London office.
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Index providers iBoxx, TRAC-X to merge
EUROPE - Index providers iBoxx and North-American TRAC-X have signed a letter of intent to merge.
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UK's LPFA re-appoints custodian
UK – The London Pension Funds Authority has reappointed J P Morgan Investor Services as global custodian for its 2.8 billion-pound (4.14 billion-euro) portfolio.
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Two Canadian funds tender E100m via IPE-Quest
CANADA - A Canadian investment consultant has tendered on behalf of two Canadian pension funds two mandates worth a total of 120 million US dollars (100.5 million euros).
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L’Oreal awards E35.6m to Russell
UK – The L’Oreal (UK) Ltd. Retirement Benefits Plan has awarded Russell a global equity mandate worth more than 24 million pounds (35.6 million euros) - 22% of the total plan assets.
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Monarch taps Northern Trust for E90m
UK - Northern Trust is to manage a 60 million-pound (89.9 million-euro) manager-of-managers equities brief for the Monarch Airlines Ltd. Retirement Benefits Plan in the UK.
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Italy may let insurers manage pension assets
ITALY – A Senate committee has refused to make a decision on a controversial amendment of the Pension Bill which would permit open pension funds to appoint insurance companies as managers.
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Belgian fund tenders in equities via IPE-Quest
BELGIUM - A Belgian pension fund has tendered a 30 million-euro global equities mandate through IPE-Quest.
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Northern Trust names Biggs as London head
UK - Northern Trust Co. has appointed Penelope Biggs to the new position of head of institutional custody, fund administration and asset servicing in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Italian energy regulator seeks pension managers
ITALY - The Power and Gas authority, an independent regulator monitoring the Italian energy sector, is looking for European Union-based managers for its 2.2 million-euro pension fund.
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German pension fund tenders E60m via IPE-Quest
GERMANY- A German investment consultant has tendered a 60 million-euro segregated advisory mandate on behalf of a German pension fund via IPE-Quest.
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MN says it wins E50m SPW real estate brief
NETHERLANDS – MN Services says it has been awarded a 50 million-euro international real estate mandate by Dutch housing fund SPW.
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Electrolux does not believe in equities, bonds
SWEDEN – An official at Electrolux, which has allocated up to 10% of its 1.5 billion-crown (164 million-euro) pension fund to hedge funds, says the household appliance maker “does not believe” in fixed income and equities.
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Investment Solutions picks up Selectus, HiTek
UK - Multi-manager Investment Solutions has recently announced mandate wins from ribbon manufacturer Selectus and power firm HiTek.
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French SRI reaches E4.5bn - Novethic
FRANCE - The size of socially responsible investments in France reached 4.5 billion euros at the end of March from 4.4 billion euros at the end of December, reveals a report by Novethic, a subsidiary of CDC-IXIS.
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CERP critical of half-completed Italian reform
ITALY – A top pensions academic, CERP’s Elsa Fornero, has called Italy’s plans on pensions “only half a reform”.
