EUROPE - Six of the 14 fixed income searches currently open on IPE-QUEST will close next Tuesday.

These manager searches were posted by a European pension fund seeking to hire active managers for core debt mandates:

785 - Pan-European government bonds benchmarked against ML EMU Direct Government Index. Tracking error should be between 0.5% and 1.5%.
786 - Pan-European corporate bonds benchmarked against ML EMU Corporate Large Cap Index. Tracking error should be between 1% and 2%.
787 - Pan-European high yield bonds benchmarked against Merrill Lynch. No tracking error guidelines are provided.
788 - US government bonds benchmarked against the ML US Treasury Master. Tracking error should be between 0.5% and 1.5%.
789 - US corporate bonds benchmarked against Merrill Lynch. Tracking error should be between 1% and 2%.
790 - US high yield bonds to follow the ML Global High Yield index. No tracking error guidelines are provided.

Interested managers with a minimum track record of three years and assets under management of at least $5bn (€3.7bn) should provide performance data gross of fees online.

For more information, go to www.ipe-quest.com or contact IPE-QUEST's manager on +44 20 7261 4630 or +44 79 609 48805.