All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 24
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F&C moves 130/30 into Europe
[16:30 CEST 26-07] UK - F&C, the fund manager majority-owned by Friends Provident, is to expand its newly-launched UK 130/30 strategy into European equities.
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Cardano debuts new consultancy model in UK
[17:00 CEST 19-07] UK - Cardano, the Rotterdam-based consultant specialising in derivatives and risk, is now actively competing against mainstream UK firms for investment consulting business.
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Rethink global equities, says Pioneer
[16:45 CEST 11-07] GLOBAL - Asset managers must rethink the way they present global equity products, according to Pioneer Investments’ global head of institutional business, Paul Price: “The age of the product push is over,” he said today.
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Introducing a competitive element
Portugal’s state social security buffer fund is at the threshold of two changes – the outsourcing of assets and the introduction of a new defined contribution regime within the first pillar. Liam Kennedy asked Manuel Pedro Baganha of FEFSS about these changes and how they will affect the fund
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Asset managers look beyond TFR
If TFR is unattractive for most asset managers, where are they looking for opportunities? Liam Kennedy investigates
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SWIP loses another key player
[10:39 CEST 29-06] UK - Chris Walker, managing director for international business at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has “left to pursue other interests”, the company has confirmed.
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AP7 to seek new tenders as Carnegie wins equity deal
[13:17 CEST 12-06] SWEDEN - AP7, the Swedish national fund for the PPM first pillar pension system, has appointed Stockholm-based Carnegie for a second pure alpha equity overlay mandate and will soon seek additional managers in the Asian and passive sectors.
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BidRoute launches to improve the buy route
[16:26 CEST 05/06] EUROPE - A new trading platform for asset managers, which has the potential to break the stranglehold of the top brokerage firms for portfolio trades, could dramatically improve the quality of trading data fund managers present to clients.
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Differing regulations create funding pressures - OECD
[12:53 CEST 11/05] EUROPE - Divergent pension regulation is triggering perceptions of a pension crisis according to a study prepared for the OECD by Risklab Germany.
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Thinking for the future
Where does a pension fund get ideas about a new asset class? ABP Investments is asking its staff to think about new asset classes and has created an ‘innovation committee’ to assess them. Liam Kennedy reports
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K2 on acquisition trail after TA deal
GLOBAL - K2, the US based fund of hedge funds business, is to search for European and Asian acquisition targets following a deal with TA Associates, which is to take a “substantial minority stake” in the business.
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Hedge Fund predicts “wave” of activist investment
EUROPE - Europe should expect a “tsunami wave” of activist investment in the coming decade, according to Florian Homm, CIO of the hedge fund group Absolute Capital Management (ACM).
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Multinationals mull Belgium as pan-European centre
BELGIUM - Three multinationals are looking to establish an OFP, Belgium’s new cross-border pension vehicle, according to Eddy Wymeersch, chairman of the country’s Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA).
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Improving equity performance helps AGI asset growth
EUROPE – Allianz Global Investors (AGI) today announced an increase in third party assets under management of 5.2% for 2006, amounting to €37bn.
