Manager Selection
In-depth reporting on the subject of asset manager selection for our pension fund and asset management readers by IPE’s award-winning journalists - plus, manager selection special reports
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NewsPeople’s Pension adds to equity manager roster with £3.6bn EM mandate
Appointing Robeco represents a shift from a passive approach to an active quantitative strategy for UK pension fund’s emerging markets portfolio
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NewsFTN doubles fee as tender work proves more laborious than expected
Sweden’s Fund Selection Agency to hike its tender fee from next year, while cutting annual monitoring fee for older funds
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NewsIceland’s LV shifts entire foreign equities portfolio to segregated accounts
Pension Fund of Commerce completes three major investment management exercises - pooled funds to SMAs, new custodian, and SAA
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NewsSwedish funds agency details upcoming US dual tender, unveils €7bn 2026 plan
FTN says next year’s plan includes procurements for SEK41bn US/North American equity funds, then healthcare/biotech funds and the first fixed income funds category
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NewsSwedish agency invites tech fund tenders for €14bn premium pension savings
Procurement is Tumba-based agency’s third largest in terms of savers affected and amount of capital
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NewsSweden’s Fund Selection Agency picks 10 managers for SEK157bn in equity
Multi-year work to repopulate premium pension funds platform has added value outside the system too, says Erik Fransson
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NewsPenSam dials up risk in climate equities with new manager appointment
Danish labour market pension plan appoints new manager as part of a switch to a more active approach
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NewsGerman national standardisation body awards first OCIO mandate to Berenberg, Lurse
DIN awards first outsourced chief investment officer mandate to Berenberg and Lurse
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NewsByblos appoints Payden & Rygel for €190m balanced mandate
The €1bn pension fund for the media sector has awarded a globally balanced mandate to invest in bonds, equities and UCITS funds
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NewsFondo Fon.Te looks for managers to invest €1.61bn in sub-funds
The €6bn pension fund for Italy’s commerce, tourism and services sector is seeking to award 18 mandates in total
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NewsGermany’s KZVK appoints Fullgoal to manage Chinese equities mandate
The pension fund allocates 8.52% of its assets to Asia, but targets an allocation of 10-25%
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NewsFondo Byblos cuts equity exposure, eyes private markets
Managers appointed include AXA IM, Groupama, AllianzGI, Payden & Rygel and Eurizon Capital
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NewsIntesa Sanpaolo pension fund awards €700m in tail-risk mandates
The tail-risk mandates are part of the scheme’s broader strategy to weather ‘deeply uncertain’ macroeconomic environment in 2025
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NewsShell pension funds pick GSAM as new fiduciary manager
The decision means that Shell Asset Management Company (SAMCo) will be wound down in due course
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NewsFondo Espero appoints Schroders, Amundi for ‘Crescita’ sub-fund
The €1.5bn Italian pension fund for school employees has also selected Eurizon Capital for a tail risk hedge mandate
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NewsFondo Pensione Pegaso appoints four managers to oversee €600m mandate
The fund has awarded mandates to PIMCO, AXA Investment Managers, Generali Investments, and Amundi
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NewsFondo Gomma Plastica awards €712m to Anima in multi-asset reshuffle
The fund reassigned assets previously managed under multi-asset mandates with AXA IM and Groupama, consolidating them with Anima
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NewsFonchim picks managers for €2.71bn in mandates
Most asset managers accepting mandate renewals agreed to slight fee reductions, says pension fund
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NewsFrance’s FRR appoints duo for €1.4bn fixed income mandates
AXA Investment Managers and Ostrum Asset Management were selected
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NewsSwedish agency reveals specs for this autumn’s €11bn tech funds procurement
FTN says it will invite tenders for global active technology equity funds in late September, early October at the earliest
