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Dutch fund issues $50m emerging equity RFP
NETHERLANDS- a Dutch-based corporate pension fund is looking, via the electronic manager search system IPE-Quest.com, for a manager to oversee an emerging markets equity mandate worth at least $50m.
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UK railway fund to increase private equity holding
UK- Railpen, the UK railway £13bn (e20.3bn) pension scheme, is to increase its allocation to private equity from 2% to 5%, taking the level of investment from around £400m (e626m) to £750m (e1.17bn).
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JP Morgan Fleming loses e391m balanced mandate
UK- Cambridgeshire County Council’s pension fund has dropped JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management from a £250m (e391m) balanced portfolio. The scheme is now tendering for a new specialist global equity fund manager to take on £130m of JP Morgan’s old mandate.
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AP3 commits further e135m to private equity
SWEDEN- Sweden’s third national pension fund AP3 has committed a further e135m to private equity taking its total investment in the asset class to e210m. The latest commitment by the fund is almost split half and half between US and European private equity houses.
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Shake up at US fund sees Rogge lose e611m mandate
US- A complete overhaul of asset allocation at the Illinois teachers’ retirement system (TRS) has thrown two mandates out to tender and led the fund to drop Rogge Global Partners from a $594m (e611m) international fixed income mandate.
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Bureau Bosch publishes Dutch manager rankings
NETHERLANDS- Foreign investment managers will soon overtake their Dutch counterparts in overseeing the country’s pension fund assets according to the 2002 report by consultant Bureau Bosch into the Dutch investment industry. The report covers 78 managers and is seen as a definitive guide to the Dutch pension fund investment market.
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Greenwich tenders entire e750m fund
UK- The London Borough of Greenwich pension fund has tendered its entire £480m (e749m) portfolio, currently managed by Schroders and Deutsche Asset Management.
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Mercers replaces Watsons as Home Group advisor
UK- Mercers Human Resource Consulting has replaced rival Watson Wyatt as provider of actuarial and consulting services to the pension funds of housing provider Home Group.
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Watsons to publish data on recommended managers
GLOBAL- Watson Wyatt is following the lead of rival consultant Mercer Human Resource Consulting with publication next January of data on performance of the managers it recommends.
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BGI set to lose out as Torfaen tenders e770m
UK- Torfaen County Borough council has put out to tender over half of its £730m (e1.14bn) Greater Gwent Pension Fund.
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Applicants invited for IPE-sponsored Wharton study
EUROPE/US- IPE is again sponsoring a place for a European marketing or sales professional to attend the forthcoming AIMSE Wharton Investment Institute.
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Schroders set to retain e313m Yorkshire mandate
UK- The £1.3bn East Riding of Yorkshire pension fund has drawn up a shortlist of three investment managers to run a £200m (e313m) global active equity mandate. Schroders, the incumbent manager, is rumoured to have been retained to run the funds.
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ATP picks Pimco and Citi to run e203m fixed income
DENMARK- The e34bn Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension Scheme ATP has appointed Citigroup Asset Management and Pimco to manage a $200m (e203m) emerging market bond portfolio. Each company will be responsible for $100m.
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IPE launches new international recruitment service
GLOBAL- The publishers of Investment & Pensions Europe magazine (IPE) and sister news service IPE-Newsline.com have launched a new international recruitment service.
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Canada Pension Plan puts e370m in private equity
CANADA- The investment board of the CS$14.3bn (€9.3bn) national Canadian pension fund has announced it is allocating a e370m to three new private equity funds.
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CSAM appoints Mellon for third party admin
UK – Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has appointed Mellon European Fund Services, the London-based fund administration arm of Mellon Financial Corporation, as third party administrator for the funds it acquired from Sun Life of Canada (SLC) last year. The funds are worth some £2.5bn (€4bn).
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EFM picks Marlborough for pensions administration
UK- Edinburgh Fund Managers (EFM) has appointed Marlborough Stirling, the software provider and consultant, to supply administration for its Edinburgh Portfolio Pension plans.
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ABN and Mellon formalise custody alliance
NETHERLANDS- ABN AMRO Bank and Mellon Financial Corporation are formalising their current marketing alliance by launching a new, separately-capitalised financial services company that will provide global custody and related services to clients outside of North America.
