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ABN Amro Mellon wins e8bn NTMA custody
IRELAND- Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has appointed ABN Amro Mellon as global custodian to the e8bn National Pensions Reserve Fund.
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Avon drops MLIM and Gartmore for underperformance
UK – The £1.5bn (€2.4bn) Avon Pension Fund has dropped Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) and Gartmore from mandates worth almost £1bn (€1.6bn) for failing to achieve performance targets since they were appointed in 1997.
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FIA selects Morley for $100m global equity mandate
UK – The FIA Foundation for the Automobile & Society (FIA), a UK registered charity dealing with road safety and environmental issues, has awarded a $100m (€114.4m) global equity mandate to Morley Fund Management, the London-based independent asset manager.
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State Street Corporation wins $26bn custody
GLOBAL- Credit Suisse Funds and ING Funds have appointed Boston-based State Street Corporation to provide them with full custody and administration services. The two mandates have a combined value of $26bn (€29.7bn).
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Threadneedle wins first local authority mandate
UK – Threadneedle Investments, the London-based investment management arm of Zurich Financial Services, has been appointed to run a £205m (€333m) UK equity high alpha mandate by the £1.7bn (€2.8bn) Bath & North East Somerset District Council pension fund.
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IKA considers external managers for e1.8bn
GREECE- Greece’s largest pension fund, the Social Security Foundation (IKA), is considering the use of external investment managers to manage E1.8bn of its assets.
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State Street retains e20bn CalPERS mandate
US- California’s $150bn public employees’ retirement system has reappointed State Street Global Advisors to manage the fund’s $17.6bn (e20bn) international equity index fund.
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East Riding issues RFP for £200m overseas mandate
UK – The £1.3bn (€2.1bn) East Riding of Yorkshire Pension Fund is looking for asset managers to run a £200m active overseas mandate. The pension fund is looking to appoint up to three managers to take care of the portfolio which contains European, Japanese and North American equities. Its current ...
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Lasalle retains €4.2bn property portfolios
UK – The £36.7bn (€59.5bn) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme have re-appointed Lasalle Investment Management to run their combined £2.6bn (€4.2bn) property portfolios.
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State Street completes e127bn SWIP outsourcing
UK- State Street Group has announced the completion of a £78bn (e127bn) outsourcing project for Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), part of the Lloyds TSB Group. In October 2000, SWIP appointed State Street to provide custody, trustee and administrative services for its entire range of life, pensions and investment products. ...
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Regional Italian fund in US assets manager search
ITALY – The €77m Laborfonds, the complementary pension fund for workers of companies registered in the Trentino Alto Adige region of Northern Italy, is looking for managers for a US equity and fixed income mandate.
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Portugal's FEFSS prepares to outsource e760m
PORTUGAL- Portugal’s state owned e3.8bn FEFSS fund is looking for a global custodian in preparation for its recent decision to outsource 20% of its e3.8bn portfolio to external managers. Henrique Cruz, a member of the fund’s board says they will select a global custodian by March to provide fund administration ...
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Finnish fund seeks managers for €250m mandates
FINLAND – The €300m Suomen Pankki pension fund, the newly-created pension scheme for employees at the central bank of Finland, is looking for asset managers to run a €250m passive equity and euro-zone bond mandate.
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Concreto enters second phase of manager selection
ITALY – The Italian cement and building materials workers’ complementary pension fund, Concreto, is ready to enter the second stage of its manager selection process.
