All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 24
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Transport for London targets global equities with new mandates
UK - The £4.46bn (€5.2bn) Transport for London (TfL) pension fund has hired three global equity managers for mandates totalling £800m.
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Horseracing scheme picks Mercer for implemented consulting
UK - Mercer has bolstered its implemented consulting offering following an appointment to the £40m (€46.6m) British Horseracing Authority (BHA) pension fund.
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UK roundup: Fife, Bluefin and Redington, Unite and Capita
UK – Fife Council is seeking an actuary for its local government pension scheme, while Bluefin and Redington have joined forces to target a new investment consultancy offering to small to medium-sized pension schemes.
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NewsEuropean investor searches for emerging market equities manager
IPE-QUEST – A European institutional investor is conducting a search for asset managers to look after an emerging market equities mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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NewsDanish consultancy searches for emerging market bond managers
IPE-QUEST – Investment consultancy Kirstein Finance is conducting a search for corporate bond managers to look after a global emerging markets mandate for a Danish asset manager, using IPE-Quest.
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UK roundup: MNOPF, MetLife, Lewisham and West Midlands
UK – The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) has completed another £100m buy-in of pensioner liabilities, while MetLife Assurance has warned differing approaches to risk by trustees and sponsors could be preventing holistic risk management policies.
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NewsUK roundup: UK election, Croydon, John Lewis, Freshfields
UK – The pensions industry in the has called for stability around government pensions policy in the wake of indecisive UK election results. Meanwhile Croydon is seeking actuarial and investment consultants, John Lewis has appointed a legal adviser, and Freshfields is closing its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual.
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UK roundup: Hackney, Mattioli Woods, Risk transfers
UK – The London Borough of Hackney has appointed two global equity managers, and pension consultancy Mattioli Woods has confirmed the acquisition of pension administration firm CP Pensions.
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UK roundup: Alliance Boots, Berkshire, Hewitt
UK – Alliance Boots has confirmed it will close its defined benefit (DB) schemes and switch to a new defined contribution (DC) arrangement, while the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is seeking a provider for pensions administration software.
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Pension fund searches for commodities derivatives manager
IPE-QUEST – A pension fund based in continental Europe is conducting a search for asset managers to look after a global commodities derivatives mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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UK roundup: F&C, JP Morgan custody, GKN, DB closures
UK – F&C Asset Management has announced plans to acquire specialist investment firm Thames River Capital, while JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has been awarded two custody mandates.
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Stork opts for Acadian low volatility strategy
NETHERLANDS - The €2.2bn pension fund of Dutch industrial conglomerate Stork has awarded Acadian Asset Management UK a mandate to run a €120m global ‘low volatility’ strategy.
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Babcock Intl. hires Insight for new LDI mandate
UK – The £2bn Babcock International pension fund has hired Insight Investment as liability-driven investment (LDI) manager following a beauty parade.
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Lancashire to employ a 'bench' of consultants
UK – The £2.9bn (€3.36bn) Lancashire County Council pension fund is to abandon standard investment consulting mandates in favour of hiring a panel of specialists.
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UK roundup: East Riding, Aviva, Gwynedd, Hounslow
UK – East Riding of Yorkshire Council has appointed an external manager to run part of its pension fund, while insurance company Aviva has initiated a staff consultation on changes to its defined benefit (DB) scheme.
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NewsUK roundup: IMI, Inchcape Motors, Steinway & Sons, Highland, Thames Water, Reader's Digest
UK – Engineering company IMI and automotive firm Inchcape have both appointed investment advisers to their respective pension schemes, while the UK scheme of Steinway & Sons has appointed an independent trustee firm.
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LD Invest is upbeat despite €5.2bn LD Pension tender
DENMARK - Henrik Parkhøi, managing director at the DKK67bn (€9bn) Copenhagen-based asset manager LD Invest, remains bullish about his firm’s prospects even though more than 55% of its assets under management are under threat following a call for tenders by LD Pension, its biggest client and majority shareholder.
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UK roundup: Lincolnshire, Essex
UK – Lincolnshire County Council has instigated a major shift in the asset allocation of its pension fund as the planning to invest between 10-15% of its assets in a single portfolio of alternatives while Essex is looking to invest in infrastructure.
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ABP spurs micro credit interest with Grassroots investment
NETHERLANDS - ABP, the giant industry pension fund for Dutch civil servants, has raised its interest again in microfinance initiatives and invested $30m in a global private equity microfinance fund from Grassroots Capital.
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Pension funds set out quest to find equity and bond managers
IPE-QUEST – Pensions institutions are still searching for the ability to invest substantial sums in equities and bonds, as IPE-Quest currently has four tenders outstanding for investment managers.
