All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 27
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More Swedish pension giants left out of ITP
[16:30 CET 13-01] SWEDEN - Länsförsäkringar, Swedbank and Skandia have been informed they will no longer be eligible to manage occupational pensions within the ITP system in Sweden.
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Pension funds tap growing prospects for emerging markets
[12:30 CET 13-01] IPE-QUEST – Two European pension funds are pursuing the predicted surge of interest in emerging markets equity investments and have launched searches for suitable EM managers, using IPE-Quest.
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Sweden's Moderna is latest to lose its ITP slot
[16:00 CET 08-01] SWEDEN - Moderna Liv & Pension, a Swedish insurer and fund provider, will no longer be on the ITP list of pension and insurance providers eligible to manage occupational pensions from July 1, 2010 for at least a three-year mandate period.
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UK roundup: Newham and Ufi's PQM Plus award
[16:55 CET 06-01] UK – The London Borough of Newham has appointed a new actuarial and investment adviser for its pension fund, while Ufi has been awarded the National Association of Pension Fund's (NAPF) Pension Quality Mark (PQM) Plus.
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Pension funds embark on Quest to invest
[16:55 CET 06-01] IPE-QUEST – Two consultancy firms are seeking equity and bond managers on behalf of their clients, one of which is confirmed as being a Danish pension fund.
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Kesko becomes latest corporate to transfer pension
[15:30 CET 06-01] FINLAND - Kesko, Finland’s main trading sector services provider, has followed a trend set by several other employee sponsored pension schemes in Finland and announced it will transfer the management of its statutory pension provision to €22.9bn Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company.
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UK roundup: PPF targets secondary private equity
[15:45 CET 05-01] UK - The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is seeking investment managers to take advantage of opportunities in the secondary private equity market. It is also re-tendering its global custody contract while the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is seeking a multi-asset passive investment manager.
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FRR fires Dexia for poor performance
FRANCE – Fonds de Reserve pour Retraites (FRR) has dropped Dexia Asset Management as one of its European equity managers on the back of poor investment performance.
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NewsUK, Danish and Swiss investors launch manager search (updated)
[13:30 CET 23-12] IPE QUEST – Three institutional investors, including two European pension funds, are looking to hire asset managers for specialist investment mandates, using IPE Quest.
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PPF appoints global equity managers
[16:30 CET 22-12] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has confirmed the appointment of seven global equity managers to help manage its assets.
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NewsSSgA wins Clwyd absolute return mandate
[16:00 CET 22-12] UK – Flintshire County Council has appointed State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to run a £20m (€22.4m) absolute return mandate for the Clwyd Pension Fund.
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NewsBelgium's Amonis signs JP Morgan
BELGIUM - Amonis OFP, the largest pension fund for health care workers in Belgium, has employed JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services business to provide custody and investor services.
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NewsFRR completes third set of bond appointments
[16:45 CET 18-12] FRANCE - Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR), the €31.9bn French national pension reserve fund, has completed its recent renewal of some fixed income mandates with the appointment of five managers to run US bond mandates.
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SPP to withdraw from Sweden's ITP system
[15:00 CET 18-12] SWEDEN - SPP, one of the largest pension insurers in Sweden, will not be eligible to deliver pension investments via the country’s ITP pensions administration system next year.
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Dutch trade union heads flurry of new entrants into PfZW
[15:30 CET 17-12] NETHERLANDS - The €450m pension fund of trade union FNV has signed a deal to transfer its members and assets into the PfZW industry-wide healthcare scheme, and others are expected to follow in the near future.
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Tata becomes only candidate in UK personal accounts bid
UK – The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) has confirmed Great-West Retirement Services (Europe) Ltd has become the third company to withdraw from the competitive dialogue process to provide scheme administration services for personal accounts, leaving just Tata in the running for the contract.
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Two down, one to go: FRR signs fresh credit strategies
[13:30 CET 11-12] FRANCE - Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR), the French pension reserve fund, has completed the appointment for its second lot of bond mandates, and now has just one more to go.
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UK roundup - Royal Mail, Wandsworth, Oxford and Powys
[16:15 CET 10-12] UK – Royal Mail has also revealed its pension deficit may have tripled in the last three years while three local authorities are making changes to their pension funds.
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G4S pension to get fiduciary management treatment
[16:15 CET 08-12] UK – Trustees of the G4S pension schemes have appointed Cardano UK to deliver its version of fiduciary management, known as Solvency Management, to the GSL part of its pension arrangements.
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Neste Oil to transfer pension to Ilmarinen
[15:00 CET 08-12] FINLAND – The Neste Oil pension fund is employing its larger pensions colleague Ilmarinen Mutual Pensions Insurance Company to manage its statutory occupational pensions and portfolio from next year.
