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Strathclyde drops bonds managers for absolute returns
[16:10 CET 07-12] UK – Glasgow City Council has replaced incumbent managers Henderson New Star and Western Asset Managers as holders of the Strathclyde Pension Fund’s bonds contracts, in favour of two new managers with absolute returns bond mandates.
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PFA expands into Danish retail pensions
[16:55 CET 01-12] DENMARK – Danish occupational pension provider PFA Pension has taken its first step into the retail pensions market, and linked up with Danish local and regional savings banks to provide private pensions.
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AP3 targets corporate credit managers
[16:50 CET 01-12] SWEDEN – Tredje AP-fonden (AP3), the third Swedish National Pension Fund is seeking a number of corporate credit bond managers for its SEK188.6bn (€18.1bn) fund.
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UK roundup - Torfaen, RPMI, BMI, Harrods, East Riding
[16:30 CET 30-11] UK – Torfaen Council has appointed a global equity manager, while RPMI has been awarded the administration contract for the Arup pension fund.
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FRR awards €4bn to inflation-linked bond mandates
[14:30 CET 20-11] FRANCE - Fonds de reserve pour les retraites (FRR), the €31.9bn French national pension reserve fund, has awarded €4bn in bond mandates to six major managers
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NewsUK roundup: Celestica, North Yorks and ICAEW
[14:30 CET 17-11] UK – Celestica's UK scheme has adopted an implemented consulting strategy, while the £1.2bn (€1.34bn) North Yorkshire pension fund is seeking investment advisers and consultants, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW) is in consultation to shut it defined benefit (DB) scheme to ...
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And then there were two: Logica pulls its PADA bid
[16:00 CET 11-11] UK – Logica UK, the technology and IT giant, has pulled out of the bidding process for a contract to run the UK’s personal accounts pensions administration system from 2012, leaving just two bidders left in the race.
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UK roundup: mandates and scheme closures
[15:00 CET 09-11] UK – Several UK pension funds are searching for managers to handle asset allocation mandates or have made appointments, while two defined benefit funds have announced they intend to close schemes to future accrual.
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UK roundup: Suffolk and Merseyside
[13:00 CET 02-11] UK – Suffolk County Council has awarded contracts for actuarial, investment and procurement support services for its £1.1bn (€1.23bn) pension fund. Meanwhile Merseyside Pension Fund is seeking investment advisers for the scheme's investment monitoring working party.
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NewsMajor fiduciary search takes to the global stage
[16:00 CEST 29-10] IPE-QUEST – Avida International, a Netherlands-based management and organisational adviser to pension funds, has issued a major search to find fiduciary investment and risk management for three Dutch pension funds which manage almost €6bn in assets.
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NewsUK roundup: Havering, East Sussex, Lincolnshire
[16:30 CEST 28-10] UK – The London Borough of Havering has issued a tender for a multi-asset absolute return bond manager to run around 5% of the fund, alongside a search for a passive equities manager. East Sussex Council is seeking a provider of a corporate governance overlay service for ...
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Strathclyde to appoint manager selector
[15:30 CEST 22-10] UK – Glasgow City Council is seeking a provider of investment consultancy services for the £8.4bn (€9.27bn) Strathclyde Pension Fund.
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BNY Mellon and Invensys PF team up for collateral delivery
[16:55 CEST 21-10] UK – BNY Mellon and the Invensys pension fund have signed an agreement to develop what is described as a “ground-breaking” single collateral management platform.
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Industry-wide fund issues climate change mandate
[16:00 CEST 20-10] IPE-QUEST – A Dutch pension fund is planning to venture into Asian-Pacific real estate investments while a second industry-wide pension fund is hoping to invest up to $150m (€m) in a global climate change equity mandate, and both are using IPE-Quest.
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UK mandates update: Leicestershire seeks active managers
[15:45 CEST 20-10] UK – Leicestershire County Council is looking to hire three investment managers for its £1.9bn (€2.1bn) local government pension scheme (LGPS).
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ATP pulls out of bid to win personal accounts contract
[15:55 CEST 15-10] DENMARK – ATP, the giant Danish pension fund and administrator, has pulled out of the bid to administer the UK’s personal accounts scheme, saying it was unhappy with the risk/return balance of the potential new business and the number of likely participants.
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UK mandate roundup: Bucks appoints global eq managers
[16:30 CEST 14-10] UK – Buckinghamshire County Council has appointed three new global equity managers for its £1.07bn (€1.14bn) pension fund, completing the search for investment managers announced in July 2008.
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SBZ in talks with Syntrus Achmea
[15:50 CEST 13-10] NETHERLANDS - SBZ, the €2.2bn pension fund for Dutch care insurer employees, is in exclusive talks with Syntrus Achmea to contract out its benefits administration as well as its trustee support office.
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LAPFF re-tenders engagement contract
[16:50 CEST 12-10] UK – The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) is seeking a third-party provider to promote and assist the LAPFF's shareholder activism.
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Merseyside keeps L&G and Schroders for fixed income
[16:50 CEST 12-10] UK – The £4.1bn (€4.4bn) Merseyside pension fund has retained its two fixed income managers to run a portfolio valued at around £372m, or 9% of the scheme's assets.
