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Shropshire awards bond mandate to boutique

2009-08-24T14:15:00Z

[15:15 CEST 24-08] UK – Shropshire County Council has awarded a new global bonds mandate for its £820m (€944.5m) pension fund to US boutique firm Strategic Fixed Income.
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Scottish Enterprise appoints Mercer and Hymans

2009-08-20T14:45:00Z

[15:45 CEST 20-08] UK – Scottish Enterprise, the organisation established to further the development of Scotland's economy, has appointed two new advisers to its £370m (€428.4m) defined benefit (DB) pension fund.
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Northants tenders global equities and bonds

2009-08-18T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 18-08] UK – Northamptonshire County Council is tendering two new investment mandates for global equities and bonds, following a review of its £866m (€1.01bn) pension fund's investment strategy.
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P-Solve retained as Hammersmith & Fulham adviser

2009-08-17T15:10:00Z

[16:10 CEST 17-08] UK - The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Superannuation Fund has rehired P-Solve as investment consultant, following a tender process in which four other companies were invited to participate.
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Unilever joins Austrian ÖPAG

2009-08-10T16:25:00Z

[17:25 CEST 10-08] AUSTRIA – The Austrian branch of international company Unilever is outsourcing its pensionskasse to the multi-employer fund ÖPAG.
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German corporate investigates covered paper

2009-08-10T16:00:00Z

[17:00 CEST 10-08] IPE QUEST – A German corporate pension fund is looking to invest $50m (€35m) in euro-denominated covered bonds, and is conducting the search through IPE-Quest.
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Partners Group wins Bucks alternatives mandate

2009-08-06T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 06-08] UK – Buckinghamshire County Council has awarded an alternative assets mandate to Partners Group on behalf of its £1bn (€1.17bn) local government pension scheme.
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Barra wins NPRF risk management contract

2009-08-05T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CEST 05-08] IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has appointed Barra International to provide a risk management system for the €19.4bn National Pension Reserve Fund.
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Dutch pension fund to invest in US debt

2009-07-30T15:25:00Z

[16:25 CEST 30-07] IPE QUEST – A Dutch pension fund is looking to invest $150m (€106m) in US investment grade debt, using IPE-Quest.
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Northumberland appoints investment adviser

2009-07-29T16:10:00Z

[17:10 CEST 29-07] UK – Northumberland County Council has appointed Mercer as its investment adviser, replacing Watson Wyatt who had held the contract for almost two decades.
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MangustaRisk to conduct Fondo Cometa review

2009-07-29T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CEST 29-07] ITALY – Fondo Cometa, Italy’s largest pension fund, has asked MangustaRisk to review all nine of its existing investment manager mandates, which in total are currently worth €4.3bn.
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Merchant Navy asks KPMG to review 'delegated CIO'

2009-07-27T13:30:00Z

[14:30 CEST 27-07] UK – The £3bn (€3.5bn) Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund (MNOPF) has tasked KPMG with assessing whether Watson Wyatt should continue as its ‘delegated CIO’ or whether a new fiduciary manager should be appointed.
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Hymans wins Macmillan investment role

2009-07-24T16:05:00Z

[16:05 CEST 24-07] UK – Publishing company Macmillan has appointed Hymans Robertson to provide investment consulting services to its pension fund.
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Pharmacists to sue State Street for Lehman losses

2009-07-22T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CEST 22-07] NETHERLANDS – Two Dutch pension funds - the €203m pension fund OPG, for medicines wholesale group Mediq, and PMA, the fund for pharmacists - have begun legal proceedings against State Street for losses incurred in the Lehman Brothers collapse.
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Norway global fund appoints UK ethical research firm

2009-07-20T15:55:00Z

[16:55 CEST 20-07] NORWAY – The Ministry of Finance has announced that UK firm Livingstone & Company will provide research on companies included in the investment portfolio of the NOK 2.38trn (€264.2bn) Government Pension Fund – Global that may be in conflict with its ethical guidelines.
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SFP picks ING as its asset manager

2009-07-17T14:00:00Z

[15:00 CEST 17-07] NETHERLANDS - The €370m pension fund for privatised government organisations (SFP) has chosen ING Group as its new asset manager.
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Hewitt awarded EC cross-border feasibility study

2009-06-30T16:15:00Z

[17:15 CEST 30-06] EUROPE – The European Commission (EC) has appointed Hewitt Associates to conduct a feasibility study on the requirements for establishing a pan-European pension fund for researchers.
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Skedsmo appoints Storebrand to pension role

2009-06-26T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 26-06] NORWAY – The municipality of Skedsmo has awarded the contract for its occupational pension scheme to Storebrand, while three other kommunes have re-tendered their pension contracts.
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Islington awards UK bonds mandate

2009-06-24T15:50:00Z

[16:50 CEST 24-06] UK – Islington Council has appointed Standard Life Investments to run a UK active bond mandate worth up to £150m (€175m) to its local government pension fund.
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European investors display manager search activity

2009-06-23T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 23-06] EUROPE – Three institutional investors, including two continental European pension funds, are looking to hire asset managers for specialist equity mandates, using IPE Quest.