All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 35

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LPFA reviews actuary

2008-09-24T16:00:00Z

[17:00 CEST 24-09] UK – The London Pension Fund Authority is tendering a mandate for actuarial services to support its work in managing pensions.
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£1.3bn Thales fund appoints Cardano

2008-09-24T15:20:00Z

[16:20 CEST 24-09] UK – The £1.3bn (€1.64bn) UK corporate pension fund of French defence electronics company Thales has appointed Dutch Cardano consultancy’s London operation to act as its investment adviser.
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Gwynedd drop UBS in search for active equity

2008-09-23T13:45:00Z

[14:45 CEST 23-09] UK – The pension fund of Welsh local authority Gwynedd Council is searching for a global equity manager to look after approximately 20% of its assets, following an overhaul of its strategy which led to reduced roles for UBS and Capital International.
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German fund ventures into emerging markets

2008-09-19T13:45:00Z

[14:45 CEST 19-08] GERMANY – A German corporate pension fund (CTA) has said it wants to invest €100m in emerging market equity and is looking for managers via IPE Quest.
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150,000 to join BPK

2008-09-18T16:10:00Z

[17:10 CEST 18-09] AUSTRIA – Civil servants born after 1954 will be joining the existing Bundespensionskasse BPK, government and unions agreed yesterday.
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Charity Pensions Trust goes down buyout route

2008-09-15T14:45:00Z

[15:45 CEST 15-09] UK – The £3.9bn (€4.9bn) Pensions Trust has tapped UK buyout company Paternoster to secure £225m worth of pension assets of its occupational Growth Plan pension scheme.
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PPF seeks support for research series

2008-09-12T15:40:00Z

[16:40 CEST 12-09] UK – The Pension Protection Fund is looking to hire a firm to conduct market research and public opinion polls on behalf of the UK corporate pension lifeboat.
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Lothian re-tenders transition management

2008-09-12T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 12-09] UK – Edinburgh Council is reviewing its current arrangements for a transition manager on behalf of three authority-run pension schemes.
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€2.2bn Ahold fund fishes for private equity beyond Europe

2008-09-11T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CEST 11-09] NETHERLANDS – The €2.2bn pension fund of giant Dutch food retailer Ahold has extended its private equity investments with a €140m fund of funds mandate to be managed by Credit Suisse.
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Dutch fund seeks global non-listed real estate

2008-09-11T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 11-09] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund is looking for a global multi-manager to invest €250m in non-listed real estate funds, using IPE-Quest.
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Merseyside seeks admin provider to revamp systems

2008-09-11T14:00:00Z

[15:00 CEST 11-09] UK – The £4.3bn (€5.4bn) Merseyside pension fund is seeking a pensions administration and pension payroll provider to update its computer systems.
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Environment Agency's SRI drive boosted by equity awards

2008-09-08T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 08-09] UK – The Environment Agency's £1.5bn (€1.9bn) Active Pension Fund has awarded three new global equities mandates following the termination of contracts by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Capital International.
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AP4 splits passive global equity mandate into three

2008-09-03T16:00:00Z

[17:00 CEST 03-09] SWEDEN - Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4), the fourth Swedish national pension fund, has split its passive global equity mandate between three managers.
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NPRF awards €600m emerging market mandate

2008-08-28T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CEST 28-08] IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has appointed three managers to run emerging market mandates for the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF).
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Norfolk awards active currency mandates

2008-08-26T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CEST 26-08] UK – Norfolk County Council has awarded active currency mandates to Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Auriel Capital Management.
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Danish pension fund pursues high alpha strategy

2008-08-26T14:15:00Z

DENMARK – A Danish industry-wide pension fund is looking to place €50m of its assets under a high alpha European equities strategy, and is looking for a manager to handle it, via IPE Quest.
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Allianz responds to demand for Pensionsfonds risk

2008-08-22T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CEST 22-08] GERMANY – German financial group Allianz is relaunching its “Pensionsfonds Chance” offering to deliver various risk levels, on the back of demand from clients who want to pay lower additional contributions.
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German pension fund reviews equities

2008-08-22T14:15:00Z

[15:15 CEST 22-08] GERMANY – A German corporate pension fund is looking to hire asset managers to look after two US and Japanese equity mandates, using IPE Quest.
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Brick industry pensions switch to Cordares

2008-08-22T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CEST 22-08] NETHERLANDS - The three pension funds of the brick-manufacturing industry have chosen pensions provider Cordares as their new pension administrator.
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Cambridgeshire signs CAAM to equity portfolio

2008-08-21T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 21-08] UK – Cambridgeshire County Council has edged one step closed to completing the reallocation of its pension fund’s equity portfolio and appointed Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) to manage a £160m European equities mandate.