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  • Buckinghamshire seeks three new managers
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    Buckinghamshire seeks three new managers

    2008-07-16T14:41:00Z

    [15:41 CEST 16-07] UK – Buckinghamshire County Council is searching for three new investment managers for its pension scheme, with the mandates valued up to £325m (€408m).

  • Camden starts first phase of portfolio restructure
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    Camden starts first phase of portfolio restructure

    2008-07-15T13:55:00Z

    [14:55 CEST 15-07] UK – The London Borough of Camden has started the restructuring of its pension fund portfolio, issuing tenders for passively-managed securities, fixed income and active global equities.

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    IPE-Quest: €50m small cap US equity tender

    2008-07-11T15:52:00Z

    [16:52 CEST 11-07] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund has said it is looking for a manager for a €50m USA and Canada core equity small cap brief, using IPE Quest.

  • Haringey splits investment and actuarial advice
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    Haringey splits investment and actuarial advice

    2008-07-11T14:46:00Z

    [15:46 CEST 11-07] UK – The London Borough of Haringey has split the investment and actuarial services for its £605.2m (€757m) pension fund between Hewitt Associates and Hymans Robertson.

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    Fund to award €50m small cap brief

    2008-07-09T14:45:00Z

    [15:45 CEST 09-07] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund is looking for a manager for a €50m pan-European equity small cap core mandate, using IPE Quest.

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    Spilled milk for HS Admin over UK fund

    2008-07-08T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 08-07] UK – The £340m (€428m) UK Milk Pension Fund, the multi-employer defined benefit scheme sponsored by employers in the UK dairy industry, has replaced its administrator HS Admin and tapped Aon Consulting.

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    FRR to award €3.1bn worth of equity mandates

    2008-07-07T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 07-07] FRANCE – FRR, the €33bn French national pension reserve fund, has launched requests for proposals for eight US and Asia Pacific equity mandates, worth €3.1bn in total.

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    German CTA to award €45m debt mandate (amended)

    2008-07-07T15:20:00Z

    [16:20 CEST 07-07] GERMANY – A fiduciary manager has revealed a German pension fund client is looking for managers for a $70m (€45m) Eurozone debt mandate, using IPE Quest. (Amended with updated closing date)

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    Manchester seeks property agent

    2008-07-03T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 03-07] UK – The £9.6bn (€12bn) Greater Manchester pension fund is seeking a new property management firm to manage part of its real estate portfolio.

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    Shell pools pension assets and taps JPMorgan for custody

    2008-07-02T15:01:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 02-07] GLOBAL – Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell has decided to create a single pension pool for its $70bn (€44bn) pension and insurance assets globally, appointing JP Morgan to provide custody services around this new pool.

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    Hammersmith & Fulham award 'dynamic' mandates

    2008-07-02T10:00:00Z

    [11:00 CEST 02-07] UK – The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has appointed two managers to run specialist dynamic asset allocation portfolios for its pension fund.

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    Berkshire diversifies away from equities

    2008-07-01T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CEST 01-07] UK – The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is implementing a new risk management and diversification investment strategy, which involves moving away from its current target allocation of 70% equities.

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    Tesco appoints Hewitt as investment adviser

    2008-07-01T11:30:00Z

    [12:30 CEST 01-07] UK – Tesco Pension scheme has appointed Hewitt Associates to replace Watson Wyatt as its investment adviser.

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    Berkshire to increase alternatives exposure

    2008-06-30T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 30-06] UK – The £1.49bn (€1.88bn) Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has confirmed its intention to move into emerging market debt and infrastructure with the issue of two new manager tenders.

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    Pictet claims growth towards packaged funds

    2008-06-30T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 30-06] EUROPE – Institutional investors are increasingly looking at ready-made fund solutions for their investments rather than go through the process or tendering mandates, Swiss private bank Pictet has claimed.

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    Norwegian local authority to build new scheme

    2008-06-26T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 26-06] NORWAY – The Norwegian municipality of Ski has issued a tender for the provision of services to set up a new occupational pension scheme.

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    German investor mulls Asia pacific replacement

    2008-06-26T12:00:00Z

    [13:00 CEST 26-06] GERMANY – A German corporate investor wants to launch a €100m Asia Pacific equity all/large mandate and is looking for managers, using IPE-Quest.

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    Southampton Uni appoints Barnett Waddingham

    2008-06-25T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 25-06] UK – The University of Southampton has appointed Barnett Waddingham to provide consultancy services for its pension fund for non-academic staff.

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    Fund seeks market neutral strategy

    2008-06-24T12:35:00Z

    [13:35 CEST 24-06] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund is looking for a discretionary fundamental equity market neutral strategy, using IPE-Quest.

  • Cardiff seeks actuarial services
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    Cardiff seeks actuarial services

    2008-06-23T15:45:00Z

    [16:45 CEST 23-06] UK – Cardiff County Council has issued a tender for a new provider of actuarial services for the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan local authority pension scheme.