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  • Industriens awards £216m currency mandate
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    Industriens awards £216m currency mandate

    2008-04-10T15:50:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 10-04] DENMARK – Industriens Pensionsforsikring has awarded Investec Asset Management a £216m (€270m) active currency management mandate.

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    Oxford reviews TAA after poor performance

    2008-04-09T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CEST 09-04] UK – Oxfordshire County Council pension fund is to review its Tactical Asset Allocation(TAA) strategy, managed by UBS, and has asked the fund manager about the possibility of returning £575,000 (€720,820) in performance fees after performance "deteriorated".

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    East Sussex reviews equity mandates

    2008-04-04T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CEST 04-04] UK – East Sussex County Council is seeking managers for two mandates related to its equity allocations.

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    State Street and Hewitt retain pension contracts

    2008-04-03T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CEST 03-04] UK - State Street Corporation has been retained as custodian to BP’s £14bn (€17.87bn) UK pension fund while Hewitt has been asked to extend its contract with the UK civil service pension fund.

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    Newton picks up Northants overseas win

    2008-04-02T14:45:00Z

    [15:45 CEST 02-04] UK - Northamptonshire County Council has signed Newton Investment Management to handle the £200m overseas equity mandate on behalf of the £1.1bn (€1.6bn) pension fund.

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    FRR awards two US small cap mandates

    2008-03-27T15:15:00Z

    [16:15 CET 27-03] FRANCE – The €34.5bn French national pension reserve fund, FRR says it has awarded two active management mandates for US small cap equity portfolios.

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    Hackney adopts GTAA and currency overlay

    2008-03-25T15:40:00Z

    [16:40 CET 25-08] UK – The London Borough of Hackney pension fund is seeking a new actuarial services provider, but has appointed managers for its Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) and currency overlay mandates.

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    ERAFP aims to diversify with new consultant

    2008-03-20T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CET 20-03] FRANCE – The €4.8bn French public service supplementary pension scheme ERAFP has said it has selected Mercer as its new investment consultant for an extended diversification of its investments.

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    Luxembourg fund taps new custodian

    2008-03-20T13:30:00Z

    [14:00 CET 20-03] LUXEMBOURG – The €8.4bn Fonds de Compensation de la Sécurité Sociale has appointed Citi as the new custodian to the new Luxembourg State Pension Fund.

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    Fopadiva seeks new managers

    2008-03-20T13:00:00Z

    [14:00 CET 20-03] ITALY – Fopadiva, the pension fund for employees of the semi-autonomous Valle d’Aosta region is looking for at least two fund managers for a ‘dynamic’ and a ‘prudent’ portfolio.

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    IPE-Quest: debt and corporate bonds

    2008-03-20T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CET 20-03] EUROPE – Two pension funds and an investment consultant have issued new searches for investment managers using IPE Quest.

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    North Yorks seeks actuary as Lothian reappoints SLI

    2008-03-19T15:35:00Z

    [16:35 CET 19-03] UK – North Yorkshire County Council has issued a tender for a provider of actuarial services for its £1.2bn (€1.5bn) pension fund.

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    Mn Services to deliver multi-manager for Merchant Navy

    2008-03-18T15:55:00Z

    [16:55 CET 18-03] NETHERLANDS – PME, the €3.2bn occupational pension fund for the Dutch merchant navy (Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de Koopvaardij), has appointed fiduciary manager Mn Services to act as a multi-manager and adviser to the fund.

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    Somerset tenders £30m GEM mandate

    2008-03-18T10:00:00Z

    [11:00 CET 18-03] UK – Somerset County Council is seeking an investment manager to take on a £30m (€39m) global emerging market mandate.

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    USS awards hedge fund replication mandate

    2008-03-17T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CET 17-03] UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has awarded a $200m (€127m) hedge fund replication mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

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    German institutions in class action against IKB

    2008-03-17T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CET 17-03] GERMANY – A number of institutional investors seek to reclaim damages of at least €10m from ailing IKB Deutsche Industriebank via a German class–action lawsuit.

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    Dorset splits £35m active currency mandate

    2008-03-14T13:00:00Z

    [14:00 CET 14-03] UK – Dorset County Council Pension fund has appointed two active currency managers to run mandates valued at £35m (€46m).

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    LPFA appoints JPMorgan to administer alternative assets

    2008-03-13T15:45:00Z

    [16:45 CET 13-03] UK – The £3.7bn (€4.8bn) London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) has appointed JPMorgan to provide portfolio administration and performance reporting for their alternative investment portfolio.

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    O2 pension fund taps BoNY Mellon (amended)

    2008-03-10T15:40:00Z

    [16:40 CET 10-03] UK – The O2 pension scheme has tapped the Bank of New York Mellon to provide global custody, investment accounting, cash management, securities lending and performance measurement services for assets valued at €1bn.

  • German CTA shows appetite for debt
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    German CTA shows appetite for debt

    2008-03-10T14:45:00Z

    [15:45 CET 10-03] GERMANY – A German corporate pension fund is looking for managers for a total of €200m in debt mandates, using IPE Quest.