All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 43

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Berkshire withdraws Asia-Pacific search

2008-01-15T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 15-01] UK – The Royal County of Berkshire pension fund has pulled plans to appoint an Asia-Pacific investment manager.
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OPG pension looks to Blue Sky

2008-01-11T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CET 11-01] NETHERLANDS – Corporate pension fund OPG has chosen Blue Sky Group as its provider of administration and board support.
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Quest to find EM and Asian equities

2008-01-11T11:45:00Z

[12:45 CET 11-01] DENMARK – Investment consultancy Kirstein Finans has put out a call on behalf of two Danish pension funds, using IPE-Quest, for equity managers interesting in managing emerging markets and Asia-Pacific mandates.
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Strathclyde reappoints custodian

2008-01-08T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CET 08-01] UK - The £10bn (€13.5bn) Strathclyde pension fund has said it has reappointed its custodian Northern Trust.
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IPE-Quest: Large cap value required

2008-01-08T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CET 08-01] EUROPE – An investment company based in continental Europe seeks an equity large cap value manager for a $50m mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Quest investor says no to 'huggers'

2008-01-07T15:50:00Z

[16:50 CET 07-01] EUROPE – A continental European investment company is looking for global debt managers via IPE Quest.
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Aberdeen emerges as Lothian winner

2008-01-07T15:40:00Z

[16:40 CET 07-01] UK – Lloyd George Management has lost the right to manage the Lothian Pension fund’s emerging markets equity mandate, worth around £160m (€214.4m), to the benefit of Aberdeen Asset Management.
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Consultants sought on Norwegian reform

2008-01-02T15:15:00Z

NORWAY – The Norwegian government is entering the next stage of its pension reform plans by tendering for actuarial consultancy services.
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ABP and Cordares take first steps to merger (amended)

2007-12-20T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CET 20-12] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch €220bn ABP fund, the industry-wide pension fund for the building industry and the fund for building corporations have effectively announced the first step to a merger by signing a declaration of intent of cooperation.
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Finnish top two take on Nokia

2007-12-20T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CET 20-12] FINLAND – Finnish mobile telephone manufacturer Nokia has today announced it will transfer its €1.2bn statutory pension liabilities to Ilmarinen and Varma in March next year.
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Unison awards SRI mandate

2007-12-19T14:00:00Z

[15:00 CET 19-12] UK - Unison's Staff Pension Scheme has awarded its £140m (€195m) socially responsible investment equity portfolio mandate to Standard Life Investments.
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Military unions place levensloop with Aegon

2007-12-14T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 14-12] NETHERLANDS - Three unions for military personnel have made arrangements to set up a ‘levensloop’, or life course, scheme with insurer Aego, instead of placing contributions with the scheme of their employer, the ministry of Defence.
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Teesside seeks Northern custody support

2007-12-14T12:30:00Z

[13:30 CET 14-12] UK – Middlesbrough Borough Council has reappointed Northern Trust as custodian on behalf of the £2.2bn (€3bn) Teesside pension fund.
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Enfield mulls real estate update

2007-12-13T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 13-12] UK – Concerns about the performance of the UK and European property markets mean the London Borough of Enfield is now looking closely at whether to further diversify its pension fund’s real estate allocation.
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AP4 signs first of new Asian mandates

2007-12-11T14:00:00Z

[15:00 CET 11-12] SWEDEN – Fjärde AP-fonden, the fourth Swedish buffer fund, has mandated BlackRock to manage a Pacific equities index portfolio, as part of a wider plan for its Pacific-based stocks.
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Real estate sought through IPE-Quest mandate

2007-12-10T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 10-12] SWITZERLAND – A search has been launched for an investment manager to look after a €10m European real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Paternoster kicks off Christmas flurry with Lasmo

2007-12-10T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CET 10-12] UK – Paternoster, the British pension buyout firm set up by former Prudential chief Mark Wood, is set to announce the acquisition of the £150m (€208m) pension plan Eni Lasmo, the UK oil exploration arm of Italy's Eni SpA.
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AP7 moves to green energy plan

2007-12-05T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 05-12] SWEDEN - The AP7 Swedish buffer fund, Sjunde AP-fonden, said it is planning to invest SEK3bn (€319.2m) in environmental technology in the next three years via two fund of funds mandates.
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Oxford takes a look at custody

2007-12-05T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 05-12] UK – Oxfordshire County Council is reviewing Abn Amro Mellon Global Securities Services as its pension fund custodian, according to a tender notice just issued.
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Aberdeen pushes into Austria

2007-12-05T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CET 05-12] AUSTRIA – Aberdeen Asset Managers is in discussions with a handful of Austrian institutional investors as part of an effort to expand its business to Austria, according to Hartmut Leser, Aberdeen's German head.