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Fortis goes fiduciary for Atradius

2007-12-03T13:30:00Z

[14:30 CET 03-12] NETHERLANDS – The €180m Dutch pension fund of credit insurance company Atradius has appointed Fortis Investments as its fiduciary manager.
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Suffolk CC signs currency managers

2007-12-03T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CET 03-12] UK – Suffolk County Council has appointed two management firms to look currency overlay mandates totalling £500m (€700m) for the local authority’s £1.28bn pension fund.
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Northumberland taps two for global equity

2007-11-30T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CET 30-11] UK – The £614m (€859m) Northumberland county council pension fund has appointed Alliance Bernstein and Prudential M&G Investment Management with a £95m active global equities mandate.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund eyes EM and commodities

2007-11-29T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CET 29-11] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch industry-wide pension fund has placed two IPE-Quest searches, the first of which is for an active manager for a $125m (€85m) global emerging markets equity mandate.
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Environment Agency PF to update global equity

2007-11-28T13:00:00Z

[14:00 CET 28-11] UK – The Environment Agency’s pension fund is reviewing its existing global equity arrangements and creating a new mandate which requires asset managers display strong ESG credentials, in line with its SRI philosophy.
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Cosun sacks Kas Bank

2007-11-27T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 27-11] NETHERLANDS – The three pension funds of the Dutch food producer Royal Cosun have sacked Kas Bank and appointed State Street Corporation as their new custodian.
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Drinks giant sacks Hewitt

2007-11-26T15:58:00Z

[15:58 CET 26-11] UK – The €3.5bn pension fund sponsored by UK drinks group Diageo, producer of brands such as Guinness and Baileys, has appointed Hymans Robertson as its new investment consultant.
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LPFA searches for data printer in era of scrutiny

2007-11-26T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 26-11] UK – The London Pension Fund Authority is seeking a firm able to print and deliver payslips to its pensioner members, at a time when government authorities have revealed errors in its own delivery of individuals’ personal information.
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IPE-Quest: Funds sought for Danish portfolios

2007-11-26T14:15:00Z

[15:15 CET 26-11] DENMARK – Danske Capital is searching for an emerging markets Asia and an Indian equity manager to supply active management to its global emerging markets and fund of funds portfolios.
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Finnish church takes the SRI path

2007-11-23T15:45:00Z

[16:45 CET 23-11] FINLAND – The Central Church of Finland has awarded two SRI European equity mandates, worth €60m.
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IPE-Quest: Dutch fund seeks fiduciary manager

2007-11-21T15:50:00Z

[16:50 CET 21-11] NETHERLANDS - A Dutch corporate pension fund is searching for a fiduciary investment manager, using IPE-Quest.
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UK regulator's role extended - O'Brien

2007-11-20T11:00:00Z

[12:00 CET 20-11] UK – Mike O'Brien, UK minister for pension reform, has said the role of the UK pension regulator (tPR) will be extended for the launch of the personal accounts pension scheme in 2012.
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Smurfit goes to Invesco

2007-11-19T16:00:00Z

[17:00 CET 19-11] UK – Two pension funds of the manufacturing firm Smurfit Kappa have handed asset manager Invesco Perpetual a mandate to manage some of its UK equities.
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Overhyped pension buyout market falters – Aon

2007-11-19T15:15:00Z

[16:15 CET 19-11] UK – Both the number of cases and the total value of business placed in the UK's pension buyout market have fallen in the third quarter of this year.
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£718m fund extends BNY Mellon brief

2007-11-14T14:45:00Z

[15:45 CET 14-11] UK – The £718m (€1bn) local authority pension fund of the London Borough of Islington has renewed a global custody mandate with Bank of New York Mellon for another two years.
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IPE-QUEST: $90m Swiss equity mandate

2007-11-14T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CET 14-11] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss institutional investor is looking for a global sustainable equity manager via IPE-Quest.
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Irish bodies increase mandate needs

2007-11-09T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CET 09-11] IRELAND – The Irish Pensions Board and National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) have issued several mandates to assist with pension fund management, including a tender for a €600m emerging markets investment.
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Norway seeks real estate expertise

2007-11-09T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 09-11] NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global has effectively confirmed its intention to invest in real estate by tendering for a real estate investment consultant.
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NPRF seeks managers to double EM exposure

2007-11-07T15:30:00Z

[16:30 CET 07-11] IRELAND – The €21.3bn National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) is tendering €600m in emerging markets equities.
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Cardano replaces Hewitt at £3bn pension fund

2007-11-07T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 07-11] UK – The newly-opened London office of Rotterdam-based consultant Cardano has won its first mandate, from the AstraZeneca pension fund.