All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 53
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IPE-QUEST: Six searches for $600m to close Tuesday
EUROPE - Six of the 14 fixed income searches currently open on IPE-QUEST will close next Tuesday.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss institution seeking advice
SWITZERLAND – A Swiss institutional investor is using IPE-QUEST to look for advice on building a model portfolio for two sustainable equity mandates, one in the US and one in Europe.
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UK protection fund to create SRI policy
UK – The UK’s £305m (€446.3m) Pension Protection Fund is seeking a consultant to help it create a policy on socially responsible investing.
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West Sussex reviews real estate
REAL ESTATE – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council Pension Fund is reviewing its property mandate with Cushman & Wakefield Investors due to contract expiry.
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AP7 awards pure alpha mandate
SWEDEN – The SEK80bn (€8.8bn) Swedish buffer fund AP7, Sjunde AP-fonden, has chosen Danske Bank for its pure alpha mandate.
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Avon awards hedge fund mandates
UK – The £2.1bn (€3.1bn) Avon Pension Fund has awarded a £210m hedge fund mandate to five managers alongside a UK unconstrained equity mandate and an active corporate bond mandate worth £100m each.
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Lærernes chooses high-yield boutiques
DENMARK – The DKK22.9bn (€3bn) Danish Teachers' Pension and Life (Lærernes Pension) has chosen two US high-yield boutiques to replace T. Rowe Price and Capital International.
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IPE-QUEST: €895m in Dutch pension fund money
NETHERLANDS – One or more Dutch industry-wide pension funds are using IPE-Quest to tender for fixed income and real estate mandates worth $1.2bn (€895m) in total.
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IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system
EUROPE – A Swiss institutional investor is seeking managers for a series of active equities mandates via four new searches on the IPE-Quest system.
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Capital stands firm amid performance “blip”
UK – Capital International says it is standing firm amid what it admits is a “blip” in performance that has seen it lose a series of UK pension fund mandates.
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ING pension fund awards €2.2bn to Bank of NY
NETHERLANDS - The €10bn pension fund of Dutch finance giant ING has awarded a €2.2bn fixed income global custody mandate to the Bank of New York.
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FRR launches transaction cost monitoring mandate
FRANCE – France’s national pension surplus fund, the €32bn Fonds de réserves pour les retraites (FRR), launched an open RFP today for a service provider to assist in reducing transaction costs.
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IPE-QUEST: €1.6bn of new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are 15 new searches from a variety of different institutions – worth up to a combined $2.2bn (€1.6bn) of assets - currently on the IPE-Quest system.
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Bank of NY axed at Buckinghamshire fund
UK - Buckinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has hired ABN Amro Mellon to replace the Bank of New York as its custodian.
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Clwyd finds commodities and portable alpha managers
UK – The £793m (€1.2bn) Clwyd Pension fund has awarded a commodities and a portable alpha mandate as part of a major fund restructuring.
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Derbyshire re-appoints Mercer
UK –The £970m (€1.52bn) Derbyshire County Council Pension Fund has re-appointed Mercer Human Resource Consulting as its actuary.
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Nestlé appoints Xafinity Claybrook
UK – Drinks and confectionery giant, Nestlé has selected Compendia software from Xafinity Claybrook for the administration of its UK and Irish pension schemes.
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Hewitt replaced by Hymans at University of Exeter
UK – The £65m (€95.64m) University of Exeter Retirement Benefits Scheme (ERBS) has replaced its investment consultant Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow, the UK business of Hewitt Associates, as part of an on-going review of service providers.
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SSGA wins 130/30 mandate from Asda pension fund
UK – The £1bn (€1.5bn) Asda group pension fund has chosen a 130/30 strategy for £165m of its global equity portfolio.
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Shetlands appoints equity, property managers
UK - The Shetland Islands local authority has appointed asset manager GMO to manage an £80m (€118m) specialist global equity mandate for its miscellaneous fund.
