All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 56

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    PGGM commits €250m to Madeline Albright fund

    2007-01-19T15:51:32Z

    NETHERLANDS – The €81bn Dutch pension fund PGGM has helped to more than triple the assets of Albright Capital Management, an investment firm chaired by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

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    Invesco and Black Rock win builders' fund mandates

    2007-01-19T15:40:32Z

    UK – The £700m (€1.065bn) Building & Civil Engineering Benefits Scheme (B&CE) has awarded Invesco Perpetual with a £70m absolute return UK equity mandate recently.

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    Williams takes over as global Mercer investment COO

    2007-01-18T15:55:30Z

    GLOBAL - Mercer has promoted Cara Williams to chief operating officer of its investment consulting business. She replaces Jim Hiner, who retires after 20 years with the firm.

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    IPE-QUEST: Japan small cap manager needed in Switzerland

    2007-01-17T15:56:57Z

    SWITZERLAND – In the latest search on IPE Quest (QN695) a Swiss institutional investor is looking for an active Japanese small cap equities manager for a CHF 125m (€77.5m) mandate.

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    Belgian council taps Ethias for 'silver fund' assets

    2007-01-17T15:52:51Z

    BELGIUM – The Belgian municipality Waarschoot has awarded Belgian bank insurer Ethias with a mandate to set up a pension fund for the council’s managers, according to an official notification.

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    Harrow PF splits €228m currency mandate

    2007-01-17T15:44:06Z

    UK - The €587m Middlesex Borough of Harrow pension fund has split a £150m (€228m) mandate to manage currency overlay between Record Currency Management, a specialist firm, and Mellon Global Investments.

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    London Borough in search for £150m overlay manager

    2007-01-16T16:33:35Z

    UK – The north London Borough of Haringey’s £447m (€678.5m) pension scheme is looking to appoint an active currency overlay manager for a portfolio in excess of £150m.

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    Beds funds JPMorgan currency brief

    2007-01-15T17:20:53Z

    UK – The £773m (€1.17bn) Bedfordshire County Council Pension Fund has appointed JPMorgan Asset Management to manage a £20m currency mandate, to be invested in the firm’s Managed Currency Plus fund.

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    KLP picks up Norwegian municipal mandate

    2007-01-12T15:48:01Z

    NORWAY – Norwegian municipality Eidskog has appointed KLP, Norway’s biggest pension provider, as its municipal occupational pension service provider for its NOK200m (€24m) fund.

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    KAS Bank to expand operations to German institutions

    2007-01-12T15:44:41Z

    GERMANY – KAS Bank, the Dutch securities services bank, will expand its institutional market with a German office in the second half of 2007, the firm’s chairman Albert Röell has announced.

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    IPE-QUEST: Danish institutions looking for hedge manager

    2007-01-09T16:43:50Z

    EUROPE – A small number of Danish institutional investors is looking for a global multi-strategy hedge fund of fund manager for a mandate in excess of €25m using IPE-QUEST (QN 689).

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    Engineers tap DC link for pension admin

    2007-01-09T16:37:43Z

    UK – The Engineering Employers’ Federation Staff Pension Fund (EEF) has appointed DC Link as third-party pension administrator for its multi-employer DC plan.

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    Industriens awards €65m small cap brief

    2007-01-09T16:22:27Z

    DENMARK – Industriens Pension, the collectively-owned retirement fund for Danish industrial workers, has awarded a $65m Japanese small cap mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).

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    IPE-QUEST: €190m US equities mandate from Danish fund

    2007-01-08T16:54:07Z

    EUROPE – In the latest search on IPE-QUEST (QN688) a Danish pension fund is looking to appoint a $250m (€192m) US large cap equity manager.

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    IPE-Quest: Japan equity, infrastructure, and EM bonds

    2007-01-04T15:52:23Z

    EUROPE – Three new searches have been filed on IPE-Quest. A German investment consultant is seeking to award a $100m (€76m) global infrastructure mandate (QN684). A European industry-wide pension fund is looking to award a $200m Equity Large Cap Core Japan mandate (QN685) and in QN 686, a continental European ...

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    Fortis to offer corporate pensions in Russia

    2007-01-04T15:40:03Z

    RUSSIA – International financial service group Fortis will distribute corporate pension plans via large corporate clients throughout Russia through its new company Fortis Life Insurance Russia.

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    Danish pension fund in high yield manager search

    2007-01-04T15:38:11Z

    DENMARK – The DKK 22.9bn (€3bn) Danish Teachers' Pension and Life (Lærernes Pension) pension fund is looking for a US high yield manager via IPE-Quest for a mandate in excess of DKK 285m.

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    GSAM wins €700m Dutch fiduciary mandate from CZ

    2007-01-04T15:32:48Z

    NETHERLANDS – Zorgverzekeraar CZ, one of the largest Dutch health insurers, has appointed Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) to run a €700m fiduciary mandate, it was announced today.

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    Hewitt wins €1bn advisory mandate with Arriva

    2007-01-03T16:02:06Z

    UK – Hewitt Associates has been appointed global corporate employee benefits adviser to the Arriva group’s pension schemes worth around £750m (€1.1bn).

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    SSGA wins €151m mandate from Denmark’s PKA (updated)

    2007-01-03T15:58:20Z

    DENMARK – The Pensionskassernes Administration (PKA) has awarded a $200m (€151m) active equity mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).