All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 58

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    IPE-QUEST: Danish fund tenders European high-yield

    2006-12-12T15:39:46Z

    DENMARK – A Danish industry-wide pension fund has tendered €50m in pan-European active high-yield debt via IPE-Quest.

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    Dutch painters tap CS for private equity

    2006-12-12T15:39:09Z

    NETHERLANDS – The Dutch painters industry pension fund has appointed Credit Suisse Benelux with a €45m private equity mandate, the bank announced today.

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    Northamptonshire in £50m hedge fund move

    2006-12-12T15:37:33Z

    UK – The £1.1bn (€1.6bn) Northamptonshire County Council pension fund is looking for hedge fund managers to invest approximately 4.5% of its portfolio.

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    Consultants, clients concerned over BoNY-Mellon

    2006-12-08T16:29:47Z

    GLOBAL – The merger announced this week by custody providers Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corp. has been greeted with concern by consultants, pension fund clients and industry insiders.

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    Generali, Wüstenrot win Austrian pension tenders

    2006-12-06T16:01:59Z

    AUSTRIA – The Austrian insurance companies Generali and Wüstenrot have both won tenders for providing company pensions in Vienna.

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    Societe Generale under review at Kent CC

    2006-12-04T15:53:38Z

    UK – The £2.4bn (€3.6bn) Kent County Council Superannuation Scheme is tendering a £350m UK equities mandate currently held by Societe Generale Asset Management.

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    North Yorkshire tenders for financial advisor

    2006-12-04T15:52:12Z

    UK – The £1.2bn (€1.8bn) North Yorkshire County Council pension fund is looking for an independent financial advisor as current advisor Philip Williams’ contract is running out.

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    Barings wins €126m Mitsui Babcock brief

    2006-12-04T15:51:08Z

    UK – The energy company Mitsui Babcock Ltd. has awarded Baring Asset Management an £86m (€126m) segregated multi-asset diversified growth mandate.

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    ATP pre-selects Citigroup, Northern for €46bn

    2006-12-01T15:48:03Z

    DENMARK – The DKK371.5bn (€49.6bn) Danish labour market pension fund ATP has pre-selected Citigroup and Northern Trust as candidates for a new global custody agreement.

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    Newham fund diverts into infrastructure

    2006-12-01T15:31:14Z

    REAL ESTATE - The London Borough of Newham pension fund is to invest £30m (€45m) in infrastructure. The investment, which follows a strategic review and is the fund’s first in infrastructure, reflects a desire to influence the beta aspects of the fund and the search for a guaranteed long-term return.

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    Chelsea & Kensington invest in private equity

    2006-12-01T15:30:00Z

    UK – The £379m (€561m) Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea pension fund has started investments into private equity.

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    Shropshire fund moves out of UK property

    2006-12-01T15:29:32Z

    REAL ESTATE - Shropshire County Council pension fund is seeking an investment manager for a £43m (€63.7m) pan-European real estate portfolio.

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    Dumfries fund tenders global equities, FX

    2006-12-01T15:28:31Z

    UK – The £400m (€594.52m) Dumfries & Galloway Council Pension Fund is looking to put its global equity portfolio into active management again, after axeing Deutsche Asset Management.

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    IPE-QUEST: Eastern European equities tendered

    2006-11-28T15:58:55Z

    CANADA – iNFiNi-t Wealth Management Advisers has tendered $1m in active Eastern European mid- and large-cap equities for a Canadian client via IPE-Quest.

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    Schroders, BBC keep mum on mandate report

    2006-11-27T15:42:36Z

    UK – Both the BBC and Schroders have declined to comment on a newspaper report that the broadcaster has axed the asset manager from running a pension fund mandate.

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    Germany: Vattenfall in actuarial tender

    2006-11-24T15:54:30Z

    GERMANY – The German arm of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has initiated a search for actuarial and pensions consultancy services.

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    Cambridge fund awards custody to ABN Amro Mellon

    2006-11-22T15:45:29Z

    UK – The Cambridgeshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded a £1.2bn (€1.8bn) custody, investment accounting and securities lending mandate to ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services.

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    Norway global fund awards seven new mandates

    2006-11-21T09:41:54Z

    NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global says it has transferred capital into three new fixed income and four new equity mandates in the third quarter.

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    JP Morgan wins $30bn in UK custody mandates

    2006-11-20T15:46:17Z

    UK – JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services says it has bagged more than $30bn (€23.4bn, £15.8bn) of new UK pension fund custody assets in the last six months.

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    AP1 revises policy on board pay

    2006-11-17T16:04:36Z

    SWEDEN – Swedish buffer fund Första AP-Fonden, AP1, is calling for company board members to be paid fixed fees rather than incentive schemes.