All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 59
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Germany’s Landkreis Schaumburg in pension tender
GERMANY – The German district of Landkreis Schaumburg is seeking group pension and life reinsurance services for a new retirement home workers’ relief fund.
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Northern Trust wins €254m Oslo custody mandate
NORWAY – The NOK34bn (€4.1bn) Oslo Pensjonsforsikring (OPF) has awarded a custody mandate for its NOK2.1bn global fixed income portfolio.
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Environment Agency awards €649m FX mandate
UK – The Environment Agency says it has awarded a total of £440m (€649m) in currency mandates to Informed Portfolio Management.
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Italy’s Fondo Fonte seeking managers
ITALY – Fondo Fonte, the €132m (£83,64m) Italian pension fund for commerce, tourism and service sector workers, is seeking external managers for a guaranteed minimum return portfolio.
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IPE-QUEST: Two Danish funds tender high yield
DENMARK – Kirstein Finans has initiated a search for a global high-yield fixed income manager on behalf of two Danish pension funds via IPE-Quest.
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SBZ seeks fiduciary manager for €2.3bn
NETHERLANDS - The € 2.3bn pension fund for care insurers SBZ says it is in the process of selecting a new external asset manager.
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Shetland Islands tenders for UK real estate
REAL ESTATE - The Scottish Shetland Islands local authority pension fund is to hire a real estate investment manager to invest £20m—40m (€29.7m—59.3m) in UK property.
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Enfield tenders £15m infrastructure mandate
UK – The London Borough of Enfield is tendering a £15m (€22m) infrastructure mandate for its £500m pension fund.
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Clwyd scheme tenders commodities, portable alpha
UK – Due to a revamp, the £793m (€1.2bn) Clwyd pension fund, run by Flintshire County Council, is tendering a £15m commodities mandate and is looking for a portable alpha solution, possibly hedge funds.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch pension fund tenders real estate
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch industry-wide pension fund has tendered a c.€75m euro zone real estate mandate via IPE-Quest.
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IPE-QUEST: Institution tenders pan-Europe equity
EUROPE – A UK manager of managers has tendered $100m in active pan-European equity via IPE-Quest.
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MEPs’ pension fund to tender actuarial study
EUROPE – An open tender to provide an actuarial study for the pension fund for members of the European Parliament is to be issued shortly.
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FRR terminates €331m SGAM mandate (update)
FRANCE – The FRR, the €29bn French Pensions Reserve Fund or Fonds de Reserve Pour Les Retraites, has terminated a €331.5m US mid-cap equities mandate with Société Générale Asset Management subsidiary TCW due to “ongoing unsatisfactory performance” (Updates with SGAM comment).
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Union Investment leads asset managers’ Riester charge
GERMANY – Fund industry association BVI, which had previously railed against the so-called Riester pension, has reported a boom in the number of the pensions sold by its members.
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Kingfisher picks PIMCO for fixed income brief
UK – European retailer Kingfisher has appointed specialist fixed-income manager PIMCO to run a £96m (€134m) segregated bond mandate for its €1.372bn (£864m) pension scheme.
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Strathclyde seeking transition manager
UK – Glasgow City Council is seeking a transition manager for the movement of assets relating to planned and future investment changes in its £8.8bn (€12.3bn) Strathclyde pension fund, the local authority announced today.
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Buckinghamshire reviews Bank of New York
UK – The £1bn (€1.4bn) Buckinghamshire County Council Pension Fund is reviewing the Bank of New York as its custodian, it appeared today.
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UK tenders judges’ pension services
UK – The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has tendered salary and pensions payroll services for the judiciary, members of the European Parliament and senior political and public office holders.
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Hannover Re puts €3bn into foreign bonds
GERMANY – Ampega, the asset manager for German re-insurer Hanover Re, has confirmed that, on behalf of the re-insurer, it is awarding €3bn worth of investment mandates for non-European bonds.
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North Yorkshire hands transition brief to Mellon
UK – The £1.2bn (€1.6bn) North Yorkshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded a £680m global equity transition management mandate to Mellon.
