All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 67
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West Sussex reviews €950m Baillie Gifford brief
UK – Baillie Gifford could be axed as active balanced fund manager of the £1.4bn (€2bn) West Sussex County Council pension fund following the scheme’s regular review process.
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IPE-QUEST: Nordic insurer in high-yield RFI
NORDIC – A Nordic insurance company has issued a request for information (RFI) for global high-yield debt via IPE-Quest.
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IMF to tap external bond managers
GLOBAL – The International Monetary Fund is to set up a $8.7bn (€6.8bn) investment account – putting at least some of the assets with external bond managers.
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UK's Berkshire tenders €599m currency overlay
UK - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has tendered a £410m (€599m) currency overlay mandate for the £1.3bn Berkshire Pension Fund.
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Leicestershire axes BGI in review
UK – The £2bn (€2.9bn) Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund has axed Barclays Global Investors as manager of a roughly £400m multi-asset class passive portfolio following a review of the scheme structure.
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Standard Life wins €1bn Citigroup DC brief
UK – Standard Life says it has been appointed to provide a £700m (€1.02bn) defined contribution platform on behalf of Citigroup UK.
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KAS Bank loses €70bn sub-custody client
NETHERLANDS – KAS Bank says one of its foreign sub-custody clients has pulled some €70bn.
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FRR awards €600m SRI mandates
FRANCE – The FRR, the €26.6bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites or French Pensions Reserve Fund, has awarded five asset managers a total of €600m in socially responsible investing mandates.
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French reserve fund re-tenders transition broking
FRANCE – The FRR, the €26.6bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites or French Pensions Reserve Fund, has re-tendered a €16bn transition broking brief it awarded to Goldman Sachs less than two years ago.
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Irish reserve fund updates tender process
IRELAND – The €15.4bn National Pensions Reserve Fund says it is updating its tendering process for equity managers to make it more user-friendly.
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Barclays scheme puts €281m into emerging markets
UK – The Barclays UK Pension Fund has put £195m (€281m) into an emerging market debt mandate, according to BlueBay Asset Management.
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ABN Amro Mellon wins €115bn DEPFA brief
UK – State Street and the Bank of New York have lost out to ABN Amro Mellon in competition to win a €115bn custody and securities lending mandate awarded by the DEPFA Group headquartered in Dublin.
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Cambridge council tenders pension fund custody
UK – Cambridge County Council has tendered a global custody mandate for its pension fund via consulting firm Thomas Murray.
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IPE-QUEST: Insurer tenders South African equities
EUROPE – A European insurer has tendered $85m (euro) in South African equities – ideally looking for a ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ firm – via IPE-Quest.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish fund in two new searches
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered two Japanese equities mandates for a total €75m+ via IPE-Quest.
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Henderson loses out at Barnet, LPFA
UK – Henderson Global Investors has been axed as investment manager by two separate funds in a matter of days, amounting to a total loss of more than £450m (€647m).
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Italy’s Foncer seeks three managers
ITALY - Foncer, the second pillar supplementary pension fund for workers in Italy’s ceramic tile industry, is looking for three managers for its €70m portfolio.
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Citibank loses €13bn F&C pooled assets brief
NETHERLANDS – Citibank has lost out on a €13bn pooled assets mandate with F&C Netherlands – the mandate was awarded to ABN Amro Mellon following a market survey by the asset manager.
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Antwerp’s Nijlen fund seeks asset manager
BELGIUM – The €1m Gemeentebestuur Nijlen local council pension fund is tendering for its first pension fund investment manager.
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MLIM loses €537m equity brief at AP4
SWEDEN – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has been axed from a €537m financial sector equity passive mandate by the SEK180.1bn (€19.2bn) Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund or AP4.
