All Mandates - Investors articles – Page 92
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Lucent’s Dutch fund ousts Schootse Poort, ABN Amro
NETHERLANDS – The incumbent managers at Lucent Technologies’ 450 million euro Dutch pension fund, Schootse Poort and ABN Amro, have been replaced in a shift to specialist managers.
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UK’s Leicester reviews asset, portfolio structure
UK – The 1.1 billion pound (1.52 billion euro) Leicestershire county council pension fund is reviewing its asset and portfolio structure and is asking for managers to put forward proposals for various asset classes.
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DeAM and Schroders ousted at Oxford council
UK – The 500 million pound (703 million euro) pension scheme of Oxfordshire County Council has replaced Deutsche Asset Management and Schroders with UBS, Baillie Gifford, Alliance Bernstein and Legal & General as part of a move to find better performance.
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Belgian fund tenders emerging debt via IPE-Quest
BELGIUM – A Belgian pension fund has tendered a mandate for global emerging markets debt worth around 20 million euros via the IPE-Quest system.
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AP1 to tender up to E429m in Pacific equities
SWEDEN – Sweden’s 12.8 billion euro first national pension fund, Forsta AP-fonden or AP1, will be tendering a Pacific equities mandate of up to 500 million dollars (429 million euros) in the near future, as it moves to a more active strategy.
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MLIM says it’s winning mandates again
UK – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers says it won around half of all the pitches for mandates it made in the first quarter.
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West Sussex tenders property portfolio
UK – The 750 million pound (1.05 billion euro) West Sussex County Council pension fund has put its direct property portfolio up for tender.
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London pension fund moves into private equity
UK – The London Pension Fund Authority is tendering a private equity mandate worth between 50 to 75 million pounds (70-105 million euros) after deciding to start investing in the asset class.
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Guinness pension fund appoints Morgan Stanley
IRELAND – The 1.2 billion euro Guinness Ireland group pensions scheme has appointed Morgan Stanley Investment Managers to run an 110 million euro European fixed income mandate.
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Dutch pension fund tenders mandate via IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has put out to tender a euro zone equities enhanced index mandate via IPE-Quest.
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UK’s Surrey Council looking for custodian
UK – Surrey county council is looking for a global custodian for its 850 million pound pension fund following Deutsche Bank’s exit from the custody market.
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Merrill Lynch Investment Managers settles pension case
UK – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has settled a legal dispute with the 2.1 billion pound (2.9 billion euro) pension scheme of the Co-operative Group.
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MLIM wins E572m IMI mandate
UK – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has been appointed to run a 410 million pound (572 million euro) mandate for the pension fund of international engineering business IMI plc.
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UK’s Greenwich Council awards five mandates
UK – Greenwich Council’s 450 million pound pension fund has dished out five new mandates following a change of strategy, and a loss for Schroders Investment Management.
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French reserve fund appoints Mercers
FRANCE – The 13.1 billion euro French reserve state fund has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting to assist with selecting investment fund managers.
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Credit Agricole wins KLM emerging market mandate
NETHERLANDS/FRANCE – Blue Sky Group, manager of the 6.5 billion euro pension fund of Dutch airline KLM, has appointed Credit Agricole Asset Management to run a global emerging market equity mandate.
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KAS wins Gerling UK custody business
UK – Credit finance provider Gerling NCM’s UK Pension Scheme has appointed KAS Bank as custodian following a move out of pooled funds into segregated funds.
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State Street to provide custody to Aon
IRELAND – State Street Corp. Dublin has been appointed to provide investment services to Aon Asset Management.
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Mercer wins Omnetica actuarial job
UK – Siemens affiliate, Omnetica, has appointed Mercer Human Resource Consulting to provide actuarial and investment advice for its new defined contribution scheme.
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LGIM wins E394m Highland Council mandate
UK – The Scottish Highland Council pension fund has moved 272 million pounds (394.6 million euros) formerly managed by Rothschild Asset Management to Legal & General Investment Management following the acquisition of Rothschild AM by HBOS’s fund management arm, Insight Investment Management.
