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Pension fund in e50m equity mandate via IPE
EUROPE – Zurich-based consultant Kottmann Advisory, acting for a pension fund client, has placed a mandate for a 50 million euro equity portfolio via the IPE-Quest site.
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UK's Oxford Council tenders five mandates
UK – Oxfordshire County Council has put five mandates out to tender for management of its pension fund. The combined total of assets involved is 495 million pounds (772.5 million euros).
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MLIM says it’s still winning European mandates
UK – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers says it is still winning “significant levels" of new mandates across Europe, despite a series of recent losses from UK local authority pension funds and its loss of the Merrill Lynch UK Investment Trust mandate.
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Sweden’s AP3 taps CoreRatings for SRI
SWEDEN – The 13.9 billion euro AP Fonden 3 Swedish pension fund says it has hired consultancy firm CoreRatings to provide socially-responsible investing advice, adding that it will take an active role in the companies in which it invests.
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Merrill Lynch loses $543m Calpers bond mandate
US – The 128 billion dollar California Public Employees' Retirement System, Calpers, has dropped Merrill Lynch Investment Managers from its international fixed income manager line-up. MLIM had been managing a 543 million dollar portfolio, accounting for 8.73% of Calpers’ entire fixed income portfolio.
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AP4 awards e384m Japan mandate to Martin Currie
SWEDEN – Fjarde AP-Fonden, the 13.4 billion euro Swedish state pension fund, has named three managers for Japan and Asia-Pacific equities mandates – Martin Currie, Capital and APS.
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Mellon the winner in HVB multi-manager launch
GERMANY – Mellon Financial Corp. is the biggest winner in HVB Group’s decision to launch the first ever German multi-manager programme for institutional clients, by winning seven of the 24 asset management slots available as well as other business, including custody.
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State Street wins e1.32bn Royal Liver mandate
UK - Royal Liver Assurance has continued its shift to outsourcing its fund management activities with the appointment of State Street Global Advisors to manage a 850 million pound (1.32 billion euro) multi-asset passive mandate.
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UK Environment Agency fund taps SSGA for eco fund
UK – The UK Environment Agency pension fund has appointed State Street Global Advisors to manage an ‘eco-enhanced” index fund.
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UK: Schroder Property wins Tower Hamlets mandate
UK – UK local authority Tower Hamlets’ pension fund is to switch its 40 million pound (62.6 million euro) property allocation to a property unit trust run by Schroder Property Investment Management.
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Netherlands’ Gamma awards Russell e175m mandate
NETHERLANDS – Dutch textiles company Gamma Holding has appointed multi-manager specialist Frank Russell to manage a 175 million euro equity and bond portfolio for its 340 million euro pension fund.
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Northern Trust names Dublin operations head
IRELAND – Northern Trust’s Dublin-based fund administration subsidiary has appointed Meliossa O’Caoimh as head of operations.
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Belgacom pension fund tenders equity mandate
BELGIUM – The pension fund of Belgian telecoms provider Belgacom SA has put out to tender an international equity mandate.
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Deutsche AM loses e566m West Sussex mandate
UK – Deutsche Asset Management has lost a 360 million pound (566 million euro) mandate for the West Sussex County Council pension fund. The balanced portfolio, equating to half the entire fund, will now be managed by Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford.
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Frank Russell bags e125m UK waterways mandate
UK – Multi-manager specialist Frank Russell Co. says it has been appointed by the British Waterways (1990) Pension Fund to manage an 80 million pound (125.6 million euro) equity and bond mandate.
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AP7's private equity choice
Sweden’s seventh national pension fund, AP7, has allocated $84m (e86m) to two US-based private equity fund of fund managers, Hamilton Lane Advisors and HarbourVest Partners. Hamilton Lane will be managing a US private equity fund of fund portfolio balanced between buyout, venture and special situation funds including secondary interests. AP7 ...
