Mandates
In-depth reporting on investment mandates for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsAlecta’s future as ITP provider hangs in balance after regulator ruling
‘In worst-case scenario’, Sweden’s largest pension fund could be removed as provider of key occupational pension scheme
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NewsSwedish funds agency plans launch of €2.7bn healthcare/biotech tender
FTN says comparative returns data for first tracker procurement shows premium pension reform set to deliver average 0.5% point higher returns
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NewsUniversity of Bristol pension fund appoints fiduciary manager
The £220m mandate was awarded to Van Lanschot Kempen
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NewsDutch pension fund duo picks Robeco for €1.15bn private corporate debt mandate
Robeco’s solution was jointly tailored for PMT and PME, with investments of €500m and €650m, respectively
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NewsLothian picks manager for climate risk-upped corporate bond mandate
The Scottish local authority pension fund worked with the manager to develop a fund that could meet its climate risk goals
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NewsRejected Swedish manager slams FTN for sending more capital to US
Indecap Fonder lodges appeal with Stockholm court after losing out in Fund Selection Agency’s biggest procurement
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NewsSweden’s FTN holds breath for first appeal from losing bidder
Indecap Fonder reportedly announced its intention to appeal agency’s decision not to award it a premium pension mandate
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NewsSweden’s FTN calls for tenders for €4bn of US, North American equity mandates
In its eighth procurement process, Swedish Fund Selection Agency plans to replace 16 existing fund offerings with just eight
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NewsQinetiq pension fund awards £1.3bn fiduciary mandate to Insight
As part of the contract, Insight has responsibility for advising the trustee on investment strategy in addition to day-to-day oversight and management of the fund’s assets
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NewsArdian wins mandate to build portfolio for L&G’s Private Market Access Fund [updated]
The vehicle, part of L&G’s Lifetime Advantage Fund, is designed to provide L&G’s 5.6 million UK defined contribution members greater access to private markets
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NewsAP7 to pilot test wider insourcing of SEK1.36trn passive portfolio
Geopolitical situation is one of the reasons behind Swedish pensions giant’s move to bring lion’s share of equities in house
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NewsGerman Spezialfonds custody market tightens as top banks deepen dominance
BNP Paribas, HSBC and JP Morgan together hold €1.19trn in Spezialfonds custody mandates, equating to just over 56% of the market, according to Kommalpha
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NewsNEST seeks segregated account manager for £260m ethical equities allocation
£60bn UK pension scheme launched procurement process for equities component of £470m fund today
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NewsE.ON UK pension fund appoints Schroders Solutions as principal investment manager
Schroders Solutions has overall control of the group’s investments, both through direct asset management and by appointing external investment managers
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NewsLGPS Central to launch pooled global credit fund
The fund will be managed in partnership with three global credit managers – Capital Group, JP Morgan Asset Management and Neuberger Berman
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NewsAsset owners urge asset managers to continue NZAM involvement
Participation in Net Zero Asset Managers an ‘important and public signal’ for us, say 40-plus asset owners in statement
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Another 24 funds convert to defined contribution
Plus: Pension funds divest from US assets; PME withdraws €5bn mandate from BlackRock
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NewsFRR seeks managers for Paris-aligned equity index mandates
Indices to be customised in advance by FRR’s providers and the asset owner will then allocate the indices among selected managers
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NewsSwedish FTN, Pensions Agency hire MSCI ESG Research, Clarity AI for green analysis
Procurement succeeds after hiccup in earlier process, when nine out of 10 tenders had failed to meet mandatory requirements
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NewsPME replaces BlackRock in €5bn ESG equities portfolio
UBS AM and MN take over the pension fund’s ESG equity portfolio from the American manager




