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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NewsLaborfonds tenders eight equities, bonds mandates worth €2.8bn
The deadline for applications has been set for 8 November
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: KENFO claims Generational Capital concept will meet expectations
Plus: Rentenpaket II reform debate brings division; Swiss schemes use Swiss National Bank Bills
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NewsAlecta wins five more years as FTP default provider
Swedish pensions giant trims fees further on its DC traditional pension product, and wins new €400m contract within financial-sector scheme
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NewsFondo Telemaco seeks asset managers for mandates worth €2.2bn
The deadline for asset management firms to participate has been set to 5 November
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NewsIreland's auto-enrolment system to launch as ‘My Future Fund’
Tata Consultancy Services signs contract as the service provider, while National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA) is established
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NewsHertfordshire Pension Fund allocates £100m to Osmosis’ core equity strategy
The allocation takes Osmosis’ LGPS AUM to over £1bn
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NewsFonchim tenders five mandates worth €2.71bn
The scheme is looking to issue mandates investing in equities and bonds
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NewsFRR renews William Blair as latest US equity managers appointed
Mandates include more stringent decarbonisation targets
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NewsSwedish agency extends Swedish equities tender; gives details on global equities
FTN publishes preliminary specifications for actively managed global equity funds, and firms up launch date, specifying month of November.
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NewsManagers’ net-zero commitments ‘not relevant’, says chair of asset owner climate alliance
Net zero is very much an asset owner story, believes Gunther Thallinger, in latest sign that expectations for managers are shifting
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NewsDutch Shell scheme appoints BlackRock as fiduciary manager
The move comes ahead of the fund’s transition to a new DC arrangement in 2027
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NewsMerseyside Pension Fund picks Schroders for £3.8bn equity protection strategy
The strategy enables the scheme to maintain its equity exposures in order to meet its long-term performance objectives, while effectively managing downside risk
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NewsCompenswiss rebuffs security concerns over custodian appointment
The mandate given to State Street does not cover the transfer of assets to a single country or the management of the first pillar’s assets
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NewsSampension sees 27% rise in contributions after corporate client wins
Danish labour-market pensions firm reports year-on-year doubling of one-off contributions, citing pension transfers from other schemes as a result of business wins as the main factor
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NewsMandate roundup: Compenswiss tenders direct lending mandates
Plus: APK issues $300m EM debt brief; Italian journalists scheme award €100m corporate bond mandate
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NewsAegon UK awards £720m multi-asset credit mandate to asset management arm
The mandate is run as part of the £12bn Aegon Universal Balanced Collection fund, with over 700,000 members
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NewsFondoposte issues mandates worth €1.4bn
The scheme is also looking to set up two new sub-funds once the tender process is completed and asset managers are picked
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NewsSwedish funds agency opens for domestic equities bids in biggest tender yet
Platform reformer FTN invites tenders for more than SEK155bn (€13.6bn) of investment management; aims to halve the number of funds currently on offer
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NewsPKSF invests CHF2bn in sustainable funds, appointing manager trio
Swisscanto, Lombard Odier Investment Management and UBS Asset Management were awarded the mandates
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NewsNational Grid Pension Scheme outsources executive services to LCP
The appointment comes after the scheme’s CEO Chris Hogg announced he was stepping down this summer
