Markets – Page 191
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ATP pumps money into Danish banks
[16:45 CEST 10-10] DENMARK – ATP, the largest pension scheme in Denmark, is lending billions of Danish kroner to Danish bank– described as deposits because of a government guarantee they carry - in a bid to help shore them up during the financial crisis.
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Credit interesting again, managers agree
[17:05 CEST 09-10] GLOBAL – With priced-in defaults being at a record high the time has come to invest in credit products, fixed income managers has suggested.
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Analyst sees return to simple assets
[17:10 CEST 06-10] EUROPE – Complicated structured products will not survive the current crisis, predicts Peter Brezinschek, chief analyst of the Austrian Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB).
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Capital guarantee hinders pensions – analyst
[16:30 CEST 30-09] EUROPE – Institutional investors in Europe are hindered by guarantees to grow returns and in their ability help stabilise capital markets, according to Peter Brezinschek, chief analyst of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB).
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Dutch to review indexed debt stance
[16:15 CEST 30-09] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Treasury is planning to re-examine the potential of index-linked bonds in order to find out whether experiences elsewhere reveal potential financial benefits to the Netherlands.
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NewsPension funds keep watch over Fortis
[16:55 CEST 29-09] EUROPE – European pension funds will be keeping a watching brief over Fortis Investments in the coming months after today’s developments at its parent company, as a significant number of the firms either have mandates with the asset management arm or have recently held stocks in the ...
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Strathclyde and E.On next to suspend stock lending
[16:55 CEST 29-09] UK – The £9bn Strathclyde pension fund, one of the largest local authority pension funds, and the £5bn E.On scheme have suspended stock lending on all shares.
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NewsSomerset replaces F&C as fixed income manager
[15:30 CEST 29-09] UK – Somerset County Council has appointed Standard Life Investments to officially manage a £200m fixed income mandate on behalf of the pension fund, having sacked F&C from the role.
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Gwynedd drop UBS in search for active equity
[14:45 CEST 23-09] UK – The pension fund of Welsh local authority Gwynedd Council is searching for a global equity manager to look after approximately 20% of its assets, following an overhaul of its strategy which led to reduced roles for UBS and Capital International.
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BT fund stopped short-selling ahead of crackdown
[17:10 CEST 19-09] UK – The BT pension scheme had already acted to stop the securities lending of certain financial stocks earlier this week, before the UK and US regulators stepped in to halt such activity.
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Putnam’s money market fund falls victim
[16:45 CEST 19-09] GLOBAL – Putnam Investments has been forced to close its prime money market institutional fund and return the assets to investors, just as consultants warn money market fund liquidity could be the unintended victims of this week’s market turbulence.
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Schemes pursue equity spree to compensate for losses
[13:00 CEST 17-09] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds acquired a record €12bn in equities during the second quarter of this year, to compensate for the loss of value in equity investments elsewhere, pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank has revealed.
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Central banks pump money markets as AIG shares spiral (amended)
[17:05 CEST 16-09] GLOBAL – Central banks injected huge sums of money into the capital markets today in a bid to prevent from liquidity from seizing up but turbulence in the markets is still driving the price of equities down and bonds prices up as all eyes are now on ...
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€2.2bn Ahold fund fishes for private equity beyond Europe
[16:15 CEST 11-09] NETHERLANDS – The €2.2bn pension fund of giant Dutch food retailer Ahold has extended its private equity investments with a €140m fund of funds mandate to be managed by Credit Suisse.
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Environment Agency's SRI drive boosted by equity awards
[16:00 CEST 08-09] UK – The Environment Agency's £1.5bn (€1.9bn) Active Pension Fund has awarded three new global equities mandates following the termination of contracts by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Capital International.
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NewsAP1 pursues US small caps managers
[14:45 CEST 08-09] SWEDEN - Första AP-fonden (AP1), the first Swedish national pension fund, is seeking both passive and active US small cap equity managers for a total portfolio valued at $500m (€351.7m).
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Swiss investor to award €70m equity mandate
[16:50 CEST 04-09] SWITZERLAND - A Swiss institutional investor is looking for managers for a $100m (€70m) Canadian equity all-cap value mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Greek dividends and investments face 10% tax
[16:00 CEST 01-09] CEST GREECE – The Greek government has announced plans to impose a 10% tax on dividends and a similar capital gains tax (CGT) from the start of 2009, but it’s a move which will also catch both local and foreign domiciled pension funds.
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ABP extends microfinance commitments
[16:00 CEST 28-08] NETHERLANDS – ABP, Europe’s second-largest pension fund by value, has stepped up its position in microfinance investing, and asked Swiss asset manager BlueOrchard to manage a further €50m.
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NPRF awards €600m emerging market mandate
[14:00 CEST 28-08] IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has appointed three managers to run emerging market mandates for the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF).
