Markets – Page 192
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NewsCardiff seeks emerging markets manager
[17:20 CEST 08-07] UK - Cardiff County Council is seeking an emerging markets equity manager to run a specialist portfolio for the Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan Pension fund.
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Germany’s largest pensionskasse returns 4.5%
[16:35 CEST 29-06] GERMANY – The €20.1bn BVV Pensionskasse for banks will grant its members 4.5% interest for 2008 as it achieved a positive portfolio return last year.
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Investment tide turning towards Japan?
[13:30 CEST 26-06] GLOBAL - Fund managers and investors are turning their attention to the Japanese equity market again as some officials claim the economic downturn means larger Japanese firms may be better equipped to meet the pressures than in other countries.
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Islington awards UK bonds mandate
[16:50 CEST 24-06] UK – Islington Council has appointed Standard Life Investments to run a UK active bond mandate worth up to £150m (€175m) to its local government pension fund.
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European investors display manager search activity
[16:45 CEST 23-06] EUROPE – Three institutional investors, including two continental European pension funds, are looking to hire asset managers for specialist equity mandates, using IPE Quest.
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Balanced pension funds pull back short-term gains
[16:25 CEST 23-06] UK – There is now evidence of improvement to three-year equity returns to pension fund assets, as the latest BNY Mellon CAPS pooled pension fund figures show, in the main, assets have continued to recover.
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Economist warns pensions should not contain equities
[14:00 CEST 22-06] AUSTRIA – Investing in equities is unsuitable for pension fund investment, according to Helmut Kramer, the former head of Austria’s economic research centre Wifo.
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FRR lowers equity holding in strategic review
[16:55 CEST 19-06] FRANCE – FRR, the French national pension fund, has completed its strategic asset allocation review and effectively split equities and bonds holdings as well as introduce new standards on the level of returns and volatility set.
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NewsCzech funds survive stress test, for now
CZECH REPUBLIC – All Czech pension funds have passed a stress test by the country’s national bank (CNB) but the results show major weaknesses should interest rate levels climb steeply.
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NewsVictoria to increase activity in corporate bonds
[17:00 CEST 15-06] AUSTRIA – The €500m Victoria-Volksbanken Pensionskasse intends to raise its exposure to corporate bonds.
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Work develops to grow environmental ETFs
[16:20 CEST 15-06] GLOBAL – FTSE Group has launched a fresh series of classifications and support tools which are designed to help investors identify companies providing environmental technolofy products and services, which could soon lead to the growth of environmental-focused ETFs.
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Pensions funds buy back into equities
[16:00 CEST 12-06] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds invested over €21bn in securities again in the first quarter of this year, though the bulk of that money headed for bonds and the purchase of equities did not offset losses, figures from the pensions regulator have revealed.
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NewsBig was not beautiful for private equity in 2008
[16:40 CEST 11-06] EUROPE – Investment in European private equity fell last year, according to the European Venture Capital Association but there was capital growth and an increase in smaller equity-centric buyouts – a trend apparently ongoing as Aberdeen’s private equity team has bought out its private equity arm.
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PIMCO unveils GDP-based debt strategy
[16:00 CEST 11-06] GLOBAL – PIMCO has launched a new concept in fixed income investing which is said to provide an improved measure of credit market beta by shifting away from market cap weightings and adopting a variety of credit vehicles to deliver counter-cyclical rebalancing.
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Danish pension fund turns to Asian equities
[16:55 CEST 10-06] DENMARK – A Danish pension fund is looking to hire a specialist investment manager to deliver an Asian ex-Japan and ex-Pacific equities mandate, and is conducting its search through IPE-Quest.
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Danish investor pursues European equities
[16:55 CEST 04-06] DENMARK – Danish firm Nykredit Asset Management is looking to invest up to $150m (€100m) in all/large-cap equities, using IPE-Quest.
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Future gov't bond returns to be 'considerably lower' - PIMCO
[16:50 CEST 04-06] GLOBAL – Fixed income specialist Pimco has warned that investors must expect government bonds to deliver poorer returns over the coming years than recently seen, as the state of US government borrowing is likely to frighten investors away when the market is being flooded by paper.
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Investor begins a Latam Quest
[17:10 CEST 02-06] IPE-QUEST – A European institutional investor is looking to invest $80m (€56m) in Latin American equities, so is conducting a search via IPE-Quest.
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NewsInvestment triggers 'could derisk pensions'
[17:10 CEST 22-05] GLOBAL – Applying some form of ‘trigger point’ at which investment returns could be collected might be a way of derisking pension schemes and removing the emotional draw some trustees attach to certain assets, suggests consulting firm Lane, Clark & Peacock.
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NewsSmall cap equities sought by Swiss
[16:40 CEST 20-05] GLOBAL – A Swiss institutional investor to looking $100-200m (€73-146m) in global developed market small cap equities and is searching for an appropriate manager, using IPE-Quest.
