Markets – Page 193
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NewsHSBC launches two emerging economies funds
[14:26 CEST 16-07] EUROPE - HSBC Global Asset Management has launched both a Frontier Markets equity fund and an Emerging Markets Inflation-linked bond fund for European investors.
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Fund to award €50m small cap brief
[15:45 CEST 09-07] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund is looking for a manager for a €50m pan-European equity small cap core mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Credit crunch pushes pension flight from equities
[12:15 CEST 08-07] UK – Nearly half of pension scheme managers have shifted their investments from equities to bonds during the past 12 months, according to research released by Aon Consulting.
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German CTA to award €45m debt mandate (amended)
[16:20 CEST 07-07] GERMANY – A fiduciary manager has revealed a German pension fund client is looking for managers for a $70m (€45m) Eurozone debt mandate, using IPE Quest. (Amended with updated closing date)
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Danes at front of mining firm scrutiny over Zimbabwe
[16:15 CEST 01-07] GLOBAL – PFA Pension, the second-largest Danish pension scheme, has joined a group of influential European pension funds and opened dialogue with mining company Anglo American over its mining activities in Zimbabwe.
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Berkshire to increase alternatives exposure
[16:30 CEST 30-06] UK – The £1.49bn (€1.88bn) Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has confirmed its intention to move into emerging market debt and infrastructure with the issue of two new manager tenders.
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ABP becomes Fortis’ second-largest shareholder
[15:15 CEST 30-06] NETHERLANDS – The €218bn giant Dutch pension fund ABP has confirmed it is now the largest shareholder of Fortis, after Chinese insurer Ping An.
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German investor mulls Asia pacific replacement
[13:00 CEST 26-06] GERMANY – A German corporate investor wants to launch a €100m Asia Pacific equity all/large mandate and is looking for managers, using IPE-Quest.
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Dutch funds see equities fall €32bn
[16:30 CEST 25-06] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds saw the value of their equity portfolios drop by another 6% in the first quarter of 2008 because of continued unrest on the financial markets, the Dutch central bank DNB said today.
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PGGM: 'ETFs have serious drawbacks’
[16:00 CEST 25-06] NETHERLANDS – Rob Radecker, head of beta at PGGM, the asset manager of the €88bn Dutch health care fund, believes exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have “serious drawbacks” for large pension fund investors.
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NewsTalking Point: Responsible investment or political interference?
TALKING POINT – Anglo American, the mining giant, issued a statement today on the back of widespread criticism about its plan to invest £200m ($400m) in a platinum mine in Zimbabwe.
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IMF tells Austria to 'ease investment restrictions'
[14:00 CEST 24-06] AUSTRIA – Regional restrictions on equity exposure in third-pillar pension vehicles might be detrimental to the funds' performance, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested.
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Fund seeks market neutral strategy
[13:35 CEST 24-06] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund is looking for a discretionary fundamental equity market neutral strategy, using IPE-Quest.
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NewsNew classification to overhaul funds
[16:35 CEST 23-06] EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has unveiled a new classification for investment fund which it hopes will cope with the growth of evolving fund strategies by categorises funds based on their underlying portfolio structure and holdings.
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Dutch fund seeks European high yield
13:45 CEST 23-06] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has announced it is searching an active Euro high yield manager for an $80m (€52m) pan-Europe debt mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Euro-equities hit popularity low with institutions
[16:35 CEST 19-06] GLOBAL – Stagflation fears are driving institutional investors out of equities and bonds into cash, as fund mangers globally have their most negative stance towards equities in a decade, according to investment bank Merrill Lynch.
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UK 'buy-in' specialist goes overseas (amended)
[15:20 CEST 18-06] UK – PensionsFirst, the recently-launched company which claims to completely immunise defined benefit (DB) schemes from risk, is now planning the launch of two separate offices in the US and Japan.
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Eurizon holds onto Italian pension mandates
[12"15 CEST 17-06] ITALY - Eurizon Capital, the asset management business of Intesa Sanpaolo, has secured another mandate from an existing blue-chip clients to manage the Eurofer railway workers' scheme, at the same time as holding on the fixed-income portfolio it runs for Fonchim, the Italian chemical workers' pension scheme.
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Rights issue protagonist quits UBS
[16:50 CEST 16-06] SWITZERLAND – Swiss pension fund Profond has sold its shares in Swiss bank UBS citing “mistrust” in the new management, just months after arguing smaller shareholders should be allowed to invest in the firm.
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Merseyside tenders European equities mandate
[16:20 CEST 16-06] UK – The £4.3bn (€5.5bn) Merseyside Pension Scheme is seeking an European equity manager to run a portfolio valued at approximately £135m.
