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Scandinavian scheme to invest in small cap Japan
[12:00 CET 19-11] SCANDINAVIA – An industry-wide pension fund is looking for a manager for a $30m (€24m) Japanese small-cap equities mandate, using IPE Quest.
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French PERCO fund seeks equity managers
[16:30 CET 18-11] FRANCE – A French corporate pension fund is looking for equity managers for a €35m global equity and a €13m European small cap equity mandate, using IPE quest.
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Putnam to fix 'leaky' equities bucket
[16:10 CET 18-11] GLOBAL – Boston-based fund manager Putnam Investments wants to fix its weak spot of continued outflows with a broad fund shake-up under new chief executive Robert Reynolds.
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NewsActive management 'will survive crisis'
[15:30 CET 12-11] GLOBAL – The trend towards active asset management will survive the current economic crisis, says a prominent Austrian pension fund manager.
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AnalysisNews analysis: Swiss schemes exposed to higher risks
SWITZERLAND - Concentration risk in Switzerland’s SPI index, the dominant domestic equity benchmark for Pensionskassen, has increased significantly over the last year as financial turmoil has wreaked havoc on two of the country’s largest listed companies.
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Denmark delivers 30-yr bonds for pensions
[16:10 CET 04-11] DENMARK - The Danish government and central bank have agreed to issue a long-term government bond for the amount of around DKR60bn, following demands from the Danish pension sector.
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Essex tenders 10% to global equity
[16:45 CET 28-10] UK – Essex County Council is searching for an asset manager to look after up to £300m (€375m) of its £3.1bn in pension fund assets via a global equity mandate.
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Swiss funds bet on Swiss francs
[16:15 CET 27-10] SSWITZERLAND – Home bias is back in fashion as Swiss funds are turning towards investments in Swiss francs, especially domestic bonds – details of the Credit Suisse Pensionskassenindex reveal.
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Pension schemes plea for global markets 'pause' (amended)
[16:45 CET 27-10] DENMARK - Danish insurance companies are now calling for a coordinated global stock market ‘pause’ from the continuous fall in equity markets as well as a rescue package to support pension schemes worldwide.
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NewsNorway to extend emerging markets benchmark
[16:50 CEST 24-10] NORWAY – The NOK1.99trn (€222bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global has confirmed it is considering further investments in India as part of its strategy to invest in emerging markets.
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Czech Republic adds personal pensions into fray
CZECH REPUBLIC – The Czech government is planning to restructure its pension fund system by introducing third pillar personal pension arrangements which are described as being more transparent vehicles but which do not carry a full guarantee.
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AP1 awards Australian firm €52m Asian mandate
[16:15 CEST 21-10] SWEDEN - Första AP-fonden (AP1), the First Swedish National Pension Fund, has awarded an AU$100m (€51.9m) Asian equities mandate to the Australian boutique investment firm Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM).
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NewsBonds better than real estate - study
[16:25 CEST 20-10] SWITZERLAND – Direct real estate investments failed to help Swiss pension funds’ performances in last quarter but quite the contrary dragged returns down compared with earlier periods, according to a study which does not track the impact of property investments.
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Funds plan more exposure to emerging markets
[17:05 CEST 16-10] EUROPE – The majority of Northern European Institutional investors have said they are planning to raise their exposure to emerging market equities over the next three years.
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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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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.
