Markets – Page 201
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Fortis hires CSR experts
[15:30 CEST 06-09] GLOBAL – Banking and insurance group Fortis has created a corporate social responsibility (CSR) advisory board made up of seven international experts.
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Austrian funds defend performance
[16:15 CEST 03-09] AUSTRIA – Pensionskassen should have put more money into equities last year in order to get better results, consulting firm Mercer has suggested.
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Review delivers SLI higher Pensions Trust
[11:00 CEST 29-08] UK – Standard Life Investments has been awarded an expanded remit to manage fixed income investments for the Pensions Trust.
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Nordic pension funds predict alternatives outsourcing
[15:00 CEST 28-08] EUROPE – Nordic pension funds increasingly expect to outsource the management of alternative investments to third parties but some local investments may move more in-house, according to a study conducted by Kirstein Finansrådgivning.
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Lower correlation eyed as Irish funding holds
[13:00 CEST 24-08] EUROPE – Irish pension funds have proved go be more resilient to recent market turmoil than anticipated, research has revealed.
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Final deal agreed on Greek scandal bond
[13:00 CEST 24-08] GREECE – Four Greek state pension funds have reached a final buy-back agreement with US investment bank JP Morgan and hedge fund North Asset Management to reverse a disputed bond deal.
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'Perceived risk' makes EMEA interesting - Fidelity
[16:00 CEST 23-08] GLOBAL – The Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) investment region is set for a massive growth and currently 'perceived risk' still adds to the discount for stock purchases, Fidelity has suggested.
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Welsh council scouts global equity manager
[16:30 EST 22-08] UK – The Welsh £1.26bn (€1.86bn) Rhondda Cynon Taf local authority pension scheme is scouting global equity investment managers for a £215m mandate.
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Northamptonshire forays into overseas equities
[16:15 CEST 22-08] UK – The £1.1bn Northamptonshire County Council pension fund is looking for one or more managers for a new £200m overseas equity portoflio.
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EM pension funds mature earlier - DB
[16:45 CEST 21-08] GLOBAL – Pension funds in emerging markets countries are growing rapidly but are restricted in growth compared with their counterparts in developed markets because they have smaller equity markets, Deutsche Bank has found.
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IPE-QUEST: $20m Gibraltar mandate
[11:30 CEST 20-08] GIBRALTAR – A pension fund in Gibraltar is searching for a multi-asset manager using IPE-Quest.
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JP Morgan denies bond buy-back has stalled
[16:30 CEST 17-08] GREECE – Investment bank JP Morgan has denied claims its offer to buy back of the scandal-ridden €280m Greek government bond has reached an impasse.
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LPFA to reform SRI policy
[16:00 CEST 16-08] UK – The £3.6bn (€5.3bn) London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) is looking into changes to its socially responsible investment strategy (SRI).
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Mecklenburg joins civil servants fund trend
[15:30 CEST 16-08] GERMANY – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will become the ninth German province to create a pension fund for its civil servants.
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Equity appetite unscathed by US turmoil – ML
[14:00 CEST 16-08] GLOBAL – Despite global market turbulence, institutional investors still believe equities offer value, particularly relative to bonds, Merrill Lynch has found.
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IPE-QUEST: $60m specialist equity mandate
[13:30 CEST 15-08] DENMARK – Investment consultant Kirstein Finance is looking for a manager for $50m to $70m (>€37m) a global technology equities manager on behalf of a Danish asset manager using IPE-Quest.
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Barclays appoints Russell for pension plan
[16:30 CEST 14-08] UK – The £16.8bn (€24.9bn) Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund has awarded a £2bn multi-manager high alpha equity brief to Russell Investments.
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Bulgarian Doverie confirms investment trend
[16:30 CEST 13-08] BULGARIA – Pension funds are looking for alternatives both in the bonds and equities sectors as government bonds are becoming less attractive.
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DWS keeps ABS fund open as US sub-prime crisis ebbs
[16:00 CEST 13-08] EUROPE – Deutsche Bank’s DWS has bucked the trend and kept an asset-backed securities (ABS) fund open as shockwaves from the US sub-prime loan crisis began to die down in Europe on Monday and central bank intervention soothed financial market woes.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m UK equity mandate
[12:30 CEST 09-08] EUROPE – A European multi-manager is tendering a $50m (€36.3m) UK large-cap mandate using IPE-Quest.
