Markets – Page 203
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Construction major signs €425m return portfolio
[14:00 CEST 20-07] NETHERLANDS – The €850m pension fund of Dutch construction group VolkerWessels have appointed specialist Swiss asset manager EIM Group to manage a €425m absolute return portfolio, IPE has learnt.
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PensionDanmark allocates equity to Europe
[14:00 CEST 19-07] DENMARK - Danish pension fund PensionDanmark has added a new fund management house to its list of external managers through the award of an active European equity mandate.
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IPE-QUEST – $250m pan-European equity mandate
[16:45 CEST 18-07] SCANDINAVIA – A Scandinavian pension fund is looking for an active manager for a $250m (€181.7m) pan-European equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Bullish institutions focus on pro-cyclical sectors
[14:30 CEST 18-07] GLOBAL – Institutional investors globally have adopted a more pro-cyclical stance amid greater confidence in the strength of global growth and improving risk appetite, a survey has found.
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FRR ventures into US small cap equities
[16:00 CEST 17-07] FRANCE – The €32bn French reserve fund (FRR) is looking for managers for two US small cap equity portfolios totalling €500m.
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Union sees demand for SRI and portable alpha
[14:00 CEST 16-07] GERMANY – Union Investment, the asset manager for Germany’s co-operative bank sector, is rolling out sustainability and portable alpha funds on the back of institutional investor demand.
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Wiltshire appoints three managers
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – The £1.1bn (€1.7bn) Wiltshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded three mandates for unconstrained equity, long-short equity and active currency.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m currency alpha mandate
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – A UK-based institutional investor is looking for a manager for a $50m (€36.3m) active global currency alpha mandate using IPE-Quest.
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Hermes chooses tracking partner
[17:00 CEST 12-07] UK – Legal & General Investment Management will provide index tracking services to Hermes Pension Management, it was announced today.
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IPE-QUEST: $30m heading for SRI
[17:00 CEST 12-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund is seeking to appoint a manager for a $30m SRI (€21.8m) mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Rethink global equities, says Pioneer
[16:45 CEST 11-07] GLOBAL - Asset managers must rethink the way they present global equity products, according to Pioneer Investments’ global head of institutional business, Paul Price: “The age of the product push is over,” he said today.
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IPE-QUEST: $125m US equity mandate
[17:16 CEST 10-07] EUROPE – A European multi-manager is using IPE-Quest to appoint a manager for a $125m (€91.7m) all cap and large cap US and Canada equity mandate.
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Edinburgh local government fund seeks global equities
[13:00 CEST 10-07] UK - Lothian Pension Fund (LPF) is looking for a manager to handle a £150m (€222m) global emerging markets equity mandate.
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IPE-QUEST: €400m UK equities mandate
[14:00 CEST 09-07] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund is looking for two or three UK equities managers via IPE-Quest.
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Glasgow fund monitors underperforming managers
UK - The £9.73bn (€14.4bn) Strathclyde Pension Fund has put Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford and Isle of Man’s Capital International under watch due to underperformance.
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FRR seeks managers for a French equity portfolio
[15:32 CEST 05-07] FRANCE – The €32bn French reserve fund (FRR) is looking for managers for a new French equity portfolio worth in excess of €500m.
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Powys drops overseas bonds
[16:19 CEST 05-07] UK - Western Asset Management and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) have lost out in a major reshuffle at the £295m (€436m) Powys County Council Pension Fund that has seen overseas bonds culled from the portfolio.
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IPE-QUEST: $20m Swiss bond mandate
[16:20 CEST 05-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund is looking for an active convertible bonds manager through IPE-Quest (QN818).
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Pensions investors behind 51% of Spezialfonds volume
GERMANY – Assets from German pension schemes and insurers account for half of the €699bn in institutional fund (Spezialfonds) volume, according to a study by German asset management association BVI.
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Aer Lingus pensioners face €5m loss
[17:11 CEST 03-07] IRELAND – Aer Lingus pensioners face losses of nearly €5m as a result of action taken by the Irish Airline Pilots Pension Fund to block a hostile takeover by Ryanair.
