Markets – Page 209
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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.
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S&P takes indexing to a new frontier
[16:30 CEST 08-08] GLOBAL – Standard & Poor’s, the ratings agency, is attempting to plug a gap in the extreme emerging markets index space with the launch of a benchmark covering “frontier market” companies based in countries such as Zimbabwe and Kazakhstan.
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Pension surplus under threat from equities - LCP
[14:00 CEST 08-08] UK – Companies whose pension schemes remain heavily invested in equities should reconsider they are in a vulnerable position, argues Bob Scott, partner at Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
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US sub-prime crisis prompts fund closures in Germany
[14:00 CEST 07-08] GERMANY – Shockwaves from the US sub-prime loan crisis have hit Germany and prompted three providers of asset-backed securities (ABS) to temporarily close their funds.
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Robeco beats F&C to 130/30 Europe
[11:00 CEST 07-08] NETHERLANDS - Robeco is launching a ‘short-extension’ European equities fund which promises a “high return” by making extended use of derivatives.
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Cardiff seeks transition managers
[16:00 CEST 03-08] UK – The £899m (€1.34bn) Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund is looking for a ‘panel’ of transition managers, IPE has learnt.
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Market gains could reduce cash funding
[16:00 CEST 03-08] UK – Financial directors are being advised to review their funding deficits as improved market conditions may have reduced the level of contributions now required.
