Markets – Page 220
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ABN Amro’s Fernandes joins Citigroup
UK – Francis Fernandes, the former Lane Clark & Peacock partner who joined ABN Amro two years ago, has now quit to join Citigroup’s pensions advisory group in London.
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IPE-QUEST: Canadian firm tenders debt
GLOBAL – A Canada-based investment management firm has made three sub-advisory debt searches via IPE-Quest.
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Pension funds, managers buy new bond system
UK – Portfolio analytics provider StatPro says institutional investors such as pension funds and asset managers are showing a lot of interest in its new fixed income system.
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Barclays scheme puts €281m into emerging markets
UK – The Barclays UK Pension Fund has put £195m (€281m) into an emerging market debt mandate, according to BlueBay Asset Management.
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Germany’s BVV eyes real estate, private equity
GERMANY – BVV, a €17.7bn pension fund serving Germany’s financial services industry, plans to raise its exposure to real estate to at most 8% over the long-term and is mulling an initial investment in private equity.
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IMF sees bird flu impact on pension regulators
GLOBAL – The International Monetary Fund says pension industry regulators may have to swing into action in the event of a pandemic of avian flu.
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Italy’s Previcooper seeking asset managers
ITALY – Previcooper, the €73m supplementary second pillar pension for employees of Italy’s co-operative distribution industry, is looking for asset managers for the ‘Safe’ portfolio of its ‘multicomparto’ structure.
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Switzerland’s APK outlines switch to DC
SWITZERLAND – Aargauische Pensionskasse (APK), a CHF4.9bn (€3.1bn) pension fund for Swiss civil servants, plans to fully fund its liabilities by January 1 2008 following several reforms – notably a switch to defined contribution from defined benefit.
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IPE-QUEST: Insurer tenders South African equities
EUROPE – A European insurer has tendered $85m (euro) in South African equities – ideally looking for a ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ firm – via IPE-Quest.
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ABP setting 2007 investment plan
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, is currently in the process of establishing its new strategic investment plan to run from 2007 to 2009.
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Schemes may shift to shorter-dated bonds - UBS
GLOBAL – UBS reckons one effect of demographic ageing may be that pension funds will move into bonds – and at shorter maturities - as members get older.
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Icelandic funds still eye foreign investment
ICELAND – Icelandic pension funds still have a lot of scope for investing outside the country, says the central bank.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish fund in two new searches
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered two Japanese equities mandates for a total €75m+ via IPE-Quest.
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TKP Investments names van Wijk as CIO
NETHERLANDS – TKP Investments has named SNS Asset Management research chief Roelie van Wijk as chief executive, chief investment officer and president of the investment board.
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Bosch outsources pension administration
GERMANY – Industrial group Robert Bosch has outsourced the administration of its German pension schemes, including its Anglo-Saxon style Pensionsfonds, to German consultant Heissmann in one of the biggest mandates of this kind ever.
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Icelandic schemes not fazed by market 'blip'
ICELAND – Pension funds in Iceland have shrugged off the turbulence affecting domestic financial markets, with one industry commentator calling the situation a “blip on the screen”.
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NBIM gets €150m for running Norway fund
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management is to receive NOK1.2bn (€150m) for running the Government Pension Fund – Global in 2005.
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AP4 selects ORTEC’s Pearl attribution system
SWEDEN – Swedish buffer pension fund Fjärde AP-Fonden (AP4) has selected Dutch consulting firm ORTEC’s Pearl performance attribution system.
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Ex-AP2 investment chief explains resignation
SWEDEN – Petter Odhnoff has given IPE an account of the events leading up to his decision to quit yesterday as chief investment officer of the SEK190.6bn (€20.5bn) AP2 fund.
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IPe-symposium: Industriens eyes EM private equity
DENMARK – Industriens Pension, €5bn Danish scheme, says it might look at entering the emerging market private equity arena.
