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IPE-Quest: two new searches on system
EUROPE – Two new searches, for convertible bonds and large-cap Japanese equities, have been added to the IPE-Quest system.
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Italian airline scheme appoints asset managers
ITALY - Fondav, the complementary pension fund for airline cabin crew, has appointed its first asset managers to manage a portfolio of more than €27m.
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Mellon unveils Dutch pension fund ‘universes’
NETHERLANDS – Mellon Analytical Solutions has announced the availability of a number of Dutch pension fund universes.
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Ageing will change investment behaviour - study
NETHERLANDS - The ageing of the population in Europe will probably lead to lower demand for equities and a higher appetite for bonds, says Dutch research institute Iris.
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IPE-Quest: Danish fund tenders US mid-caps
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered an expected $50m (€39.1m) in US mid-cap equities via IPE-Quest.
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UK’s Kent County Council rejigs manager roster
UK - The roughly £2.3bn (€3.4bn) Kent County Council pension scheme has axed Goldman Sachs Asset Management from a roughly £350m UK and overseas equities mandate amidst a strategic asset reshuffle at the scheme.
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CalPERS names 11 new managers
GLOBAL – The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the $210bn (€163.8bn) public pensions giant, has selected 11 active international equity managers to manage portfolios in developed and emerging markets.
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AXA Rosenberg wins €370m AP7 mandate
SWEDEN - AXA Rosenberg says it has been awarded a €320m pan-European equities mandate by SEK68bn Swedish buffer fund Sjunde AP-fonden.
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Railpen names head of investment management
UK - Railpen Investments, which runs the £17bn (€24.9bn) industry-wide Railways Pension Scheme, has named the Wellcome Trust's Keith Shepherd to the new role of head of investment management.
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IPE-QUEST: Foundation tenders W. Pacific equities
GLOBAL – An Asian foundation has tendered $100+ (€77.5m) in west Pacific (including Japan) equities via IPE-Quest.
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Hermes CIO Mustoe joins Pictet
UK – Nick Mustoe, chief investment officer of Hermes Pensions Management, will quit at the end of May to become CIO head of equities of Pictet Asset Management (updated).
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Schroders wins €617m Countrywide brief
UK - Schroders says it has been awarded a further £421m (€617m) by Countrywide Assured plc in addition to the £400m it already managers.
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Norway’s Baerum tenders €73m in SRI
NORWAY – The Bærum municipality east of Oslo has tendered NOK570m (€73.5m) in socially responsible investing assets.
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Dutch, German, Belgian funds buy Dutch 30-year
NETHERLANDS – Dutch, German and Belgian pension schemes and asset managers were among the investors buying into the Netherlands’ re-opened 30-year bond today, according to market participants.
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Hymans sees shift to global equities, bonds
UK – The UK’s 50 largest fund managers saw an increased shift from UK equities to fixed income and global equities in 2005, according to an annual survey by Hymans Robertson.
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ECB says benchmarks may lead to herding
EUROPE – Institutional investors using benchmarks in managing their portfolios may lead to herd behaviour – and problems for monetary policy - says the European Central Bank.
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IPE-QUEST: Nordic insurer in high-yield RFI
NORDIC – A Nordic insurance company has issued a request for information (RFI) for global high-yield debt via IPE-Quest.
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Transaction cost analysis product launched
UK - An enhanced transaction cost analysis product aimed at UK pension funds has been launched by TradeShare.
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Morgan Stanley IM names alternatives chief
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley’s prime broker heavyweight and hedge fund specialist, Stu Bohart, has been appointed chief of alternative investments at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
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Blue Sky wins €150m Air UK business
UK – Blue Sky Group, which manages the pension assets of KLM, it to run assets of a UK scheme affiliated to the Dutch airline.
