Markets – Page 235
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IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are four new searches – for pharmaceutical equities, developed market debt, convertible and investment grade bonds and eurozone debt – on IPE-Quest.
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SEB winning new institutional mandates
SWEDEN – Swedish financial services provider SEB has secured several new institutional mandates and achieved “greater market clout” in Germany, its interim report released today revealed.
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PIMCO says it wins Irish mandates
IRELAND – Fixed income manager PIMCO Europe says it has been awarded two mandates – one worth €60m – from the Unilever Superannuation Fund and the Allianz Group Pension Scheme.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch scheme issues two tenders
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has tendered up to $200m in pan-European and US small-cap equities in two separate briefs via IPE-Quest.
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Schering puts extra €450m into external fund
GERMANY – Pharmaceuticals company Schering has removed another €450m in pension liabilities from its balance sheet so that they can be financed by its contractural trust arrangement (CTA).
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IPE-QUEST: European insurer tenders $150m
EUROPE – A European insurance company has tendered $150m (€211.5m) in global emerging markets equities via IPE-Quest.
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Troubled Alliance Capital gets NPRF boost
IRELAND – The National Pensions Reserve Fund has made its first move into emerging markets equities with a €142m investment via Alliance Capital Management, which has been under scrutiny from US regulators.
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FRR’s invested assets return 15% in 2005 so far
FRANCE – The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, has made a return of more than 15% on its invested mandates so far this year.
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JP Morgan European custody co-head Bourgi exits
EUROPE – JP Morgan’s European custody co-head Ramy Bourgi is to leave amid a restructuring of the division’s management.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss fund tenders Japan equities
SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund has tendered up to $70m (€58.4m) in Japanese equities via IPE-Quest.
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PGGM’s equities director Sol replaced
NETHERLANDS – Dutch health care fund PGGM has replaced Marjolein Sol as director of equities with Leo Lueb as of November 1.
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AMF names new bond head
SWEDEN – Bengt Björkén has been named head of bond management at AMF Pension.
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JP Morgan Chase assets rise 13% to $828bn
GLOBAL – Total assets under management at JP Morgan Chase surged to $828bn (€692bn) in the third quarter of 2005, up 13% since the third quarter of last year and up $45bn since June 30.
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Lloyd’s taps AEGON for bond brief
UK – The Lloyd’s Superannuation Fund – part of Lloyd’s of London - has awarded an £185m (€271m) fixed income mandate to AEGON Asset Management UK.
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Swedish schemes to restructure amid directive
SWEDEN - Top Swedish pension funds are set to re-structure their entire portfolios in the wake of the introduction of mark-to-market valuation of liabilities as part of the pensions directive.
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Watson Wyatt seeking manager researchers
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has advertised job vacancies for manager researchers, based in Reigate or London.
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IPE-QUEST: European bank tenders three mandates
EUROPE – A European bank has tendered three mandates, covering UK and Ireland equities via IPE-Quest.
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Fund-of-hedge-funds ‘worst for seven years’
GLOBAL – Fund-of-hedge fund managers are suffering the worst market conditions for seven years, according to Standard & Poor’s.
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Hermes expects to raise hedge allocation
UK – Hermes Pension Management – the asset manager of British Telecom’s £50bn (€74.2bn) pension scheme - today said it expects to increase its hedge fund allocation from 2% over the next few years.
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APK takes over BMW pension fund in Austria
AUSTRIA – APK, a €2bn pension fund open to all industries in Austria, is to take over administration of the Austrian pension fund of German carmaker BMW from January 2006.
