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UK fund seeks global eq manager

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... Wight Council pension fund is seeking a global equities manager to manage up to 50 per cent of the fund's assets. The UK pension fund has put out a tender for one or more manages to manage the $290 million mandate. Although the fund has put up a notice ...

Macq and OzForex steps up pension transfers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... cheque to a bank where the conversion is made. "This typically take a minimum of six to 10 weeks from the date the UK pension fund posts the cheque to Australia - OzForex identified an opportunity to streamline this process to one week," said Helm. "The ...

Pension deficits halts M&A activity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
A UK pension report from Mercer revealed equity market volatility has wiped off more than $130 billion of the value of FTSE 350 pension schemes, potentially hindering merger and acquisition (M&A) activity across Europe. Pension deficits was one of the ...

PASF hires Outlook for advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... appointment of Paul Kessell as the super fund's investment manager, a former chief investment officer of a $9 billion UK pension fund. In addition, PASF recently hired Watson Wyatt as its asset consultant and selected JP Morgan as its global custodian. ...

FTSE100 pensions in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... appreciate how valuable an inflation-protected pension can be." Watson Wyatt found the aggregate funding position of FTSE100 UK pension funds fell by as much $100 billion in three months, the equivalent size of a handful of Australia's largest super ...

PASF recruits UK pension CIO

... make a bigger mark in superannuation land after appointing the former chief investment officer of a $9 billion-plus UK pension fund, Paul Kessell, as investment manager. PASF, which has relatively kept below the radar in industry fund land has announced ...

No standards, no deal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
Eight out of ten UK pension funds said they would favour a hedge fund manager who has complied with the Hedge Fund Best Practice Standards, according to a KPMG survey. The survey was conducted in conjunction with the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG). ...

Pension funds look in-house for governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... year, according to a Mercer survey. The Asset Allocation Survey and Market Profiles study examined 849 European and UK pension funds representing $642 billion in assets and found an increase in the number of funds beefing up their internal investment ...

BNY Mellon champions fiduciary transition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
A fiduciary transition management style beats the conventional "agent" model when it comes to cutting admin costs, according to BNY Mellon Asset Management Australia. Mellon Transition Management Services (MTMS), the transition management specialist ...

Regulator clamps down on conflicts of interest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
A UK pension fund regulator has drafted a report to assist trustees in reviewing governance arrangements and eliminate any potential conflict of interest. The report was drafted after a review of UK pension funds identified potential conflicts of interest ...