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UK pensions seek to award $400m mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... pension funds, which are looking to dish out more than $400 million in international shares and index-linked gilts mandates. England's Falkirk Council is hunting for an active global equities fund manager to manage a mandate worth approximately $232 ...

Add £50b, will travel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... the back of more positive company earnings and unchanged record-low interest rate decisions from the ECB and the Bank of England, London's FTSE 100 index increased 43.4 points, or 0.93 per cent to 4690.53. FRANKFURT - The Dax rose 16.97 points, or 0.32 ...

WYPF tenders for custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
England's $9.2 billion West Yorkshire Pension Fund is looking for a new custodian. WYPF, the pension fund for employees in the councils of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale, is looking for a banking and custodial service provider. ...

Blame the banks for the crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... cent of people put equal blame on the government and regulators such as the Financial Services Authority and the bank of England for the downturn. Mix that in with 64 per cent of people who have lost faith in the regulatory system. This same 64 per cent ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... central bank activity displayed last week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of England (BoE) and the Bank of Canada (BoC) all held monetary policy meetings last week. And guess what? Not a single central ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... 1,850.02. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets ended virtually flat after the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England held interest rates steady, with the ECB forecasting a eurozone contraction of 4.6 per cent in 2009. The London FTSE ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... a summit over the weekend. The reason why Japan announced a third government stimulus plan. The reason why the Bank of England (BoE) has formally implemented quantitative easing and is buying gilts directly. The reason why the Swiss National Bank (SNB) ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... and Japan drowning. Another reason for last night's sell-off is heightened fears over Europe's future after the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) each cut interest rates by 50 basis points to record lows of 0.5 per cent and 1.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... whether the new monetary policy tack taken by Britain would work, how much it would cost and the ultimate price. The Bank of England announced plans to inject STG75 billion ($A163.43 billion) into the banking system by effectively creating money. It ...