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UK pension lose $6bn on BP oil spill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
UK pension funds have a multi-billion dollar exposure to oil giant BP's share price, which has plummeted more than 36 per cent since the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The UK-based National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which represents more ...

Mercer appoints investment consulting head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... retirement savings and pension investment industry and has led consulting engagements with some of the UK's largest pension funds. His appointment starts next month and he will be based in Sydney.

Global hedge fund market shows signs of life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Funk said this revival in the hedge fund market could be attributed to larger institutional investors including pension funds looking for different sources of alpha again. In addition, he said pension funds are also targeting HFoF providers that can ...

RBC appoints Asia Pac execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... region. Lowe joins RBC Capital Markets as vice president and will be based in Sydney, focusing on real money and pension funds in Australia. Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets, she was a vice president at State Street Global Markets. She also previously ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
A coalition of international fund managers, pension funds and super funds representing more than $1.7 trillion have written to 21 major companies urging them to improve their disclosure of bribery and corruption risks. The investors asked companies ...

US pension funds boost mortgages

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
The $146 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has pumped $564 million into Fannie Mae mortgages in New York to help stabilise mortgage lending in the state. According to a press statement by state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the $564 million ...

CalPERS fights BoA directors election

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
One of the biggest pension funds in the US, CalPERS, has opposed the re-election of six Bank of America directors who failed to fully disclose the true financial condition of Merrill Lynch before the controversial merger in September 2008. CalPERS will ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...

Farmland ripe for the picking

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... proven to be harder. "Land consultants have been inundated with inquiries from asset managers, family offices and pension funds, [but] these have yet to translate into significant land deals," she said. Commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) are also ...

Man wins $1.08 billion mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Man Investments has won a $1.08 billion managed account mandate from one of the biggest pension funds in the UK, the $46 billion Universities Superannuation Scheme. The mandate will be managed from Man's UK headquarters and investment team, said Kit ...