International
Canada Pension Plan posts 2.1% return on equity gain
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Toronto, said investments gained 2.1% in the quarter ended Dec. 31 as stock and bond markets rallied.
February 10, 2012 | 11:52 am
AP2 returns -1.9% for the year
AP2 returned -1.9% on its investments in the year ended Dec. 31, down from 11.2% the previous year, the 216.6 billion Swedish kronor ($32.6 billion) fund announced Friday.
February 10, 2012 | 11:59 am
HSBC Global Asset Management's chief of sovereigns, supranationals leaves
Cynthia Sweeney Barnes, managing director and global head of sovereigns and supranationals at HSBC Global Asset Management, has left the company.
February 10, 2012 | 12:07 pm
French pension fund seeks 2 convertible bond managers
The €11.4 billion Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique is searching for two convertible bond managers to run a combined €210 million.
February 08, 2012 | 01:52 pm
French pension fund looking for 2 real estate managers
Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique, Paris, is searching for two real estate managers to run a combined €660 million.
February 07, 2012 | 02:54 pm
Hedge funds underestimating EU's will to force Greek losses
Hedge funds seeking to wring profits from a Greek debt restructuring are underestimating the will of policymakers to impose losses on them, according to investors who say trying to beat the...
February 07, 2012 | 10:42 am
CQS starts and immediately ‘soft closes' new fund
CQS (UK) launched its latest fund, CQS ABS Alpha Fund, with $140 million of assets and immediately “soft closed” the fund to new investors.
February 06, 2012 | 03:54 pm
Institutional investors turn to customized indexes for government bonds
Institutional investors are turning to customized indexes for their passive government bond investing, a trend likely to gain more traction as sovereign credit risk in the developed world...
February 06, 2012
Pension Protection Fund looks to harvest farmland, timber managers
Pension Protection Fund is searching for farmland and timberland managers to be included on a preapproved panel.
February 06, 2012 | 12:33 pm
Cheshire Pension Fund seeks consultant
Cheshire Pension Fund, Chester, England, issued an RFP for an investment consultant.
February 06, 2012 | 12:37 pm
State Street Global Markets names EMEA portfolio solutions chief
John Minderides was named head of State Street Global Markets' portfolio solutions business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
February 03, 2012 | 12:57 pm
UTIMCO adds investments, commitments totaling $1.45 billion
University of Texas Investment Management Co., Austin, invested or committed a total of $1.449 billion to new and existing external money managers and redeemed an aggregate $708 million in the three...
February 03, 2012 | 03:48 pm
ESG principle push targets Australian superannuation funds
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia issued guidelines to assist Australian superannuation funds in integrating environmental, social and governance principles in their investment decisions.
February 03, 2012 | 03:18 pm
Devon County Council Pension Fund taps Aviva Investors for real estate
Devon County Council Pension Fund, Exeter, England, hired Aviva Investors to manage a £145 million ($229 million) real estate fund of funds.
February 03, 2012 | 01:10 pm
Barking & Dagenham on lookout for global equity, infrastructure managers
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Pension Fund is searching for a passive global equity manager to run £100 million ($158 million) and an active infrastructure manager to run £50...