ITALY - The €5.2bn (US$6.4bn) Fondo Cometa has hired nine managers and completed the renewal of mandates for its Monetario Plus, Reddito and Crescita sub-funds due to expire this year.
Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2010.
US - Excessively high foreign exchange trading fees could be costing investors up to 2% of their total portfolio over a 40-year period, new research by Russell Investments showed.
Giovanni Legorano speaks to industry experts about the changing competitive landscape of the private equity industry
Russell Investments has been appointed to a panel of investment consultants advising the Pension Protection Fund.
US/UK - Russell Investments has sold Pantheon Ventures, its US$22bn private equity fund of funds manager, to Affiliated Managers Group for around $775m.
Russell Investments has sold Pantheon Ventures, its $22bn (£14.1bn) private equity fund of funds manager, to Affiliated Managers Group for around $775m (£500m).
US - Russell Investments has tapped two Barclays Global Investors executives formerly tasked with growing its ETF arm iShares to help Russell build out products related to the exchange traded funds business.
There is an "accountability gap" in the investment governance of schemes of all sizes, a survey by Russell Investments reveals.
Emma Dunkley reports from Global Pensions' annual Transition Management Forum held on September 9, 2009 at Plaisterers' Hall, London