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Global Mandates: Who won what?

11 March 2010

Read our comprehensive round-up of all the biggest mandate wins.

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The Washington State Department of Retirement Systems has hired Great-West Retirement Services as the record keeper for its 457 and 401(a) plans in a mandate worth $7billion.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has awarded four mandates appointing GMO (Formerly Grantham Mayo Van Atterloo & Co.) to run a real-return portfolio valued at $250 million to $500 million. Dimensional Fund Advisors also won a contract to handle two international small-cap mandates totalling $400 million.Finally, the fund has hired Oaktree Capital Management and Audax Management...


 

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What will UCITS IV mean to the market?

It will increase economies of scale and reduce costs for UCITS investors
34%
It will provide more choice, transparency and investor protection
17%
It will encourage the consolidation of funds
17%
It will result in a push by firms to domicile in a single location as opposed to multiple
17%
No real effect at all
14%