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Appointment of Pension Fund Manager - Dynamic Currency Overlay

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Supplier(s)

Insight Investment

Value

7,500,000 GBP

Description

Bedfordshire Borough Council, as administering authority to the Bedfordshire Pension Fund, are seeking to appoint an investment manager for a Currency Overlay with a dynamic approach that can help manage the Fund's currency exposures. The currency hedge will be in relation to a notional asset exposure of £2.1bn. The council reserves the right to alter the value and length of the contract. Lot 1: Bedfordshire Borough Council, as administering authority to the Bedfordshire Pension Fund, are seeking to appoint an investment manager for a Currency Overlay with a dynamic approach that can help manage the Fund's currency exposures. The currency hedge will be in relation to an estimated notional asset exposure of £2.1bn. The council reserves the right to alter the value and length of the contract. The following minimum criteria must be met for your submission to be considered: • Tenderers must be appropriately regulated to manage a dynamic currency hedge mandate for an LGPS client. • Tenderers must have recent active experience of managing a dynamic currency hedge mandate for an LGPS client (within the last 2 - 3 years). This must extend beyond the simple use of hedged share classes or passive hedges. • Tenderers must have a sufficient history of managing a dynamic currency hedge and are able to show the monthly returns from the dynamic currency hedge over that period: five years as a bare minimum, but preferably more than 10 years. • Tenderers must be able to demonstrate a positive impact on risk-adjusted return versus both an unhedged and a 100% statically/passively hedged portfolio over the long-term for the history described above. • Tenderers must be able to clearly explain the dynamic currency hedging approach and be able to articulate which factors are driving positioning at a given point in time. For example, carry, momentum, and value etc. • Tenderers must have evidence of being able to provide suitable arrangements for managing collateral as part of the dynamic currency hedge on both a funded and unfunded basis. - The Council reserves the right to alter the value of the funds awarded and this may change over time. - The Council reserves the right to alter the length of the contract.

Timeline

Award date

a month ago

Publish date

a month ago

Buyer information

Bedfordshire Pension Fund

Contact:
Chris Arcari of Hymans Robertson
Email:
dataresponses@hymans.co.uk

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