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Taiwan’s PSPF launches global fixed income mandates

The pension fund is asking managers to pitch for three fixed income mandates – its first in over four years – predominantly to invest in global investment grade ...

By Leanne Wang | 29 September 2011

Asset Owners

Taiwan’s PSPF awards $1 billion in equity mandates

The Public Service Pension Fund has handed out three $200 million global equity portfolios and a pair of $200 million emerging-market equity mandates.

By Joe Marsh | 17 June 2011

Asset Owners

Most managers aren’t hitting targets, says PSPF chairman

Taiwan’s Public Service Pension Fund lists the managers who have failed to hit target returns, with chairman Chang Che-shen acknowledging the benchmarks may be too tough.

By Leanne Wang | 18 April 2011

Asset Owners

PSPF: Hedge fund ETFs are a great idea

The Taiwanese civil servant pension fund is struggling in its search for products that it understands and that offer decent liquidity. Meanwhile, it is mulling adding a ...

By Liz Mak | 26 March 2010

Asset Owners

Seven out of 10 PSPF mandates underperform in 2009

Taiwan's civil-servant pension fund unveils the four winners of its latest overseas mandates, worth an aggregate $900 million, and reports investment results for its latest ...

By Liz Mak | 5 February 2010

Markets

Will Taiwan refund tax on offshore mandates?

A little-known change in Taiwan's tax rules could mean a 20% tax rebate on institutional mandate fees for offshore asset managers – or could it?

By Liz Mak | 1 February 2010

Asset Owners

Taiwan's PSPF short-lists 10 for global equity mandates

The civil servants’ pension fund has chosen a rather surprising list of candidates to potentially manage two global equity mandates.

By Liz Mak | 25 January 2010

Asset Owners

PSPF’s criteria for new mandates raises eyebrows

Taiwan’s Public Service Pension Fund is to outsource new global and Asia-Pacific equity portfolios, but the manager selection criteria may have an unintentional screening bias ...

By Liz Mak | 27 November 2009

Asset Owners

PSPF seeks domestic managers for $854 million

Weary of recent corruption charges, the civil servants’ pension fund is capping the maximum number of accounts that managers can get from the fund.

By Liz Mak | 12 August 2009

Markets

Former PSPF chief investigated in corruption scandal

Prosecutors say senior staff at Taiwan's Public Service Pension Fund may have received kickbacks on fees, plotted to swing stock prices, and manipulated voting in government ...

By Liz Mak | 10 June 2009

Asset Owners

Taiwan's PSPF funds billions in new mandates

Only 10 fund houses bid in this round of domestic mandates worth a total of NT$24 billion. Six were picked.

By Liz Mak | 22 May 2009

Asset Owners

Taiwan ready to award $1.5 billion in new mandates

Public sector funds are taking advantage of market adjustments to ramp up allocation to global strategies.

By Liz Mak | 18 May 2009

Asset Owners

Taiwan’s public pension fund to invest more offshore

Globalisation and advancement in financial tools are two key trends that will lead Taiwan’s public funds to seek more external help.

By Liz Mak | 14 April 2008

Asset Owners

PSPF mandates three for $600 million

The Taiwanese pension fund hires Allianz, Franklin Templeton and SSgA for absolute-return mandates.

By Jame DiBiasio | 28 August 2006

Asset Owners

Taiwan’s PSPF readies $500 million in mandates

This month the civil servants pension fund will send out RFPs for international fund managers and custodians.

By Jame DiBiasio | 31 July 2003

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