Notice Information
Notice Title
Appointment of Pension Fund Manager - Dynamic Currency Overlay
Notice 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 PS2.1bn. The council reserves the right to alter the value and length of the contract.
Lot Information
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 PS2.1bn. 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.
Renewal: Renewal to be assessed at end of contract term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-048bc0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034258-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66141000 - Pension fund management services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £7,500,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Oct 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Sep 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 21 Oct 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BEDFORDSHIRE PENSION FUND
- Contact Name
- Chris Arcari of Hymans Robertson
- Contact Email
- dataresponses@hymans.co.uk, mike.batty@bedford.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1415667986
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BEDFORD
- Postcode
- MK42 9AP
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH24 Bedford
- Delivery Location
- TLH24 Bedford
-
- Local Authority
- Bedford
- Electoral Ward
- Cauldwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Bedford
Further Information
Notice URLs
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