Asset Managers – Page 103
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NewsAsset manager calls on companies to reconsider quarterly reporting
UK’s largest manager calls for FTSE 350 companies to move away from quarterly reporting following change in law
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NewsInsurance company tenders €200m EM currency mandate using IPE-Quest
Strategy should combine top-down country/sector selection with bottom-up duration/issue selection
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USS: Mark-to-market to blame for pension funds' failure on infrastructure
UK pension fund laments pressure to increase exposure to asset class, as accounting standards prohibit allocations
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Dutch pension fund PWRI awards real estate, mortgage mandate to F&C
Scheme extended fiduciary mandate for €882m of real estate, residential mortgage holdings
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NewsFriday people roundup [updated]
La Française, Achmea, Dalriada, MN, Martin Currie, Sarasin & Partners, FRC, Achmea, Schroders, Wellington Management, GLG Partners, Third Wave Asset Management, PMI
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NewsCurrency volatility boosts returns more than equity gains – report
Deutsche Asset and Weath Management research finds seven of last 13 years boosted more by currency than stock returns
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Mandate roundup: Hampshire Pension Fund, RPMI Railpen, Northern Trust
UK’s Hampshire tenders for managers as it outsources more than £400m in alternative assets
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NewsWednesday people roundup
APG, Old Mutual, PPF, Lægernes, 300 Club, MSCI, Actiam, Investec, KienhuisHoving, Teslin
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PFZW demands ‘change in mentality’ over carbon emissions approach
Pension fund says its 2020 target to halve carbon emmisions should help create a more sustainable world
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Asset managers criticise pension fund exclusion in systemic risk consultation
BlackRock suggests FSB consultation on ‘too big to fail’ entities should look at market as a whole as Vanguard calls for mutual fund exclusion
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Pension funds eager for private equity to measure impact of ESG
Survey highlights growing concern over ESG disclosure and disconnect between investors and managers
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IPE Views: What do you do when a guru leaves?
How should pension funds deal with the cult of personality at asset managers?
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Derbyshire to boost real asset exposure after below benchmark returns
Fund to push for alloactions to meet SAA levels after alternatives portfolio returns 20.3% and property 14.1%
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Allianz becomes sole owner of Austrian Vorsorgekasse
Austrian bank BAWAG sells share in provident fund that claims around one-sixth of severance pay fund market
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ESMA calls for UCITS amendments with launch of EMIR review
European agency says current UCITS regime unfit for new derivatives regulations as Commission reviews impact of EMIR
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Italian pension fund Enasarco wins $61.5m payout from Lehmans
Ruling has important implications for wider derivatives market, expert says
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Search for yield to continue for 'long time to come', BlackRock warns
ECB president Mario Draghi should be admired for ‘courage’ to push through QE, says chief executive Larry Fink
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NewsFriday people roundup
Elo, BNP Paribas, Achmea Bank, MPD, REYL & Cie, F&C Investments, Waverton Investment Management
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Pension funds ordered to divest companies that support boycott of Israel
US state of Illinois to ban public sector pension funds from investing in companies that boycott investment or activity in Israel
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NewsEuropean Parliament OKs Brussels plan for benchmark regulation
Commission’s new regulatory regime for benchmarks to enter trialogue after EU Council, Parliamentary approval
