Asset Managers – Page 105
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Aon Hewitt, Towers Watson, AQR Institute of Asset Management, London Business School, Mercer, AMP Capital, Kirstein A/S, GES, The Pensions Trust, Investec Asset Management, SKAGEN Global, Catella
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NewsEuropean Parliament OKs ‘Juncker Plan’ after making amendments
MEPs alter legislation to force alternative financing for guarantee fund to protect research, transport projects
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UniCredit set to approve Pioneer, Santander Asset Management merger
UniCredit chief executive suggests deal only days away
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NewsSocial media influences investment decisions, shows research
LinkedIn key platform for financial information, Twitter continues to be shunned by asset owners according to research
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Country ReportCMU must be flexible in risk approach, urges Pension Federation
Dutch industry association also cautions European Commission against use of ‘uniform’ infrastructure approach
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Towers Watson, SCA, MN, Vanguard, AXA Investment Managers, State Street Global Markets, Mandatum Life
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Credit risk premium ‘underestimated’ due to duration fault, says AQR [updated]
Eerroneous matching of duration between risk-free sovereign bonds and corporate bonds led to underestimation of pure credit risk-premia
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Europe’s pension regulators must ease up on capital charges – PIMCO
Bond house says rules have made asset managers buy fixed income regardless of price
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Norwegian oil fund adopts ‘broad criteria’ for climate change exclusion
Government accepts policies from independent report, will not implement sector-based divestment from oil, gas
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Dutch consultant tenders €60m in equity mandates using IPE Quest
Charity to award two mandates in developed, emerging equities
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NewsFriday people roundup
Bpf Koopvaardij, F&C Netherlands, UK National Association of Pension Funds, Universities Superannuation Scheme, LCP, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Brown Brothers Harriman, Accenture, Squire Paton Boggs
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Investors tender small-cap, infrastructure mandates using IPE Quest
Swiss institutional investor offers CHF500m passive equity mandate
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UBS GAM poach Pioneer executive to lead EMEA business
Oliver Bilal to head up Swiss asset manager’s EMEA arm from London office, leaves Pioneer after four years
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NEST appoints LGIM to manage single-year Gilt strategy shift
Auto-enrolment provider chooses UK asset manager for single-year Gilts, replacing cash
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NewsThursday people roundup
Universities Superannuation Scheme, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton Investments, Aberdeen Asset Management, Sacker & Partners, Forster-Chase, B&CE
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NewsWednesday people [updated]
USS, Lancashire County, LPFA, ABP, Financial Reporting Council, Hermes, State Street, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Bfinance, Principal Global Investors
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Lithuanian roundup: International Organisation of Pension Supervisors, SEB
Bank of Lithuania joins International Organisation of Pension Supervisors
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Features
Has active share already had its day?
Joseph Mezrich presents research suggesting the much-hyped ‘active share’ measure may have helped select good stock pickers only before 2004
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Features
Active share is no panacea
Andrea Frazzini, Jacques Friedman and Lukasz Pomorski question whether there is any evidence to show that active share predicts active managers’ relative performance
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NewsBank of England to run rule over asset managers' liquidity strategies
UK central bank to work with regulator to analyse asset managers’ approach to managing liquidity in stressed markets
