Asset Managers – Page 156
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Whole of Southern Europe set for euro-zone exit, Invesco warns
EUROPE - The whole of Southern Europe will eventually leave the euro-zone due to a general lack of competitiveness, with Greece and Portugal first in line for the exit, according to John Greenwood, chief economist at Invesco. In a presentation at the asset manager’s annual investment seminar in Austria, Greenwood ...
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Aviva Investors to 'streamline' itself, focus on 'core' asset classes
Asset manager to target fixed income, property and multi-asset while trimming equities.
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Dutch pensions giant ABP sues Goldman Sachs over mis-selling
€246bn scheme claims investment bank knew the CDOs it sold ABP had been ‘destined to fail’.
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Research Affiliates, Citi bring fundamental indexation to global bonds
New series launched on 23 January join existing indices of US investment-grade, high-yield bonds.
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Hedge fund performance for 2011 almost as bad as 2008 – EDHEC-Risk
Only one of five strategy groups EDHEC tracks records positive performance over year.
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Hermes boutique launches CTA fund to protect against market turbulence
Alpha Vault Managed Futures launched with initial capital investment of $275m.
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European institutionals 'immature' in assessing high-yield bond risk
Threadneedle says rapid move into investment grade should help them to ‘think rationally’.
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Institutionals warming to hedge funds, but raising standards – report
Three of top four goals named by respondents address investment risks, SEI says.
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Ireland's National Asset Management Agency reshuffles management
Changes part of effort to make NAMA a more ‘pro-active, entrepreneurial’ business.
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Nordic roundup: AP7, Skagen, F&C, SEB, Seligson & Co, Trigon
Average return for funds in Swedish premium pension system comes to -10.7% for 2011.
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French fund considers cross-border vehicle, but only if IORP amended
AG2R La Mondiale keen to launch pensions vehicle, but wary of impact of Solvency II rules.
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Syntrus Achmea adopts Global Investment Performance Standards
Certification meant to ‘guarantee’ investment transparency for institutional investors.
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Hedge funds mostly negative in 2011, reveals EDHEC research
Report by EDHEC-Risk Institute shows decline in all but three of the strategies monitored.
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James Dilworth to replace Elizabeth Corley at AGI Europe
Promotion to take effect once Corley assumes global CEO role next January.
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ASIP calls for fee transparency following court decision
Ruling, which said avoiding conflicts of interest was key, welcomed by manager Swisscanto.
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ING's Straatman named CIO at Lombard Odier
Mark Weber, member of ING IM's management committee, will assume role in the interim.
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Two-thirds of pension funds now use LDI, finds SEI strategy
Survey also finds around a quarter of schemes consider LDI mandates over next year.
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ABP sues JP Morgan on CDOs, believes ratings agencies were 'wrong footed'
Case follows suit brought by Dutch pensions giant against Deutsche Bank over alleged fraud.
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Finance directors 'new centre of influence' in corporate schemes
Spence Johnson research finds FDs lead trustees to investment decisions in company interest.