Asset Managers – Page 2
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NewsSwedish retail chain taps Nordea to invest new pension foundation
Jula establishes own pension scheme for ITP 1 employees; plans to extend in-house offering for SAF-LO in the future
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NewsPortfolio managers rank green, social issues at bottom of performance drivers
Study offers ‘reality check’ and guidance for asset owners wanting to boost sustainability performance
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NewsSwedish agency extends Swedish equities tender; gives details on global equities
FTN publishes preliminary specifications for actively managed global equity funds, and firms up launch date, specifying month of November.
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NewsManagers’ net-zero commitments ‘not relevant’, says chair of asset owner climate alliance
Net zero is very much an asset owner story, believes Gunther Thallinger, in latest sign that expectations for managers are shifting
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NewsCarmignac launches private markets strategy
Carmignac Private Evergreen marks the firm’s entry into managing private assets
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NewsAsset owners urge managers to rethink sustainability to avoid emerging market divestment
By 2050, six of the seven largest economies in the world are projected to be emerging markets and developing economies, says WBA
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NewsSwedish funds agency opens for domestic equities bids in biggest tender yet
Platform reformer FTN invites tenders for more than SEK155bn (€13.6bn) of investment management; aims to halve the number of funds currently on offer
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NewsLGPS fund buys stake in nature asset manager
West Yorkshire Pension Fund becomes significant minority owner of Rebalance Earth, taking a 25% stake
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NewsCambridge Associates expands alternative investment services
This will be Cambridge Associates’ first location in Switzerland
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NewsAviva adds venture capital capability to rebranded private markets business
Latest move comes as Aviva Investors continues to expand its private markets offering to meet evolving demands of investors
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InterviewsHSBC Asset Management puts team culture at the fore in growth strategy
It’s often said that timing is everything. Nicolas Moreau sees an element of luck in the timing of his appointment to the helm of HSBC Asset Management in September 2019. This gave him a six-month head start in his role as CEO by the time the COVID pandemic arrived in early 2020.
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NewsPNO Media appoints Van Lanschot Kempen as small cap equity manager
The Dutch multi-sector scheme had been disappointed by the performance of the previous manager of its European small cap equity portfolio
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NewsRobeco launches three forward-looking climate indices
Asset manager aims to respond to investor appetite for ‘increasingly seeking sophisticated climate indices’
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NewsAsset managers split over FCA’s unbundling rules, study shows
Asset management market is split between a core of potential early adopters, a large ‘wait and see’ group and an entrenched group of sceptics
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NewsESG innovation, AI use among top index-related investor demands, finds survey
Index Industry Association’s research shines light on challenges being faced by asset managers and their index providers
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NewsLGT begins to leverage private equity ESG data initiative
Alternative investing specialist says harnessing portfolio company data is ‘next frontier in integration of ESG in private equity’
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NewsJanus Henderson buys private credit manager Victory Park Capital
VPC is a specialist in asset-backed lending
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NewsGSAM to exit Climate Action 100+
Other major players to have departed the collaborative investor engagement initiative this year include Invesco, JPMAM and SSGA
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NewsAXA to focus on insurance business, sells asset management arm
The combination of AXA IM and BNP Paribas would create a leading European asset manager with total AUM of €1.5trn
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NewsPhoenix Group and Schroders team up to launch private markets firm
Future Growth Capital is first private market investment manager to be established in the UK to promote objectives of Mansion House Compact
