Asset Managers – Page 55
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NewsMandate roundup: UK pension pool confirms £1bn smart beta allocation
Plus: Family office hunts securitised credit investor; Danish foundation wants EM manager; German state appoints Hermes EOS
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Chris Sier launches data platform to analyse investment charges
Sier chaired the industry working group that came up with the UK’s new cost disclosure models
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Chart of the Week: A shake-up in the route to alternatives?
Fund managers expect shift towards co-investments and separate accounts
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Asset management roundup: €3bn now invested in ‘gender lens’ funds
Plus: BlackRock adopts ESG tilt for long-term DGF, DWS invests in tech firm for MENA push
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People moves: LPP names non-execs; LGIM hires deputy CIO [updated]
LPP, LGIM, PGGM, M&G, AP3, Aberdeen Standard Investments, ERIC, American Century Investments, BNP Paribas, Mediolanum, Värde Partners
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MEPs stick with IORP II delegated acts in vote on sustainability proposal
Pension funds had pushed for provision for delegated acts to be removed from the proposal
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NewsUK formally launches cost disclosure templates
PLSA, Investment Association and LGPS Advisory Board are backing the Cost Transparency Initiative
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UK asset management body calls for bond market data boosts
Proposals formulated in light of best execution requirement under MiFID II
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NewsGAM boss Friedman exits after outflows spike
Investors have pulled billions from the Swiss asset manager since it suspended a senior bond fund manager in July
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Neuberger Berman hires BlackRock’s Meijaard to advisory role
Meijaard had several positions at BlackRock since 2002, latterly as chair of Benelux operations
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NewsLegal & General hits out at MSCI’s dual share class index move
Index provider to launch a range of benchmarks to account for companies with unequal voting rights in their share structures
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Special Report
Getting engaged
Index managers are using their size and heft to influence corporate behaviour
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NewsEuropean investment professionals reject forced consideration of ESG
CFA Institute poll shows 85% believe it right to take ESG into account
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£2bn DC scheme selects ESG strategies for default option
Willis Towers Watson’s LifeSight master trust will shift half of its equity holdings to two ESG index funds later this year
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NewsMitsubishi UFJ buys First State Investments’ global business
€2.6bn transaction expected to complete next year after regulatory approvals
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Swiss fund to reassess private assets in strategy overhaul
Portfolio restructuring brings higher credit exposure and focus on risk categories
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Pension funds challenge European companies on climate lobbying
AP7, Church of England Pensions Board seek to drive change in corporate lobbying on climate change
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NewsThe three signs of future underperforming funds
Cass Business School research suggests information ratio, inflows and turnover can all indicate future performance
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DWS reshuffles senior staff to create regional heads
€692bn asset manager has grouped individual country heads into four regions
