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NewsMandate roundup: €300m up for grabs in trio of IPE Quest tenders [updated]
Three investors are hunting managers for mandates via IPE’s RFP service, IPE Quest. £200m global equities mandate A UK pension fund is searching for ideas from fund managers for a £200m (€233m) global equities mandate, via IPE Quest. Search DS-2514 is for an actively managed, global large-cap equity allocation. The ...
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Chart of the Week: Institutions pump money into ETFs
Allocations to exchange-traded funds grew dramatically in 2018, according to Greenwich Associates
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator: March 2019
When uncertainty hangs over the financial markets, indices tend to converge. That is true for net sentiment of equities
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Asset Class ReportsRatings: When corporates can trump sovereigns
Several factors can place corporate credit ratings higher than that of the domicile country
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Global economic discomfort
Fed’s wait-and-see approach to monetary policy adds to contradictary signals
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NewsFund managers expected to escape no-deal Brexit nightmare
Also: FCA publishes ‘near-final’ rules and guidance for transition to a post-Brexit world
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Dutch pension schemes report inflation-linked increases
UHigh funding levels mean rewards for members of Unilever, Shell and SNS Reaal schemes
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AP2 curbs investment losses in 2018 with Chinese bond gains
Gothenburg-based fund is first of Sweden’s national pension funds to report on 2018 returns
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NEST looks to add global corporate bonds to growing portfolio
Tender launched for DC master trust’s first allocation to global investment grade bonds
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S&P upping transparency in credit rating agency ESG ‘race to the top’
Credit rating agency making its ESG analysis more transparent, as per PRI recommendations
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Janus Henderson’s Bill Gross to retire
Global unconstrained and total return funds to transition to new management later this month
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Campaign group turns climate change spotlight on bondholders
ShareAction calls on bond investors to use their leverage to force change at companies
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FeaturesIPE Expectation Indicator: February 2019
The end of 2018 saw expectations shift meaningfully in certain markets, and then pause. It also saw trends accelerate, then pause. For most of us, the pauses were welcome, because the shifts were related to broad market plans
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Clouds to darken further
Markets have pulled back from US rate hike forecasts; Euro credit looks set to be most vulnerable to quantative tightening; The European elections in May look set to see a surge in support for populist parties
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ERAFP awards ‘unbenchmarked’ EM corporate bond mandate
Portfolio run by Aberdeen to comprise conviction holdings meeting certain ESG criteria
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ABP to commit €500m to green mortgages
Asset manager APG has earmarked €1bn in total commitments to Vista Hypotheken’s sustainable mortgages
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NewsFTSE Russell finalises fixed income country classification framework
Index provider sets out guidelines for government bond indices, launches Chinese green bond index
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NewsFitch launches ESG credit rating ‘relevance’ scores
Data published to enable investors to ‘agree or disagree’ with impact of ESG issues on credit ratings
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€1.3bn engineering scheme outsources fixed income to BMO
Portfolio worth €600m outsourced following 2017 decision to retain independence
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2019 Outlook: Preparing for the downside, part 2
IPE analyses fixed income outlooks from JP Morgan Asset Management, Janus Henderson, Fidelity, and Pictet
