All Asset management articles
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Interviews
Nikko Asset Management: Complex, creative thinking
Stefanie Drews is at home with complexity. She speaks several languages fluently, including Japanese, and tells us she still does her maths in Italian.
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News
FCA launches consultation on asset management regulation
Regulator looking to improve asset management regulation with a more modern and tailored regime
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EFAMA’s asset management report highlights heavy ESG focus
Report shows concrete examples of how asset managers integrate ESG into sovereign debt analysis
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IPE Conference: New renaissance
‘A greater share of our wealth is being spent on what economists call non-tradable,’ says Ian Goldin
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UK large employers plan pensions management outsourcing, research shows
The shift is due to increasing regulation driving scheme management into ever more technical territory
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German experts propose state/private asset management governance for pension reform
It would offer a broadly diversified product, with investments following the principles of modern portfolio theory, protected against political influence
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Portfolio management moves beyond Excel
As the governance and disclosure obligations on pension funds increase, there is clear evidence of a diseconomy of scale
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IPE Top 500: Global asset managers break €100trn AUM mark
IPE’s annual Top 500 study of asset managers finds that global and European institutional assets grew by nearly one-fifth during 2021
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ESG roundup: Redington fintech develops ESG manager voting record tracker
Consultancy claims solution ’signals a material shift in providing holistic access to stewardship data points’
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BVK to transfer €75bn to new Universal Investment management company
The new asset management company, called UI BVK KVG, will pool in total €150bn through funds of funds
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Asset managers continue to grow dedicated sustainable investment headcount
Paul Lee, Redington’s head of stewardship and sustainable investment strategy, argues that asset managers making dedicated sustainable investment hires isn’t necessarily the best use of resource when it comes to ESG engagement
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Slyngstad quits NBIM; joins Aker to lead active AM drive
AAM to prioritise green energy, green industry and green cities, says newly-appointed CEO Slyngstad
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EFAMA highlights uneven SFDR-based funds coverage in Europe
Trade body collected data on Article 8 and Article 9 funds for the first time
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UK asset owners ‘take charge’ on diversity disclosure
Key component of new ’Charter’ is an asset manager diversity and inclusion questionnaire
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UK financial regulator pledges to be more assertive, pro-active
Increased supervision of asset manager ESG fund presentation on the cards
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Ircantec adds ESG, climate performance fee links for new mandates
French investor requires comprehensive reporting and delivery against quantitative targets
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AP Pension seeks new CIO as Magnussen poached to lead Nykredit AM
Ralf Magnussen to replace Thorkildsen, when he sets sail on career break in August
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UK standards body delivers second sustainable finance ‘specification’
‘PAS 7341’ distinguishes between, and sets requirements for responsible investment management and sustainable investment management
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Progress on diversity in investment ‘disappointingly slow’, says WTW
Consultancy aims to seek out more new managers that have diverse teams
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ESG is huge opportunity for European managers – report
But asset managers warned ‘you cannot have your cake and eat it’