Asset Managers – Page 117
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NewsPension funds, SRI advocates clash on UK plans for investment regulations
Responses to DWP consultation on amending investment rules see NAPF advise against additions while ShareAction, UKSIF demand changes
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UK DC schemes take dim view of default retirement options, study shows
Research into scheme plans post-Budget shows large DC schemes in no rush to implement change
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NewsFriday people roundup
SNPF, Sprenkels & Verschuren, Finland’s State Pension Fund (VER), PIMCO, Kames Capital, Ignis Asset Management
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'Unholy' situation forcing institutional investors to stick with equities – SSgA
Research shows paradox of additions to equity portfolios despite expectations of downturn
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Scottish Widows, AMP Capital, Pinsent Masons, Axiom Alternative Investments, Hermes
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UK roundup: BlackRock, Aberdeen Asset Management
World’s largest asset manager enters UK retirement income solutions market
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Pioneer reveals structure for Santander merger with US arm kept separate
Spanish asset manager’s chief executive to lead merged firm as UniCredit, private equity firms collaborate on US business
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NewsFriday people roundup
APG, AkzoNobel, Eumedion, PFZW, RPMI Railpen, Hermes EOS, Etera, Tikehau, Morgan Stanley, Aviva Investors, BlackRock, Nationale-Nederlanden Life, International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators
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NewsLGPS funds could consider legal action over mandatory passive shift
South Yorkshire fund weighs becoming collective vehicle for other LGPS funds should new UK government choose shift to passive investment
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Aon Hewitt, Towers Watson, AQR Institute of Asset Management, London Business School, Mercer, AMP Capital, Kirstein A/S, GES, The Pensions Trust, Investec Asset Management, SKAGEN Global, Catella
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NewsEuropean Parliament OKs ‘Juncker Plan’ after making amendments
MEPs alter legislation to force alternative financing for guarantee fund to protect research, transport projects
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UniCredit set to approve Pioneer, Santander Asset Management merger
UniCredit chief executive suggests deal only days away
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NewsSocial media influences investment decisions, shows research
LinkedIn key platform for financial information, Twitter continues to be shunned by asset owners according to research
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Country ReportCMU must be flexible in risk approach, urges Pension Federation
Dutch industry association also cautions European Commission against use of ‘uniform’ infrastructure approach
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Towers Watson, SCA, MN, Vanguard, AXA Investment Managers, State Street Global Markets, Mandatum Life
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Credit risk premium ‘underestimated’ due to duration fault, says AQR [updated]
Eerroneous matching of duration between risk-free sovereign bonds and corporate bonds led to underestimation of pure credit risk-premia
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Europe’s pension regulators must ease up on capital charges – PIMCO
Bond house says rules have made asset managers buy fixed income regardless of price
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Norwegian oil fund adopts ‘broad criteria’ for climate change exclusion
Government accepts policies from independent report, will not implement sector-based divestment from oil, gas
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Dutch consultant tenders €60m in equity mandates using IPE Quest
Charity to award two mandates in developed, emerging equities
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NewsFriday people roundup
Bpf Koopvaardij, F&C Netherlands, UK National Association of Pension Funds, Universities Superannuation Scheme, LCP, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Brown Brothers Harriman, Accenture, Squire Paton Boggs
