Asset Managers – Page 125
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Dorset pension fund awards £40m infrastructure mandate to Hermes
Investment manager offers discount for LGPS investors
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Avon, Dorset award £227m infrastructure mandates to IFM Investors
Three UK pension funds split costs by sharing tender process
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Switzerland's SYZ opens institutional office in Scotland
Asset manager wants to strengthen UK presence, seeking clients via segregated mandates, fund offerings
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Franklin Templeton, Wells Capital, Investec, SLI, Nomura, IC Select, Nikko AM, NOW: Pensions, Kames Capital, Pioneer
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One-quarter of pension funds set investment target at 6%, study shows
Survey of 190 pension funds reveals changing asset-allocation models, ambitious investment-return targets
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European pension fund tenders $200 microfinance debt mandate
Client calls for segregated account or single investor fund
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Avon Pension Fund searches for hedge fund managers for £165m mandate
Mandate equates to 5% of total assets
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France's ERAFP awards $400m SRI bond mandate to AXA
Natixis, CCR Asset Management win standby mandates
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NewsPGGM calls for integration of ESG ‘veto’ for all asset classes
CIO urges investors wanting to implement ESG policy to have veto system at heart of decision-making
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NewsFriday people roundup
Legal & General Investment Management, Casey, Quirk & Associates, Clifford Chance, GAM, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Deutsche Bank, SYZ & CO, AEW Europe
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Mandate roundup: VER, Pantheon, Danske Capital, William Blair
Finnish State Pension Fund VER awards €100m mandate to private equity firm Pantheon
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Pension funds must set 'proactive' tone over water-risk engagement
Call comes as report shows one-fifth of companies see water scarcity as detrimental to growth within three years
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Switzerland's Publica now considering active only for 'niche' investments
Country’s largest pension fund adds risk via fixed income portfolio rather than equities
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NewsWednesday people roundup
KAS BANK UK, Marzotto SIM, Schroders, Punter Southall, Old Mutual GI, BlueBay, SL Capital, AXA IM, Seneca, Candriam
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European asset managers, pension funds question value of commodities
Hermes shuts down active commodities business, citing waning interest among clients
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Country ReportUK fiduciary-management market now has £70bn in assets, says KPMG
One-third of schemes to switch managers by 2017, KPMG survey predicts
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European pension fund tenders $500m equity mandate using IPE-Quest
Undisclosed client prefers segregated account in form of single investor fund
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Special Report
Active Management: Alpha? Bravo!
One of the interviewees who contributed to this month’s special report recalls meeting someone with an unusual business card. Instead of a run-of-the-mill job title – ‘Managing Director’, say – this person styled himself ‘Alpha Generator’.
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Special Report
Active Management: Feast and famine
The ability to generate alpha might be a skill, but the amount of alpha available from the market is not a constant. Martin Steward asks how we might measure the alpha opportunity and whether investors should vary the risk budget they allocate to active management as a result
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Active Management: False economies?
An influential consultancy tasked with finding savings in the UK’s local government pensions scheme has put forward the idea of pooling its funds into passive investment. Brendan Maton looks at the issues and the sector’s response
