Asset Managers – Page 182
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NewsAsset management roundup: P-Solve, Generali Investments, Russell Investments
EUROPE – The Network Rail CARE Pension Scheme has appointed P-Solve as a fiduciary manager.
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NewsInvestment industry should consider '10 things' post-crisis
UK – The Research Foundation of CFA Institute has published a list of 10 things the investment management industry ought to consider in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
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NewsNatixis GAM acquires majority stake in ETF specialist
FRANCE – Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has acquired a majority stake in Paris-based Ossiam, an asset management start-up with a range of specialty ETFs based on quantitative and fundamental data.
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NewsState Street Global Advisors to acquire Bank of Ireland AM for €57m
GLOBAL – Boston-based State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is set to acquire Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) for approximately €57m in cash.
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NewsSYZ integrates institutional activities into new AM division
SWITZERLAND – SYZ has integrated its institutional asset management activities into a newly created division, SYZ Asset Management (SYZ AM).
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NewsEurope 'riding coat tails' of stimulus expectations in US
GLOBAL – The prospect of additional quantitative easing (QE) in the US has "breathed life" into the European macroeconomic outlook, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for October.
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NewsAsset management roundup: RBC, BlueBay, Timberland Investment Resources
GLOBAL – Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and BlueBay Asset Management have agreed terms for the recommended acquisition of BlueBay by RBC, valuing the fund manager at approximately £963m (€1.1bn).
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NewsBrevan Howard to launch structured credit fund
UK – Brevan Howard Capital Management, which manages more than $32bn (€22.8bn) across 13 funds, is planning to launch a structured credit fund called BH Credit Catalysts.
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NewsFrench U-turn brings 'passport' for non-EU AIFMs closer to reality
EUROPE – French authorities' decision not to oppose draft legislation giving alternative investment funds from outside the EU pan-EU marketing rights has brought the 'passport' regime closer to reality, according to Ben Blackett-Ord, chief executive of asset management consultancy firm Bovill.
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Trustee education 'key' to spread of fiduciary management in UK
UK – The key to the development of fiduciary management in the UK is trustee education, according to Philip Read, chairman of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
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Editor's Choice: Interview with Bridgewater's Ray Dalio
Martin Steward speaks with Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio, pioneer of alpha/beta separation and ‘risk parity’
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NewsMacquarie snaps up Siemens Austria's asset management business
AUSTRIA – Siemens Austria has sold its asset management arm Innovest to the Macquarie Group.
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NewsTrickett to leave Towers Watson
UK – Towers Watson has informed staff and clients of the departure of its EMEA head of investment consulting, Paul Trickett.
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NewsNeuberger Berman targets pension funds with emerging market equities fund
GLOBAL – Asset manager Neuberger Berman is targeting European pension schemes with an emerging market equities fund proffering diversification from developed markets.
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MNOPF reappoints Towers Watson as delegated CIO, seeks new adviser
UK – The £3bn (€3.5bn) Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund (MNOPF) has re-appointed Towers Watson as its delegated CIO and is finalising an RFP for the appointment of an ongoing adviser.
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NewsDutch catering scheme picks F&C for hedging
NETHERLANDS – The €3.6bn Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the industry-wide pension fund for the Dutch catering and hospitality industry, has appointed F&C for interest-rate hedging.
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NewsEuropean asset managers must adapt to new economics, says Fitch
GLOBAL – A Fitch Ratings report published today says European asset managers need to adapt products and staffing to new macroeconomic trends.
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NewsFrance's proposed changes jeopardising AIFM directive, says Hewitt
EUROPE – Moves by the French government to change the Alternative Investment Fund Management (AIFM) directive are jeopardising the new regulation and could render it meaningless, Hewitt has warned.
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NewsEFAMA urges separate panel devoted to asset management for new EU supervisor
EUROPE – The director general of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has called for the creation of a consultative panel for asset management matters, as part of a pan-European supervisory body recently agreed by the European Parliament.
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NewsAsset managers set to consolidate, increase scale, says State Street
GLOBAL – Fewer and bigger players applying capabilities across a broad range of asset classes and strategies to deliver solutions rather than products – is the future of Europe's asset management industry as it goes through "unprecedented" change, according to State Street's latest VisionFocus.
