Asset Managers – Page 2
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NewsItaly’s Fondo Telemaco picks manager for private debt expansion
The strategy will be focussed on SMEs and mid-caps
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AnalysisAsset pooling gains traction as German Pensionskassen consolidate
German Pensionskassen increasingly pool assets and consolidate as costs, regulation and structural pressures intensify
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NewsAPG’s active equity strategies underperform benchmark by almost 7%
The pension asset manager posted a negative return on its actively managed listed equities strategy in 2025, underperforming its benchmark by 6.9%
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NewsSweden’s FTN rebuts legal challenge over €18bn fund procurement
FTN dismisses all Indecap Fonder’s claims in its application to overturn results of agency’s largest procurement
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NewsFinancial analysts’ culture shapes production of long-term info, research finds
Inherited cultural values around long-term thinking underappreciated in financial markets, says co-author
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NewsBlackRock calls for long-term focus to boost Europe’s savings and capital markets
CEO Larry Fink urges Europeans to prioritise long-term savings investment, boosting wealth, pensions and domestic capital markets
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NewsSwedish funds agency plans launch of €2.7bn healthcare/biotech tender
FTN says comparative returns data for first tracker procurement shows premium pension reform set to deliver average 0.5% point higher returns
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Emerging and frontier market equities managers 2026
The assets invested in emerging market equities by global asset managers on behalf of clients increased by 16%, or over €150bn, since last year’s IPE survey. Strong appetite by global investors saw the overall figure top €1trn for the first time since 2022.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Managers of German institutional assets 2026
This year’s IPE survey of asset managers of German institutional assets recorded growth of 4% to €2.26trn, while the assets managed on behalf of German pension fund clients rose by just over 16% to €509bn.
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Asset Class ReportsJosh Shipley, PGIM: “When I look at Europe, all I see is opportunity”
PGIM’s Josh Shipley reflects on two decades of investing in European private credit
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AnalysisInvestors raise the bar on asset manager selection
Pension investors have become more demanding of their external asset managers, while venturing incrementally into dynamic asset allocation (DAA)
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Asset Class ReportsBuyout boom attracts private market players
Private markets managers are forging strategic tie-ups with insurers and wealth managers, eyeing stable long-term capital pools that can fuel origination in areas like private credit
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InterviewsKate El-Hillow, Russell Investments: “You don’t want things in silos”
Kate El-Hillow, president and CIO of Russell Investments, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about competing in fiduciary management, private markets and total portfolio allocation
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NewsRejected Swedish manager slams FTN for sending more capital to US
Indecap Fonder lodges appeal with Stockholm court after losing out in Fund Selection Agency’s biggest procurement
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NewsSweden’s FTN holds breath for first appeal from losing bidder
Indecap Fonder reportedly announced its intention to appeal agency’s decision not to award it a premium pension mandate
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NewsSweden’s FTN calls for tenders for €4bn of US, North American equity mandates
In its eighth procurement process, Swedish Fund Selection Agency plans to replace 16 existing fund offerings with just eight
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NewsNZAM: Which asset managers have stuck and which ones have left
Most Net Zero Asset Managers initiative members stay on after overhaul, but major names remain absent
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NewsRelaunch of NZAM sees most asset managers doubling down on net zero
Members must ‘commit to support investing aligned with the global goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions’
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NewsSchroders, JP Morgan among US, UK winners in Swedish FTN’s biggest tender
Big ticket sizes was key in attracting the best asset managers for premium pension savers, Swedish agency says
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NewsAP7 to pilot test wider insourcing of SEK1.36trn passive portfolio
Geopolitical situation is one of the reasons behind Swedish pensions giant’s move to bring lion’s share of equities in house
