Asset Managers – Page 22
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NewsSwiss pension funds discuss future mandates following UBS/Credit Suisse merger
An oligopoly of banks reduce options for clients, including Pensionskassen, competition and innovation, says Complementa
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NewsSweden’s premium pension tenders to kick off with European large-cap equity
Fund Selection Agency announces asset category of first tender, says deadline will be end of August
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NewsAPG unaffected by ABP’s switch to passive management
The fund’s asset manager is not planning any ‘radical changes’ to its organisation as a result of the decision
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NewsCredit Suisse Asset Management sees CHF11.6bn outflows in Q1
Net revenues in the bank’s asset management division decreased 45% quarter-on-quarter in Q1 to CHF187m
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NewsESG roundup: Boutique asset managers face particular ESG risks
Plus: Robeco and Partners Group publish sustainability reports; LGIM strengthens engagement efforts
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NewsUK’s pensions regulator, FCA set out new LDI guidance
Trustees must understand investment strategy risks, and only use leveraged LDI if appropriate, says TPR
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NewsInvestors appeal against FINMA’s order to write down AT1 bonds in Credit Suisse/UBS deal
The formal complaint was filed before the St-Gallen-based Federal Administrative Court on 18 April by law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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NewsFaltering investment reports prompt Dutch pension funds to leave Caceis
The pension funds Grolsche Bierbrouwerij and Pensioenfonds Openbare Bibliotheken have appointed Northern Trust as their new custodian
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NewsIlmarinen anchors biggest ETF launch yet
Finnish pensions giant prompts creation of tracker fund based on new MSCI climate index – switching €1.86bn into new ETF
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NewsSwiss schemes assess impact of UBS/Credit Suisse merger
Several pension funds hold both asset managers for various mandates, according to IPE research
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Special ReportManager selection: UK fiduciary management
Does fiduciary management still stack up as scheme funding improves?
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Special ReportManager selection: Brunel’s Helen Price on diversity and inclusion
Helen Price explains to Sophie Robinson-Tillett how the Asset Owner Diversity Charter will help schemes formulate standardised requests for information.
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NewsSwiss parliament considers inquiry commission on Credit Suisse/UBS deal
The Council of States, the upper house of the parliament, will also have its say on the establishment of the commission
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NewsClimate roundup: There can be no net zero without climate finance, says Climate Group
Plus: Federated Hermes sets up ‘article 9’ fund with CCLA
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AnalysisAnalysis: Synergies and obstacles of a potential UBS/Credit Suisse asset management merger
The outcome of the merger is positive for UBS which ‘is buying the asset manager of Credit Suisse for nothing’, says Ray Soudah
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NewsABP sold Credit Suisse after fruitless engagement
Several large Dutch pension funds have sold their shares in the troubled bank in the last few years
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NewsSwedish funds lobby insists FTN make big changes to tender plan
‘Still a lot of work to be done to adjust these to the new procurement regulations,’ says Fredrik Nordström
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NewsSwiss schemes limit losses from Credit Suisse downfall through diversification, risk monitoring
Publica has refused to approve the decisions of Credit Suisse’s board of directors at every AGM since 2016
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NewsAGM season: ESG ‘wins’ in shareholder requests
‘Complex environmental and social challenges are not going away just because they prompt controversy,’ says Heidi Welsh of the Sustainable Investments Institute
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NewsUBS/Credit Suisse: Swiss pension funds face cumulative counterparty risk but low losses
The country’s largest pension fund, Publica, started to reduce its exposure to Credit Suisse at the beginning of 2022
