Asset Managers – Page 71
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Dutch watchdog urges pension funds to prepare for hard Brexit
AFM warns that asset managers and service providers seeking EU permissions may not get them on time
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Country ReportRobeco’s multi-manager subsidiary completes management buyout
Corestone aims to broaden its target market outside that of former parent
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Scottish Widows hands £30bn of disputed SLA mandate to BlackRock
UK banking group in talks with Schroders over management of remaining £80bn of investment and pensions assets
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NewsBig investors at crossroads in ‘man vs machine’ shift, survey shows
Many institutions have yet to use emerging technology despite agreement on its future impact
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How AI could change manager selection at world’s biggest pension fund
Fund manager selection and accountability could be significantly improved, claims report from Sony CSL
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NewsESG roundup: Amundi unveils plan to step up responsible investment
Plus: Canadian pensions giant teams up with Generation for long-term investments; Hope for impact reporting ‘coalescence’
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Local authority pension pool to launch £1.2bn UK equity fund
Baillie Gifford, Janus Henderson and UBS Asset Management appointed to run active equity portfolio
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Kempen to close ‘passive’ funds worth €400m in strategic shift
Asset manager to cease its fundamental index strategy, affecting a number of undisclosed institutional investors
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NewsExiting the market at the wrong time ‘could cost more than 50%’
Missing just the two best quarters could cut cumulative real returns on UK equities in half, warns Cambridge Associates
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Unilever abandons restructure under pressure from shareholders
RLAM and other major shareholders had opposed “forced divestment of Unilever under a single listing”
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People moves: M&G Prudential names chair ahead of demerger
M&G Prudential, State Street, Mercer, Barnett Waddingham, Avida, BNY Mellon IM, eVestment, Aviva Investors, HSBC GAM
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Research Affiliates launches benchmarks linked to gender diversity
Firms with fewer women can be less equipped to handle problems, argues smart beta specialist
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Why ESG ‘misunderstanding’ is a barrier to adoption
Many people discussing ESG themes ‘are still talking ethics’ instead of investment, says UK CIO
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Generali Investments splits to create LDI specialist arm
LDI arm separates from ‘growth engine’, which will consist of ‘unconstrained and distinctive’ strategies
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Asset managers urge ‘immediate action’ on transaction cost methodology
Regulator should suspend and replace use of slippage cost methodology for calculating implicit transaction costs
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NewsPerformance fees correlated with underperformance, study finds
Finance professor finds performance fee charging funds return 50-70 bps less on average than peers without such a fee
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Special ReportImplementation: The future is active
While passive ETFs continue to dominate flows, active ETFs are one of the factors that will drive further growth in the sector
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Netherlands roundup: Managers back textile industry fair pay initiative
Plus: APG to move office in cost-cutting move; ASR seeds ESG emerging market debt ETF
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NewsESG roundup: Japan’s giant pension selects S&P for ESG indices
Also: BlackRock and Thomson Reuters launch inclusion and diversity index; German association publishes ESG glossary
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Tanguy van de Werve to head European funds lobby group
Former AFME managing director to take EFAMA top role on 1 January
