All Asset Managers articles – Page 9
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NewsNordic roundup: AP2 custodian, Swedish funds agency, OPF 0.3% loss
Sweden’s premium pension funds agency consults on procurement documentation
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NewsBNP Paribas AM to continue Dutch fiduciary franchise despite client loss
The asset manager saw its largest fiduciary client SBZ Pensioen move to Achmea IM last year
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NewsFCA launches consultation on asset management regulation
Regulator looking to improve asset management regulation with a more modern and tailored regime
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NewsFinancial industry will ‘rapidly’ react to price externalities, Nordea’s CEO says
Diversification, with a balance of equities and bonds in an investment portfolio, did not work last year, says Nils Bolmstrand
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NewsUK roundup: Phoenix Group assigns £338m to multi-asset climate solution
Plus: Bfinance completes management buyout; FRC adds signatories to UK Stewardship Code
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InterviewsImpax rides the sustainability wave
One investment analyst sums up Impax Asset Management as a “pure sustainability play”. And certainly, according to founder and CEO Ian Simm, the core thesis of Impax is to “make the most of the investment opportunities offered by the transition to a more sustainable economy”. These are “on the scale of the Industrial Revolution”, Simm believes.
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NewsWorld’s biggest asset managers rein in support for ESG-related proposals
BlackRock and Vanguard blame boom in ‘overly prescriptive’ resolutions in 2022
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NewsNorway overrules FSA on fund fees, saving pension funds NOK8bn, says lobby
Finance Ministry disagrees with FSA that mutual fund managers are subcontractors
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InterviewsNewton’s Euan Munro: Seeking the best of both worlds
Euan Munro has built a formidable reputation in asset management, developing a major multi-asset absolute return strategy at Standard Life Asset Management in the 2000s. But the fortunes of his once mighty Global Absolute Return Strategy (GARS), now managed by Abrdn, have wavered as multi-asset strategies have fallen out of favour.
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NewsKLP on Vanguard: ‘NZAM not the only way of working for net zero’
Norwegian municipal pensions giant says finance sector must come together and push for transformation in portfolios, markets
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NewsBank of England calls for coordinated LDI regulation in UK and abroad
Financial Policy Committee advises regulatory action from TPR, FCA and overseas regulators, ‘to ensure LDI funds remain resilient to the higher level of interest rates’
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NewsEFAMA’s asset management report highlights heavy ESG focus
Report shows concrete examples of how asset managers integrate ESG into sovereign debt analysis
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NewsUnigestion names new CEO as Fiona Frick steps down
Christophe de Dardel will remain closely involved in the private equity business and will continue with his role on the private equity investment committee
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NewsNorway’s SWF encourages contrarianism in new three-year strategy
NBIM to consider insourcing more in securities lending, technology, but believes external investment managers reduce its risk in some regions
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NewsStorebrand dumps four mining stocks in new nature protection drive
Biodiversity crisis requires collaboration with governments, companies and finance, plus better regulations and reporting, says asset management arm’s CEO
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NewsGoldman Sachs AM expands Dutch fiduciary team
GSAM is not looking for rationalisation of its organisation, but for growth, according to CEO Fadi Abuali
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InterviewsMirova’s Philippe Zaouati: realistically optimistic
Asset management CEOs tend to be a clever bunch, but there cannot be many who are familiar with the work of Antonio Gramsci, the 20th century Italian socialist philosopher.
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NewsSwedish funds lobby says new agency must watch out for lawsuits
Important that procurements are not subject to review due to criteria perceived as discriminatory, says Nordström
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NewsLeaders of Sweden’s ‘unique’ fund procurement agency say transparency sets it apart
Erik Fransson and Tina Rönnholm tell IPE about the challenges of setting up the €100bn pensions investment procurement body, and why giving feedback to asset managers is so important
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NewsSweden to kick premium pension tenders off in spring, key asset classes first
Swedish Fund Selection Agency details elements of procurement plan, plus fee model, selection criteria
