All BlackRock articles – Page 2
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Passive and sustainable investing in EMD: hard to combine for small funds
EMD had long been considered the last frontier for passive investors, as the asset class was seen as insufficiently liquid and therefore hard to replicate
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UK roundup: Royal Mail Pension Plan picks BlackRock for £8.8bn OCIO mandate
Plus: Morrisons retirement plan in £762m buy-in deal; Only 1 in 20 schemes are ready to provide dashboard data
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World’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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ERAFP awards €1.2bn in SRI credit bond mandates
The scheme has awarded the active mandates to AXA Investment Managers and FundLogic
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Church Commissioners to vote against companies failing on humans rights
Plus: BlackRock’s LifePath UK adopts formal ESG policy
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UK volatility ‘useful warning’ for Dutch pension funds
Dutch schemes must check whether they can run into liquidity constraints when rates rise, according to pension regulator DNB
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Scottish Widows backs BlackRock’s ESG bond fund with £500m
This is the second fund that BlackRock has built in consultation with Scottish Widows
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Cometa picks AXA, Amundi as new asset managers in overhaul worth €11bn
The move follows a review of its investment policy leading to an increase of the risk profile of its three sub-funds while maintaining a prudent approach
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People moves: Ros Altmann takes on role at Capita Pension Solutions
Capita Pension Solutions, PIC, BlackRock, Phoenix Group, Liontrust, Partners Group, Credit Suisse, Club Vita, Impax, LaSalle, GAM, Redington, Actis, ISSB
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Ex-Lothian pension fund RI lead joins BlackRock
David Hickey ‘looks forward to adding to BlackRock’s momentum on sustainability’
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BlackRock: Institutions to help drive global bond ETFs to $5trn by 2030
Asset manager upgrades forecast ‘despite the most challenging fixed income market in decades’
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ESG roundup: BlackRock to support fewer shareholder proposals this year
Plus: Moody’s on ‘flat’ global sustainable bond issuance in 2022 and more
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Mandate roundup: Amundi to provide NEST with access to derivative contracts
Plus: GSAM lands fiduciary mandates in the UK, FRR chooses transition management managers
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ESG roundup: Central bankers consult on climate data needs, sources directory
Plus: BlackRock signs up to asset owner SDG platform; ’Virtual CSO’ service launched; UK pension providers announce ESG moves
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AP7 re-tenders €66bn of passive global equity mandates
Swedish national pension fund says it intends to procure between two and four mandates
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Dutch pension funds see no need for inflation protection
Inflation figures in the Netherlands are currently among the highest in the euro zone
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Larry Fink hails ‘power of capitalism’ in latest Dear CEO letter
Fink encourages CEOs to ask their asset managers to enable more direct participation in the proxy voting process
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Philips ditches Facebook in new sustainable index
The bespoke index has been tailored to four Sustainable Development Goals
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Danica pumps DKK1bn into tailored BlackRock impact strategy
BlackRock predicts significant capital reallocations still to come as result of transition to CO2 neutrality
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Dutch pension funds see no need to tackle inflation risk
Some funds think they are sufficiently protected already while others believe rising interest rates will protect their funding ratios