All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 190
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UBS GAM says its institutional margins rise
SWITZERLAND – The margins on UBS Global Asset Management’s institutional business rose to 35 basis points in the second quarter, up from 29 basis points in the first quarter of the year.
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Hewitt surveys European corporate governance
EUROPE – Consulting firm Hewitt is currently conducting a Europe-wide study into corporate governance.
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Institutions eye fixed income – Threadneedle
UK – Threadneedle Investments says it anticipates that institutions will raise their allocations to fixed interest due to a change in the way pension fund liabilities are measured.
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Axa Investment Managers’ earnings fall 6%
FRANCE – Axa Investment Managers’ earnings and revenues declined by six percent and 13.7% respectively in the first half, according to Axa Group’s first-half earnings report.
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Danish fund tenders EM debt via IPE-Quest
DENMARK - A public pension fund in Denmark has tendered a mandate for 75 million euros in actively managed global emerging markets government debt via IPE-Quest.
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ISIS dismisses "arbitrary benchmarks"
UK - The chief investment officer at ISIS Asset Management wants the investment industry to rethink its views on benchmarking to an index.
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GSAM book lifts lid on portfolio management
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs Asset Management is to lift the lid on some of its portfolio management techniques with the publication of book next month.
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Mercer’s manager picks added no value in Q1
GLOBAL – Mercer Investment Consulting says its manager research recommendations added zero extra value for clients in the first quarter of this year.
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Belgian fund tenders E20m EM mandate on IPE-Quest
BELGIUM – A Belgian industry-wide pension fund has tendered a 20 million-euro actively managed emerging markets equities mandate via IPE-Quest.
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Pension funds want fixed fees – Watson Wyatt
EUROPE – The head of Watson Wyatt’s European investment practice, Nick Watts, says there is a “strong appetite” among its pension fund clients for fixed investment-management fees.
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Clywd chooses ABN Amro Mellon over State Street
UK – The 450 million-pound (638 million-euro) Clywd Pension Fund has awarded a custody mandate to ABN Amro Mellon, resulting in a loss for incumbent State Street.
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IMF wants Dutch pension system strengthened
NETHERLANDS – The International Monetary Fund says a strengthening of the Dutch pension system is needed to protect the solvency of occupational pension funds.
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CS, UBS fund arms “rely more on pension plans”
EUROPE - The investment fund arms of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are more reliant on pension plans than their peers, according to a new report.
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Barclays Global Investors’ profit up 52%
UK - Barclays Global Investors, the largest manager of European pension fund assets, saw its first-half operating profit rise 52% and assets under management rise 18%.
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Insight in swoop for Axa Rosenberg’s Millar
UK – Axa Rosenberg Investment Management’s UK and Ireland institutional marketing director, Stephen Millar, has surprised his employers by moving to Insight Investment.
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Mideast body tenders equity mandate via IPE-Quest
EUROPE – A public institution in the Middle East has tendered a 100 million-dollar plus mandate for actively-managed pan-European Mid Cap Equities.
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ABN Amro’s asset mgmt profit falls 15%
NETHERLANDS – Net profit at ABN Amro’s asset management division fell 15.2% in the first half, hit by weak conditions in the global market.
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Irish managed funds return over 2% in July
IRELAND – The average group pension managed fund in Ireland rose by more than two percent in July, according to new data.
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Pickering advises against personal pensions
EUROPE – The chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision, Alan Pickering, says he would not advise a young person in the UK to put money into a personal pension.
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Jones Lang LaSalle Europe chief to retire
EUROPE – The European chairman of property firm Jones Lang LaSalle, Robin Broadhurst, is to retire following a decline in revenues in the region.
