All articles by IPE staff – Page 2
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NewsStandard Life's Euan Munro appointed chief executive at Aviva Investors
EUROPE – Manager of Global Absolute Return Strategy keen to unlock Aviva Investors' 'potential'.
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NewsGerman investor tenders €100m Pacific equities mandate
IPE-QUEST – Selected manager to serve as 'backup for existing managers for time being'.
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NewsWiltshire Pension Fund tenders multi-asset GEM mandate
GLOBAL – Mandate to cover 'mainly bonds and equities'.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Pramerica, Dutch Social Affairs, MN, Sackers, Janus, Barings, BNY Mellon, Mirabaud
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NewsFriday people roundup
GLOBAL – The Pensions Trust, BlueBay Asset Management, Twelve Capital, Four Capital Partners
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NewsGerman pension fund tenders $150m GEM mandate
IPE-QUEST – Managers must have at least $500m in AUM for mandate itself.
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NewsAsian investor tenders $70m commodities mandate using IPE-Quest
IPE-QUEST – Investor cites preference for asset managers based in London, US.
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NewsFriday people roundup [updated]
GLOBAL – European Securities and Markets Authority, Groupe Consultatif, Mirabaud AM
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NewsUN inspector Hans Blix to join IPE Awards as keynote speaker
IPE AWARDS – Former Swedish foreign minister to speak at IPE Awards in November.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Amundi, AllenbridgeEpic, Natixis GAM, Oddo AM, Aon Hewitt, Momentum Global
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NewsJPMAM dismisses reintroduction of capital requirements for pension funds
EUROPE – Asset manager doubts Brussels will ever get past vote by EU Council of Ministers.
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Asset Class Reports
Structured Credit: A turning point for European commercial mortgage-backed securities
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) have not experienced the same dramatic rally and tightening of spreads as that seen in the market for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). One might expect that their relative cheapness would therefore make the case for investment.
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Asset Class Reports
Structured Credit: Peripheral euro-zone ABS: a liquidity-driven rally
European asset-backed securities (ABS) markets may not be as attractively priced as they were immediately after the financial crisis, but they can still add useful diversification of credit risk and they may still even offer some value.
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Features
End to the first act
Six years since the idea was first raised, the European Commission has finally drawn a curtain on its proposal to apply rigid risk-based solvency requirements – pillar one of Solvency II – on occupational pension funds in IORP II. At least for now, since Michel Barnier, the commissioner for the single market, has made it clear that this is a postponement, not a policy abandonment.
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NewsFriday people roundup [updated]
GLOBAL – EIOPA, Lepcam, EVCA, Aviva Investors, Jupiter Asset Management, MyCSP
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NewsCorporate scheme tenders $100m passive equity mandate
IPE-QUEST – Applicants must have $2bn in AUM, minimum track record of five years.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – EFAMA, AEIP, Mercer, Amundi, Global Thematic, HSBC GAM, Axa IM, Skagen, Saemor, Mirabaud
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NewsWednesday people roundup [updated]
GLOBAL – Muse, IOPS Secretariat, NOW: Pensions, Handelsbanken, Franklin Templeton, AGI
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NewsEuropean institutional tenders healthcare equity mandate
IPE-QUEST – Investor says size of mandate has yet to be determined.
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NewsFriday people roundup
GLOBAL – BVI, AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers, Industry Funds Management
