IPE's France Coverage – Page 8
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NewsAsset management roundup: Tech ETFs launched, TOBAM cuts carbon
Lyxor and Invesco launch tech-based exchange-traded funds, TOBAM cuts its carbon footprint, and IM Global Partners adds liquid alts
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NewsEuropean dividend payments break records in Q2
Total company payouts hit new highs in France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Ireland
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NewsMandate roundup: €5.7bn French scheme hunts ‘flexible allocation’ manager
Plus: FRR adds BlackRock to transition manager roster; Finland’s Keva hires fixed income technology provider
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NewsMandate roundup: Pension fund seeks green bond strategies via IPE Quest
Plus: €1.7bn Ircantec bond mandate, UK schemes appoint DC providers
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NewsFrance’s FRR preps return to US small caps
Plus: Tobacconists’ scheme seeks multi-asset management
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NewsAsset management roundup: Natixis to buy 25% stake in US manager WCM
Also: BMO to drop F&C brand, new Women in Finance charter signatories
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NewsAsset management roundup: BNPP partners with SME loan originator
Plus: Russell Investments wins transition management mandate from France’s FRR
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NewsShareholders for Change gives voice to Europe’s small investors
New association of small institutional investors wants to tackle niche ESG topics
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NewsAXA IM to invest €100m as part of major corporate overhaul
Former NN Investment Partners CIO Hans Stoter to lead fixed income business as part of changes
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NewsFrance launches citizens’ pension reform input platform
Reform high commissioner Delevoye launches platform built on open democracy principles
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NewsPensions at UK subsidiaries ‘an extra burden for French firms’
Report finds British DB schemes account for third of French parent company liabilities
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NewsFrance’s FRR addresses Brexit concerns in manager search
Pension reserve fund proposes workaround for UK managers bidding for small-cap equity mandates
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NewsFrance’s Af2i launches trustee financial training initiative
Initiative is the remit of a new ‘training and academic research’ committee
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NewsFrench public sector funds tender small cap, EM credit mandates
Both funds specify that managers must have regard to ESG considerations
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NewsAsset management roundup: ERAFP awards €2bn currency mandate
Also: JP Morgan and BlackRock partner for ESG indices; Amundi launches leveraged loan fund
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NewsJoseph Mariathasan: Why a Danish inn suggests a post-Brexit trade problem
The restoration of Danish links with India suggest post-Brexit trade deals for the UK will not be straightforward
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NewsThe European asset owners aiming to make an ‘impact’
Various investors are prepping or considering impact-oriented investments
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NewsAsset management roundup: DWS integrates UN SDGs
Plus: Trade body links with careers group for diversity push; La Banque Postale’s SRI pledge; more managers sign LGPS code
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NewsFrench central bank formalises responsible investment stance
Responsible investment charter reflects and ‘amplifies’ ongoing practice for €20bn portfolio
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NewsAsset management roundup: FCA to scrutinise Aviva over preference shares
Also: Metzler sets up dedicated pensions arm; La Française acquires Inflection Point; Schroders opens fintech incubator
