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Features
Fidelity's three-pronged assault
Fidelity Investments took its first big step into the European institutional market when it established operations in the UK in the 1980s. It is currently taking a second and possibly bigger step as it rolls out its business plans in continental Europe. Fidelity has had a presence in the Netherlands, ...
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ABP, USS in warning over global drugs industry
Two of Europe’s largest pension funds, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP and the Universities Superannuation Scheme, have warned of continued “downward valuation” of the global pharmaceutical industry. And they’ve called for a new acknowledgement of the “mutual inter-dependence” between drugs firms and shareholders. The comments come in a new report called ‘Pharma ...
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SBA to overhaul strategy
The €11bn SBA Artsenpensioenfonds (Pension Funds for General Practitioners and Medical Specialists) says it will overhaul its investment strategy following the departure of three senior staff in a restructuring. The scheme said it planned to “implement a passive management strategy” for its Pan-European and US large-cap equity portfolios, which represents ...
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Two-way traffic ahead
Asset management in the EU’s central and east European members states remains dominated by the second pillar pensions system that most of the countries have adopted. While some of the pension funds rank among the top 1,000 in Europe, the investment fund industry is still small. According to data from ...
