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NewsManulife to buy multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS
Hintze’s founder’s hedge fund, the Directional Opportunities Fund, and certain related mandates are not included in the transaction
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InterviewsFaith Ward MBE on net-zero narratives, transition finance and safe spaces for mistakes
Faith Ward, the highly respected chief responsible investment officer at Brunel Pension Partnership, speaks to IPE just days before being recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours
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NewsMandate roundup: LGPS pool launches alternative credit fund
Plus: Swiss consultant seeks infrastructure manager for pension funds; AP7 picks PPCmetrics
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Asset management roundup: Liontrust snaps up Neptune in £40m deal
Also: €15.4bn asset manager CQS has struck an agreement with a Chinese financial services group and a Hong Kong-based investment company
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People moves: PFZW appoints chair; LGIM names new CIO [updated]
PFZW, Ilmarinen, LGIM, Aegon AM, INDEFI, PGGM, JØP, CQS, 100% Club, Neuberger Berman, ASR, PPI, Barnett Waddingham, ECPA, iM Global Partner
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People moves: BBC appoints former BT scheme boss as trustee [updated]
BBC, L&G, CQS, FCLT, CalPERS, APK, Central Beheer, Xerox, Metro, Telegraaf, Pantheon, Merian, SEI, Amundi, M&G, Willis Towers Watson
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NewsPeople moves: Delbecque to chair new OPSG; Odey names institutional head
Odey Asset Management, EIOPA OPSG, HSBC GAM, Preventable Surprises, Franklin Templeton
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NewsBrunel picks trio for £2.1bn multi-asset credit fund
Managers grilled about approach to alignment with Paris Agreement and carbon data challenges
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Global flashpoints and market impact - interview with Michael Hintze
Simon Osborne chats with Michael Hintze, founder and CEO of CQS on assessing ways to protect or reposition portfolios.
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NewsFriday people roundup
KPMG, APG, Kempen Capital Management, UK Government Actuary's Department, CQS
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London CIV appoints fixed income managers, ‘pauses’ infrastructure
Work is underway on move into alternative investments
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Mandate roundup: North Yorkshire appoints insurance bonds manager
Plus: London CIV first fixed income fund, custodian switch, member data service provision
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The long and short of alternative credit
How are hedge funds faring as investment partners and providers in private credit?
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The convexity of convertibles
The logic for a tactical position in convertibles was clear at the beginning of 2009. CQS told Martin Steward about the strategic case as we enter 2010
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COVID-19 roundup: WTO, IMF voice concerns about trade restrictions
Bpifrance launches a COVID-19 response bond
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‘Adjacency’, or the art of step-by-step
It is tempting, just because it is so good at it, to think of the $11bn (€7.8bn) London-based hedge fund manager CQS as a credit specialist. But founder Michael Hintze is keen to emphasise its broader strengths. “We are a big hedge fund, but we do more than simply provide absolute returns in credit,” he says. “Nowadays we are a global multi-strategy, multi-asset management firm providing hedge fund, long only and bespoke solutions for clients.”
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Wednesday people roundup
[16:00 CEST 18-06] GLOBAL - People roundup: Fidelity Investments, SGAM, BNY Mellon, Opal, Schroders, Hermes, Midas Capital, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, CQS.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – TPR, UMR, Skanska, Handelsbanken, Henderson, Carmignac Gestion, Mirova, EIRIS
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UK roundup: £46bn public sector pool appoints Northern Trust
Plus: London CIV’s latest mandate launched; Water industry regulator on dividends v pension contributions debate
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Valuations: No time for complacency
Managing credit portfolios requires particular caution owing to stretched valuations and late-cycle euphoria





