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NewsGSAM to exit Climate Action 100+
Other major players to have departed the collaborative investor engagement initiative this year include Invesco, JPMAM and SSGA
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NewsHead of sales in Netherlands for Franklin Templeton put on leave
Dirk de Vlaam to leave company on 1 December to pursue ‘other opportunities’
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NewsThursday people roundup
Universities Superannuation Scheme, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton Investments, Aberdeen Asset Management, Sacker & Partners, Forster-Chase, B&CE
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Italy’s Laborfonds taps Franklin Templeton, SGAM
ITALY- The 215 million-euro Laborfonds says it has awarded Franklin Templeton Investments and Societe Generale Asset Management an initial 10 million euros each, in global equities and bonds respectively.
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NewsFriday people roundup
State Street Global Advisors, M&G Investments, Oxera, Jupiter, Franklin Templeton Investments, Insight Investment
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Asset management roundup: Natixis spreads its wings in real assets
Plus: Franklin Templeton buys Edinburgh Partners, Tikehau backs venture capital firm
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Franklin Templeton beefs up FTI Institutional
UK- Franklin Templeton Investments is expanding FTI Institutional, its London-based marketing and client servicing division, with four new appointments. Peter Escott has been moved from manager of international marketing services to manager of UK Institutional Sales. Escott is tasked with building consultant and market awareness of Templeton’s global equity exempt ...
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NewsPeople moves: Gruppo BNL/BNP Paribas Italia reshuffles pension fund’s top management
Fidelity International adds to independent governance committee; Aon names its new UK head of investment
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People moves: Trustee firm hires Santander’s UK pension chief
Law Debenture, Santander, APG, Montae, Shell, Franklin Templeton, Martin Currie, KPMG, ICI Global
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People moves: CEO of £44bn UK public pension pool to step down [updated]
LGPS Central, AQR Capital Management, Redington, Talisman Global Asset Management, University of Cambridge Endowment Fund, 300 Club, Franklin Templeton, Osmosis
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FeaturesEuro peripheral spreads
Just over a decade ago, Mario Draghi, then President of the ECB, gave a speech in which he uttered the famous words: “.…the European Central Bank [ECB] is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro”, a phrase often credited with hauling Europe out of the depths of its sovereign debt crisis.
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NewsPeople moves: PKA appoints deputy investment director
PKA, LCP, Old Mutual, DNB, Insight, Hermes, Redington, Sustineri, KPS, GRI, Robeco, PRI, ClearBridge, Franklin Templeton
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NewsPeople moves: Legg Mason brings in chief diversity officer [updated]
Legg Mason, Franklin Templeton, Willis Towers Watson, Valida, Generation IM, Eaton Vance, XTP, ICG, BMO, Scope Group, Oekom Research
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Alternative Investment Management Association, London Pensions Fund Authority, BlackRock, Universal Investment, Eaton Vance Management, Vanguard Asset Management, Affiliated Managers Group, Financial Reporting Council, Sackers, Franklin Templeton Investments
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People moves: Brunel appoints private markets chief
Brunel Pension Partnership, KLP, Folketrygdfondet, NBIM, Franklin Templeton, DWP, Hoogovens, Af2i, Volo, Ballast Nedam, Total, Thinking Ahead Institute
White papersSocial Infrastructure: A dual return asset class
Social infrastructure projects, such as hospitals, schools and community centres, may be attractive assets for institutional investors seeking to make both a market rate of return and an impact return, which is the measurable improvement on environmental and community related aspects. However, this dual return focus requires managing the social and environmental impact of an in- vestment while also managing for market-rate financial returns.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
Franklin Templeton, Wells Capital, Investec, SLI, Nomura, IC Select, Nikko AM, NOW: Pensions, Kames Capital, Pioneer
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NewsWednesday People roundup
GLOBAL – Unilever, Robeco, Mercer, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton Investments, RBC Dexia Investor Services, Standard Life Investments, State Street Investment Analytics, Goddard Perry Consulting
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NewsPeople moves: BT Pension Scheme, Wilshire Associates, HSBC GAM
BT Pension Scheme, Wilshere Consulting, HSBC GAM, Hoogovens, PGGM, PensionDanmark, Xafinity, Zurich, SYZ AM, Northern Trust, Dutch Actuarial Society, Unigestion, Franklin Templeton, Schroders
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – LGIM, Aon Hewitt, State Street, SUSI, UKSIF, Schroders, Barings, Franklin Templeton





