Fiduciary Management
In-depth reporting on fiduciary management for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists - plus, fiduciary management special reports
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Special ReportFiduciary management: Race for UK mandates intensifies
UK pension schemes with complex and diverse needs are turning to fiduciary management in growing numbers. Who will be the winners in this increasingly competitive sector?
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Opinion PiecesUK fiduciary management industry needs to expand
The idea that too much choice limits freedom, known as the paradox of choice, is a powerful one. But the opposite is true as well, especially when it comes to the UK fiduciary management industry.
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Special Report
Achmea IM and BlackRock emerge as winners in the Dutch fiduciary management market
Last autumn, Shell’s €26bn Dutch defined benefit (DB) pension fund announced it would swap Samco, the oil giant’s in-house asset manager, for BlackRock as its fiduciary manager.
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NewsSchroders wins £170m fiduciary management mandate
Mandate involves integrating ESG factors into investment decision for Royal National Institute of Blind People Retirement Benefits Pension Scheme
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Analysis2024: Achmea IM and BlackRock win Dutch fiduciary mandates
Last year, Achmea IM and BlackRock each won +€20bn fiduciary mandates from Dutch pension funds. This makes them the clear fiduciary winners of 2024.
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NewsABP orders fiduciary manager APG to shed all other clients
The move means APG’s three other fiduciary pension fund clients have to find alternatives
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NewsCalor Group pension fund appoints GSAM as fiduciary manager
Goldman Sachs Asset Management will manage £240m assets on behalf of Calor Gas’s UK defined benefit pension scheme
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NewsMedian investment fees for fiduciary management fall by over 50%
A significant driver in this fall has been price competition between fiduciary managers as they have sought more cost-effective ways to implement investment strategies
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NewsAon takes on £3.5bn with three new clients for UK OCIO service
And Mercer announces completion of acquisition of Cardano
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NewsTPT Investment Management sets up fiduciary management for DB schemes
TPT says it uses a range of asset class-specific funds to aggregate the assets currently managed by TPT with those of external pension schemes
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NewsDutch Shell scheme appoints BlackRock as fiduciary manager
The move comes ahead of the fund’s transition to a new DC arrangement in 2027
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NewsFiduciary managers evolve capabilities to meet changing needs of UK DB schemes
While more large schemes are now adopting fiduciary management, the market remains dominated by smaller schemes, says IC Select survey
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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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NewsAchmea Investment Management acquires Dutch Blue Sky Group
The asset management arm of the pension provider of the three pension schemes of airline KLM had been put up for sale in March
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News‘Immediate changes’ to reduce UK Stewardship Code reporting burden
Financial Reporting Council provides update following first stage of ‘fundamental review’ of Code
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NewsIsio to start rating fiduciary managers on insurance capability
Only three out of 11 managers are rated as market leading on insurance capability by Isio
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NewsDNB pension fund swaps BlackRock for Aegon AM
The switch comes 17 years after the fund of the Dutch central bank adopted the fiduciary model and started working with BlackRock
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NewsCDP launches net zero disclosure platform to improve climate, nature reporting
The launch comes as financial institutions with a record €130trn in assets demand climate and nature data
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NewsMerchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund selects Schroders as fiduciary manager
WTW previously acted as fiduciary manager for the pension fund since 2014
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NewsFiduciary managers’ growth portfolios underperform their target returns
XPS survey finds that majority of fiduciary managers’ growth portfolios underperformed their target returns by 3% or more



