Asset Managers – Page 9
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NewsDanish pension funds supply €300m mezzanine in €4bn H2 Green Steel fundraising
PKA, Pensam, Lærernes, Akademiker contibute to construction of world’s first large-scale green steel plant via co-owned AIP Management
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NewsAPG closes Beijing office
APG had anticipated greater interest in local currency bond strategy it ran from the office in partnership with local asset manager E-Fund Management
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NewsSweden’s FTN picks Inalytics as one of its equity selection tools
Premium pension platform agency manager has appointed the UK behavioural analysis provider to supply decision analytics
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NewsImpax to acquire fixed income assets, team from Absalon
Absalon has around €405m in global high yield and emerging market corporate debt assets
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NewsSwiss scheme to assess compliance of private market managers with ESG standards
The scheme wants to apply ESG standards to all asset classes
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NewsFolketrygdfondet formally proposed to run NOK30bn Arctic SWF
Kjetil Houg says draft legislation is ‘declaration of confidence’ in his organisation
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NewsPension fund money makes up smaller slice of asset managers’ AUM
European asset managers seen tending €29trn in 2023 after stronger markets this year
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NewsCandriam launches alternatives platform with new appointments
A new global head of alternatives and head of equity market neutral have been appointed
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NewsSwiss asset management market opens following UBS takeover of Credit Suisse
Graubündner Kantonalbank splits institutional business from private banking, hires ex-Credit Suisse head
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NewsSwedish agency outlines next €17bn of premium pension tenders
FTN flags first index categories as next two procurements at end 2023 or early 2024
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NewsUK asset owner group publishes manager voting (mis)alignment review
Discussions have taken place between UK asset owners and asset managers about next steps
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NewsGAM partners with Investcorp-Tages, transfers UK equity income team
Announcement comes after failed takeover of the Swiss asset manager by Liontrust
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NewsCCLA launches ‘modern slavery benchmark’ to help investor engagement
The UK’s finance sector scored poorly overall in the ranking
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NewsNet Zero engagement: asset owners publish rules for managers
The NZAOA asks investors to get engagement programmes assured and to focus on outcomes
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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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InterviewsFiera Capital: Montreal’s succession story
If Fiera Capital were a retail store it might need a big shop window. It is perhaps better known in the institutional world outside Canada for strategies like real assets but Fiera is a full-service asset manager that is also a big deal in its home town of Montreal.
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Special ReportClass actions by European investors on the rise in the name of good governance and fiduciary duty
Deepwater Horizon, Volkswagen (Dieselgate), Wirecard, Silcon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse are recent, high-profile examples of corporate wrong doing resulting in losses for investors. As stewards of retirement savings and guardians of beneficiaries’ interests, it is only natural that pension funds should scrutinise the investments they are making – or outsourcing to asset managers to make – on their members’ behalf. This is a central plank of fiduciary duty.
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NewsMacquarie grows global private credit activities with initial $100m loan
Asset manager to expand into credit portfolio financing
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NewsTPT urges asset owners to integrate transition plans in asset manager mandates
Recommendations made in draft guidelines from the group advising the UK government on upcoming rules for transition plans disclosures
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AnalysisReform of the AT1 bond market
UBS starts selling AT1 bonds for the first time since Credit Suisse takeover
