Asset Managers – Page 2
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NewsAP7 indicates BlackRock’s NZAM exit could affect future mandates
Sweden’s biggest state pension fund to meet world’s largest asset manager ‘to better understand’ decisions after BlackRock fled net zero alliance
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NewsNet Zero Asset Managers initiative halts activities
UN-backed body removes member commitments in attempt to steady the ship
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NewsLBP Asset Management strengthens private markets offering
LBP AM European Private Markets has raised €9.4bn and invested €8.4bn in more than 300 transactions
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NewsBlackRock exits climate alliance
Texas, Alabama and West Virginia are among 11 states to sue BlackRock, alleging its support for decarbonisation efforts had flouted competition rules in the US
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NewsGerman insurers create €50bn asset management company
The transfer of assets under the new firm follows the merger of the two insurance companies officially completed last September
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NewsBlackRock distances itself from real-economy decarbonisation efforts
Insiders say asset manager is on the brink of announcing an exit from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
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NewsPGGM disbands advisory council amid row over new investment policy
The pension asset manager also tried to fire its chief economist for criticising the firm’s switch to ‘3D-investing’
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NewsPKBS switches to Pictet, LGIM to diversify risk
The emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS in March 2023 triggered the pension fund’s decision to look for new asset managers
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NewsAmundi builds on multi-layer private markets strategy for DACH region
The next steps in Amundi’s private markets strategy in Germany are to promote ‘healthy growth’ among institutional investors and double AUM to €5bn in the next 3 years
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NewsPGGM ditches responsible investment team with new impact strategy
‘Even though this process required me to give up my old job, I still think it’s a good idea,’ says Piet Klop
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NewsBlackRock equity funds didn’t vote on US companies for almost 10 years
BlackRock ‘immediately notified affected clients, apologised and rectified the issue’, the firm said
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NewsInvestment in European equities by European asset managers has fallen by a third
Share of listed equities issued in Europe held by investment funds domiciled in euro area has dropped from 37% in 2015 to 27% at the end of last year, says EFAMA
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NewsVarma trumpets biggest investment yet with €2.3bn in US climate ETF
Finnish pensions insurer invests in Invesco New-York ETF launch, with fund tailored to its own needs
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NewsCandriam enters European private equity market in strategic partnership
Partnership positions Andera to expand its client base and further develop its private capital strategies across Europe and globally
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NewsAllianzGI buys 2% stake in China’s Guomin Pension
The market size of China’s third-pillar personal pensions system is projected to grow to RMB4trn under existing regulatory landscape by 2030
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NewsInvestors weigh priorities in face of uncertain markets
Selective opportunities in private markets and medium-term risks in the US despite the current post-election bull market
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NewsReputational disaster or ‘badge of honour’? Fund managers split over Aviva’s SFDR fine
Asset manager is first to face enforcement under the rules, but peers are divided on what it means
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NewsJ. Safra Sarasin Group acquires MIV Asset Management
MIV is known for its expertise in medical technology (medtech) investments via its flagship MIV GlobalMedtech Fund
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FeaturesThe effect of behavioural biases on active investment portfolios
It has been become apparent in recent years that behavioural finance has important things to say about how investors make decisions.
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NewsBlackRock nears $12bn acquisition of private credit behemoth HPS
BlackRock is diversifying away from its core business, index investing and ETFs, seeking to build its fee-generation capacity
