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May
UK pensions are looking more closely at diversification to manage volatility, according to Barings
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European loan portfolios are attracting interest from new investors such as pension funds, insurance firms and sovereign wealth funds
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iShares is keen to meet expanding interest in fixed income ETFs
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Saudi Arabia is a highly attractive proposition for international investors. Whether hopes turn into reality will depend on the monarch’s willingness to open up the country’s markets, writes Paul Golden
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Luke Clancy quizzes Marcus Grubb, managing director, investment at the World Gold Council and Mark Williams, former senior commodities trading floor executive who teaches finance at Boston University, on the future for the gold price
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Active managers need to combat growing skepticism about their products, says Anthony Hilton
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April
While the take-up of Ucits in Asia has been successful, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Knadel conclude that key challenges remain
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Hedge funds outperformed traditional asset classes over the last 17 years according research commissioned by KPMG and AIMA
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BNY Mellon has announced a strategic alliance
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New indices target specific levels of risk
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With banks constrained in their ability to lend money, institutional investors are spying an investment opportunity, says Bob Campion
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The French elections are causing more worry for investors than Portugal or Italy, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Forthcoming iShares ETF to be based on new index
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Slower growth in China means the next phase of its economic development will be the toughest yet, with reform essential to future growth, says Bob Campion
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Despite a strong quarter for many strategies, March itself was filled with mixed returns across various regional investment mandates
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Gamma Finance is seeing return of specialist players building up dedicated portfolios of illiquid hedge funds
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Northern Trust says it is ready for the launch of the new UK tax transparent pooled fund
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March
Renaissance Asset Managers CIO and president Plamen Monovski knows exactly what he is looking for in emerging and frontier investments. Stephanie Baxter caught up with him at celebrations for the firm exceeding $3bn in AuM
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ETFs are gaining traction with Asian investors, but core holdings will remain in active management for quite some time due to regulation and impressive performance. Paul Golden reports
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Investor confidence is rising in emerging market debt and equities, according to a survey
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Lebanon is in a historically rare state of stability while neighbouring Arab countries suffer violent upheavals. It remains a tough environment for the investment industry, says Hugo Cox
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The tool assesses the impact of derivatives on asset manager and investment programme returns
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A large Japanese pension fund has selected the MSCI Japan ESG Index
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Pioneer Investments seeks to diversify its geographical
footprint away from proprietary channels such as Italy.
CEO Roger Yates speaks to Luke Clancy
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Annabelle Palmer considers whether the time is right for a wholesale reconsideration of the way risk is evaluated across the globe
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Global hedge funds will start to embrace more European-listed ETFs in 2012, Deborah Fuhr of ETF Global Insight tells Data Explorers
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A new study by Northern Trust shows that institutional investors have access to a wider range of indexing options across the beta spectrum
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JPMorgan’s new paper looks at how structural links can exist between pension investments and their sponsors’ economic exposures
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Investment management firms are invited to put themselves forward for the annual awards ceremony in June
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February
The investment bank has been authorised to offer international institutional investors access to the Tadawul
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Deborah Fuhr and others to provide independent research and consultancy to the global ETF industry
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The new Agency Cash Management platform jointly launched by Newedge and MTS, will benefit lenders of securities as well as providing a solution to challenges faced by the buy- and sell-side of cash investment
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Trade associations including the National Association of Pension Funds have expressed concerns about EU plans for new pension rules modelled on Solvency II
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MSCI says there is growing evidence that strategic indices add more value than active manager selection over the long term. Stephanie Baxter reports
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The BRIC markets will have a big impact across the globe over the next decade, according to Legal & General Investment Management's Brian Coulton
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The asset manager has also selected HedgeMark Risk Analytics to provide position level risk reporting and data aggregation
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January
Baring Asset Management has maintained its identity by constantly reshaping its business over the past 250 years. Chief investment officer Mario Valensise discusses the latest restructuring of the firm’s portfolio of funds
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New tool assesses a country’s exposure to ESG risk factors
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Ukrainian index futures have rapidly become a very liquid investment
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Renaissance AM hits back at negative World Economic Forum assessment, reports Stephanie Baxter
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Nikko Asset Management has appointed former Coutts’ wealth manager
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When the Arab Spring reached Bahrain a year ago the asset management and asset servicing sectors felt immediate pain. The central bank and local banks are optimistic but much depends on the actions of the authorities, finds Stephanie Baxter
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. Market fundamentals may have changed but in Dominique Carrel-Billiard’s view the continued consumer need for the asset management industry’s services will ensure its success
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. Innovation is core to success in the classic long-only asset management sector, otherwise firms will fall victim to churn, says the Natixis Global Asset Management chief
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UK pension funds can use alternative investment strategies to meet their key objectives in 2012 in spite of what will be a challenging year, according to Morgan Stanley Investment Management
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. Market and regulatory drivers will converge to create an asset management industry in two halves – large-scale providers versus niche firms – according to Yves Perrier
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Fidelity Investments has promoted Mark Flaherty, managing director of research for municipals
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. The Volcker rule – and crucially a lack of clarity over how it will be implemented – is the top concern for the Credit Suisse Asset Management chief
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. Market conditions may be challenging at present but Kevin Parker is confident that the dark days of 2008 are way behind the industry
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. Philippe Marchessaux explains how performance has become more important than scale, and why absolute return strategies are only one part of an investment manager’s arsenal
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VTB Capital has hired Ulrich Schlumberger to head its global delta one business
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. Despite the increasing cross-pollination between alternative and traditional asset managers, Greg Fleming is sure there is still a place for long-only investment platforms
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ING Investment Management makes hire from HSBC Global Asset Management
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A raft of industry surveys suggest that this year will be even tougher than 2011, as investment managers and securities traders face a lack of demand and looming regulation. Stephanie Baxter reports
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. Increasing globalisation means greater challenges for the asset management industry but it also presents increased opportunities, according to the JPMorgan Asset Management head
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Investors can now utilise the managed account platform to invest in a seeding fund or to invest directly into emerging hedge funds
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Global Investor/ISF interviewed 25 CEOs. John Flint says the potential of emerging markets is a bright spot for a chief executive who fears that a savings gap and an increasing regulatory burden spell problems for the asset management industry
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BNY Mellon Investment Management appoints former Russell Investments managing director
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Legal & General Investment Management has launched a commodity exchange traded fund with Source
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MSCI has increased its presence in the South Korean market
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Twenty five years of war and sanctions have devastated the Iraq economy – but for Shwan Taha, chairman of Baghdad-based Rabee Securities, now is the perfect time to invest in a nation that is rebuilding from scratch. Aaron Woolner reports
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Opinion may be divided on whether thematic investing is a new concept, but there is little doubt that it will exercise the minds of investors for the foreseeable future. Paul Golden reports
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Economists predict a eurozone recession this year while US growth could be rocked by politicians’ failures to reach agreements on budget cuts. Stephanie Baxter reports
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Following the Indian government’s move to allow foreign investors to allocate directly to its equity market, Jupiter India Fund’s Avinash Vazirani says the decision is good news for the country’s markets after a difficult year in 2011
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The second Global Investor Middle East Awards took place in Dubai, following our annual investment conference
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Signia Wealth has appointed a new head of investment solutions as part of a series of recent key hires across the firm