Investment
Europe
EUROPE - The first hedge fund exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been launched into the market, by db x-trackers, the ETF arm of Deutsche Bank. The ETF is listed on Deutsche Börse's XTF segment.
11 March 2009
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Mandates
The £1.4bn Avon Pension Fund has hired Partners Group and Schroders to manage a property mandate worth approximately £180m.
10 March 2009
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Investment
JPMorgan Asset Management's UK institutional business received more than US$4.2bn (£3.03bn) in new assets last year.
10 March 2009
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United Kingdom
UK - The £1.4bn Avon Pension Fund has hired Partners Group and Schroders to manage a property mandate worth approximately £180m.
10 March 2009
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US
US - S&P has released the first in a range of global low carbon indices, designed to meet increasing investor demand for environmentally focussed indices.
10 March 2009
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Investment
Final salary pension schemes experienced the highest five-day volatility on record, with the biggest single day loss of £27bn on Monday, Aon Consulting says.
06 March 2009
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Regulation
The Pension Protection Fund will take over the role of scheme manager for the Financial Assistance Scheme this summer, latest regulations reveal.
06 March 2009
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Investment
BNP Paribas has become the latest financial institution to scale back its pension team.
06 March 2009
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Defined Benefit
In the latest of our series of fortnightly interviews with scheme managers, GIOVANNI LEGORANO talks to Royal Mail Pension Trustees chief executive Gerry Degaute about the problems posed by the current economic environment and how they can be addressed...
05 March 2009
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Defined Contribution
Sebastian Cheek discusses how an understanding of behavioural finance finance can help to encourage DC members take a more active interest in their pension scheme
05 March 2009
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