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US - Acadian Asset Management has named Ronald Frashure chairman and Churchill Franklin, chief executive, after a restructure of the firm's top ranks.
US/ASIA - Acadian Asset Management Singapore has appointed Ho Yew Weng as director of institutional sales for Asia-ex Japan.
BlackRock hires NEST's Gilbody; Aviva Investors; Liongate; Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System of Iowa; Ignis; HSBC Asset Management; Towers Watson; Acadian; Cardano; LGIM; Mercer
US - Acadian Asset Management has appointed Goldman Sachs' Wesley Chan as director of research operations.
CANADA - A Canadian pension plan has invested $104m in the new version of Acadian Asset Management's managed volatility strategy that mixes developed and emerging equities, the firm said.
Neuberger Berman, SL Investment Management, Standard Life, GESB, Acadian, Pioneer, Russell Investments, Northern Trust
US - Acadian Asset Management has launched an emerging markets equities version of its managed volatility strategy and has already secured a $100m mandate from a US pension fund, the firm said.
AUSTRALIA - The Australian coal industry's superannuation fund has awarded a A$97.5m ($89bn) managed volatility mandate to Acadian Asset Management.
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds Stork has hired Acadian Asset Management to run a managed volatility global equity portfolio as it looks to diversify its passive assets.