US - Institutional hires in alternative investments and real estate increased in the first two quarters of 2011 at the expense of domestic active equity and fixed income, new research shows.
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Principal Global Investors; Russell Investments; BlackRock; Societe Generale Securities Services; Threadneedle; Pyramis Global Advisors
UK - Deborah Fuhr, one of the leading figures in the exchange traded funds industry, will step down from her role as global head of ETF research and implementation strategy at BlackRock.
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Concerns about risk and governance are driving the majority of trustees to review or change their pension schemes, a BlackRock poll reveals.
US - BlackRock saw second quarter profits rise by 43% to $619m, as an increase in assets under management helped drive up fees.
BlackRock has hired the National Employment Savings Trust's Paul Gilbody as head of DC consultant relations in an effort to increase its footprint in the UK DC market.
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