BlackRock

As funds seek to steer their portfolios through the markets' bumpy recovery, Andrew Short looks at two important alternative classes - hedge funds and infrastructure

BlackRock has sharpened its focus on the defined contribution market with the appointment of a head of pensions administration services to develop its DC administration proposition.

Take up of fiduciary management in the Netherlands has been phenomenal. Andrew Short asks what lessons the UK can learn from this approach.

Northern Trust, AP3, Permal, LGIM, JP Morgan Asset Management, BlackRock

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US - BlackRock has lured the trio who launched Merrill Lynch's private equity business to help kick-start direct private equity offerings within BlackRock.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

Aon Hewitt names co-CEOs, Schroders lures BlackRock portfolio manager, International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, BNY Mellon, Barings, State Street, Fidelity, Kempen Capital, Old Mutual

BlackRock has been hit by another senior management departure after its European head of structured solutions portfolio management quit to join a rival firm.

GLOBAL - BlackRock's Deborah Fuhr has called for greater scrutiny of the different exchange-traded products coming to market, following a number of regulator warnings.