Robeco

NETHERLANDS - Dutch asset manager Robeco's heavy emphasis on growing its institutional business has paid off with nearly half of the €4.9bn ($7bn) inflows seen in the first half of the year coming from institutional mandates, CEO Roderick Munsters said....

GLOBAL - Global endowments have begun to create bespoke inflation indices to use within their portfolios, said Marcus Grubb, managing director at the World Gold Council at a GP web debate on managing inflation risks.

UK - The £4.1bn ($6.5bn) London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) has awarded Dutch fund manager Robeco its first UK contract to oversee its shareholder voting and corporate engagement.

Russell restructures EMEA; Towers Watson lures AonHewitt's Machon; SEC; Robeco; AustralianSuper; Standard Life Investments; Allianz Netherlands Asset Management; IMF

ASIA/NETHERLANDS - Robeco has appointed Tony Edwards as chief executive officer of its Asia Pacific business.

BT Pension Scheme; Robeco; INTECH Investment Management; PwC; Mercer; Aon Hewitt; Neuberger Berman Group; Standard Life Investments; State Street Global Services

NETHERLANDS - Asset manager Robeco has named Jurgen Stegmann as chief financial officer.

NETHERLANDS - Sustainable Asset Management's (SAM) flagship strategy SAM Smart Energy has surpassed the $1bn mark on the back of interest from institutional investors.

GLOBAL - Low liquidity levels in the fixed income markets have led investment grade and high yield exchange traded funds to rack up higher-than-expected tracking errors and lower performance, asset manager Robeco said.

NETHERLANDS - The Rabobank pension fund has shifted its equity portfolio from enhanced indexing to more active strategies, including a "smart-beta" intrinsic value strategy.