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Euroclear and DTCC form industry cooperative

Two giants of securities settlement, Brussels-based Euroclear and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) based in New York, are...

Schroders offers funding solution for small pension funds

Schroders has launched an investment solution that is designed to increase funding level protection for smaller defined benefit pension schemes....

F&C sees increase in assets under management

F&C Asset Management saw its assets under management increase to £98.8 billion (€75.9 billion) at the end of March, up...

Fund managers talk of stocks ‘as if they were lovers’

Even the most rational fund managers rely on emotion when investing and many are so attached to certain stocks that...

Switzerland’s Gottex partners with Astmax in Japan

Switzerland's Gottex Fund Management and Tokyo-based Astmax Asset Management are joining forces to provide hedge fund and multi-asset investments to...

International flows help drive Old Mutual Wealth assets 8% higher

Old Mutual Wealth (OMW), which includes Old Mutual Global Investors and the Skandia fund platform, saw its assets under management...

LPFA nearly fully funded thanks to liability management

The £4.7 billion (€5.6 billion) London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) expects to be nearly fully funded after its 2013 valuation...

Active ETFs – what’s the fuss?

Perforce, I must begin with a confession. I do not understand what active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are, and I never...

GERMAN ASSET MANAGMENT: Protecting the national treasure

Conforming to the stereotype of German efficiency, one law is likely to become the new legal framework for all fund...

GERMANY IN NUMBERS: The missing millions

The German fund market has rebounded, but the drivers are institutions. Meanwhile, millions of retail investors are staying away, finds...