Investment Association begins official corporate governance duty
The Investment Association (IA) has written to FTSE All-Share companies to offer them a chance to explain what they have...
Assenagon recruits Amundi’s German head
Hubert Dänner has left Amundi and is to join Munich-based asset manager Assenagon Group as head of sales. Dänner will...
UBS AM launches global equity impact fund
UBS Asset Management has launched an equity fund that will “demonstrate a positive and tangible impact on human well-being”. Called...
Tech round-up: October 2017
Funds Europe looks at some recent developments in fund management technology, which includes more firms enhancing their outsourcer oversight. Two firms...
Corporate bonds drive fixed income ETF flows
Flows into ETFs that track bond indices were driven mainly by investment grade corporates in the third quarter, BlackRock data...
Money market redemptions hit French flows again
Funds domiciled in France and Italy saw significant redemptions in September, in an otherwise positive trend for fund flows in...
Insurers advised to consider lower grade bonds, such as SSLs
The credit quality of bonds held by insurance companies is dropping as insurers chase higher returns. Researchers found that the...
Many hedge funds have “no intention” of cryptocurrency investing
Many alternative investment managers are “unconvinced” by cryptocurrencies, according to a BarclayHedge survey. More than two-thirds of hedge fund managers...
Investcorp completes UK property portfolio
Investcorp, a Bahrain-based asset manager, has put together its first European real estate portfolio. It consists of UK industrial and...
OppenheimerFunds announces London opening
US asset manager OppenheimerFunds has chosen London as its regional headquarters from which it will grow the firm’s European Ucits...
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