People Moves: Unions Institutional Boss To Lead Quoniam As CEO [updated]
Union Investment, Quoniam, AP Pension, Industriens, DSM, Schroders, Generali, East Capital, Ortec Finance, FRC, ICI Glob... Read more
Norways SWF Dumps €139m Of Cannabis Stocks After Criticism
The Government Pension Fund Global made €45.7m in two months from the investments, according to Norwegian newspaper re... Read more
Cost Transparency Poses Threat To Asset Managers, Says Moodys
The UK’s Cost Transparency Initiative will ‘encourage institutional investors to negotiate rebates’, according to ... Read more
Joseph Mariathasan: Should The West Blame China For The Trade War?
For China, catching up with the US and Europe means climbing the intellectual property ladder – and it is well positio... Read more
£45bn Local Authority Investment Pool Appoints Permanent Chair
Gerald Cooney, vice-deputy of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, has taken over from Paul Doughty at the Northern LGPS Read more
Ex-regulator Slams Piling Up Of Pension Fund Rules
A former head of pension fund supervision in the Netherlands has argued that risk reduction requirements for schemes are... Read more
Technology Roundup: Blockchain-based Fund Trading System Launches
Calastone claims world first in streamlined fund trading, while French-owned blockchain platform Iznes targets European ... Read more
People Moves: PGGM Hires Groenendijk To Fiduciary Advice Role [updated]
PGGM, Pensioen Federatie, AP3, HSBC GAM, Mercer, Arkitekternes Pensionskasse, Varma, APG, RWC, Invesco, Folksam Read more
Marks & Spencer Strikes Fresh Buy-ins Worth £1.4bn With PIC, Phoenix
The UK high street chain has now insured ‘approximately two thirds’ of its pensioner liabilities to reduce exposure ... Read more
BP Investors Press Company On Climate Change Reporting, Targets
Management-backed shareholder resolution gets more than 99% of votes, but Follow This hails backers of its separate reso... Read more
Investors Remain Unconvinced On Financial Benefits Of Diversity
Some major asset owners are concerned that focusing too much on workforce diversity could put them in breach of their fi... Read more
Sustainability Accounting Standards Investor Group Expands
NBIM, Brunel Pension Partnership and Canadian pension funds among 15 new members of advisory group Read more
€5.9bn Dutch Green Bond Deemed Expensive
APG, PGGM, SPOV and Cardano were allocated €411m collectively, from a total of €5.9bn raised by the first AAA-rated ... Read more
Church Of England Warns On Volatility After 1.8% Return For 2018
Allocations to private equity and strategic land post gains in excess of 20% as listed equity portfolio hammered by mark... Read more
Five Banks Hit With €1bn In Fines After Banana Split FX Cartel Uncovered
Barclays, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Citigroup, JPMorgan, UBS and MUFG Bank fined by European Commission over ‘Banana... Read more