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Pension Administration, risk control and competitive fees driving DC pension scheme platform selection

Fri, 18 Jan 2013, 06:14

Administration, risk control and competitive fees are the three key critical considerations for DC pension schemes selecting a platform provider in the UK, according to a report published by BNY Mellon and Cerulli Associates. »

Globe and money Global fund managers bullish on equities in Q1 2013

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 16:04

Seventy five per cent of global fund managers in HSBC’s latest fund managers’ survey are holding an overweight view towards equities in the first quarter of 2013, up from 40 per cent in quarter four 2012. »

Andy Johnson, Neuberger Berman Neuberger Berman launches Dynamic Real Return Fund

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 11:59

Neuberger Berman Group has launched the Neuberger Berman Dynamic Real Return Fund, a mutual fund investing in multiple asset classes that is designed to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns in various inflationary environments. »

Hong Kong Pictet’s Hong Kong team assumes responsibility for Pictet-Greater China fund

Fri, 18 Jan 2013, 06:34

Pictet’s new Hong Kong-based investment team of Pauline Dan and David Chen has assumed management of the Pictet’s USD356m Pictet-Greater China fund. »

Announcement American Independence launches Dynamic Conservative Plus ETF strategy

Fri, 18 Jan 2013, 06:04

American Independence Financial Services is launching a new investment strategy, Dynamic Conservative Plus (DCP). The strategy will make tactical investments in a set of exchange-traded funds across sub-asset classes in the fixed-income, commodity, equity and alternative asset markets. »

Alain-Nsiona Defise, Pictet Asset Management Pictet expands range of emerging market bonds funds

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 14:02

Pictet Asset Management has broadened its range of emerging market bonds funds with the launch of the Pictet-Emerging Corporate Bonds fund. »

Roger Renaud, president of Standard Life Investments Inc Standard Life Investments launches target liability funds

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 14:39

Standard Life Investments has launched a series of Target Liability Bond Pooled Funds, making liability driven investment (LDI) solutions more widely available for small to mid-sized pension funds. »

Mark Wilson, chief executive officer of Aviva plc Aviva sells stake in Malaysian joint venture

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 16:10

Aviva has reached agreement to sell its 49 per cent interest in CIMB Aviva Assurance Berhad and CIMB Aviva Takaful Berhad to Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, a subsidiary of Sun Life Financial, for a consideration of GBP152m payable in cash. »

Euros ING IM Renta Fund Global High Yield hits EUR1bn in AUM

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 16:25

ING Investment Management’s ING (L) Renta Fund Global High Yield has surpassed the EUR1bn mark in assets under management. »

Greg Parsons, UCM's chief executive officer MIDAS Fund grows to USD90m AUM

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 12:20

The UCM Partners MIDAS Fund opened 2013 with a significant new investment from the Lauder Family Office, bringing assets under management above USD90m for the open-ended fund, which invests in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and in other asset-backed securities. »

Emerging markets currencies ING IM Emerging Market Debt Local Currency Bond Fund reaches USD1bn in AUM

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 12:09

ING Investment Management’s ING IM Emerging Market Debt Local Currency Bond Fund has reached USD1bn in assets under management. »

Electronic trading floor Citadel selects Bloomberg for derivatives trading and access to clearing

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 11:53

Citadel is now using Bloomberg's fixed income trading platform for electronic trading and clearing of interest rate swaps. »

Newspaper and money Fidelity Investments to close Fidelity Small Cap Discovery Fund to new accounts

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 10:10

Fidelity Investments is closing Fidelity Small Cap Discovery Fund (FSCRX) to new accounts. »

Magnifying glass Direct Access Partners adds Merchant Forecast to Alternative Research Group

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 10:01

Direct Access Partners, a diversified institutional financial services firm, has formed an exclusive partnership with independent research firm Merchant Forecast. »

Handshake Zak Maymin joins Gerstein Fisher investment strategy group

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 14:16

Zak Maymin has joined independent investment management firm Gerstein Fisher as a full-time employee and member of the firm's investment strategy group. »

Asia Linedata announces two new hedge fund clients in Asia, Hong Kong’s Triskele to shut funds…

Thu, 17 Jan 2013, 21:02

Global solutions provider Linedata announced this week that two hedge funds in Asia have selected Linedata Global Hedge to support their businesses. One of these, Magenta Advisors PTE Ltd (Magenta), an independent boutique asset management and investment advisory firm based in Singapore, selected the portfolio management and middle office module of Linedata Global Hedge to support its start-up hedge fund business. »

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Handshake SS&C appoints Timothy Reilly as senior vice president, institutional outsourcing

Tue, 18/06/2013 - 16:02

SS&C Technologies has appointed Timothy Reilly as senior vice president of institutional outsourcing for its institutional services division.  

Kurt Woetzel, chief executive of global collateral services at BNY Mellon BNY Mellon strengthens global collateral services team

Tue, 18/06/2013 - 14:23

BNY Mellon has made two new senior appointments to continue to drive the growth of its global collateral services (GCS) business.

Tim Pynchon, high yield tax exempt portfolio manager, Oppenheimer Tim Pynchon joins Oppenheimer as high yield tax exempt portfolio manager

Tue, 18/06/2013 - 12:10

Oppenheimer Asset Management has appointed Tim Pynchon as managing director – portfolio manager for high yield tax exempt funds. 

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