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September
A Chinese asset manager is planning to launch a registered hedge fund
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FourWinds Capital Management has appointed a new chief executive of its commodity funds group
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A second veteran fund manager at Gartmore has stepped down
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Man Group has named GLG head Emmanuel Roman as its chief operating officer
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Harry Morley has taken over as chief executive of Armajaro Asset Management
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Aviva Investors has promoted Jean-François Boulier to the chief executive role at Aviva Investors Europe
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Carmignac Gestion, the Paris-based asset manager, has strengthened its management team.
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Exotix, the frontier markets investment banking boutique, has opened a new office in the Dubai International Finance Centre.
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Fidelity International has appointed KP Luk as head of institutional business for Hong Kong
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Lincolnshire County Council’s pension fund is looking for a global custodian
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JP Morgan Asset Management has rolled out a range of retail mutual funds in Singapore
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August
Clariden Leu is rolling out an Ucits fund of hedge funds
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Everstone Capital Management is looking to raise $350 million for a new India fund
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Charles Schwab has entered into an agreement to acquire ETF portfolio manager, Windward Investment Management
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T. Rowe Price has expanded its Northern Europe team
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Thomson Reuters has added India as a hosting site for Elektron, its new real-time network and hosting environment
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is in talks to acquire a stake in London-based European Multilateral Clearing Facility
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J.P. Morgan has been appointed depositary bank by India-based producer of synthetic, cotton and blended yarns, Jindal Cotex
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State Street is in discussions to acquire the asset management division of Bank of Ireland
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F&C Asset Management expects to complete its acquisition of Thames River Capital in a few days
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Nikko Asset Management appoints a Head of Asia and establishes new representative office
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RBC Dexia Investor Services has hired a head of global fund products
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RBC Global Asset Management launches new fund for Canadian individual investors
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Threadneedle has appointed a a head of institutions for Southeast Asia
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State Street Corporation today announced significant enhancements to its risk analytics and servicing tools for institutional investors
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Refractory producer, Magnesita Refratários, has appointed Deutsche Bank
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Investec Asset Management have struck a deal with English Premier League soccer side Tottenham Hotspur to be their new shirt sponsor for all domestic and European cup matches
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Credit Suisse is planning to launch a $1 billion fund specializing in emerging market debt
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Credit Suisse has announced it will be shedding 75 jobs in London
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Goldman Sachs has appointed a successor to Howard Schiller as chief operating officer of the firm’s investment-banking division
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ING Investment Management has appointed Grant Bailey as its Asia CEO
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Barclays Capital, the investment-banking unit of Barclays, is planning to lay off 400 back-office staff globally
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Changes to UK pension fund indexation have boosted the case for a global approach to inflation-linked bonds, says Fidelity
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Deutsche Bank has spun off the quantitative strategies unit from DB Advisors
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Brazil's BTG Pactual in expanding its asset management and investment banking businesses, making a strategic hire
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Private equity firms are considering buying Morgan Stanley’s troubled real estate funds business
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Invesco has launched the Invesco Latin American Equity Fund
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Schroders has added two Newcits funds to its GAIA platform
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The lead European fund manager at Sloane Robinson has quit the firm
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AXA Investment Managers has appointed aglobal head of consultant relations.
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The Hong Kong unit of Haitong Securities has received regulatory approval to launch a fixed-income fund in the city
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RBC Global Asset Management has added to its London-based emerging markets equity team
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Swedbank has appointed a new head of Bank Relations within Large Corporates & Institutions.
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London-based asset manager ACPI Investments has unveiled an Indian bond fund
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Mercer has responded to the Hutton Commission’s inquiry into the reform of UK public sector pensions
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A Swiss pension fund is seeking managers for two corporate bond mandates
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T. Rowe Price hires European Equity portfolio specialist
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Aviva has filed for asset management licence in China
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Citigroup is planning to triple the size of its hedge funds platform
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Deutsche Bank’s ETF platform, db x-trackers, has unveiled two currency ETFs
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Luxembourg Fund Partners will float a new fund aimed at high-tech real estate in Central and Eastern Europe
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BNY Mellon Corporate Trust has boosted its structured finance business with two hires
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BNP Paribas Fortis has agreed to a management buy-out bid for a subsidiary, the US fund manager Montag & Caldwell
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US futures clearing organization, New York Portfolio Clearing, has named a new chief risk officer
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Pitmans Trustees says that the approach adopted for risk management by most pension schemes creates more risk than it mitigates
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Tata Capital's Singapore unit has formed a strategic alliance with Mizuho Securities
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Bank of New York Mellon has appointed a CEO of its asset management division
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High gold prices are leading fund managers to re-evaluating their holdings
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J.P. Morgan has rehired industry veteran as the global head of sovereign clients
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J.P. Morgan has rehired Daniel Zelikow as head of a new division within its global corporate bank
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Taiwan is mulling a state investment firm similar to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings to manage the island’s assets
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UK companies pumped record amounts into their pension schemes last year in an effort to plug deficits
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BMB Islamic has launched the Global Islamic Finance Report 2010, an executive primer on Islamic finance
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Duet Alternative Investments has floated a commodity trade advisory fund of funds
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Northern Trust has appointed a North Asian sales director for its corporate and institutional services business unit
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TPG-Axon Capital Management is merging with London-based Montrica Investment Management
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F&C executive joins Barclays pension fund
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Credit Suisse has appointed Myo Schollum as head of prime services coverage in Japan
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July
ESI Super has restructured its $800 million Australian equities portfolio
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Jefferies has appointed a chief executive of Jefferies’ Asia business
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Nuveen Investments will acquire US Bancorp's asset management unit, FAF Advisors
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The National Council for Social Security Fund is looking to triple its overseas investments to 20%
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Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) will buy CIBC Mellon Trust’s Issuer Services business
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BNY Mellon has appointed a temporary head of its asset management business
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Olivetree Securities, an equities brokerage, appoints new chief operating officer and head of distribution
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Nomura Asset Management has selected Investec to manage a new commodities and resources fund
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Two former heads at Amundi UK have partnered with Natixis Asset Management to launch new venture
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Martin Currie is to launch three Ucits-compliant hedge funds
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The Universities Superannuation Scheme has appointed Michael Dymond as portfolio manager for Private Capital Funds
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Evolvence Capital has started its third fund focused on India
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Amundi Japan and Nomura Holdings are planning to roll out a public mutual fund devoted to the seafood business
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UBS has nominated the founder of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for election to its board of directors in 2011
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The Korea Teachers Credit Union has awarded mandates to Fidelity International and Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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Paulson & Company is rolling out a new fund for retail investors that will track its existing investment strategies
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Primus Guaranty has appointed Berkshire Capital Securities to help sell its credit investment management business
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Feri EuroRating, the German publisher of quarterly asset manager rankings, has launched asset manager rankings for the UK funds market
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Advisers are using ETFs to access a broader range of asset classes, says iShares
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch is selling its global alternative fund administration business to LaCrosse Global Fund Services
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Boom times may be over for service providers to Australia’s $880m national pensions pool
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Pimco has appointed a managing director and head of the Asia Pacific region
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Regulators have granted National Australia Bank more time to prepare its bid for AXA’s Asian asset management business
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Coller Capital, the secondaries specialist, is to return to fundraising with a target of $5 billion
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BBVA, the Spanish banking group, has made a strategic decision to become a global banking group
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The National Pensions Reserve Fund has made changes to its investment strategies
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UBS hire boosts its Asian prime broking sales operation
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State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has closed its securities lending programme across a range of funds
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Guillaume Rambourg, fund manager at Gartmore, has resigned from the firm
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Schroders has made two more additions to its Liability Driven Investment team
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Ucits suffered negative net outflows of €23 billion in May, according to EFAMA
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AEGON has named a new CEO for its global asset management division
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Blackstone's GSO Capital Partners has raised $3.25 billion for a fund to help finance mid-market businesses facing distress
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Deutsche Bank hires head of global markets for North America
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Karl von Buren, Global head of Equity Finance and Delta One at HSBC has been in the industry for almost 25 years. He sat down with Global Investor/isf to share his thoughts on regulation, doubling his business and HSBC’s new prime service offering
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Mirabaud is planning establish its global equity team with the hiring of an equities manager
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Global Investor / isf has held its annual awards dinner to celebrate high achievement within the asset management industry and to mark the Awards’ 10th anniversary
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Threadneedle has appointed Mark Burgess as its new CIO
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Blackstone will manage a portfolio of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Asian real estate investments
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Northern Trust has appointed a manager to head South-East Asia region operations
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NYSE Amex will start trading NASDAQ-listed issues from July 13 on an Unlisted Trading Privilege (UTP) basis
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Comada has teamed up with alternative investment funds service provider, Prime Fund Solutions (PFS)
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James Syme, head of Emerging Market Equities and manager of the Baring Global Emerging Markets Fund at Baring Asset Management, believes that we are near the optimum point in the global economic cycle for emerging market equity investing.
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Brett Williams has stepped down immediately from his role as chief executive of Cofunds
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HSBC has appointed Melvyn Ford as a managing director in the financial institutions group in global banking
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China's regulators have granted approval for a joint venture fund management firm set up by BNY Mellon and Western Securities
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Natixis is to relaunch its managed accounts range as Ucits III platform
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Barclays hires executives from Goldman and BNP to boost its Asia investment banking business
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South Africa’s Investec said it may sell the fund management arm of its British unit Rensburg Sheppards
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Japan’s Mizuho Securities has appointed Alastair Sclater to head its prime brokerage business in Singapore
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UBP Asset Management has appointed Larry Morgenthal as chief executive
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Macquarie Securities has appointed Rupertus Rothenhäuser as head of sales for structured products and exotics
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Rabobank Pensioenfonds has dropped enhanced indexing in favour of active global equities mandates
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Kasikorn Asset Management is fundraising for a mutual fund that will invest in bonds of Indian banks and companies
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Threadneedle has appointed Dominik Kremer as European head of distribution
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Galtere, a New York-based alternative investment house, has launched a new European arm
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Aviva Investors today announced the appointment of a new SRI Credit Fund Manager
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Daiwa Capital Markets is acquiring the global convertible bonds and Asian equity derivatives business lines of Belgium’s KBC Group
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AEGON is to expand its pooled asset management platform to pension fund assets in Switzerland, Germany, Ireland and Denmark
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Incapital, a US-based securities and investment banking firm, has acquired the business of UK structured investment specialist Blue Sky Asset Management
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Henderson has rolled out the Horizon Global Currency fund
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Wealth manager Kleinwort Benson is planning to re-establish itself as a merchant bank advising private clients and companies
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Principal Global Investors is looking to buy bonds and equities boutiques and a fund of hedge funds unit
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Aviva Investors has appointed a new head of business development in Asia
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Aberdeen Asset Management is seeking to partner with a domestic US funds firm with a large retail distribution network
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The chairman of Axa Rosenberg, has stepped down after a probe into errors in data systems
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Neuberger Berman Europe is rolling out a Ucits III global equity fund
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RWC Partners has announced that Allwright and Frost will join the firm to manage absolute return and currency funds
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State Street has appointed a new chief risk officer.
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June
Abraaj Capital is launching a $1 billion fund to invest across the Middle East, North Africa and Southern Asia
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Deutsche Bank has hired Anita Nemes as global head of capital introduction
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Reliance Asset Management (Malaysia) is planning to roll out two Shariah-compliant funds
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State Street Global Advisors has been awarded $10 billion of mandates by an Australian pension fund
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Threadneedle is offering investors an active fund with exposure to all commodities
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AllianceBernstein has appointed Paul Vosper as managing director, real estate investing
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Charlemagne Capital, a specialist emerging markets group, has launched the Magna Emerging Markets Dividend Fund.
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Jupiter Asset Management has launched an Institutional Hedged class for clients in the Jupiter Japan Income Fund
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The Pension Protection Fund has appointed six global tactical asset allocation managers
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BlackRock has appointed a replacement for the head of the institutional team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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RSR Capital is planning to raise about $500 million for the Caerus Arbitrage Asia Fund
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Fonds de Réserve Pour Les Retraites has terminated the contract of Nicholas Applegate Capital Management
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HSBC has axed the global head of electronic equities trading after eliminating the role
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Former Investec Asset Management trader joins a former Bank of America colleague at Millennium
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LGT Capital Partners, a Swiss alternative asset manager, has almost doubled the size of its new global secondaries fund
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Beaconcrest Capital Management has opened its maiden hedge fund to outside investors
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Credit Suisse Group has confirmed the appointment of the chief executive of its investment bank
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The head of Asia-Pacific at Morgan Stanley Investment Management has left
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BNY Mellon AM Korea has received a Discretionary Investment Management licence in Korea
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BNY Mellon has set up a new company to clear futures and derivatives trades on behalf of institutional clients
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An international equity boutique owned by Legg Mason is merging with ClearBridge Advisors
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The BLVK Pensionskasse is liquidating its hedge fund mandate as part of a review of its strategic asset allocation
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RWC Partners is launching a Ucits-compliant pan-European long/short equity fund
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J.P.Morgan Chase is in talks to buy a Brazilian hedge fund and private equity group
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management has formed an asset management services cooperation partnership with Korean securities firm
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Barclays Capital has named a new head of European prime services distribution
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BNP Paribas Securities has opensend a Brazilian office
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Clearstream and Brazilian central securities depository, CETIP, have signed a deal to jointly develop
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East Capital has completed the acquisition of Asia Growth Investors
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Payden & Rygel Global has launched the Payden Sterling Reserve Fund
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Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has purchased the third party registered investment advisor (RIA) business within J.P. Morgan Securities
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IAM appointment boosts client development strategy in New York office
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Janus Capital has appointed a new master agent in Taiwan
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US Bancorp Fund Services and Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) have formed a global securities services alliance
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Goldman veteran joins HSBC as head of integration at prime services
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Florida Prepaid College Board has appointed Neuberger Berman to handle $1.73 billion in a liability-driven investment strategy for the plan
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Strategic Investments Group is to launch a Ucits III manager of managers fund
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Threadneedle is seeking to launch three new funds to boost its absolute return fund range
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BNP Paribas Securities Services is opening its latest location in Beijing, China.
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First listing for the largest UK-domiciled investment trust launched in last 16 years
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Galaxy Asset Management is rolling out a multi-strategy Ucits-compliant fund on the Merchant Capital platform
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The State Loan and Investment Board is restructuring Wyoming’s $1.14 billion international equity portfolio
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M&G has floated a Ucits III version of a global macro investment strategy
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HSBC names a new chief executive officer for its Chinese operations
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The case for investing in Asian emerging markets is clear but should investors go directly through a mutual fund or indirectly with an ETF?
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management quits its role as fiduciary to Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund
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Rothschild has appointed Jim Lawrence as chief executive of its North America business
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Skandia is launching 20 single manager funds across 10 different asset classes
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Vanguard is launching its 12th target-date fund
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Majedie has poached two senior fund managers from Odey Asset Management
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Northern Trust Global Investments has appointed a senior sales and relationship manager and a product manager
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State Street Global Advisors has named Alistair Lowe as global equities CIO
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The CFO and executive vice president at Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec has stepped down
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Ballooning liability deficits are forcing pension fund trustees to find ways to de-risk their schemes with buy-ins, buy-outs and longevity swaps
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Whether dynamic or tactical, asset allocation needs a strategy that can adapt to the more volatile global markets
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Martin Currie will buy Sofaer Capital's European long/short equity business
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Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has cancelled a mandate
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Total has outsourced the asset management of its Dutch pension fund
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State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, is looking to award fund mandates
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Deutsche Bank is planning to float an alternative Ucits III fund every three weeks
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May
BlackBerry Partners Fund has partnered with China Broadband Capital Partners to raise an affiliate fund
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The equity administration business of BNY Mellon has named a manager of transfer agent services
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EDEKT Asset Management will be awarded the post of a fiduciary manager for Greece’s social security funds
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National Stock Exchange of India is planning to offer short sales
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Legg Mason has rolled out a Ucits III absolute return fund for Singapore investors
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Partners Group is expanding its worldwide presence with the establishment of an office in the Middle East
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UniCredit is exploring “all strategic options” for its Pioneer asset management arm
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European equities platform, Equiduct, is selling an undisclosed stake
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The executive director of the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management is stepping down
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Hong Kong’s Quam has teamed up with Abu Dhabi's Invest AD to roll out a Middle East equities fund
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SWF could benefit from the global downturn but concerns over transparency remain, says survey
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Schroders has appointed a head of Institutional Sales in the Benelux region with effect from 1 June 2010.
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Citigroup has launched Citi Match, a dark pool in Japan
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Aviva Investors have appointed John Carmody to the new role of Global Strategy Director for Financial Institutions
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Citigroup has hired a Global Transaction Services (GTS) Financial Institutions Coverage Head for Spain
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GAM has hired a new investment director to manage an equity mandate which will invest in environmental and sustainable investment themes
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Silk Invest is planning an Ucits III fund investing in African, Arab and South West Asian equities
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Developed Europe is quickly turning into “submerging Europe”, while countries like Russia are coming out of the financial crisis with a relative advantage
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Pramerica Asset Managers has received regulatory approval to start mutual fund operations in India
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Brevan Howard has opened a fund investing in energy and commodities to external investors
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Castle Hill hires ex GoldenTree Asset Management partner
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Societe Generale will transfer its stake in a Chinese mutual fund joint venture to another subsidiary
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QQP links up with Pictet to launch a specialised investment fund
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RBC Capital Markets has boosted its global FX team in the Asia-Pacific region
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Dubai faces another year of recession, unless it introduces reforms and completes the restructuring of Dubai World
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JP Morgan Asset Management has a new head of its Irish business
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State Street Corporation announced today that it has completed its acquisition of ISPSS
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India is set to become Standard Chartered’s biggest single market.
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SSgA has appointed Lynn Blake to succeed Paul Brakke as global head of Index Equity
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Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Kim Yong Kook and Richard Stone to the cash equities team
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Tullett Prebon has started raising capital for hedge funds and private equity groups
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Bluefin and Redington have linked up to create an investment consulting offering for pension schemes
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Franklin Templeton Investments has unveiled three funds focused on gold, corporate bonds and real returns
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BNY Mellon has appointed two co-heads of its asset management business on an interim basis.
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A study by Baring Asset Management shows IFA's views on the MENA region.
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Liontrust Asset Management’s chief executive is stepping down, with immediate effect
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Nomura Asset Management has passed the $1bn of assets milestone for its range of UCITs funds
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The chief executive of Swedish state fund AP6 is quitting after 10 years
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Axa Investment Managers has restructured its Japan equities team
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has lured a top Deutsche Bank executive to head its European financial sponsors team
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Challenger Financial Services has acquired Credit Suisse Investments Australia
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Hermes Fund Managers Australia has appointed Ian Manton-Hall as director
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Are we heading for inflation or deflation? A strong case can be made for each argument but for now perhaps the answer lies somewhere in between
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Guy de Blonay has been appointed co-manager of the Jupiter Financial Opportunities Fund
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Madison Dearborn Partners has raised $4.1 billion for its latest fund
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Qatari Diar investment firm is set to roll out two $500 million funds to invest in Russia and Brazil
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BlackRock has appointed a chairman of the board of trustees of iShares Trust and the board of directors at iShares.
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European funds are projected to grow by almost 7%, according to Lipper FMI’s annual Data Digest
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Merrion has recruited a specialist long/short equity team to manage a new Ucits III European absolute return fund
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Principal Global Investors has boosted its London-based global fixed income team with the appointment of a strategist/economist.
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Temasek Holdings has acquired a 5% stake in India’s National Stock Exchange
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April
Close Brothers make strategic appointment as part of plans to build presence in international retirement planning
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Total assets managed in Europe bounced back to €12.8 trillion as at end 2009, says EFAMA
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Nile Capital Management has unveiled the Nile Pan Africa Fund
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Analysts and investors have long avoided Russia but this is a mistake, for its economy is easily outperforming its BRIC rivals
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HSBC Securities Services (HSS) has added a number of managerial appointments to its New York team.
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LUCRF Super has hired Arrowstreet Capital, MFS Investment Management and DFA Australia as new international equity managers.
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Al Masah Capital will float a $500 million Middle East and North Africa private equity fund
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Baylor University has appointed a new chief investment officer, effective June 1.
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BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking has appointed directors to its prime brokerage business.
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Funding ratio constraints have been criticised as counter-productive. Lionel Martellini assesses the cost of such regulatory short-termism
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Russia has seen the benefits of building a long-term strategic alliance with its powerful neighbour, China
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Insight Investment has been awarded an LDI mandate by the $3bn Babcock International pension fund
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Sammy Yip, head of ETFs for Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong, has left State Street Global Advisors to join another firm.
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A Swip equities manager has joined Investec Asset Management as a portfolio manager.
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Abraaj Capital has slashed the size of its fourth fund’s target to $2 billion
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Hedge fund manager GLG Partners has bolstered its M&A expertise with the hire of two senior executives
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HSBC reshuffled its multi-manager division after seconding a senior executive to a job in Vietnam
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SkyBridge Capital is looking to roll out a $500 million Luxembourg Sicav-Sif fund
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State Street Global Advisors is selling its Zurich-based institutional bond team to Swiss private bank, Syz & Company
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Carne Global Financial Services today announced the appointment of a managing director of the firm’s Luxembourg office.
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Luxembourg-domiciled fund assets rose by 24% to $2,673 billion (€1,924.5bn) to the end of 2009
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The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is looking to appoint one to five new fund of hedge fund managers.
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Nathaniel Rothschild is planning to launch a $1.15 billion investment vehicle aimed at making an acquisition in the mining sector
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J.P. Morgan Chase’s Vedika Bhandarkar will join Credit Suisse Group as vice-chairman and head of investment banking operations.
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The defined contribution pensions industry must ensure that default design rewards risk, says a new survey
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Fidelity Investments may appoint two executives to take over the role vacated by president, Rodger Lawson
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Scotia Capital has announced the hiring of John Stracquadanio as co-head of the global prime brokerage business
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BNY Mellon has appointed Magnus Wilson-Webb and Jim Brooks as business development managers
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Citi has hired ex-Fidelity Asia chief executive Chris Ryan as senior adviser for investor services
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Investor demand for long-term funds continues to grow, in tandem with a gradual exit from money market funds
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Britain’s largest institutional investors are setting up a new body which will aim to influence company boards and policy for the sector
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LaSalle Investment Management today announced internal promotions across its global business to the title of International director.
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The Conifer Group has announced a corporate reorganisation that results in a separation of the broker/dealer and fund administration businesses.
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East Capital has acquired Asia Growth Investors, a Swedish boutique asset manager focusing on China
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Euroclear has named a new regional head of Asia Pacific, effective June1.
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Goldman Sachs is seeking endowment heads to join its asset management business.
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The London Stock Exchange has celebrated 10 years since the first Exchange Traded Fund was admitted to its markets
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Citigroup announced that Federated Investors has expanded its contract for use of OpenSMA and CitiConnect, Citi’s platforms serving SMA investment managers.
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Franklin Templeton has appointed Adam Gorlyn as vice president of its Sovereign Funds and Supranationals division.
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Reliance Asset Management has launched its financial advisory business in Dubai
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BNY Mellon Global Markets has appointed Roderic Prat as its global head of derivatives.
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Credit Suisse has appointed Tom Wyse for its transition management capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Brazil’s largest bank, Itau, has opened an asset management firm in Tokyo.
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The UK stands at a crossroads according to the Chancellor. Which route will the country take?
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Maintrust, the Nomura Group’s German asset management company, has been renamed as Nomura Asset Management Deutschland KAG mbH (NAM Deutschland).
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State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has opened an office in Seoul to tap Korea’s mutual funds market.
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A Goldman Sachs buyout firm has acquired a minority stake in hedge fund.
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Legalsuper has terminated four managers across various portfolios to rationalise the number of managers the fund has after its recent mergers.
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March
BNY Mellon Asset Management has appointed a director of institutional business in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
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Deutsche Bank is looking to outsource 250 jobs from its German fund administration business and is in talks with State Street for the same.
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Hermes BPK Partners has unveiled the Hermes BPK Trading Fund
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Citi has announced the appointment of a head of its Global Transaction Services business in Canada.
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Standard Life Investments today appointed a new director of its Global Client Group.
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Citigroup has made 13 new appointments in its Global Prime Finance Group in London and New York.
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Citigroup has named company veteran Pramit Jhaveri as the new head for its India business
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Credit Suisse is developing its coverage of the Gulf with a new office in Bahrain
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LGT Capital Partners is seeking to set up the first Newcits fund of managed futures in UK
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Thomson Reuters has announced the winners of the Europe Lipper Fund Awards 2010
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South Africa’s Futuregrowth Asset Management and UFF Asset Management have together set up a $408 million farmland fund
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State Street Global Advisors has made two appointments to its Active and Enhanced European Equity portfolio management teams
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Goldman Sachs has applied for a banking licence in India
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Renta 4 Servicios de Inversion has appointed BNY Mellon.
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Managers of global bond funds are placing increased emphasis on capital preservation
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BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has gone live with the latest phase of the integration of its securities lending platforms and global business activity following the 2007 Bank of New York/ Mellon Financial merger.
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Illinois State Board of Investment, Chicago, has added four managers to its transition management pool.
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Aviva Investors is recruiting asset managers in Singapore
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Citibank Hungary has teamed up with BNP Paribas Asset Management to boost its investment product offering
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Citigroup is building a team that helps pension and government-backed funds manage direct hedge fund investments.
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Oppenheimer has named a new CEO for its Asian operations
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BNY Mellon has appointed a new CIO.
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Direct Access Partners, the institutional agency only brokerage firm providing multi-asset trade execution and support services, has acquired the capital raising tem of Channel Capital Group.
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Mubadala makes senior appointments and reorganises units
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Saudi Arabia has approved the launch of an ETF by Falcom Financial Services
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Andrew Wise has left Barclays Capital for a new role at a leading competitor.
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The China fund venture of BNP Paribas is planning to unveil the country’s first mutual fund
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Nomura’s chief executive in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has unexpectedly announced he is “retiring”
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State Street Global Markets today hired a new staff member for its global macro team.
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Kotak Mahindra (UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank, has launched its India Growth Fund
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Religare has hired a team from KBC Japan to set-up a asset management, sales and distribution platform in Japan
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Close Asset Management has appointed Nancy A. Curtin to the role of chief investment officer
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Former chief executive of public equity at Dubai International Capital has launched an asset management firm
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Penson Worldwide today named a new chief executive officer of Penson Financial Services Ltd, its London-based clearing and execution services subsidiary.
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UBS Global Asset Management (Taiwan) will roll out an emerging markets equities fund this year
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First State Investments has expanded its offshore product range, with the addition of two new funds
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Fund sales have put the net monthly flows in Europe back in the black after December's outflows, says Lipper FMI
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Illinois State Universities Retirement System (SURS) is seeking managers for its $2.75 billion fixed income portfolio.
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Northern Trust announced today that David McPhillips has been named director of Consultant Relations for the Corporate & Institutional Services business unit in North America.
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Icap is planning to dispose off its cash equities business
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Battery Ventures has raised about $709 million for its ninth investment fund
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Shawn McNinch has been appointed as global ETF product and sales head by Brown Brothers Harriman
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BNP Paribas is reviewing options for its mutual fund business in India
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Evercore Partners has agreed to buy 49% of money-management firm Atalanta Sosnoff Capital for as much as $83.3 million
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Economic uncertainty and high commodity prices will make the investment environment in China in 2010 more difficult than last year
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Most mutual fund investors did not abandon stocks during the market decline of 2008-09, according to Vanguard
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Aladdin Credit Partners has raised $573 million for its initial credit opportunities funds
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Merchant Capital has launched its first European long/short equity fund
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Toscafund will roll out a Ucits III version of its mid-cap fund
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LaSalle Investment Management has appointed Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz as Managing Director, Europe
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Nomura India has made a number of senior appointments
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Bank of China has opened a representative office in Dubai
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Investment funds bounced back to positive asset growth and net sales in the fourth quarter of 2009
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February
M&G Investments may unveil an Ucits III version of its multi-billion global macro strategy
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The Malaysian unit of Manulife Asset Management has named Jason Chong chief investment officer
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Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has announced the appointment of two new partners.
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The mutual fund industry gathered $4.2 trillion in net cash flows worldwide in the second half of the decade
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A recent report from Nomura suggests that Asia is witnessing a resurgence in its financial and political fortunes.
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Last year saw both the US and China supporting clean energy more than ever before. Due to this shift, the market is seeing clean energy firms growing and offering attractive value.
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Amundi has marked a new stage in its international development strategy by listing 17 ETFs on Deutsche Börse
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HSBC Mutual Fund will roll out an open-ended fund of fund schemes in India
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Fortress Investment Group has bought bond investor Logan Circle Partners
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New York-based Karsch Capital Management will launch a distressed hedge fund in the next quarter
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Amati Global Investors today announced the appointment of a director to manage fund raising activity for the Noble AIM VCT.
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China's market has rallied 60% during 2009, but this is not bubble territory
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Woori Investment & Securities along with Temasek’s Fullerton Fund Management will roll out a $30 million fund of hedge funds
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The California teachers' fund is considering investments in commodities to boost returns and to provide a hedge against inflation and a slump in equities
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CrossBorder Capital will launch the Pulsar Global Alpha UCITS fund next month
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Japanese hedge fund advisory firm, J-Flag Investment, is planning to set up a long-short fund
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Jupiter Asset Management has appointed John Chatfeild-Roberts as chief investment officer
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Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System has hired Bridgewater Capital
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BNY Mellon has obtained Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme to invest in Chinese stocks and bonds
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Fund managers are under pressure to deliver results and are looking at outsourcing to optimise performance
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ING Investment Management has appointed Pranay Gupta as Asia-Pacific CIO
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Insurers and investment banks are forming a secondary market in longevity swaps and other derivatives
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Abu Dhabi fund manager, Invest AD, is planning to launch two funds by mid-February
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WisdomTree Investments is planning to close 10 of its exchange traded funds
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January
Abraaj Capital has raised $15 million for the first close of a Palestine fund
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iShares has rolled out six new exchange-traded funds in Canada
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JO Hambro will launch two funds in partnership with its parent, Credit Suisse Private Bank
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Nikko Asset Management is to launch an open-ended investment trust in partnership with the World Bank
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Aberdeen Asset Management has won two institutional mandates
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Hermes North American has made two key sales hires
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GLG Partners is rolling out a Ucits III version of its UK alternatives fund
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Martin Currie is rolling out a UK-domiciled open-ended China fund
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American Century Investments makes key appointment for its Hong Kong office
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BNP Paribas Investment Partners has agreed to set up an asset management venture with a Taiwanese bank
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BNY Mellon has reorganized its global client management team
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Transparency and liquidity risk are the top concerns for institutional investors investing in hedge funds
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First Eastern Investment Group will roll out a Dubai-focused investment fund
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Continued outsourcing to reduce costs has been voted as one of the trends that most likely will affect the markets
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Rodger Lawson, president of Fidelity Investments, will retire at the end of this quarter
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A new team has been hired at RBC to lead a new investment group
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The upcoming Commonwealth Games this year will help put a spotlight on the Indian economic growth, and boost infrastructure investment plans, says Nitin Jain, principal fund manager, Kotak Mahindra (UK).
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Chinese securities brokerage, Citic Securities, is looking to sell part of one of its businesses.
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Deutsche Bank has raised $265 million a new fund
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New Delhi-based DLF is restructuring
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Hermes Fund Managers hires ex Radley Yeldar head
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Singapore’s 3 Degrees Asset Management has introduced a credit opportunities fund
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Sean Simon, chief executive of Ivy Asset Management, has resigned, amid a restructuring of the fund of funds unit within its parent, the Bank of New York Mellon
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Marshall Wace is planning to float an exchange-traded fund tracking its flagship hedge fund strategy
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China’s Guotai Asset Management is looking to set up an index-tracking overseas fund in March
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Sovereign wealth funds are estimated collectively to have about $3 trillion in assets, according to data from State Street Global Advisors
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DoubleLine Capital, a Los Angeles investment firm, will float three fixed-income mutual funds
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Long-term Ucits funds attracted €19 billion of net inflows in November, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association
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The Standard Chartered Private Bank has appointed Mark Jackman as Global Head of its Trust and Fiduciary business.
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Ignis Asset Management has appointed Chris Fellingham as chief investment officer, responsible for fixed income
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Norges Bank Investment Management has issued a request for proposals for environmental and sustainable resource sectors managers
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UBS has hired Reto Marx as managing director and ultra-high-net-worth country team head
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David Norman and Gary Mairs, two of the fund industry’s most senior executives, have come together to launch TCF Fund Managers, a new asset management business
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CME Group is looking to set up its emissions-trading exchange in the first quarter of 2010
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ING Investment Management is planning to roll out two quant funds in India
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Nomura and Ashmore are placing a bid to acquire a stake in China’s SYWG BNP Paribas Asset Management
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Janus Capital has appointed Pimco's COO as chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reports. Richard Weil will replace Tim Armour, who has served as interim CEO since July after the resignation of Gary Black
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RBS has appointed Galen Moore as head of EDF market access product, Middle East and North Africa
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AQR Capital Management is rolling out the AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund, a portfolio looking to take advantage of trends in commodities, bonds and other markets.
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Advance Emerging Capital has started a Brazilian equities fund, in partnership with Rio de Janeiro-based Leblon Equities Gestao de Recursos
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UK insurer Aviva has bought US stock fund manager, River Road Asset Management
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San Francisco-based RS Investments has rolled out three new fixed income funds
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India’s Motilal Oswal Financial Services has received regulatory approval to launch its mutual fund business in the country
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TCW Group has rolled out a new emerging markets mutual fund and will liquidate a senior mortgage securities fund
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John Harrison, the chief investment officer of UBS Global Asset Management in the UK, will resign in March.
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Asset managers are asking portfolio managers to invest their bonuses into in-house funds due to uncertainty about the UK’s bonus supertax
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Hermes Fund Managers has appointed Fred Cleary to the fixed income team as director of government bonds
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Steve Wood is stepping down from his role of global head of trading at Schroders