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NN Investment Partners bolsters responsible investment team

Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners (NNIP) has made three appointments to its responsible investment team in a bid to strengthen the group. Adrie...

European ETF assets increase despite poor market conditions

Assets held in European ETFs rose to €523.9 billion in January, up from the December figure of €514.8 billion. This increase comes in spite...

Columbia Threadneedle wins ESG mandate from Zurich Germany

Columbia Threadneedle Investments, the global asset management arm of US-based Ameriprise Financial, has won an ESG mandate from insurance firm Zurich Germany. Zurich did not...

Asset managers not prioritising digital spend

Asset management is the most confident sector in financial services but despite 65% of CEOs saying technology will “reshape” competition in next five years,...

Brussels seeks to make responsible investment Priips “credible”

European regulators have begun consulting on standards for certain retail investment products that claim positive environmental or social benefits. The three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs)...

Norwegian SWF steps closer to multi-billion equity investment

Norway’s politicians will discuss allowing the country’s sovereign wealth fund to increase its equity investments, potentially by billions of euros. Yesterday, the Norwegian government announced...

MIFID II: Will distributors make it on time?

One of MiFID II’s numerous implications for funds is ‘target markets’. The way this investor protection regime is managed is still to be finalised...

INVESTMENT: Regime change

Investors that have relied on central banks to support asset prices may be in for a rude awakening as the easing of monetary policy...

ICMA warns of European shortage in high quality liquid bonds

Europe’s short-term funding markets are in danger due to increased volatility and market dislocation, a major markets body said. The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA)...

Top rated funds revealed

Hot on the back of BestInvest’s ‘dog funds’ report, which contains the worst performing funds in the UK, the firm has now revealed what...

Investment Association appoints Schroders’ chief as chair

Schroders’ chief executive Peter Harrison has been appointed as chair of The Investment Association. Harrison will take up the position on May 1 with Andrew...

French asset manager KeyQuant wins US mandate

Paris-based KeyQuant has won a $100 million (€93.3 million) mandate from a US pension fund. According to KeyQuant, the Teachers Retirement System of the State...

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