Matt Shafer, formerly head of international distribution at Natixis Investment Management, is to join BNY Mellon’s asset management business in a similar role.
North American individual investors lead Europeans at ESG investment, according to research from Natixis Investment Management that revealed 28% of North American investors held ESG investments compared to 22% of European investors.
Axa Investment Mangers is renaming its ESG funds to include ‘ACT’ in the fund name, in a move it said will simplify its range for distributors and investors.
Responsible investing is not important when making decisions about their portfolio, according to half of those questioned by Embark in its latest Investor Confidence Barometer research.
St James’s Place has reported a 25% hike as its assets under management hit £148 billion in the third quarter of 2021, compared to £118.7 billion in 2020.
Over a million UK investors feel Covid-19 threw their finances off track, according to research by Capital Group.
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Why fund admin tech is a key competitive advantage Cian Hyland, Strategic Client Relationship Director at Deep Pool Financial Solutions spoke to us about how technology enables efficient data management, reporting automation and secure data access. | Insights from State Street Cuan Coulter, Global Head of Asset Managers and Head of UK and Ireland at State Street, discusses how fund managers decide between the two cross-border fund domiciles, namely Ireland and Luxembourg, and why asset managers find managing data so difficult. |
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