Asset management
The European funds winning assets from the global AI craze
Catch up on this week’s asset management news
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AllianzGI, DWS ride tech wave as AI fund assets swell to record high
European asset managers oversee the world’s largest AI and big data funds
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UK’s investment minister says companies ‘queuing up’ to IPO in London
Baroness Poppy Gustafsson said country needs to be ‘much bolder and braver about how we champion some of our assets’
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Northern Trust taps UN pension fund for head of international role
Pedro Guazo, who joins in August, will also oversee the $1.3tn asset manager’s responsible investment platform globally
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Liontrust full year outflows slow to almost £5bn
Assets under management for the UK-listed group fell to £22.6bn at the end of March
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L&G funds boss predicts infrastructure will dominate private assets
Eric Adler said infrastructure is a ‘huge long-term story’ as the £1.1tn UK manager continues its push into private markets
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Why ‘business as usual’ is no longer an option for asset managers
Some of the world’s biggest fund groups are reinventing themselves as technology and a changing investor base has forced a shift in mindset
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BlackRock veteran James Charrington to retire
Former head of Emea is retiring after more than 30 years with the US asset management giant
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BlackRock’s Cohen: We are as strong as our rivals on private markets
Chief product officer Stephen Cohen says the world’s largest asset manager is ready to go toe-to-toe with alternatives giants
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BlackRock weighs bigger push into crypto ETFs
Stephen Cohen, BlackRock’s chief product officer, says it will ‘continue to look at areas within the crypto world where exposures within an ETF make sense’
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BlackRock’s drive into private assets should worry smaller rivals — again
The transparency its indexing plans could bring would put fees under serious pressure
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Fiera Capital managing partner Catherine O’Reilly exits
The former Goldman Sachs and TCI Fund Management employee has also stepped down from her board role at UK trade body the Investment Association
Schroders CEO’s report card, and where L&G’s funds business goes next
Catch up on all this week’s asset management news
L&G asset management boss Eric Adler targets international growth
Fund management boss sees ‘untapped potential’ in overseas markets
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Asset managers’ research cost fears ‘overstated’, lobby group says
Quoted Companies Alliance tells fund houses that more research could boost UK stock market valuations
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Fidelity International hires Axa IM’s Le Morhedec as global fixed income CIO
Axa IM veteran joins after more than 20 years with the Paris-headquartered group
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Schroders hires former BNY distribution boss Matt Oomen for global client role
Oomen is one of several new hires announced by the UK-listed fund group to bolster its client relations
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Janus Henderson CEO: ‘This industry is really easy to be complacent in. That is not our culture’
Ali Dibadj helped the asset manager get over its post-merger woes. Now he has a plan to grow its footprint across private markets and active ETFs
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Inside Richard Oldfield’s ‘huge leap forward’ at Schroders
The CEO has set ambitious goals for the FTSE 100 group, which include growing its capabilities across private markets and wealth management
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