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Efficiency key to performance in low-return world

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... Paribas research. BNP's Investment and Operations Outlook 2016 report includes research based on a survey of 115 asset managers and owners, superannuation funds, financial advice groups, banks, wealth managers, corporate funds, insurers and one sovereign ...

UK IFAs increasingly outsourcing to DFMs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... financial advisers (IFAs) are increasingly outsourcing investment assets to discretionary fund managers (DFMs) as asset managers start to feel the fee pressure pinch, according to Cerulli Associates' 'Asset Management in the United Kingdom 2016: a Guide ...

BlackRock publishes staff gender split

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... gender diversity in the industry, the Finanical Times' funds management supplement, FTfm, asked the 15 largest asset managers in the US and Europe to share their diversity statistics. Six companies declined: Vanguard, the world's second-largest asset ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... progress. "Institutional investors are taking ESG considerations seriously and making hiring decisions based on asset managers' and consultants' ESG resources and capabilities," said Giuditta. "Survey data confirms that investors are becoming more ESG-aware." ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... sophisticated expertise and also feed discussions with non-Japanese asset owners to companies and our external asset managers." GPIF said asset owners already participating in the forum include US-based CalSTRS, CalPERS, the State Board of Administration ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... portfolios," Howie said. As for tactical adjustments, Howie said institutional investors were using relationships with asset managers for speedy ETF transactions whereby portfolio positions could be shifted almost immediately. He said this reiterated ...

Responsible assets close to half of total Australia AUM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... Association Australasia figures. The RIAA's latest Responsible Investment Benchmark Report, based on data supplied by 69 asset managers, super funds, financial advisers, banks and community investment managers, plus Morningstar statistics, shows that ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... skilled investment teams around. "However, in the face of increased scrutiny on the overall value proposition from asset managers to asset owners, there is an ever-increasing demand for more alignment and lower cost. Achieving this would have a positive ...

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... specialty stock selection, multi-asset strategies, and alternatives. "The new asset classes I see are the way large asset managers or even mid-tier asset managers are looking to contend to offer a diversified portfolio for their customers and gain distribution," ...

Sponsored adviser survey: two chances to win $500 prize

... value? Do you feel that your clients perceive the value of your advice in the same way that you do? And what can asset managers do to enable you to better serve your clients? This is part of a global piece of research that will compare advisers in Australia ...