Franco-German asset manager Oddo BHF AM has become a signatory of the Climate Action 100+ initiative, whose main objective is to put pressure on the 100 companies issuing the highest level of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide to act in order to help achieving the international goals set by the Paris agreement. The Paris agreement was signed […]
Eric Lombard, chief executive officer French public financial institution Caisse des Dépôts, has announced the overhaul of Caisse des Dépôts’ management bodies. Olivier Mareuse has been appointed head of Savings Funds and Asset Management of the institution. Mareuse joined Caisse des Dépôts in 1988. He held several executive roles at the institution’s branch CNP Assurances, having driven the […]
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) has registered the Old Mutual Financials Contingent Capital Fund (its CoCos strategy) for institutional sale in Italy. The $234.6m (€190.078m) fund, managed by experts from OMGI’s equity and credit desks, aims at generating a total return through a combination of income and capital growth from a portfolio of fixed and […]
Fidelity International has announced its plans to launch the Fidelity Institutional Diversified Income Fund, a strategy based on its successful Multi Asset Income strategy but aimed exclusively at institutional investors. The Fidelity Institutional Diversified Income Fund, seeded by London Borough of Bromley with £80m and still pending of regulatory approval, will be managed in line […]
Paris-based asset manager Ecofi Investissements has joined the Shareholders for Change network, which was launched by European institutional investors last December and focuses on climate change, workers rights and fiscal responsibility. Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG, Etica Sgr, Gruppo Banca Etica, Fair-finance Vorsorgekasse, Fondazione Finanza Etica, Fundacion Fiare, Meeschaert Asset Management are the other current […]
Swiss company Vontobel Asset Management has appointed Andreas Faeste as senior institutional relationship manager to expand its client reach in Australia and New Zealand. Faeste will focus on the distribution of Vontobel’s fixed income capabilities. Prior to joining Vontobel, he was served firms such as Voya Investment Management, Perennial Investment Partners and Deutsche Asset Management […]
London-based asset manager Fundsmith has unveiled the Fundsmith Sustainsable Equity fund, targeting institutional investors, on 1 November. The fund will exclude the following sectors from its investment policy: aerospace and defence; brewers, distillers and vintners; casinos and gaming; gas and electric utilities; metals and mining; oil, gas and consumable fuels; pornography, tobacco. Fundsmith’s Ucits-complliant ESG […]
New York-based global institutional fixed income asset manager Stone Harbor Investment Partners has launched the Emerging Markets Explorer Strategy, consisting of a concentrated, high conviction, unconstrained strategy in emerging markets debt. Following a total return approach, the Emerging Markets Explorer Strategy, managed by Stone Harbor’s EM team headed by James Craige, primarily invests in fixed income […]
Fewer than half (48%) of the institutional investors questioned by Hermes Investment Management for its annual Responsible Investing & the Persistent Myth of Investor Sacrifice survey say that they believe ESG factors produce better returns over the long term. Some 104 institutional investors were surveyed for the results, which suggest a fall from the 56% […]
French asset management group La Française has partnered with financial institutions services provider Global Property Research (GPR) to launch the sustainable global real estate index GPR IPCM LFFS Sustainable GRES Index. The new index, designed for institutional investors, is aimed at setting new standards in terms of sustainability in the listed real estate sector. Inflection Point Capital Management […]
French manager incubator Emergence has made its first investment for its new equity compartment launched in June 2017, Emergence Actions II. Some €50m have been poured into the Via Smart Equity Europe fund, a systematic European equity strategy unveiled in March 2016 by Paris-based boutique Via AM. It forms the largest investment ever made by […]
French systematic investment firm KeyQuant has been allocated $30m from the Colorado Fire and Police Pension Association (FFPA), taking the firm’s AuM to over $350m (€294.1m). This $30m (€25.2m) investment was made from the association’s benefit investment fund, managing $4.6bn (€3.86bn) of assets. The Paris-based quantitative boutique has earned additional allocations over the last year […]
Read our interactive ezine on developments in SRI/ESG/Sustainability issues.
Beatriz Hernández of atl Capital on the trend towards unconstrained funds.
This special supplement considers developments in SRI/ESG/Sustainability as it relates to both equities and fixed income. It also looks at measurements around adoption of related factors into investment processes.
Lucas Strojny of Advenis Investment Managers cites Brexit challenge to UK-domiciled funds
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Investec AM’s Ken Hsia joins Lausanne Summit 
Origin AM’s Dutson on systematic active investing at Lausanne Summit 
RobecoSAM to join DACH Summit Munich 
Stéphane Mayor to attend DACH Summit Munich 
Mandarine Gestion joins DACH Summit Munich 