Loomis, Sayles & Company, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, announced that Kevin Perry, portfolio manager on the senior loan team, will retire in March 2019 after 17 years with the company and 37 years in the (...)
Loomis Sayles announces changes to global fixed income team leadership
Kenneth Buntrock, portfolio manager and co-team leader of the global fixed income team to retire in March 2019. Longstanding portfolio managers Lynda Schweitzer and Scott Service elevated to leadership roles...
BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints Peter Abbott as Head of European Large Cap Equities
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Peter Abbott as Head of European Large Cap Equities, with effect from 1 October. He will be based in London and will report to Guy Davies, CIO, Fundamental Active (...)
David Abitbol appointed Head of Societe Generale Securities Services
Societe Generale appoints David Abitbol as the new Head of Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS). This appointment will be effective as of 1 st January 2019. Based in Paris, he will report to Séverin Cabannes, Deputy Chief Executive (...)
MAPFRE AM: MAPFRE’s asset management wing changes its name and launches a new project
MAPFRE INVERSIÓN DOS, which manages more than 4.8 billion euros and more than 300,000 clients will be called MAPFRE ASSET MANAGEMENT (MAPFRE AM) from now on.
Jupiter Asia Pacific Fund relaunches as Jupiter Asia Pacific Income Fund, managed by Jason Pidcock
Jupiter has relaunched the Jupiter Asia Pacific Fund, a sub fund of the Jupiter Global Fund SICAV, as the Jupiter Asia Pacific Income Fund. As of today, the Fund will offer investors a portfolio of mainly large-cap Asian stocks aimed at delivering long term capital growth (...)
CalPERS to Commit Up to $11 Billion with Emerging & Transition Managers by 2020
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will hold a global solicitation process for its new Transition Manager Program that will seek investment proposals from eligible mid-size external investment managers. The solicitation will open in July (...)
Meridiam announces financial close on maryland purple line light rail transit project
Meridiam announced today that its team, Purple Line Transit Partners, LLC comprised of Meridiam, Fluor Enterprises Inc., and Star America Purple Line, LLC, has reached financial close to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Purple Line project for the Maryland (...)
Brexit: ETF Securities sees rise in demand for short-GBP ETFs
According to James Butterfill, Head of Research and Investment Strategy at ETF Securities, most investors believe that the greatest short-term impact - of fear of Brexit rather than Brexit itself - will be on sterling and consequently he has seen a big rise in short (...)