BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints Christophe Bonnefoux as Chief Data Officer
BNP Paribas Asset Management announces the appointment of Christophe Bonnefoux to the newly-created role of Chief Data Officer. Based in Paris, he joined on 22 January and reports to Fabrice Silberzan, BNPP AM’s Chief Operating (...)
Talib Sheikh joins Jupiter as head of Multi-Asset strategy
Jupiter Asset Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Talib Sheikh as Head of Strategy, Multi-Asset. He joins the business in June and will report directly to Chief Investment Officer, Stephen Pearson.
BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints Michel Fryszman as Head of Structured Finance within Private Debt & Real Assets Investment Group
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces that it has appointed Michel Fryszman as Head of Structured Finance. He joined on 15 January and is based in Paris. He reports to Laurent Gueunier, Head of Real Assets, SME Lending & Structured (...)
SSGA Appoints Global Head of Fixed Income, Cash & Currency Research
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation announced the appointment of Ramu Thiagarajan as global head of Fixed Income, Cash & Currency Research and chairman of the Technical Committee (...)
Robeco appoints Christoph von Reiche as Head of Global Distribution & Marketing and Executive Committee member
Today Robeco announced the appointment of Christoph von Reiche as Head of Global Distribution & Marketing and Executive Committee member with immediate effect. In this role, Mr. von Reiche will be responsible for Robeco’s global sales strategy and organization, sales (...)
CalPERS Adopts Funding Risk Mitigation Policy to Rein in Risk and Volatility in Pension System
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today adopted a funding risk mitigation policy that will incrementally lower the discount rate in years of good investment returns, help pay down the pension fund’s unfunded liability, and provide greater (...)
Lyxor is to switch key European, Global and US ETFs to physical replication, in a drive to continuously improve the quality of replication for investors. Following the switch, Lyxor will have more than half of its assets (€25bn) in physical replication, making it the third (...)
Greater Manchester Pension Fund and LPFA infrastructure programme makes first investment
Greater Manchester & London Infrastructure Limited (GLIL), a £500m infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pensions Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority, has committed £60m towards funding the construction and operation of British (...)
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that it will begin to engage thermal coal companies in its investment portfolio on climate change risks as a first step required by Senate Bill 185, authored by Senator Kevin de Leon, and signed by (...)
Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, has received the Novethic Green Fund Label 2015 for its fund Mirova Green Bond - Global. Mirova Green Bond - Global has thereby become the first green bond fund awarded the Novethic (...)