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 (...)
European Smart beta ETF market flows are still positive in the second quarter of 2015, but growth has decelerated compared to Q1 2015. NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) year to date (30/06/2015) amounted to EUR 2.3 billion, i.e. 60% of the 2014 NNA within the first half of the year. Total (...)
LPFA and LCPF to appoint Board for £10bn partnership
The London Pensions Fund Authority Board (LPFA) and the Lancashire County Pension Fund (LCPF) have commenced the process to appoint an Independent Chair and NonExecutive Directors to the Board of their innovative £10bn Asset & Liability Management (ALM) (...)
CalPERS Reports Preliminary 2014-15 Fiscal Year Investment Returns
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today reported a preliminary 2.4 percent net return on investments for the 12-months that ended June 30, 2015. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than $301 (...)
AfDB takes leading role in raising funds for AFIG Fund-II, A Multinational Private Equity Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 an equity investment of up to USD 45 million in Atlantic Coast Regional Fund LLC II (or “AFIG Fund II”), a 10-year USD 300 million multi-sector private equity fund that focuses on (...)
Lancashire and London Pensions Partnership to go ahead
Lancashire County Pension Fund Committee (LCPF) and the London Pensions Fund Authority Board (LPFA) today announced that they have formed their innovative £10bn Asset Liability Management Partnership, which will initially be known as the Lancashire and London Pensions (...)