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BlackRock US DC head resigns

Global Pensions | 09 Mar 2010

US – BlackRock’s head of US defined contribution business Kristi Mitchem will leave the firm to pursue other opportunities.

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BlackRock’s planned transition

Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at how the integration of BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors’ international transition management teams is proceeding

Global Pensions | 05 Feb 2010
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No slowdown for commodities

Institutional investors flooded into commodities last year as prices soared. Industry experts say the asset class’ popularity isn’t likely to wane in 2010, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

Global Pensions | 05 Feb 2010

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Institutional investors fuel BlackRock growth

GLOBAL – BlackRock’s net new business totalled US$82bn in the fourth quarter of 2009, with pension funds and other institutional investors accounting for 60% of it.

Global Pensions | 27 Jan 2010
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Independent firms to drive 2010 M&A

GLOBAL – TCW’s purchase of Metropolitan West Asset Management may be a predictor of things to come as independent firms will drive merger and acquisition activity in 2010, investment bank Jefferies said.

Global Pensions | 07 Jan 2010
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GP’s top 10 news stories of 2009

As the year winds to a close, Global Pensions takes a look back at the top 10 most read news stories of the year.

Global Pensions | 21 Dec 2009
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BlackRock lays off 89 in San Francisco, completes BGI merger - UPDATED

US – BlackRock has laid off 89 employees in San Francisco as a result of its merger with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which the firm completed yesterday.

Global Pensions | 01 Dec 2009
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Institutional investors pour into ETFs - UPDATED

GLOBAL – The number of institutional investors using exchange traded funds increased 12% in 2008 with nearly 3,000 investors worldwide holding ETFs, a new report from Barclays Global Investors (BGI) showed.

Global Pensions | 23 Nov 2009
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FRR doles €4bn to inflation-linked bond managers

FRANCE – The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has hired six firms to run a combined €4bn (US$5.9bn) in inflation-linked bond mandates.

Global Pensions | 18 Nov 2009
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Mizuho bumps State Street in list of three largest managers

JAPAN – Mizuho Trust & Banking has broken into the top three largest asset managers in Japan, displacing State Street Global Advisors Japan (SSgA), a quarterly report by the Japan Pensions Industry Database showed.

Global Pensions | 04 Nov 2009
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Quant: the road to recovery

Emma Dunkley looks at how quant strategies have performed since the beginning of the sub-prime crisis, and considers how they are set to develop

Global Pensions | 30 Oct 2009
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BlackRock assets up 4% in Q3

US – BlackRock reported assets under management of US$1.43trn as of September 30, a jump of over $61bn during the third quarter, the firm said in an earnings release today.

Global Pensions | 20 Oct 2009
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Transition management forum 2009

Emma Dunkley reports from Global Pensions’ annual Transition Management Forum held on September 9, 2009 at Plaisterers’ Hall, London

Global Pensions | 01 Oct 2009

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EU hits back at Geithner on AIFM directive

Global Pensions | 11 Mar 2010

Swedish funds buy into PPP operated road

Global Pensions | 25 Feb 2010

South Korea pension fund takes stake in Gatwick

Global Pensions | 03 Feb 2010

Dutch pension funds up 3% in Q4 2009

Global Pensions | 12 Mar 2010

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