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O’Brien resurfaces at J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Global Pensions | 31 Aug 2010

UK/GLOBAL – J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired Mike O’Brien, BlackRock’s former head of institutional business for EMEA, as its global head of the institutional client group.

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Miami too slow in firing poor-performing fund managers

US - Miami is failing to do enough when investment managers miss their targets, a report into the city's pension funds suggests.

Global Pensions | 26 Aug 2010
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US and UK trade perspectives on annuities

UK/US - The UK and US defined contribution markets are swapping attitudes towards annuitisation, industry figures say.

Global Pensions | 05 Aug 2010

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BNY Mellon lures BlackRock’s Arledge for asset management CEO post

US/UK – Curtis Arledge, former chief investment officer for BlackRock’s fundamental index portfolio, will join BNY Mellon Asset Management as vice chairman and chief executive.

Global Pensions | 04 Aug 2010
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Robeco: Bond ETFs hampered by low liquidity

GLOBAL – Low liquidity levels in the fixed income markets have led investment grade and high yield exchange traded funds to rack up higher-than-expected tracking errors and lower performance, asset manager Robeco said.

Global Pensions | 29 Jul 2010
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BlackRock avoids UK indexed bond sale on pension ‘confusion’

UK - BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, probably won’t buy U.K. inflation-linked bonds at today’s sale amid “confusion” about the government’s planned changes to pension indexing.

Global Pensions | 27 Jul 2010
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BlackRock AUM falls 6% in Q2, profits double

GLOBAL - BlackRock has reported a US$213.3bn loss in assets under management in Q2, blaming sharp falls in equity markets and costs related to its acquisition of BGI.

Global Pensions | 21 Jul 2010
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Japan's pensions mandates up 20.2%

JAPAN - Fund managers have seen assets under management in mandates from Japanese pension schemes jump by 20.2% in the year to March 31.

Global Pensions | 19 Jul 2010
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BlackRock reorganises management team

GLOBAL – BlackRock has restructured its management team creating a new head of portfolio management role, three new regional organisations and an alternatives investment group.

Global Pensions | 16 Jul 2010 | secure

BlackRock's O'Brien steps down

UK - BlackRock head of European Middle East and Africa institutional business Mike O'Brien has stepped down to pursue interests outside of the fund management industry.

Global Pensions | 25 Jun 2010 | secure
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SSgA lures former BlackRock exec Mitchem to head DC

US – State Street Global Advisors has named Kristi Mitchem, former head of BlackRock’s US defined contribution business, its new global head of DC, SSgA announced today.

Global Pensions | 09 Jun 2010 | secure
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Investors considering climate change investment policies double

EUROPE – The number of investors considering climate change policies as key to manager selection has doubled since 2007, but the actual integration of these policies into investment mandates has failed to take off, a report by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) revealed.

Global Pensions | 07 Jun 2010 | secure
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J.P. Morgan loses transition management head

UK - J.P. Morgan global head of transition management (TM) John Minderides has left the firm. Meanwhile, BlackRock has lost one senior TM member, and the European co-head has gone on sabbatical.

Global Pensions | 04 Jun 2010 | secure

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