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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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Comment: And the winners are...

I’m writing this month’s piece on the eve of the Global Pensions Awards 2010. Tomorrow night’s events are the culmination of months of work, not only from the judges and pension funds who took the time to nominate their providers, but from the asset managers that helped manoeuvre their clients through an unpredictable 2009.

Global Pensions | 08 Mar 2010
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Mexico unravels investment restrictions

New regulations allow Mexican pension funds access to a broader investment pool, as Giovanni Legorano reports

Global Pensions | 08 Mar 2010

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Pension funds riding the equity surge

Pension funds are casting a wider net in search of equity returns, as Alison Swersky reports

Global Pensions | 08 Mar 2010
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Former BGI exec joins CalPERS

US – Janine Guillot, a former managing director at Barclays Global Investors, has joined the California Public Employees’ Retirement System as chief operating investment officer, the pension fund said.

Global Pensions | 05 Mar 2010
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Illinois TRS fires BlackRock from $643.5m brief

US – The Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (Illinois TRS) has terminated BlackRock from a US$643.5m domestic enhanced equity mandate for poor performance and hired a slew of other managers.

Global Pensions | 02 Mar 2010
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Managers predict rise of hybrid DB

GLOBAL – Despite closure after closure of defined benefit pension funds around the world, some investment managers think hybrid versions of these schemes will continue to emerge.

Global Pensions | 18 Feb 2010

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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A less risky endeavour

After a tumultuous decade in investment, Raquel Pichardo-Allison and Giovanni Legorano speak to industry experts about what the next 10 years hold for investment practices

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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Russell lures two BGI execs for ETF business

US – Russell Investments has tapped two Barclays Global Investors executives formerly tasked with growing its ETF arm iShares to help Russell build out products related to the exchange traded funds business.

Global Pensions | 26 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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230 hedge funds launched in Q4 2009

Global Pensions | 10 Mar 2010

Switzerland rejects pension cuts in referendum

Global Pensions | 08 Mar 2010

Greece freezes pensions

Global Pensions | 04 Mar 2010

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