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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.
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.
Mexico unravels investment restrictions
New regulations allow Mexican pension funds access to a broader investment pool, as Giovanni Legorano reports
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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
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.
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.
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.
BlackRock’s planned transition
Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at how the integration of BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors’ international transition management teams is proceeding
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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