Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced the launch of the Morgan Stanley Funds (UK) American Resilience Equity Fund, following the launch of the Luxembourg vehicle in 2022.
Benjamin Morton, head of global infrastructure at Cohen & Steers writesthat investors’ search for diversification and inflation protection has put a spotlight on infrastructure, made brighter by massive public investment programs and the accelerating transition to a digitised, decarbonised economy.
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management UK has announced it has appointed State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) to manage its Liability Driven Investment (LDI) strategies.
Climate change could wipe out the value of 50 per cent of the value of some institutional investors’ infrastructure portfolios before 2050, yet these risks are neither fully understood nor properly priced in, according to the EDHEC Infrastructure and Private Assets Institute.
Investment consultantcy Bfinance has published a report looking at the growth of Global Emerging Markets (GEM) ex-China equity strategies. Research has identified 45 asset managers now running live GEM ex-China portfolios – a significant increase from just three in 2017.
Multi-manager pioneer, Mediolanum, has marked its 25th anniversary and news that its EMEA fund assets delegated to third-party managers have reached EUR2.19 trillion with data from the 2023 Allfunds Data Analytics (ADA) new report which highlights the continued growth of sub-advised funds in the funds industry.
British Airways, BAE Systems, Royal Mail, Centrica, National Grid and Kier are among the big-name UK organisations that have opted for the outsourced CIO model to oversee their multi-billion-pound pension arrangements, and with the market expected to grow to USD3 trillion by end of 2026, we can expect many more asset owners to follow suit.
Investment management giant Robeco has announced the appointment of Nick King as Head of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), in October, noting that as part of its 2021-2025 Strategy, Robeco is planning to expand its current investment capabilities with an ETF platform.
Pictet Group has published a new study entitled ‘Megatrending – Opportunities Ahead’ designed to focus on the value of turning megatrends into investment ideas. The firm writes that this enables investors to benefit and companies to get the capital they need to develop.
Despite a small contraction in assets caused by a complex market and macroeconomic scenario in Europe and at the global level last year, ETF products continue to gather net-new money from investors, according to Cerulli Associates’ latest report, European Passive Investments 2023: An Increasingly Diverse Marketplace.
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