Institutional Asset Manager 11/12/19 Newsletter

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NEWSLETTER | 11 Dec 2019

Tue | 10 Dec 2019, 16:04

More and more professional investment allocators are directly asking about sexual harassment during the fund manager due diligence process, while a rising number of allocators – nearly 1-in-10 – upon identifying sexual harassment issues would still invest with a given manager.

Wed | 11 Dec 2019, 10:02

Brunel Pension Partnership (Brunel), one of the UK’s eight Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pools, has allocated USD1 billion (GBP798 million) to Fiera Capital’s Global Equities Strategy, following a thorough process designed to identify the best Global High Alpha managers.

Tue | 10 Dec 2019, 16:10

Net sales of UCITS and AIFs totalled EUR 25 billion in September, down from EUR 69 billion in August, according to the latest Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet from The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).

Wells Fargo Asset Management launches Global Investment Grade Credit Fund

Tue | 10 Dec 2019, 16:05

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) has expanded its Global Investment Grade Credit Strategy with the launch of the Global Investment Grade Credit Fund, a sub-fund of the Wells Fargo (Lux) Worldwide Fund.

Tue | 10 Dec 2019, 16:28

GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset manager, has completed the final close for Multi-Asset Class Fund II at the high end of its targeted capital raise with USD983 million in committed capital.

Wed | 11 Dec 2019, 09:48

Exchange Data International’s (EDI) Worldwide Corporate Actions (WCA) data and Security Reference Data (SRF) services are now available for purchase in AWS Data Exchange.

Wed | 11 Dec 2019, 10:00

Guernsey Finance CEO, Dominic Wheatley (pictured), is to stand down from his role after five years. Wheatley will leave the promotional agency on the 30 June 2020, having been in the role since December 2014.

Vanguard Capital appoints new CTO

Wed | 11 Dec 2019, 10:43

High growth algorithmic trading company, Vanguard Capital AG, has appointed Ritabrata Bhattacharyya (Rito) to its Senior Management team.

TNS expands EMEA Managed Hosting coverage to more key data centres

Wed | 11 Dec 2019, 10:06

Transaction Networks Services (TNS) is strengthening its European network by expanding its Managed Hosting solution, TNSXpress, at four key data centres in London, Slough, Basildon and Frankfurt.

Wed | 11 Dec 2019, 09:55

Crypto Asset Rating (CAR), the Independent Structured Rating Agency, has expanded its global team with the appointment of Jacob Prudhomme as Chief Legal Officer.

Wed | 11 Dec 2019, 09:54

iM Global Partner, an investment and development platform focused on acquiring strategic investments in traditional and alternative investment firms in the US, Europe and Asia, has appointed Peter Stockall to lead sales in the US Offshore and Latin America region.

Tue | 10 Dec 2019, 16:36

Alerian, an independent information services company providing indexes, data and research to global investors, has acquired S-Network Global Indexes, a publisher and developer of over 300 proprietary and custom indexes.

Tue | 10 Dec 2019, 16:11

Arabian Bourse (ABX), which has received In-principal Approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) top operate as a crypto asset exchange and custodian, has received a double digit multi-million dollar investment from HBK-GoChain.

Prime Capital's planned Green Energy Infrastructure Fund receives Second-Party Opinion from Sustainalytics

Tue | 10 Dec 2019, 16:08

Prime Capital AG, an independent alternative asset manager and financial services provider, has received the first Second-Party Opinion on an infrastructure equity fund from Sustainalytics, a global specialist in ESG research, ratings and analysis.