BlackRock has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its iShares exchange traded funds business. The firm will operate under the BlackRock name, but the iShares brand will be retained.
State Street Corporation has announced that it is expanding its global fund administration and alternative servicing capabilities, with an agreement to acquire Mourant International Finance Administration (MIFA) in a cash transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010, pending regulatory approval and other closing conditions.
Sun Life Financial of Canada has made a series of changes to its flexible retirement income product, i2Live. The underlying fund range has been increased to 79 funds, and now includes eight new tracker funds, providing access to each major equity market, and nine new M&G funds. These are predominantly focusing on fixed income, but also include property and the M&G Recovery fund.
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Podcast: Stepping up to the challenge
In the latest European Pensions podcast, Natalie Tuck talks to PensionsEurope chair, Jerry Moriarty, about his new role and the European pension policy agenda
Podcast: The benefits of private equity in pension fund portfolios
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, in which stock markets have seen increased volatility, combined with global low interest rates has led to alternative asset classes rising in popularity. Private equity is one of the top runners in this category, and for good reason.
In this podcast, Munich Private Equity Partners Managing Director, Christopher Bär, chats to European Pensions Editor, Natalie Tuck, about the benefits private equity investments can bring to pension fund portfolios and the best approach to take.
In this podcast, Munich Private Equity Partners Managing Director, Christopher Bär, chats to European Pensions Editor, Natalie Tuck, about the benefits private equity investments can bring to pension fund portfolios and the best approach to take.
Mitigating risk
BNP Paribas Asset Management’s head of pension solutions, Julien Halfon, discusses equity hedging with Laura Blows
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