Asset Management
Why ‘business as usual’ is no longer an option for asset managers
Some of the world’s biggest fund groups are reinventing themselves as technology and a changing investor base force a shift in mindset
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BlackRock veteran James Charrington to retire
Former head of Emea is retiring after more than 30 years with the US asset management giant
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BlackRock’s Cohen: We are as strong as our rivals on private markets
Chief product officer Stephen Cohen says the world’s largest asset manager is ready to go toe-to-toe with alternatives giants
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BlackRock weighs bigger push into crypto ETFs
Stephen Cohen, BlackRock’s chief product officer, says it will ‘continue to look at areas within the crypto world where exposures within an ETF make sense’
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BlackRock’s drive into private assets should worry smaller rivals — again
The transparency its indexing plans could bring would put fees under serious pressure
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Fiera Capital managing partner Catherine O’Reilly exits
The former Goldman Sachs and TCI Fund Management employee has also stepped down from her board role at UK trade body the Investment Association
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Schroders CEO’s report card, and where L&G’s funds business goes next
Catch up on all this week’s asset management news
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GAM names new CEO
Albert Saporta will take over from Elmar Zumbuehl at the start of July
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L&G asset management boss Eric Adler targets international growth
Fund management boss sees ‘untapped potential’ in overseas markets
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Asset managers’ research cost fears ‘overstated’, lobby group says
Quoted Companies Alliance tells fund houses that more research could boost UK stock market valuations
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Fidelity International hires Axa IM’s Le Morhedec as global fixed income CIO
Axa IM veteran joins after more than 20 years with the Paris-headquartered group
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Schroders hires former BNY distribution boss Matt Oomen for global client role
Oomen is one of several new hires announced by the UK-listed fund group to bolster its client relations
Janus Henderson CEO: ‘This industry is really easy to be complacent in. That is not our culture’
Ali Dibadj helped the asset manager get over its post-merger woes. Now he has a plan to grow its footprint across private markets and active ETFs
Inside Richard Oldfield’s ‘huge leap forward’ at Schroders
The CEO has set ambitious goals for the FTSE 100 group, which include growing its capabilities across private markets and wealth management
Schroders’ new team must deliver or pressure for break-up will grow
The firm’s future might lie in wealth if it can’t turn round its asset management business
Janus Henderson CEO Ali Dibadj: UK is now ‘an attractive place to be’
The veteran funds boss joins a host of other executives talking up the City’s prospects
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Citi UK boss Lee, ex-LGIM chief Scrimgeour recognised in king’s birthday honours
Ex-EY UK head Steve Varley and Nationwide Building Society CEO Deborah Crosbie also score awards
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Is the UK too late with its retail crypto overhaul?
Catch up on all this week’s asset management news
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BlackRock eyes $400bn in private markets fundraising, doubling of market cap by 2030
World’s largest asset manager also wants to increase revenue to more than $35bn by the end of the decade
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Why the FCA’s ETP overhaul won’t unlock UK crypto
Europe has already pulled ahead of the UK as it opens up more crypto products to retail investors
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