Franklin Templeton has appointed Jean-Marc Pont as head of sustainable and institutional product EMEA. Pont joins Franklin Templeton from Generali Investments, where he led product strategy and design for SRI, thematic equity, and multi-asset strategies.   Franklin Templeton has appointed Jean-Marc

Alexander Preininger rejoins Robeco as global head of sales. Preininger, who previously worked for Robeco as EMEA head of institutional coverage, comes back to the firm from Amundi, where he was global head of institutional client coverage. The appointment is

Snowball, the impact investing fund, has appointed Sean Farrell as its new Investment Director. Farrell comes to Snowball from Partners Capital, which manages over $40 billion in assets, where he was the Global Head of Private Markets.   Snowball, the impact

A recent study by CoreData Research found that European fund selectors are switching from public to private markets. The study surveyed 130 European fund selectors about how they view private markets—one-third indicated they are switching from public to private markets,

The German financial regulator, BaFin, responding to the EU Taxonomy, has created a set of tighter rules to crack down on greenwashing amongst asset managers. The move requires asset managers to disclose critical information to investors on companies’ holdings in

Dutch trade unions and temp agencies are at odds over pensions. Last year, trade unions and employer organizations agreed that the labour conditions of temporary employees should match those of permanent workers. This agreement also put forth increased pensions for

ING has promoted Jacomijn Vels, an ING veteran, to Global Head of Sustainable Finance. Vels started her career at ING nearly 30 years ago.   ING has promoted Jacomijn Vels, an ING veteran, to Global Head of Sustainable Finance. Vels began her

 GAM Holdings has promoted Sally Orton to CFO from her current position of deputy CFO. She will also become a member of the management board.   GAM Holdings has promoted Sally Orton to CFO from her current position of deputy

VanEck is transitioning to ESG indices for three multi-asset ETFs. VanEck attributes the changes to the mounting demand from investors for ESG ETFs. The multi-asset ETFs in question are the the VanEck Multi Asset Conservative Allocation UCITS ETF (DTM), the VanEck Multi Asset

In an opinion piece in Institutional Investor Magazine, Frederick Alexander, founder of The Shareholder Commons, claims that public companies often ignore the negative impact their platforms have on public interest in efforts to drive stock prices and this is often

ABP has invested in the new European Fund from Energy Impact Partners (EIP) via its asset management firm APG. The fund targets companies that participate in driving the net zero economy. The fund has raised €390 million, and the funds

Dutch university funds have doubled in size over the past four years owing, in part, to large donations, according to research by the Financieele Dagblad. With that money, they have started to take on riskier investments and fund more education

IFM Investors has named Luba Nikulina to the new position of Chief Strategy Officer. Nikulina comes to IFM from Willis Towers Watson, where she was global head of research.   IFM Investors has named Luba Nikulina to the new position of

Nationale-Nederlanden has named Gerard van Rooijen as its new pensions director. Van Rooijen replaces Annemieke Visser-Brons.  Nationale-Nederlanden (NN) has named Gerard van Rooijen as its new pensions director. Van Rooijen moves to pensions director from his current function at the

Robeco has appointed Kees Verbaas as fundamental equity head. In this capacity, he will manage the global equity, Chinese equity, Asia Pacific equity, and emerging markets teams.   Robeco has appointed Kees Verbaas as fundamental equity head. Prior to Robeco, Verbaas

According to a study by DWS and Create-Research, 22% of the world’s pension funds have administered impact investing strategies via passive investing. The report, titled “Impact Investing 2.0--Advancing into public markets,” attributes the rise in impact investing demand in passives

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the world's largest asset manager in greenfield renewable energy, has closed its CI Energy Transition Fund 1 at €3 billion. The fund was oversubscribed on strong demand from institutional investors from multiple regions: Nordics; Europe; Asia Pacific;

Dutch pension funds have reached their highest funding ratios since 2008 due to soaring interest rates, finds Aegon Asset Management and Aon. Aon puts the average funding ratio at 128%, as of end-August 2022, while Aegon marks the ratio at

Europa Capital, the European real estate investment manager, has named Chris Miller-Jones to the new role of ESG director. Miller-Jones will be based in London and joins Europa from BWB Consulting, where he was involved in developing the firm’s ESG

Thijs Aten has been named CEO of APG Asset Management (AM) Asia. The appointment is effective 1 September. Aten has been at APG since 2001 and has held numerous positions in both the Netherlands and Hong Kong. His most recent

SBZ Pensioen has named Achmea Investment Management as fiduciary manager, replacing BNP Paribas. SBZ changed managers because of the Netherlands’ upcoming transition to a defined contribution (DC) scheme, and Achmea already had experience administering the pension’s DC arrangement. SBZ Pensioen