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Douglas Appell

Douglas Appell is a Senior Reporter at Pensions & Investments covering Money Management/Mutual Funds. Connect with him on LinkedIn

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Mercer acquires multimanager BFC to boost delegated investment push in Japan

Mercer acquired Tokyo-based hedge fund multimanager BFC Asset Management Co. in a move its global wealth management chief predicts will accelerate the nascent growth of Mercer's delegated investments business in Japan.

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FTSE announces first emerging markets indexes with China A shares exposure

Allows institutional investors to add an initial increment of China A shares exposure to their emerging markets benchmarks.

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BlackRock’s Bob Doll to retire

Robert Doll, senior managing director and chief equity strategist at BlackRock, will retire from the firm, according to…

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Top 25 DC fund managers show 17% increase from 2009

The 25 defined-contribution money managers with the most mutual fund assets reported a combined total of $1.606 trillion as of Dec. 31, up 17% from a year earlier, according to sister publication Pensions & Investments' annual survey

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Interview with Robert J. Manning

Mr. Manning has credited the extension of his own 'paranoia' about bonds' risk to the broader company as one contribution to his success.

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Mixed quarter for money managers as volatility hit inflows

Asset managers reported mixed success in attracting inflows for the second quarter as a pickup in market volatility weighed on investors' appetite for riskier assets.

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130/30 is making a comeback, managers contend

Once-highflying 130/30 strategies might be down, but they aren't out, money managers contend.

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Institutional managers continue growth spurt

Assets of the 500 biggest managers of U.S. institutional tax-exempt money jumped 11.2% in 2010, just half a percentage point off the pace of the prior year's rebound from the global financial crisis, according to sister publication Pensions & Investments' latest annual money manager survey.

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Once thought six feet under, 130/30 strategy staging a comeback

Amped-up alpa approach suddenly gaining traction among money managers; not a fad

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UniCredit’s keeping Pioneer may spur more deals for managers

UniCredit Group's decision to keep its Pioneer Investments money management arm could mark the end of a spate of recent divestments and the start of a period in which banks are focused instead on building their asset management affiliates.