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Verdict Staff

New Alliance expands Dezan Shira & Associates’ pan-Asian reach

Dezan Shira & Associates have created a Dezan Shira Asian Alliance with participating firms from some of Asia’s largest countries.

Progress remains to be made in risk management for pension funds: EDHEC-Risk Institute

In a study produced as part of the BNP Paribas Investment Partners research chair on “Asset-Liability Management and Institutional Investment Management,” EDHEC-Risk Institute attempts to assess the views of pension funds and sponsor companies as they relate to their reactions to dynamic liability-driven investing (LDI) strategies and their desire to integrate this approach into their processes.

UBS Wealth Management Americas appoints new head of institutional consulting

UBS Wealth Management Americas has appointed Andrew Duren as head of institutional consulting & retirement program administration and operations.

Marshall Wace buys 90% stake Eaglewood Capital Management

Marshall Wace, a UK-based alternative-asset manager, has purchased 90% stake in US-based Eaglewood Capital Management.

Trustees Executors licenses Bravura Solutions’ Sonata via a managed service arrangement

Bravura Solutions has announce that Trustees Executors, New Zealand’s largest supplier of third party back office financial services, has selected Sonata, Bravura’s unified wealth management platform, via a managed service arrangement, to replace its current installation of Talisman, one of Bravura’s heritage wealth management applications.

Lombard Odier launches new fund to target Asian investors

Lombard Odier Investment Managers has unveiled a new fund to target the expansion in Asian consumer spending.

Resolution Life signs investment partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management

Resolution Life Holdings, a US-based life insurance business, has signed a strategic investment partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

BNP Paribas launches new pedagogical app for structured products

French bank BNP Paribas has launched a free pedagogical application and website called Structured Products Selector for clients in the structured products market.

Virtus Investment Partners introduces three multi-manager alternative mutual funds

Virtus Investment Partners has introduced three multi-manager alternative mutual funds that will employ a range of hedge fund and alternative strategies to provide individual investors the opportunity to more fully diversify their portfolios for improved consistency of returns over market cycles.

Smaller private real estate fund managers outperform larger counterparts: Preqin

New research from Preqin demonstrates that despite a greater concentration of capital being raised among larger private real estate funds in recent years, smaller funds have often outperformed larger funds.