PLSA launches new ESG and stewardship guide The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has published a new guide, ESG and Stewardship: A practical guide to trustee... June 1, 2019 Round-Up Schroders acquires European real estate boutique UK fund manager Schroders has bought a German real estate manager, Blue Asset Management, which manages €1.2 billion of assets... June 1, 2019 Round-Up Fund for private equity secondaries raises £283 million BEX Capital, a new investment firm focusing on fund-of-fund (FoF) secondaries has announced the close of the BEX Fund III,... April 1, 2019 Round-Up MSCI launches new analytics platform Data and analysis provider MSCI has launched a new open analytics platform, MSCI Beon, for the investment industry. MSCI said that... April 1, 2019 Round-Up NN IP brings out short duration green bond fund NN Investment Partners (NN IP) has developed a green bond fund with a shorter duration of around two years, which... April 1, 2019 Round-Up Atlas Master Trust allocates to Schroder’s ESG systematic fund The Atlas Master Trust, one of the UK’s largest master trusts for DC pensions, has allocated £320 million to a sustainable... April 1, 2019 Round-Up Brunel commits £46 million to PE impact fund Brunel Pension Partnership has committed $60 million (£46 million) to a private equity impact fund with fund manager Neuberger Berman, for four... April 1, 2019 Round-Up MPG Launches diversified high-yield debt fund Managing Partners Group (MPG) has launched a new fund to invest in a diversified portfolio of fixed income and high-yield... April 1, 2019 Round-Up Hearthstone closes private equity fund with above target results Hearthstone Investment Management Limited, an institutional investment manager specialising in UK residential property (private rented sector), has announced the final... February 1, 2019 Round-Up Baillie Gifford launches unicorn fund Scottish fund manager Baillie Gifford has launched a new fund for institutional investors that will target “unicorn” businesses, or new... February 1, 2019 Round-Up