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Search for scale and specialist expertise point to increased dealmaking among asset managers

JD Supra: Mergers

Fundraising challenges, higher financing costs, market volatility and an ever-tighter regulatory environment are upping the pressure for M&A among asset managers. Those drivers, however, apply differently depending on which segment of the market you’re looking at. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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Royal London Asset Management restructures global equity team

The TRADE

Royal London Asset Management has restructured its global equity team with immediate effect, following the departure of its head of equities and some members of the wider global equities team. Matt Burgess will support Hillier in managing the global equity team, as well as continuing as head of quant strategies.

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People Moves Round Up: MarketAxess, MUFG and Royal London Asset Management

The TRADE

Burke will also hold responsibility for business and product management expansion of MarketAxess’ EM trading business across both geographies and products. Burke joined MarketAxess from Standard Chartered, where he most recently served as managing director, based in Singapore.

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Silicon Valley: A Friend or Foe to Asset Management?

Accenture Capital Markets

The financial services industry—including asset managers—has had an interesting relationship with Silicon Valley. Asset managers should not assume that these tech giants will look past this industry. Asset managers should start to prepare for what is likely to be inevitable disruption.

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Walter GAM takes minority stake in Madryn Asset Management

PE Hub

The post Walter GAM takes minority stake in Madryn Asset Management appeared first on PE Hub. Walter GAM is a private equity affiliate of the Walter Group, a Montreal-based family office.

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Major investment banks and asset managers partake in landmark blockchain pilot

The TRADE

Digital Asset’s blockchain network Canton has completed a pilot involving a large group of major investment banks and asset managers demonstrating interoperability of independent distributed ledger applications (dApps) in the capital markets domain. It’s having that interoperability while preserving the privacy and control.”

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Impax Asset Management to acquire corporate credit business from partner firm Formuepleje Group

The TRADE

Impax Asset Management has entered into an agreement to acquire the corporate credit assets from fixed income manager Absalon Corporate Credit, part of Formuepleje Group. Upon completion, Impax’s newly combined global team will have pro-forma fixed income assets under management and advice of £1.6