Robeco

BT Pension Scheme; Robeco; INTECH Investment Management; PwC; Mercer; Aon Hewitt; Neuberger Berman Group; Standard Life Investments; State Street Global Services

NETHERLANDS - Asset manager Robeco has named Jurgen Stegmann as chief financial officer.

NETHERLANDS - Sustainable Asset Management's (SAM) flagship strategy SAM Smart Energy has surpassed the $1bn mark on the back of interest from institutional investors.

GLOBAL - Low liquidity levels in the fixed income markets have led investment grade and high yield exchange traded funds to rack up higher-than-expected tracking errors and lower performance, asset manager Robeco said.

NETHERLANDS - The Rabobank pension fund has shifted its equity portfolio from enhanced indexing to more active strategies, including a "smart-beta" intrinsic value strategy.

NETHERLANDS - Robeco board member and chief executive of Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) Sander van Eijkern has resigned over a "difference of opinion with respect to the future strategy" of the Dutch asset manager.

BELGIUM - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) - the representative body for the European investment management industry - has announced the creation of the "President's Advisory Council".

THE NETHERLANDS - Pension fund investor APG has appointed Angelien Kemna as chief investment officer of APG and chief executive of APG Asset Management.