Fulcrum launches new multi-strat fund with daily liquidity
Fulcrum Asset Management has launched TM Fulcrum Diversified Liquid Alternatives Fund, which will invest across real assets, alternative credit and diversifiers

Pictet launches Asian corporate bond fund
Geneva-headquartered Pictet Asset Management has launched a Ucits-compliant Asian corporate bonds fund

Dutch managers team up to launch $250 million EM impact fund
NN Investment Partners  and FMO Investment Management have launched an emerging markets loan fund – which has just held a first close $250 million capital commitments, 25% over its original target

NNIP and China AMC explore strategic partnership
NN Investment Partners and China Asset Management Company (China AMC) are exploring the idea of a strategic partnership to launch ESG products

JP Morgan and BlackRock launch ESG fixed income indices
JP Morgan has teamed up with BlackRock to create new ESG global fixed income indicies - a "big step forward for emerging market investments" 

Dutch manager NN Investment Partners hires JP Morgan debt strategist
NN Investment Partners hires JP Morgan’s Yvette Babb as portfolio manager in its emerging market debt business

Pinebridge shifts away from investment grade credit
New York-based PineBridge Investments has reduced its investment grade credit allocation from 25% to 20% while increasing its appetite for emerging market credit

London-based boutique manager launches emerging markets Ucits fund
EG Capital Advisors takes bottom-up approach for $75 million emerging markets high yield Ucits fund

Credit Suisse and Carmignac team up to launch emerging markets fund
Credit Suisse has partnered with the French asset manager to launch a new multi-asset fund which has about two-thirds of its holdings in bonds

Quant giant AQR launches first fixed income fund
Quant specialist AQR Capital Management has entered the fixed income world, launching a new product called the Core Plus Bond Fund

NN launches emerging market debt fund
Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners has launched a new fund that invests in debt instruments issued in hard currency (USD-denominated) by emerging market sovereign and corporate issuers

Canada’s Fiera generates 10% AUM growth in 2017
Montreal-based asset manager Fiera Capital Corporation has increase its assets under management by 10% year-on-year and grown its annual revenues by 33% on a year-over-year basis, its latest financial report reveals

T. Rowe to reduce assets and change investment objective for bond mega-fund
T. Rowe Price is seeking to change the investment objective on its $2.65 billion International Bond fund – while also reallocating $850 million in assets away from the fund

Hong Kong's Tor raises $150 million for latest credit fund
A Hong Kong-based firm’s recently launched credit fund has raised sales of $150 million, hitting the halfway mark of its anticipated fundraising, according to a market source

Nordea turns its focus to Latin America with new corporate bond fund
Nordea Investment Funds has launched a new Latin American corporate bond fund, in collaboration with Chilean group Bice Inversiones

Pimco hires United Nations director in move to expand ESG capabilities
Fixed income giant Pimco has hired a former United Nations director as it builds out its environmental, social and governance (ESG) platform for investors seeking socially responsible investments.

Victory Park partnership fund to focus on fintech in emerging markets
Chicago-based Victory Park Capital has launched a new fund together with the International Finance Corporation, with the new vehicle to invest in financial technology companies in emerging markets

AB emerging markets debt fund raises $240 million for a single investor
Regulatory filings indicate that New York-based AB, previously known as AllianceBernstein, has raised $240 million for the fund

UK pension mega-fund to increase credit allocation following equity reduction
One of the UK's largest pension funds looks set to increase its allocation to credit after reducing its equity allocation by 15%

Natixis rebrands its €324.5 billion asset management unit
Paris-headquartered Natixis Asset Management has rebranded to Ostrum Asset Management in a bid to start aligning its brands, the firm has announced

Canadian asset manager acquires Asian private credit specialist Clearwater
In a bid to gain entry to the Asian private credit market, Canadian investment firm Fiera Capital Corporation has acquired Asian credit specialist Clearwater Capital Partners

London manager shutters emerging market fund amid "regulatory headwinds"
London-based Insparo Asset Management is shutting down its emerging market debt funds, the company confirms

Manchester pension fund awards Stone Harbor £1 billion multi-credit mandate
A £21 billion UK pension fund has appointed global fixed income specialists Stone Harbor Investment Partners to manage a £1 billion multi-asset credit mandate

EM manager crosses $2 billion fundraising mark across four debt funds
London-headquartered Ashmore Group has now raised more than $2.3 billion in total between four of its Luxembourg-domiciled emerging market debt funds, regulatory filings indicate

Bless the bonds down in Africa, urges Botswana firm launching two debt funds
An Africa-focused asset management company run by a former Investec and T Rowe Price professional is promoting the launch of one debt fund – and says it now plans to launch another