HSBC Global Asset Management topped MandateWire’s manager league table in September, winning the most mandates among the European investors we surveyed during the month, while BlackRock attracted the highest net inflows.

Nordic university and local authority funds continued their hunt for traditional balanced managers during the second quarter of the year, while other investors in the region sought diversification in illiquid alternatives.

HSBC Global Asset Management topped MandateWire’s manager league table in September, winning the most mandates among the European investors we surveyed during the month, while BlackRock attracted the highest net inflows.

STIC Investments topped MandateWire’s manager league table in September as Korean life insurance companies hired the manager to look after their private market exposures. Meanwhile, KT Investments attracted the highest net inflows from the asset owners MandateWire tracked during the month