May 2020
News Total Confirms the Sale of UK Assets to NEO Energy
Total confirmed its commitment to completing the sale of its UK North Sea non-core assets, first announced in July 2019. Reflecting recent significant market volatility, Total and Norway-based private equity investor HitecVision have successfully renegotiated the financial (...)
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May 2020
News US Robo-advisors Industry to Hit a $1trn value This Year
Recent years have witnessed a surge in the use of robo-advisors as an appealing alternative to conventional investing. These online platforms gained massive popularity among investors, mostly because of their lower saving entry points and cheaper (...)
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May 2020
News Total is exploring quantum algorithms to improve CO2 capture
Total is stepping up its research into Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies by signing a multi-year partnership with UK start-up Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC).
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May 2020
News Societe Generale finalises the acquisition of EMC activities
Societe Generale announces the finalisation of the acquisition of the Commerzbank’s Equity Markets and Commodities’ (EMC) business with the integration of the exchange-traded investment solutions.
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May 2020
News ESMA highlights challenges for rating Collateralised Loan Obligations
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today published a Thematic Report on Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs) credit ratings in the European Union (EU).
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May 2020
News Emerging market green bond issuance hits $52 billion in 2019 and can help weather shocks, Amundi and the IFC reveal in new report
Need for green investments is crucial: current pandemic shows responsible investors in emerging markets can collaborate with issuers through green bonds to unlock long-term capital and help issuers become more resilient for shocks to (...)
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May 2020
News Spanish banks: cost of risk manageable in 2020 but watch the shape of any recovery
Spanish banks’ reassuring Q1 results showed that they should be able to withstand rising cost of risk in 2020, thanks to strong pre-provision profits. But uncertainties abound, and the risk of a longer-than-anticipated economic contraction (...)
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May 2020
News German Constitutional court, Constructive on risk in troubled markets, the slow Asian rebound
On Tuesday the German constitutional court decided that the Bundesbank would stop participating in the ECB Quantitative Easing program known as PSPP in three months unless corrective measures were taken. These include oversight by the German parliament and government and (...)
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May 2020
News Higher defaults and lower collateral values will impair Irish re-performing RMBS
Deteriorating collateral values and higher defaults will impair the performance of Irish re-performing RMBS, even if cash reserves are adequate to cover temporary collection delays and liquidity shortfalls related to Covid-19 payment (...)
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April 2020
News ETFGI reports that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe reported net outflows of US$22.83 billion at the end of March 2020
ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe reported net outflows of US$22.83 billion at the end of March, the largest monthly outflow for Europe, bringing (...)
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April 2020
News Spain’s reliance on tourism will hurt its recovery, says GlobalData
Spain’s tourism sector makes up approximately 12% of its GDP and 13% of its employment, and a steep decline in this market will heavily impact the country’s payments sector, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics (...)
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April 2020
News Mixed outlook for L/S Equity Neutral and Short-Selling
Lyxor’s L/S Equity Neutral peer group was down -2.8% year-to-date, hurt by extreme trading conditions and the constituents’ average market beta of 20%. The environment has been challenging for the strategy amid extreme stock volatility and unsettling heavy systematic trading (...)
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April 2020
News Strategic Investors Seek Long-Term Wealth Preservation Through European Real Estate-Linked Investment Migration Programs
Unprecedented and highly volatile global conditions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are driving high-net-worth individuals to reassess the concept of secure investment value and how best to safeguard their families and their wealth against future (...)
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April 2020
News Covid-19: an acid test for European banks’ diversification and de-risking strategies
Scope’s outlook on European banks continues to be biased to the downside in view of the magnitude of the Covid-19 crisis. The key question is whether banks have de-risked enough to withstand the current cycle.
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April 2020
News DBRS Morningstar Confirms Republic of France at AAA, Trend Changed to Negative
DBRS Ratings GmbH (DBRS Morningstar) confirmed the Republic of France’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency – Issuer Ratings at AAA and changed the trend to Negative from Stable. At the same time, DBRS Morningstar confirmed the Republic of France’s Short-Term Foreign and Local (...)
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