April 2017
News European Smart Beta ETF market flows accelerated in Q1 2017 at EUR1.8bn.
Total Assets under Management are up 11% vs. the end of 2016, reaching EUR 31.8 billion and including a positive market impact (+4.2%). Net New Assets into Smart Beta ETFs have already reached a quarter of the record high EUR7bn figure reached in (...)
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April 2017
News IFC, Amundi to Create World’s Largest Green-Bond Fund Dedicated to Emerging Markets
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Amundi, a leading European Asset Manager, today agreed to create the largest green-bond fund dedicated to emerging markets—a $2 billion initiative that aims to deepen local capital markets and expand financing for climate (...)
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April 2017
News Euronext Tech 40 Issuers outperform
This year, 12 new companies are entering in the new label composition, selected by a group of independent European experts, based on capital markets, economic and financial performance criteria. The companies are also added to the eponymous index, composed exclusively of the (...)
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April 2017
News The euro jumped by 1% this morning against the US dollar to 1.0836, while defensive assets dropped
The French OAT- German Bund yield spreads tighten by 16bps as market’s pricing in the likely outcome of Macron winning the elections as many French political leaders now support him in an effort to block the Far-right Le (...)
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April 2017
News Metori Capital Management selects QuantHouse’s QuantFACTORY to automate its trading portfolio
QuantHouse, the global provider of advanced trading solutions, today announced that Metori Capital Management has selected QuantFACTORY to automate its trading portfolio.
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April 2017
News Multilateral banks to deepen collaboration with private sector to boost inclusive, sustainable infrastructure
Leaders of the top multilateral development banks (MDBs) have agreed to deepen their collaboration to encourage private sector investment in vital infrastructure needed to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth throughout the (...)
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April 2017
News Allianz Invests in Lemonade
Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, today announced a strategic investment by Allianz, the world’s largest insurance company.
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April 2017
News Resilient Hedge Funds amid Political and Geopolitical Stress
The accumulation of (geo)political risks sent markets on the haven side. Ten days before the first French election round, the outcome remains ever more uncertain. The advance in polls of the two lead contenders is eroding. Meanwhile, the resilience of the center-right and (...)
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April 2017
News Stellar Quarter Fueled Event-Driven Returns
According to Lyxor Cross Asset Research, most strategies were up in Q1, with Event-Driven outperforming and CTAs underperforming. Within Event-Driven, special situations funds are leading the pack.
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April 2017
News Euronext and Intercontinental Exchange sign agreement for derivatives clearing
Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, announces it has signed a binding heads of terms with ICE Clear Netherlands, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) for the provision of clearing services for its financial derivatives and (...)
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March 2017
News Catella Nordic Long Short Equity Named Best Fund by The Hedge Fund Journal
Catella Nordic Long Short Equity was Yesterday Evening Named the "Best Performing Fund Over a 2 year Period" at The Hedge Fund Journal Awards in London.
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March 2017
News LeasePilot® Receives $1.5M Investment from Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund
LeasePilot®, a document automation platform specifically designed to streamline retail, office and industrial leasing, has received $1.5 million in seed financing from Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund. The company will use the funds to advance its technology (...)
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March 2017
News Qatar Investment Authority to Sell 40 pct of Santander Brasil Stake
Qatar Investment Authority ("QIA") announced the launch of a secondary public offering of its American depositary shares ("ADSs") of Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. ("Santander Brasil") (NYSE: BSBR).
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March 2017
News UK Banks Can Learn from their U.S. Counterparts in Response to PSD2
Banking executives will gather to discuss the challenges of PSD2 implementation at a Congress in London tomorrow. Early signs point to a battle between financial services institutions and technology firms over the new legislation’s customer data access (...)
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March 2017
News Quantlab Announces Acquisition of Certain Assets From Teza
Quantlab Financial LLC ("Quantlab"), a leading, global quantitative trading firm based in Houston, Texas, today announced that it has acquired certain technology and intellectual property assets of the Teza Group.
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