February 2017
News ERI Scientific Beta makes comprehensive carbon reporting available free of charge for all indices
ERI Scientific Beta has announced an expansion of the Scientific Beta platform’s analytics capabilities, available with immediate effect from February 2017. Notably, within the context of ERI Scientific Beta’s environmental initiatives, the carbon metrics, have been extended (...)
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February 2017
News Hines global reit sells brindleyplace assets in UK
Hines, the international real estate firm, has announced the sale of five buildings at Brindleyplace in Birmingham, UK to an entity owned by clients of HSBC Private Bank and advised by HSBC Alternative Investments (HAIL) for a contract sales price of £260 (...)
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February 2017
News Natixis Asset Management pledges commitment to carbon neutral strategy
Natixis Asset Management aims to be one of the main players in a more sustainable capitalist economy and this responsibility applies not only to its operations as an asset manager, but also to the way the company runs on a daily (...)
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February 2017
News Risk Assets on the Rise and Supportive Alpha: a Nice Cocktail for Hedge Funds
Markets have gone back and forth while assessing the prospects for Trump’s economic plans and the timing of U.S. rate hikes. Last week, risk assets in DM and EM progressed, stirred by supportive data and Trump’s plans to unveil a “phenomenal” tax policy. Most hedge funds headed (...)
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February 2017
News French Credits – En Garde!
According to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research report Euro credit is currently 85% correlated by moves in OAT spreads now and French elections matter a lot for credit as there is Eur 410bn of French IG debt outstanding. So far French IG credits have widened 6bp since early (...)
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February 2017
News Follow The Flow: Reflation (flows) is here
According to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, Inflows continued across IG short-dated and HY funds in Europe. Investors are adding yield shifting away from duration risk. Last week’s flows >>> HG: +$920mn / HY: +$287mn / Equities: (...)
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February 2017
News Deutsche AM enters ESG corporate bond ETF market
Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) has created a fixed income ETF to provide investors with environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG)-focused exposure to the euro-denominated corporate bond market.
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February 2017
News CalPERS’ Board Approves Five-Year Strategic Plan
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration today approved a new five-year strategic plan that will serve as a blueprint for meeting the investment, retirement, and health benefit needs of members and their families into the (...)
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February 2017
News BofA Merrill Lynch February Fund Manager Survey finds macro optimism surging
Macro optimism is surging, with 23% of investors saying they expect a “boom” (above trend growth and inflation) compared to 1% one year ago. Meanwhile, 43% said they expect “secular stagnation” (below trend growth and inflation), down sharply from 88% one year (...)
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February 2017
News Solactive launches Solactive SuperRegion Select Index
Solactive AG, the German multi-asset class index provider, announces the release of the Solactive SuperRegion Select Index. The new launch consists of a smart beta concept incorporating high dividend yield shares that also exhibit low historical volatility from Asia, Europe (...)
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February 2017
News Value Stocks Lose Steam But Active Managers Stay Afloat
Value stocks have lost steam in early 2017 as market exuberance faded and investors reappraised the risks of trade wars. The renewed underperformance of value stocks has taken many investors by surprise as it follows a sharp rebound in the last quarter of (...)
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February 2017
News Nomura’s NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 High Dividend Yield Stock 50 Index Exchange Traded Fund Lists on Tokyo Stock Exchange
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., the core company within the Asset Management Division of the Nomura Group, today listed the “NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 High Dividend Yield Stock 50 Index Exchange Traded Fund" on the Tokyo Stock (...)
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February 2017
News Middle Eastern banks are meeting the challenges of digital transformation
Efma’s new ’Retail Banking in the Middle East’ Review outlines how financial institutions in the region are making headway when it comes to digital transformation
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February 2017
News Chinese Bond Stress Shows Money Fund Liquidity Risk
Recent volatility in the Chinese bond markets and the impact on some local money funds highlight the challenges for fund liquidity management when market conditions deteriorate, despite recent reforms, Fitch Ratings (...)
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February 2017
News The Trump Administration Poses Risks to Global Sovereigns
The Trump Administration represents a risk to international economic conditions and global sovereign credit fundamentals, Fitch Ratings says. US policy predictability has diminished, with established international communication channels and relationship norms being set (...)
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