News Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond
Today, Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond with a maturity of 22 years. The Green OAT 1.75% 25 June 2039 issuance amount was €7bn, making it the largest and longest-dated green bond ever (...)
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News BlackRock Agrees to Acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), Creating a World Leading Infrastructure Private Markets Investment Platform
GIP is the world’s largest independent infrastructure manager with over $100 billion in AUM and a strong reputation for driving operational improvements in its portfolio companies & proprietary origination
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News Julius Baer to acquire Merrill Lynch’s International Wealth Management business outside the United States from Bank of America
BofAML will provide certain products and services to Julius Baer, including the provision of global equity research, product offerings, as well as structured and advisory products. In addition there will be cross-referral of clients between both (...)
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News CNP Assurances successfully launches its first subordinated sustainable bond
A player in ecological and social transition, CNP Assurances announces the successful issue of its first sustainable bond, carried out on January 11, 2023, for an amount of €500 million. The fixed annual coupon is 5,25% until july 18, 2033 and then will be floating beyond (...)
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News SUEZ successfully priced an inaugural £600 million Green Bond issuance
Following its first two bond issuances denominated in euro in May 2022 and October 2022, SUEZ successfully priced a 20-year inaugural sterling Green Bond, yesterday.
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News Credit Suisse agrees to sell ETF business to BlackRock
Credit Suisse today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its exchange traded funds (ETF) business to BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock). This is an important strategic step in an industry that requires significant scale, and allows Credit Suisse to realize value in a (...)
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News CPR Invest – Global Disruptive Opportunities, marked its symbolic three-year anniversary.
Last December, CPR Invest – Global Disruptive Opportunities, marked its symbolic three-year anniversary. There was even more reason to celebrate when it was immediately awarded five Morningstar stars and an A rating by Citywire for its main manager Wesley (...)
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News Fitch Ratings : BNP Paribas S.A. has set ambitious but achievable targets
BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP; A+/Stable/F1) has set ambitious but achievable targets for revenue and business growth under its 2022-2025 plan, Fitch Ratings says. The plan reaffirms BNPP’s ambition to be a European leader across commercial and investment banking and consumer (...)
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News iShares JPMorgan $ Emerging Market Bond Fund surpasses $1 billion in AUM
The fund has seen over $700 million in inflows year to date...
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News Investor Confidence Index Falls from 100.8 to 91.6 in February
Globally, Investor Confidence fell 9.2 points from January’s revised reading of 100.8 to reach 91.6...
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News Top 20 largest hedge funds
According to Bloomberg, the $69 billion Man Group tops the list of the largest hedge funds, an industry that is selectively recovering.
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News French bank Société Générale victim of exceptional fraud!
Société Générale has declared itself a victim of an unscrupulous trader who concealed a massive loss of 4,9 billion dollars as well as a depreciation of assets linked to sub-primes to a total of 2 billion euros....
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News Kepler Capital Markets enters into a strategic alliance with UniCredit
This strategic alliance has been designed to combine UniCredit’s lending and ECM relationships with Kepler’s research expertise and long-standing relationships with institutional investors
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News ING Group to issue USD denominated Additional Tier 1 securities
ING Group intends to issue securities that qualify as Additional Tier 1 capital under CRD IV / CRR. The intended issuance is expected to further strengthen ING’s capital base.
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News European Smart Beta ETF Market Trends
European Smart beta ETF market flows are still positive in the second quarter of 2015, but growth has decelerated compared to Q1 2015. NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) year to date (30/06/2015) amounted to EUR 2.3 billion, i.e. 60% of the 2014 NNA within the first half of the year. Total (...)
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