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News Ellipsis Asset Management acquires the convertible bond business of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management

Ellipsis Asset Management, a subsidiary of the Kepler Cheuvreux group and a European leader in convertible management, announces the acquisition of the convertible bond management business of Edmond de Rothschild Asset (...)

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AllianzGI with over EUR 50 billion AuM in infrastructure

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Schroders Greencoat builds on renewable energy demand with launch of semi-liquid energy transition fund

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December 2013

News UBS to buy back outstanding bonds in public tender offer

UBS offers to buy back certain outstanding tier 2 and senior bonds for cash up to approximately CHF 2.15 billion.

December 2013

News Nomura and ICG Announce Agreement to Facilitate Planned Japanese Domestic Mezzanine Fund

It is planned that a fund would provide institutional investors opportunities to invest in mezzanine debt with financial sponsors and in growth/expansion capital...

December 2013

News Swiss Re’s insurance outlook for 2014/15 sees emerging markets driving premium growth

Global economic growth will continue to strengthen in 2014, Swiss Re says in its "Global insurance review 2013 and outlook 2014/15". This will support on-going premium growth in the non-life primary market, particularly in emerging markets, with reinsurance premiums (...)

December 2013

News ING completes sale of Mexican mortgage business

ING announced it has completed the sale of ING Hipotecaria, its mortgage business in Mexico, to Banco Santander (México), S.A.

November 2013

News CalPERS to Recover $261 Million in JPMorgan Federal Investigation Settlement

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is set to get back approximately $261 million in damages from JPMorgan in a federal investigation settlement announced today by California’s Attorney General Kamala (...)

November 2013

News Swiss Re invests USD 493 million for a 4.9% stake in New China Life

Swiss Re announces that it has entered into a transaction with Zurich Insurance Company Ltd to acquire a 4.9% stake in New China Life Insurance Company Ltd, reaffirming Swiss Re’s commitment to high growth markets.

November 2013

News Swiss Re to acquire a 14.9% stake in Brazilian insurer SulAmérica for approximately USD 334 million

Swiss Re has agreed to acquire an 11.1% stake in Sul América S.A. ("SulAmérica") from ING Group N.V. ("ING") and a 3.8% stake from members of the Larragoiti family for a total amount of approximately USD 334 million. This confirms Swiss Re’s commitment to Brazil, Latin America (...)

November 2013

News The rising tide lifted all ships: hedge funds deliver in october

All Lyxor Strategy Indices ended the month of October in positive territory, led by the CTA Long Term (+4.03%), the L/S Equity Market Neutral (+1.77%) and the L/S Equity Long Bias (+1.63%).

November 2013

News Swiss Re and Phoenix Group announce termination of discussion

Admin Re® will continue to seek to fully establish its franchise value in the UK and Continental Europe and will also continue to actively seek to explore new opportunities...

November 2013

News BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Confidence in Global Economy Restored After U.S. Debt Resolution

Investors have regained confidence in the global economic outlook following resolution of the U.S. debt crisis, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for November.

October 2013

News ING to pay EUR 1.125 billion to Dutch State on 6 November 2013

ING announced today that it has notified the Dutch State of its intention to pay EUR 1.125 billion on 6 November 2013.

October 2013

News ING announces exercise of underwriters’ option to acquire additional shares in ING U.S.

ING announced today that the underwriters in the offering of shares of ING U.S. Inc., its U.S.-based retirement, investment and insurance subsidiary, have exercised their option to purchase an additional 4.95 million shares of ING U.S. from ING Group at the offering price of (...)

October 2013

News ING prices offering of ING U.S. shares at USD 29.50 per share

ING announced today the pricing of 33 million shares of common stock of ING U.S., Inc., its U.S.-based retirement, investment and insurance subsidiary. Based on the final price of USD 29.50 per share, the offering size is approximately USD 974 million (approximately EUR 706 (...)

October 2013

News EDHEC-Risk Institute and Lyxor launch a research chair and explore the next generation of risk parity adapted to time-varying market conditions

EDHEC-Risk Institute and Lyxor are launching a three-year research chair entitled “Risk Allocation Solutions”...

September 2013

News H2O Asset Management passes €3 billion mark in assets under management

H2O AM, an asset management firm founded in 2010 by recognised international bond and global macro specialists in partnership with Natixis AM, is celebrating its third anniversary with excellent performances for all its funds. H2O AM plans to press on with its growth in (...)

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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 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 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 Long Short Credit resilience defies investors’concerns

Since early December, Merger Arbitrage and L/S Equity Market Neutral has outperformed, while L/S Equity remains under pressure. Relative Value Arbitrage was resilient. Based on a peer group of 28 onshore L/S Credit strategies, the median performance was -0.3% month-to-date (...)

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News Swiss Re to create new fund for institutional and designated professional investors to access natural catastrophe business

Swiss Re subsidiary Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Management Ltd (SRILIM) has received authorisation from FINMA to act as an asset manager for investment funds

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News Sfil Group’s 1st issue in US dollar of the year

With this transaction on a 5-year maturity, Sfil extends its dollar reference curve by a further 2 years and contributes to diversifying its medium- to long-term financing sources after 2 euro transactions launched during the 1st half at 5 and 7 (...)

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News Spanish banks’ secular lending contraction coming to an end

Loans by Spanish banks may start growing again, says Scope Ratings, after several years of contraction. But the rating agency expects volume growth to remain moderate for the foreseeable future.

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News Solactive Launches PAB High-Yield (Y) Indices and Enlarges Paris-Aligned Index Family

Investors have been increasingly considering aligning investment decisions with ESG values. In 2021, this focus increased as the entire world watched heads of states’ debates on effective actions against climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, (...)

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News Luxcara has acquired the solar project Guillena-Salteras located in southern Spain.

The plant will have a projected capacity of approximately 121 MWp. Construction works will begin shortly. The facility is expected to be connected to the grid in Q2/2020. Like project El Salobral, which Luxcara acquired in December 2017, Guillena-Salteras will sell the (...)

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News Event-driven takes asummer break

For the first time since October 2016, the monthly performance of Event-Driven funds was in negative territory. The strategy remains nonetheless the stellar performer in 2017, up 5.7% year to date according to the Lyxor Event Driven Broad (...)

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News Swiss Re Capital Markets structures and places the first parametric earthquake catastrophe bond to hedge mortgage risk caused by earthquakes for Bayview

Swiss Re Capital Markets successfully closed the USD 225 million Series 2020-1 Principal At-Risk Variable Rate Notes transaction issued by Sierra Ltd. on behalf of Bayview’s MSR Opportunity Fund ("Bayview").

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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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News Euronext expands listed private placement bonds offer

Euronext, the primary exchange in the euro zone, today announced the launch of Euronext Private Placement Bonds (EPPB). A pan-European initiative, this new product rounds out Euronext’s existing private placement bond range by extending it to (...)

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News Nomura Leads First Green Bond Offering by NTT Finance

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it has priced a three-year Green Bond issue valued at 40 billion yen for NTT Finance Corporation. Nomura acted as bookrunner and green bond structuring agent for the (...)

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News Norges Bank has decided to revoke the exclusion of one company, and end observation of a company.

The Executive Board of Norges Bank has decided to revoke the exclusion of Thoresen Thai Agencies PCL. The company has been excluded since 2018 due to its practice of sending decommissioned vessels to be broken up for scrap in Bangladesh, where working conditions are (...)

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News Institutional investor appetite is back for quant funds

The recent CTA performances encourage institutional investors to more closely monitor this type of hedge fund. Thus, according to Preqin, 52% of them wish to increase their exposure to this type of alternative strategy this year (vs 14% last (...)

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