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 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 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 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 A new “Sustainable Eurobond” issuance from VakıfBank with an amount of USD 500 million
Having the highest amount of sustainable-linked sources in its funding structure, VakıfBank successfully completed its second bond issuance within the sustainable finance program. The coupon rate of USD 500 million Eurobond with 5 years maturity has been set at 5.5% which is (...)
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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 LGT Capital Partners to acquire European Capital
LGT Capital Partners Ltd., a leading alternative investment specialist, will acquire European Capital Fund Management Ltd. (European Capital), a London- and Paris-based private debt manager from companies controlled by Ares Management L.P. Subject to regulatory approvals, (...)
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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 MSCI ESG Research makes MSCI ESG Ratings of over 2,800 companies publicly available
In recognition of growing momentum and interest from a diverse range of stakeholders in ESG investing, MSCI ESG Research LLC, announces today it will make its MSCI ESG Ratings publicly available...
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News Greece rescue plan: The resurgence of structured finance?
The Greek rescue plan, suggested by a consortium of banks led by BNP Paribas, praises the techniques of structured finance, with this time the politicals’ blessing...
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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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