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News Norges Bank Investment Management makes new investment in US logistics

Norges Bank Investment Management has acquired a 45 percent interest in a logistics portfolio in the US, comprising 48 buildings in Southern California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in a new joint venture with Goodman (...)

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

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AllianzGI with over EUR 50 billion AuM in infrastructure

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May 2019

News ThomasLloyd launches first open-ended public infrastructure fund and signs global fund distribution agreement with Allfunds

May 2019

News L/S Credit resilient despite spread widening

In a context where rising trade uncertainties have interrupted the rally in risk assets, L/S Credit strategies have been resilient in May so far. Such resiliency took place despite a widening in High Yield (HY) credit spreads, by approximately +35bps both in Euro and in (...)

May 2019

News ETFGI reports assets invested in the Global ETF and ETP industry reached a record $5.57 trillion at the end of April 2019

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed Globally gathered net inflows of US$45.94 billion in March, bringing year-to-date net inflows to US$145.74 (...)

May 2019

News Systematic strategies are back

For the second month in a row, CTAs outperformed hedge fund strategies in April. According to the Lyxor CTA peer group, the strategy was up +1.6% in April, which brings the year-to-date performance close to +5%.

April 2019

News Green Bond issuers find Global Market in Luxembourg

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has signed a string of agreements with major stock exchanges and institutions in China, strengthening its appeal as the world’s leading green bond trading hub.

April 2019

News Flows into hedge funds turn positive but lack conviction

Despite the mixed signals at the level of individual countries, the rally in risk assets continues unabated on the back of improving economic prospects and looser monetary conditions. In the hedge fund space, CTAs’ winning streak continues (+1.1% last week according to the (...)

April 2019

News Solactive registered as a Benchmark Administrator under the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR)

Solactive announces that it is registered as a Benchmark Administrator under the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). This enables the company to provide superior indexing services throughout Europe for years to (...)

April 2019

News Nomura Asset Management to Launch New ETF Designed to Track Performance of the “Nomura Shareholder Yield 70”

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NAM), the core company within the Asset Management Division of Nomura Group, today announced plans to launch a new exchange traded fund (ETF) designed to track the performance of the “Nomura Shareholder Yield (...)

April 2019

News Nomura and University of Tsukuba to Launch Joint Blockchain R&D Project

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Nomura) and the University of Tsukuba announced that they have agreed to launch a joint project that leverages blockchain technology from April 2019.

March 2019

News Meridiam announces the closing of the reopening of its Africa fund at €546 million, 2.5 times its initial size

Launched in 2015, for an initial amount of €207 million, the initial commitment has already been fully invested two years before the end of the investment period. At the end of this closing, it is now 2.5 times bigger than at the (...)

March 2019

News CTAs are on the mend

After a dismal performance and significant outflows in 2018, trend following strategies are on the mend. A month ago, we signaled the strategy was experiencing green shoots of recovery ; so far this month, it has been the best performing (...)

March 2019

News BNP Paribas Asset Management announces tighter exclusion policy on coal companies

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces its plan to implement an enhanced coalexclusion policy, accelerating its commitment to tackle climate change by divesting from the single largest source of carbon (...)

March 2019

News The African Development Bank launches EUR 1 billion 0.50% 10-year Global Benchmark due 21 March 2029

The African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA by Moody’s/S&P/Fitch, has successfully priced a EUR 1 billion 10-year Global Benchmark, due 21 March 2029, its first benchmark transaction of the year.

March 2019

News ETFGI reports Assets invested in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPs listed globally reaches a record US$25 Bn at the end of January 2019

ETFGI reported that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$730 million during January. Total assets invested in ESG ETFs and ETPs increased by 9.97% from US$22.47 billion at the end of December, to a record (...)

March 2019

News Natixis signs the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles

Natixis has adopted the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles, further enhancing the company’s initiatives to promote gender equality, which is a vital performance enabler.

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News CalPERS Shortens Period to Review Tobacco Divestments

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) Board of Administration (Board) today reaffirmed its decision to review the System’s tobacco divestments, and shortened the time period for review to six to nine (...)

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News Unigestion expands its fund distribution network by joining the MFEX platform

Unigestion, the boutique asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with risk-managed investment solutions, today announces that it has significantly expanded its fund distribution network by joining the MFEX (...)

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News AfDB issues 1% US $1 Billion Global Benchmark due 2 November 2018

On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, the African Development Bank, rated Aaa (Moody’s) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch), launched and priced a new US $1-billion 2-year Global benchmark transaction due 2 November 2018.

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News International inflows power record year for CPR AM

CPR AM delivered strong results with €2.8 billion of inflows in 2018. International assets under management (excluding France) grew 220% over three years, taking total AUM (ex-France) to €6.4 billion euros. Inflows driven by investor demand for thematic equities (€2.3 (...)

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News Norway’s sovereign wealth fund returned -0.9 percent, or -73 billion kroner, in the second quarter of 2015.

Equity investments returned -0.2 percent, and fixed-income investments -2.2 percent. The return on these investments was 0.4 percentage point higher than the return on the benchmark indices. Investments in real estate returned 2.0 (...)

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News Fitch Affirms The Netherlands at ’AAA’; Outlook Negative

Fitch Ratings has affirmed The Netherlands’ Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Rating (IDRs) at ’AAA’. The Outlooks are Negative. The issue ratings on The Netherlands’ unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at (...)

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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”...

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News Robeco announces its growth strategy for Japan

Robeco Groep N.V. today announced the company’s strategy to set up full-scale operations and expand its asset management business in Japan.

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News CalPERS Cuts Costs and Saves Pension Fund $922.5 Million Over a Five-Year Span

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration (Board) released the Annual Cost Efficiency and Effectiveness Report (PDF), detailing several initiatives that resulted in cost savings for the Pension Fund of $922.5 million over the past (...)

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News RBS fails BoE stress test, adopts new capital plan

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc emerged as the weakest among seven U.K. lenders examined in the Bank of England’s 2016 stress test, missing two key capital target levels under the adverse stress scenario.

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News New financing under the Investment Plan for Europe: Ginkgo 2

Building on its first vehicle, instigated by the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2010, Ginkgo announces the first closing and launch of its second fund, Ginkgo 2, which targets the sustainable remediation of brownfield sites in urban (...)

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News ING completes sale of stake in SulAmérica to Swiss Re

ING received a total cash consideration of approximately EUR 180 million for the 37.7 million SulAmérica units, which represent a direct stake of approximately 11.3%.

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News ING to sell remaining stake in Voya Financial

ING announced today it agreed to sell shares of common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. in an underwritten public offering. In addition, ING Group has entered into a share repurchase agreement with Voya under which Voya will repurchase USD 600 million of its shares of common (...)

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News USD funding, money market freeze, pheripheral sovereign debt...answers from BNP Paribas

Amongst the three French banks under pressure, only BNP Paribas has played the card of full transparency ...

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News Fédéris Gestion d’Actifs and Mirova partner up to promote a responsible approach to governance

In order to reinforce its voting policy and establish its engagement with companies, Fédéris Gestion d’Actifs, a pillar of French insurance product and diversified management, and pioneer of responsible investment management in France, has retained (...)

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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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