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 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 The Mirova Core Infrastructure Fund (“MCIF”) takes 85% stake in parking concessions which own nearly 4478 off-street and 2030 on-street parking spaces in France
Mirova, a wholly owned subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, is pleased to announce that its EUR 700M fund dedicated to brownfield regulated infrastructures in Continental Europe, MCIF, has completed the purchase of a majority stake in (...)
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News Tabula sees strong inflows into its Asia High Yield Bond ETF as investors look to take advantage of market opportunity
European asset manager and ETF provider Tabula Investment Management Limited has seen over US$125 million of net inflows into its Asia ex-Japan High Yield Corporate USD Bond ESG UCITS ETF in 2022, as investors look to take advantage of attractive yields and a growing (...)
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News Vauban Infrastructure Partners acquires four district heating networks in Spain - a green projet connecting more than 25,000 dwellings by 2028
Vauban Infrastructure Partners announces the closing of the transaction related to the acquisition of 100% stake in 4 district heating networks in Spain, an eminently “green project” connecting more than 25,000 dwellings to these networks by (...)
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News CNP Assurances and Meridiam announce the closing of the Meridiam Transition, a pioneering new fund specialized in long-term investments in the energy transition
Meridiam and CNP Assurances announced today the closing of the Meridiam Transition fund, with 425 million euros raised in six months from French institutional investors. This fund will finance and support infrastructure projects dedicated to environmental and energy (...)
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News WealthInsight predicts positive future outlook of Latin American wealth management market
2015 has been an unsettling year for the Latin American wealth management market. Currency depreciation, recession in Brazil, the recent closing of regional branches by international banks (including HSBC and Deutsche Bank this year), a slump in commodity prices and the (...)
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News The market for catastrophe bonds (« Cat bonds ») remains dynamic!
Over the 12 months, the market for Cat bonds - bonds issued by securitization structure to refinance insurance risks related to natural disaster - remains dynamic, both in terms of volume and performance...
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News The euro jumped by 1% this morning against the US dollar to 1.0836, while defensive assets dropped
The French OAT- German Bund yield spreads tighten by 16bps as market’s pricing in the likely outcome of Macron winning the elections as many French political leaders now support him in an effort to block the Far-right Le (...)
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News Solactive launches Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond Index
Solactive AG is pleased to announce it has entered for the first time the Asia-Pacific region with a new index in the fixed-income space, the Solactive Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond Index, aimed to be tracked by the BetaShares Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate (...)
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News 2021 Alpha outlook in Japan
We see the alpha environment in Japan improving in 2021. First, we expect a more supportive macro backdrop, setting the stage for a wider set of investment themes. Japan’s second wave of Covid-19 has peaked and its impact on activity looks manageable so far and will likely (...)
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News CalPERS Board Adopts Decision that Former Loomis Fire Chief Violated Pension Law
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration (Board) adopted an administrative law judge’s decision that found former Loomis Fire District’s Fire Chief, David Wheeler, to have knowingly violated the retirement law, and ordered him and the (...)
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News Aberdeen Standard Investments acquires Infravia Capital Partners’ stake in dutch gas pipeline
The Aberdeen Standard Investments infrastructure team has made a second investment in a gas pipeline and processing system. The team has acquired the InfraVia Capital Partners Managed Fund’s 20% interest in Noordgastransport (NGT) (...)
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News SUEZ successfully launches a 500 million euros green bond issuance
With a 5.5 times oversubscription and an order book totalling 2.7 billion euros, this issuance has been a huge success. More than 200 investors have once again shown their confidence in SUEZ: the very strong demand allowed to tighten the credit margin by 40 bps compared with (...)
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