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News Chi-X Japan Launches Chi-Match VWAP Cross

Chi-X Japan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of market operator Chi-X Global Holdings LLC, has successfully launched Chi-Match™ VWAP Cross (Volume Weighted Average Price) on September 1, 2014.

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News ING Group included in leading banks indices

ING Group will, as of today, be included in the EURO STOXX® Banks Index, with a weighting of 3.83%, and in the STOXX® Europe 600 Banks Index, with a weighting of 7.60%.

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News Natixis Asset Management and Dorval Finance strengthen their strategic partnership

After six years of fruitful cooperation, Natixis Asset Management and Dorval Finance are strengthening their strategic partnership. On 9 September, Natixis Asset Management increased its stake in Dorval Finance from 25% to (...)

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News CalPERS Receives Citigroup Settlement Payment Totaling $88 Million

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has $88 million more in its investment portfolio thanks to a payment received this week from the California Attorney General’s Office as part of a global settlement reached by the US Department of Justice, FDIC, and (...)

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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 BNP Paribas Investment Partners granted one of the first RQFII licenses in France and the Eurozone

BNP Paribas Investment Partners granted one of the first RQFII licenses in France and the Eurozone: Providing its clients with the latest investment avenues to China’s Onshore Markets

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News QNB acquires an additional 11.0% stake in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the leading pan-African bank

QNB has announced the acquisition of an additional holding of 11.0% (2,047,877,260 ordinary shares) in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (Ecobank). QNB Group’s total stake in Ecobank is now 23.5%.

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News World Bank and Nomura Announce Sale of new World Bank Bonds for Japanese Retail Investors to support Sustainable Development

The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody’s/S&P), and Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, finalized the terms of secondary distribution of World Bank Bonds for Japanese retail (...)

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News Nomura Establishes Joint Venture in Shenzhen

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it has established a joint venture with Shenzhen Hua Xia Ren He Capital Management Co., Ltd. to conduct a private fund business in the Qianhai Economic Zone in (...)

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News Source’s Ground-Breaking launch on Borsa Italiana

Source, an investment firm and one of the market-leading European providers of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), is delighted to announce the listing of 26 funds on Borsa Italiana, providing Italian investors access to a wide range of equity and fixed income (...)

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News QNB acquires a 12.5% stake in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the leading pan-African bank

QNB, “One of the World’s Strongest Banks” has today announced the acquisition of a 12.5% stake (both ordinary and convertible preference shares) in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated.

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News AfDB prices NZD 100 million Kauri Bond due August 2019

African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa (Stable) / AAA (Stable) / AAA (Stable (Moody’s / Fitch / S&P), successfully priced a NZD 100 million 5-year Kauri benchmark due 27th August 2019 through TD Securities. The notes pay a coupon of 4.50% and marks the first Kauri (...)

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News ING to sell 30 million shares in Voya Financial

ING announced that it has today agreed to sell shares of common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. in an underwritten public offering.

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News BondHawk Trader Platform Slashes Total Cost of Ownership for Fixed Income Shops

BondHawk Systems, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of BondHawk Trader, a robust fixed income platform for buy side and sell side firms. The system offers real-time position management, risk, and order management for traders, asset managers, and (...)

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News Turning Global Risks into Sustainable Opportunities

A new global initiative launched by DNV GL and Monday Morning Global Institute aims to identify opportunities for sustainable responses to a range of global risks. A series of eight workshops around the globe marks the start of the identification process. The results will be (...)

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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 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 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 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions joins forces with Seguros Confianza, Colombia’s leading specialty insurer, and acquires a majority stake

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and owners of Compañía Aseguradora de Fianzas S.A. Confianza ("Confianza") have signed an agreement under which Corporate Solutions will acquire a 51% stake in Confianza. This arrangement will provide Colombian corporate clients local access to (...)

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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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News Rouble, Rates Moves Heighten Russian Economy Risks

Risks to Russia’s economy in 2015 have been increased by this week’s extreme volatility in the rouble and the sharp rise in interest rates, Fitch Ratings says.

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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 (...)

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News Societe Generale further reduces its involvement in coal

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News DWS Supports Drive Towards Climate Resilient Infrastructure Investments

DWS Group, along with more than 30 other institutions, supports the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI). The goal of the CCRI is to transform infrastructure investments by integrating climate risks into the decision-making process, driving a paradigm shift (...)

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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 Nomura to Acquire Shares of 8 Securities and 8 Limited

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“NAM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with FinTech company 8 Securities Inc. (“8 Securities”) and its Hong Kong headquartered parent company 8 Limited (“8 Limited”) (...)

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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 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%.

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News Global macro strategies play safe with U.S. Inflation hedges

In the space of alternatives, Global Macro strategies have embraced reflation trades in the past quarter, scaling up positions on EM FX, equities, commodities and inflation linked bonds at varying degrees.

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