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 ETFGI reports 44th consecutive month of net inflows into ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe with US$2.89 billion in net new assets during May 2018
ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported net inflows of US$2.89 billion into ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe during May 2018, marking the 44th consecutive month of net inflows into European-listed (...)
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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 BofA Merrill Lynch February Fund Manager Survey finds macro optimism surging
Macro optimism is surging, with 23% of investors saying they expect a “boom” (above trend growth and inflation) compared to 1% one year ago. Meanwhile, 43% said they expect “secular stagnation” (below trend growth and inflation), down sharply from 88% one year (...)
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News Top 20 largest hedge funds
According to Bloomberg, the $69 billion Man Group tops the list of the largest hedge funds, an industry that is selectively recovering.
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News Is Margarita Louis Dreyfus looking to sell?
This time, it’s not about the French soccer club, Olympique de Marseille, but a historical trading group called « Louis Dreyfus Commodities »…
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News S&P Global Market Intelligence Ranks Largest 100 Banks in the World
The world’s five largest banks are all based in Asia, and China-headquartered banks made up the top four, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s latest global bank rankings.
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News The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) joins the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) Risk Database Consortium
During the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 20, Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), acting on behalf of the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) Risk Database Consortium, and Joaquim Levy the Managing Director and Chief (...)
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News Global FX trading averages $5.1 trillion a day in April 2016; spot trading falls while FX swaps rise
The 2016 Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange (FX) and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets activity shows a decline in FX spot trading for the first time since 2001, even as activity in FX derivatives continued to (...)
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News BofA Merrill Lynch July Fund Manager Survey finds cash is king as investors walk the line
According to BofA Merrill Lynch July Fund Manager Survey, average cash balance dips to 4.9% from 5.0% last month, still above the 10-year average of 4.5%; investors note they are overweight cash due to their bearish view on the markets (25%) and preference for cash over (...)
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News The inexorable growth of the dividends "futures" market
Dividend Futures give rise to growing interest among market professionals, including fund management companies based in France, as evidenced by the recent launch of strategies specifically dedicated to this market segment, particularly in Melanion Capital or Laffitte Capital (...)
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News iShares S&P 500 becomes the largest ETF in Europe
The fund was traded every day during 2010, with an average spread consistently below 10 basis points...
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News CalPERS : Hedge Fund Decision Not About One-Year Performance
CalPERS decided to end its hedge fund program, Absolute Return Strategies (ARS), in September of 2014. The matter was widely covered in the media and drew considerable attention at the time. As CalPERS indicated very clearly at that time, program performance was not a key (...)
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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 (...)
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News Kepler Cheuvreux and CIMB Sign Cooperation Agreement and MoU
Partnership will address customers’ need for cross-distribution of equity research across Asian and European markets, and establish a single global program trading platform
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