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News EIF, CDP and Muzinich & Co. enter into a new 150 million euro agreement to support European SMEs and Mid Caps

One billion euro for new growth and financing opportunities to over 100 European SMEs and Mid-Caps affected by the economic impacts of the pandemic.

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News Professional investors and crypto/digital assets: Research reveals strong increase in allocation to digital assets from professional investors

New research from London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel), Europe’s largest regulated and award-winning digital assets hedge fund manager, reveals institutional investors and wealth managers have dramatically increased their allocation to cryptocurrencies and (...)

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News State Investment Management Agency and European Investment Bank launch first support for Lithuanian Mid-Caps under European Guarantee Fund

Lithuanian national promotional institution VIVA agrees guarantee with European Investment Bank under “European Guarantee Fund” (EGF) to finance local Mid-Caps.

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News ETFGI reports Thematic ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered US$80.54 billion in net inflows in 2021

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reports that Thematic ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$2.38 billion during December, bringing net inflows for 2021 to US$80.54 billion which (...)

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News Successful €500m Tier 3 subordinated notes issue

CNP Assurances has successfully completed its first Tier 3 subordinated issue of the year, placing €500 million worth of seven-year notes due 27 January 2029 and paying interest at 1.25%. The notes qualify as Tier 3 capital under Solvency (...)

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News Eurazeo Smart City II Venture Fund completes 2nd closing with new partners in Europe & Asia and accelerates towards an expanded €250 million fund

Eurazeo is pleased to announce the 2nd closing of Eurazeo Smart City II Venture fund at € 150 million with new institutional and corporate partners in Europe and Asia.

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News Accelex and Simcorp Partner to automate alternative investment data workflows

Accelex and SimCorp have agreed a partnership that combines market leading technology solutions to benefit alternative investors globally. The partnership – with joint clients already in North America and Europe – is a response to the increasing demand for greater transparency (...)

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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 Where Impact meets Thematic Investing

CPR Asset Management organized an event on November 23, 2021 on the impact with renowned external speakers and its own experts on the theme: “Where Impact meets Thematic Investing”. During this day, there were 8 Speakers and 6 Workshops dedicated to Impact (...)

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News European private equity registers new first-half investment record as firms plan to increase focus on environmental and social impact

Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, today published two reports underlining the robust recovery in private equity activity in the first half of 2021, as well as the (...)

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News HSBC & Pollination “Climate Asset Management” Announce Landmark $150 Million Africa Nature Based Carbon Programme with Global EverGreening Alliance at COP26

The Global EverGreening Alliance and Climate Asset Management, announce partnership to deliver a landmark $USD 150 million nature based carbon programme in Africa.

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News ETF provider GraniteShares doubles AUM in Europe to $200 million in just six months

GraniteShares is seeing record levels of trading in its leveraged and short LSE listed ETPs. In Q3 2021, $300 million was traded, a 43% increase compared to the volume seen in Q4 of 2020.

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News Wells Fargo Strategic Capital Brings Total Growth Investment in Volante Technologies to USD 45M

Bank joins Wavecrest Growth Partners, BNY Mellon, Citi Ventures, PostePay (Poste Italiane) and Visa Inc. as investors to fund continued growth and expansion

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News Frédéric Samama: "Very concretely at the start of the year, we tell our managers that they have a carbon budget to spend"

According to Frédéric Samama, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at CPR AM, we have been witnessing a convergence towards the Carbon objective for about six months...

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News Catherine Crozat: "The regulations will clarify, simplify and explain what asset management companies do in terms of sustainable finance"

What are the main contributions of regulation in the field of ESG? The response from Catherine Crozat, Head of ESG Projects at CPR AM

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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 Solactive provides two new Social and Governance Indices for BBVA’s Sustainable ‘Quantitative Investment Strategies’

The two new indices rounding out BBVA’s sustainable-centered QIS are the Solactive BBVA ixS Global Inclusive Growth Index and the Solactive BBVA ixG Global Governance & Board Diversity Index.

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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 Five Of The Top Ten Largest Banks In The World Are From China - Largest Bank With Almost $5T In Total Assets

China’s banking system can trace its roots back all the way back to the tenth century Song dynasty.

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News The Number of Bitcoin ATMs Surged by 70% in Six Months and hit 16,500 in March

As one of the quickest and most convenient ways to transfer physical cash into Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin AMTs continued their impressive growth in 2021. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, the total number of Bitcoin ATMs surged by 70% in (...)

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News Société du Grand Paris continues financing the Grand Paris Express with a new bond offering

Société du Grand Paris came to the market with its first Green Bond in 2021. This May-46 €2bn 0.875% offering is the seventh transaction off their “Green Euro Medium Term note” programme, the first ever 100% Green EMTN ever created. Over 120 investors showed interest, with total (...)

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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 Infravia IV hits its hard cap in closing at Eur 2bn

InfraVia announces the completion of the acquisition of Mater Private hospital group on 31st July 2018 following receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals. Mater Private is the first investment of InfraVia’s fourth infrastructure (...)

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News Natixis supports the measures announced by H2O Asset Management and confirms the principles of its multiaffiliates model

Following the information released on 20th June 2019 by Natixis and H2O Asset Management and the statements of H2O Asset Management made earlier today, Natixis today provides the following additional information.

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News Insuring livestock to protect the poor

Livestock insurance has the potential to reduce the vulnerability of poor populations. The challenges are formidable, but recent technology offers hope...

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News Ecuador’s Budget Cuts and China Loans Mitigate Oil Risks

The Ecuadorian government’s announcement of cuts to the 2015 budget and new Chinese loans signals how the authorities are responding to the fiscal and financing challenges of lower oil prices, Fitch Ratings says.

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News The Investment Implications of Climate Risk – An Investment Manager’s View

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News ETF Securities Revises Fair Value Target as Brexit Gold Rush Continues

ETF Securities has adjusted its fair value target for gold to $1400, amid a surge in appetite for the precious metal.

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News Big Shorts and Gold Rush dominate ETP flows

Surges in appetite for Gold and Short/Leveraged exchange traded products (“ETPs”) dominated the first half of the year, with demand for both redoubling after the shock Brexit referendum result, according to latest inflow data from ETF (...)

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