September 2013
News AfDB and Nomura Announce Sales of Education Support Notes
The African Development Bank (AfDB), a leading multilateral development bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, and Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, today finalized the terms of secondary distribution of AfDB’s education support notes to Japanese retail (...)
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August 2013
News DNB maintains ECB AAA curve for Dutch insurers
Today De Nederlandse Bank (DNB) announced that it maintains its existing alternative interest rate term structure for calculation of the regulatory Solvency 1 available capital of Dutch insurance companies.
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August 2013
News ING to sell ING Life Korea to MBK Partners
ING announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell ING Life Korea, its wholly owned life insurance business in South Korea, to MBK Partners for a total purchase price of approximately KRW 1.84 trillion (EUR 1.24 billion at current exchange (...)
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August 2013
News Fitch Affirms Russia at ’BBB’; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Russia’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ’BBB’ with a Stable Outlook. The Short-term rating has been affirmed at ’F3’ and the Country Ceiling at ’BBB+’.
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July 2013
News CalPERS Reports Preliminary 2012-13 Fiscal Year Performance of 12.5 Percent
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today reported a 12.5 percent return on investments for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2013, outperforming its benchmark by 1.5 percentage points. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than (...)
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July 2013
News Hedge funds anchored in positive territory in spite of equity and bond sell-off hits
All Lyxor Indices ended the month of June in negative territory, worst index performers were the CTA Long Term (?2.64%), the Lyxor Long/Short Equity Market Neutral Index (?2.45%) and the Long/Short Equity Credit Arbitrage Index (...)
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July 2013
News ING to sell stake in ING-BOB Life to BNP Paribas Cardif
ING announced today that it has agreed to sell its 50% stake in its Chinese insurance joint venture ING-BOB Life Insurance Company to BNP Paribas Cardif, the insurance arm of BNP Paribas.
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July 2013
News ORIX completes acquisition of Robeco
ORIX Corporation (ORIX), Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., (Rabobank) and Robeco Groep N.V. (Robeco) announce, further to the press release dated February 19th, 2013 and earlier than expected, that the acquisition of Robeco by ORIX has been completed. ORIX (...)
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June 2013
News CalPERS Commits $50 Million to Clearlake Capital
Clearlake was previously part of CalPERS Emerging Manager Program through an investment in a fund-of-funds. The new commitment is a direct investment. The fund, Clearlake Capital Partners III, will make distressed and special situations investments in small and medium-sized (...)
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June 2013
News Smart Beta: THEAM renames one of its low-volatility funds
THEAM has just renamed its smart beta BNPP L1 Equity World Low Volatility fund Parvest Equity World Low Volatility. The fund’s strategy and portfolio management team remain unchanged...
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May 2013
News Hedge funds continue their positive run in april
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +0.8% in April, bringing year-to-date performance to +3.2%. 12 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 14 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor L/S Equity Market Neutral Index (+3.9%), the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.0%) and the (...)
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April 2013
News Hedge funds advance in march, looking beyond Europe
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +0.62% in March, bringing year-to-date performance to +2.36%. 10 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 14 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+2.09%), the Lyxor L/S Equity Long Bias (+1.41%) and the (...)
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April 2013
News Nomura reaches US$1bn AUM in Japan UCITS fund
Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. today announced that it has seen strong inflows into its Japan Strategic Value Fund, enabling it to surpass $1 billion of AUM and become one of the biggest funds in the sector.
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March 2013
News Credit Suisse to Acquire Morgan Stanley’s Private Wealth Management
Credit Suisse today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Morgan Stanley’s wealth management businesses in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), excluding Switzerland.
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March 2013
News Swiss Re’s sigma on natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2012 reports USD 77 billion in insured losses and economic losses of USD 186 billion
Swiss Re’s latest sigma study reveals that natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2012 caused economic losses of USD 186 billion with approximately 14 000 lives lost.
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