State Street Global Advisors Strengthens its Global ETF Business
Jim Ross, current head of SSGA’s SPDR ETF Business and Intermediary Distribution, has been named chairman, Global SPDR and SSGA Funds Management. Nick Good, current chief operating officer of the North American Intermediary Business Group, and Rory Tobin, current head of (...)
Professor Riccardo Rebonato joins EDHEC-Risk Institute
Professor Riccardo Rebonato, a specialist in interest rate risk modelling with applications to bond portfolio management and fixed-income derivatives pricing, has joined EDHEC-Risk Institute on May 2, 2016. He also joined the EDHEC (...)
Axioma Continues European Expansion with Appointment of Head of Multi-Asset Class Solutions
Axioma, a leading provider of innovative risk solutions for buy-side institutions, today announced the appointment of Sunay Shah as Head of Multi-Asset Class Solutions for EMEA, including Axioma RiskTM, the company’s multi-asset class (MAC) risk (...)
State Street’s GX Private Equity Index Again Shows Strong Performance in Second Quarter 2017
The State Street Global ExchangeSM Private Equity Index (GXPEI) ended the second quarter of 2017 with continued strong performance of 3.96 percent, in line with the 3.95 percent return posted in the first quarter.
BNP Paribas Asset Management announces successful close of BNPP AM CLO 2017
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the close of BNPP AM Euro CLO 2017 B.V., a EUR 361 million securitisation vehicle that invests in a diversified portfolio of syndicated leveraged loans to European corporates. This is BNPP AM’s fourth new generation CLO (...)
Mounting signals that the latest leg of the bond market rally has started to reverse fueled hedge fund strategies last week. Most recent inflation prints outpaced expectations both in the U.S. and the U.K., as consumer prices rose +1.9% and +2.9% year-over-year in August, (...)
Genstar Capital, in Partnership with Management, Announces Acquisition of Institutional Shareholder Services from Vestar Capital Partners
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions to financial market participants, announced that Genstar Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ISS from Vestar Capital Partners (...)
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it will publish a new index named the Nomura High-yield JREIT Index. The index is a non-market cap weighted index comprising J-REIT stocks with a high expected dividend (...)