Nomura Continues Growth in Investment Banking Division, Makes Six Senior Hires in the Americas Including Head of Equity Capital Markets
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, announced that it is continuing to strengthen its Investment Banking Division with six recent senior appointments in the Americas, including Head of Equity Capital Markets for the (...)
The European Securities and Markets Authority has elected three new members to its Management Board to replace outgoing members whose term expires in November this year. The election took place at the Board of Supervisors meeting in Luxembourg on 5 (...)
Candriam Investors Group announces the appointment of Keith Dixson as Head of International Development
Candriam Investors Group, the pan-European multi-specialist asset manager, with EUR91bn of AUM and owned by New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), announces the appointment of Keith Dixson as Head of International Development. In this new function, Mr. Dixson will (...)
Societe Generale Private Banking (SGPB) has appointed Olivier Paccalin as Head of Wealth Management Solutions. Based in Paris, he joins the Executive Committee of SGPB and succeeds Bruno Lèbre, who becomes Head of Business Development. Olivier Paccalin’s appointment has been (...)
Nomura appoints Johnny Heng as Chief Investment Officer, Wealth Management, Asia ex-Japan
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, today appointed Johnny Heng as Chief Investment Officer, Wealth Management, Asia ex-Japan. Mr. Heng is based in Singapore and reports to Nobuhiro Sano, Head of Wealth Management, Asia (...)
In recent weeks, market conditions switched swiftly from panic mode to exuberance mode. Active investors are scratching their heads as markets no longer seem to be discounting a U.S. recession and any Fed rate hike in (...)
The positioning of CTAs and Global Macro strategies on equities remains very cautious at present. Meanwhile, long Fixed Income positions have increased over the past few weeks. The stance has thus turned more defensive, even though the outlook on EM assets has turned more (...)
Luxcara has acquired the solar project Guillena-Salteras located in southern Spain.
The plant will have a projected capacity of approximately 121 MWp. Construction works will begin shortly. The facility is expected to be connected to the grid in Q2/2020. Like project El Salobral, which Luxcara acquired in December 2017, Guillena-Salteras will sell the (...)
Market Neutral L/S struggles as momentum stocks take a hit
Risk assets failed to reach a bottom early December despite the U.S and China agreeing to negotiate on trade at the G20 summit. The near-term outlook remains unclear from political uncertainties, which prevent investors from adding risk in portfolios despite lower equity (...)
Jupiter backs financial innovation with fund rebrand
Managed by financials veteran Guy de Blonay since 2015, the Jupiter Global Financials fund is being repositioned with the aim of continuing to take advantage of the digital transformation of the financial services sector – a structural shift the manager views as an (...)