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 (...)
Varma invests EUR 230 million in State Street’s sustainable climate bond funds
Varma invested EUR 230 million in the Sustainable Climate Corporate Bond Funds of the world’s third-largest asset manager State Street Global Advisors. The funds aim to achieve a significant reduction in investors’ exposure to carbon emissions and allocate capital to fund the (...)
Astorg enters into exclusive negotiations to acquire Solina from Ardian
Astorg is pleased to announce that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to become the new majority shareholder of Solina, the leading European manufacturer of ingredient and seasoning blends for the food industry, from Ardian. Solina’s management will reinvest a (...)
CPR AM expands its climate offering with two new open-ended funds
CPR AM, the thematic equities arm of the largest European asset manager Amundi, is expanding its range of investment solutions dedicated to combatting climate change with the launch of: CPR Invest – Climate Action Euro, an open-ended Eurozone equity fund and CPR Invest – (...)
Fitch: Amundi’s Lyxor Acquisition Highlights Continued Shift to Passives
Amundi’s (A+/Stable) announced acquisition of the core activities of Lyxor from Societe Generale S.A. (A-/Stable) reflects the importance of passive management in Europe in the current environment and is in line with structural market trends, says Fitch (...)
The equity exposure of our portfolios is still relatively high
CPR Asset Management maintains a bias favorable to value stocks. Nonetheless, the management company took some profits in some of these segments during the month, such as North American small caps and the oil sector.