DWS Group today announces two changes to its Executive Board.
Mark Cullen will become Chief Operating Officer and Dirk Goergen will become Head of EMEA Coverage. Both will become members of the DWS Executive Board. Jon Eilbeck and Thorsten Michalik will leave the company. All changes have received regulatory sign-off and will take (...)
BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints Corinne Massuyeau as Global Head of Client Services
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Corinne Massuyeau as Global Head of Client Services. Corinne is based in Paris and reports to Sandro Pierri, Global Head of Client Group.
BNP Paribas Asset Management expands its ESG commitment through appointment of Head of Stewardship for the Americas
BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) announces the appointment of Adam Kanzer as Head of Stewardship, Americas, within its Sustainability Centre. Based in New York, Adam joined on 19 October and reports to Helena Viñes Fiestas, BNPP AM’s Global Head of Sustainability (...)
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announces the appointment of Susan Schmidt as Head of US Equities, expanding its geographical footprint in the asset class after nine hires to its UK, Global and Emerging Market equities teams in (...)
Unigestion strengthens cross-asset solutions team with two manager hires
Unigestion, the boutique asset manager with the scale to deliver tailor-made investment solutions to clients globally, has further strengthened its cross-asset solutions team with the recent appointments of Salman Baig and Joshua Seager as investment (...)
iShares leads global ETF industry with record inflows of $140bn Growth in 2016 powered by moves into bond, Core and smart beta ETFs
BlackRock, Inc.’s iShares business led the global ETF industry in 2016, winning a record $140bn in new flows, powered by moves into bond, Core and smart beta ETFs. Representing 13% organic growth, iShares 2016 flows reflect the global scale, diverse product range and (...)
2017 Hedge Funds Outlook: Better prospects, but too early for champagne
An uneventful week for hedge funds. Amid reduced trading volumes and a pause in the Reflation trade, most Lyxor indices were about flat. CTAs and Macro funds stood out, in symmetry. The former lost on US yields and equities, the latter gained on their long US bonds and short (...)
GIC completes €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 - one of the largest property deals in 2016
GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has completed the purchase of P3, one of the a leading pan-European owners, developers and managers of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge...
S&P Global announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Quant House SAS (QuantHouse) to a company owned by Pierre Feligioni, one of QuantHouse’s original founders. The terms of the transaction were not (...)
Euronext closes acquisition of a 20% stake in EuroCCP
Euronext today announced it has completed the acquisition of a 20% equity stake in EuroCCP, for an amount of €13.4m, after having received regulatory approvals. This follows the announcement of August 17th on the signing of a definitive agreement with the existing (...)