Henri de Castries to Join General Atlantic as Chairman of Europe
General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, announced today that Henri de Castries, former Chairman and CEO of AXA Group has joined General Atlantic as Chairman of Europe and special advisor.
Nomura Appoints Andrey Chuprin as Head of Global Markets Sales for Russia & CIS
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, announced that it has appointed Andrey Chuprin as Managing Director and Head of Global Markets Sales for Russia & CIS.
Christopher Eberle Joins Instinet as a Senior Equity Research Analyst Covering Software New York
Instinet, LLC today announced the appointment of Christopher Eberle as Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Software sector, as part of its continuing strategy to grow its U.S. Equity Research offering.
Kathryn Sweeney appointed as head of SPDR Americas Institutional sales
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation announced the appointment of Kathryn Sweeney as head of SPDR Americas Institutional sales, reporting into Nick Good, co-head with Rory Tobin of the global SPDR (...)
CalPERS Adopts Funding Risk Mitigation Policy to Rein in Risk and Volatility in Pension System
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today adopted a funding risk mitigation policy that will incrementally lower the discount rate in years of good investment returns, help pay down the pension fund’s unfunded liability, and provide greater (...)
Lyxor is to switch key European, Global and US ETFs to physical replication, in a drive to continuously improve the quality of replication for investors. Following the switch, Lyxor will have more than half of its assets (€25bn) in physical replication, making it the third (...)
Greater Manchester Pension Fund and LPFA infrastructure programme makes first investment
Greater Manchester & London Infrastructure Limited (GLIL), a £500m infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pensions Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority, has committed £60m towards funding the construction and operation of British (...)
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that it will begin to engage thermal coal companies in its investment portfolio on climate change risks as a first step required by Senate Bill 185, authored by Senator Kevin de Leon, and signed by (...)
Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, has received the Novethic Green Fund Label 2015 for its fund Mirova Green Bond - Global. Mirova Green Bond - Global has thereby become the first green bond fund awarded the Novethic (...)