News HSBC & Pollination “Climate Asset Management” Announce Landmark $150 Million Africa Nature Based Carbon Programme with Global EverGreening Alliance at COP26
The Global EverGreening Alliance and Climate Asset Management, announce partnership to deliver a landmark $USD 150 million nature based carbon programme in Africa.
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Opinion Eurozone growth beats expectations, as inflation hits a 13-year high
The ECB sees inflation pressures as temporary and is unlikely to raise interest rates. The eurozone economy has outperformed consensus estimates as it grew by 2.2% quarter-on-quarter in Q3, matching the previous quarter. This leaves the level of economic activity just 0.5% (...)
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News European private equity registers new first-half investment record as firms plan to increase focus on environmental and social impact
Invest Europe, the association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, today published two reports underlining the robust recovery in private equity activity in the first half of 2021, as well as the (...)
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Opinion Net zero emissions: Pie in the sky or piece of cake?
COP26 is spearheading the race to net zero emissions. Though this goal is clearly laudable, sceptics wonder whether it is even achievable. Costs estimates put the price for the transition at USD 150 trillion over 30 years (i.e. two times the current global (...)
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News Invega uses European Guarantee Fund to support Lithuanian businesses in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
Lithuanian national promotional institution Invega will make available €57 million in new lending for local SMEs under the “European Guarantee Fund” (EGF). The guarantee, provided by the European Investment Fund with EGF-backing, is expected to support more than 500 small and (...)
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People Moves Solactive Hires Alex Steiner As New Chief Information Officer
Solactive is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Steiner as the new Chief Information Officer, starting on October 1st, 2021. In his role, Alex will assume responsibility for expanding and Solactive’s proprietary indexing platform and IT infrastructure strategy across (...)
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Opinion Understanding the anatomy of a financial Bubble
Infamous for the belief that there is a bubble in long-duration assets, Richard Bernstein Advisors reckon there are sizeable bubbles inflating. A recent report investigates what’s causing such widespread bubbles, their potential effects on the overall economy, and the (...)
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News Wells Fargo Strategic Capital Brings Total Growth Investment in Volante Technologies to USD 45M
Bank joins Wavecrest Growth Partners, BNY Mellon, Citi Ventures, PostePay (Poste Italiane) and Visa Inc. as investors to fund continued growth and expansion
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News Catherine Crozat: "The regulations will clarify, simplify and explain what asset management companies do in terms of sustainable finance"
What are the main contributions of regulation in the field of ESG? The response from Catherine Crozat, Head of ESG Projects at CPR AM
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News ETF provider GraniteShares doubles AUM in Europe to $200 million in just six months
GraniteShares is seeing record levels of trading in its leveraged and short LSE listed ETPs. In Q3 2021, $300 million was traded, a 43% increase compared to the volume seen in Q4 of 2020.
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