News Julius Baer to acquire Merrill Lynch’s International Wealth Management business outside the United States from Bank of America
BofAML will provide certain products and services to Julius Baer, including the provision of global equity research, product offerings, as well as structured and advisory products. In addition there will be cross-referral of clients between both (...)
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News BlackRock Agrees to Acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), Creating a World Leading Infrastructure Private Markets Investment Platform
GIP is the world’s largest independent infrastructure manager with over $100 billion in AUM and a strong reputation for driving operational improvements in its portfolio companies & proprietary origination
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News Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond
Today, Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond with a maturity of 22 years. The Green OAT 1.75% 25 June 2039 issuance amount was €7bn, making it the largest and longest-dated green bond ever (...)
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News Stellar Quarter Fueled Event-Driven Returns
According to Lyxor Cross Asset Research, most strategies were up in Q1, with Event-Driven outperforming and CTAs underperforming. Within Event-Driven, special situations funds are leading the pack.
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News Systematic strategies are back
For the second month in a row, CTAs outperformed hedge fund strategies in April. According to the Lyxor CTA peer group, the strategy was up +1.6% in April, which brings the year-to-date performance close to +5%.
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News Solactive Launches PAB High-Yield (Y) Indices and Enlarges Paris-Aligned Index Family
Investors have been increasingly considering aligning investment decisions with ESG values. In 2021, this focus increased as the entire world watched heads of states’ debates on effective actions against climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, (...)
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News The Alternative Investment Industry Barometer : All hedge fund strategies up, CTAs skip a beat
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +0.3% in March. 9 out of 11 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor LS Equity Long Bias Index (+2.3%), the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+2.1%), and the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+1.4%) were the best (...)
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News According to Goldman Sachs, 5 European banks could fail the EBA tests
In a research note that was published on Friday, the American bank estimated 50 European banks out of 91 could fail the new tests prepared by the European Banking Authority (EBE)…
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News Swiss Re Capital Markets structures and places the first parametric earthquake catastrophe bond to hedge mortgage risk caused by earthquakes for Bayview
Swiss Re Capital Markets successfully closed the USD 225 million Series 2020-1 Principal At-Risk Variable Rate Notes transaction issued by Sierra Ltd. on behalf of Bayview’s MSR Opportunity Fund ("Bayview").
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News Momentum crash impacted hedge funds
A spectacular momentum crash unfolded since late August, caused by the bounce back in sovereign bond yields. Within equity markets, value stocks experienced an impressive rebound while momentum stocks fell strikingly.
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News China Steel - Overproduction and Lower Prices to Persist
China’s steel industry output continues to rise notwithstanding slowing economic growth, falling prices for steel, and poor profitability at the steel mills. Fitch Ratings believes this paradox can be explained first by the larger steel mills’ priority of maintaining economies (...)
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News Total is exploring quantum algorithms to improve CO2 capture
Total is stepping up its research into Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies by signing a multi-year partnership with UK start-up Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC).
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News ING announces exercise of underwriters’ option to acquire additional shares in ING U.S.
ING announced today that the underwriters in the offering of shares of ING U.S. Inc., its U.S.-based retirement, investment and insurance subsidiary, have exercised their option to purchase an additional 4.95 million shares of ING U.S. from ING Group at the offering price of (...)
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News The Number of Bitcoin ATMs Surged by 70% in Six Months and hit 16,500 in March
As one of the quickest and most convenient ways to transfer physical cash into Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin AMTs continued their impressive growth in 2021. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, the total number of Bitcoin ATMs surged by 70% in (...)
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News DNB maintains ECB AAA curve for Dutch insurers
Today De Nederlandse Bank (DNB) announced that it maintains its existing alternative interest rate term structure for calculation of the regulatory Solvency 1 available capital of Dutch insurance companies.
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