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News Norges Bank Investment Management makes new investment in US logistics

Norges Bank Investment Management has acquired a 45 percent interest in a logistics portfolio in the US, comprising 48 buildings in Southern California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in a new joint venture with Goodman (...)

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Ellipsis Asset Management acquires the convertible bond business of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management

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AllianzGI with over EUR 50 billion AuM in infrastructure

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January 2019

News Luxcara has acquired the solar project Guillena-Salteras located in southern Spain.

The plant will have a projected capacity of approximately 121 MWp. Construction works will begin shortly. The facility is expected to be connected to the grid in Q2/2020. Like project El Salobral, which Luxcara acquired in December 2017, Guillena-Salteras will sell the (...)

January 2019

News iShares Shines in a Volatile Year, Setting Stage for Future Global Growth

In a year that saw the return of broad market volatility, more investors than ever turned to iShares’ exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to help diversify risk and access liquidity. iShares retained its position as a leading ETF provider, attracting $167 billion1 in assets (...)

January 2019

News ETFGI reports Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPS listed globally gather net inflows of US$856 Mn during November 2018

ETFGI reported that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$856 Mn during November. Total assets invested ESG ETFs and ETPs increased by 6.64% from US$21.77 Bn at the end of October, to US$23.22 Bn, according to (...)

January 2019

News Varma requires investees to make plans for reducing emissions

A shrinking proportion of Varma’s investments are in companies that are dependent on fossil energy sources and in corporate bonds that invest in them. This was also found in a WWF report that assesses global pension funds’ commitment to climate (...)

January 2019

News Baikowski® lists on Euronext Growth

Euronext today welcomed Baikowski®, a leading industrial manufacturer of specialty inorganics, to listing on its Euronext Growth market in Paris.

December 2018

News Long Short Credit resilience defies investors’concerns

Since early December, Merger Arbitrage and L/S Equity Market Neutral has outperformed, while L/S Equity remains under pressure. Relative Value Arbitrage was resilient. Based on a peer group of 28 onshore L/S Credit strategies, the median performance was -0.3% month-to-date (...)

December 2018

News ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally rise above 5 trillion US dollars at the end of November 2018

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$60.55 Bn during November.

December 2018

News ISEAL’s First Infrastructure Standard: SuRe® – The Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

Infrastructure development in cities is key to fighting climate change and fostering sustainable development. Cities need to become more inclusive, resilient and sustainable as stated by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Number (...)

December 2018

News Market Neutral L/S struggles as momentum stocks take a hit

Risk assets failed to reach a bottom early December despite the U.S and China agreeing to negotiate on trade at the G20 summit. The near-term outlook remains unclear from political uncertainties, which prevent investors from adding risk in portfolios despite lower equity (...)

December 2018

News African Development Bank issues first ever SOFR-linked transaction in green bond market

On Tuesday 27 November 2018, the African Development Bank rated Aaa/AAA/AAA by Moody’s/S&P/Fitch (all stable) successfully priced a dual-tranche US$ 500 million 3-year and US$ 100 million 2-year SOFR-linked Green bond, becoming the first issuer to bring to the market a (...)

November 2018

News CNP Assurances announces new ambitions to withdraw from the coal industry

As part of its strong commitment to the fight against climate change, a few days ahead of COP 24, CNP Assurances announces new goals to reduce its exposure to thermal coal, the energy source that emits the most greenhouse (...)

November 2018

News The S&P 500 tanked twice this year by some 10%. Neither nice nor historically unusual.

Dropping twice by some 10%, as the index has this year, might seem more exceptional. But it is not that uncommon, too, when looking back in history: at least two declines by 10% or more within one year have occurred seven times since (...)

November 2018

News Muzinich & Co. and Springrowth SGR announce first close of Diversified Enterprises Credit Fund

Springrowth SGR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Muzinich & Co Ltd., has announced the first close of the Diversified Enterprises Credit Fund (“DECF”), the first parallel lending vehicle to be launched in Italy.

November 2018

News Mirova Eurofideme 4 hits first close at 250M€ to support the energy transition in Europe

Mirova, the leading asset manager dedicated to sustainability investing and affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, held 250M€ first close for Mirova Eurofideme 3 in late October.

November 2018

News Nomura Leads Green Bond Offering for Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., announced that it has priced a Green Bond 1 offering for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The offering consists of a 5-year and 30-year tranche, valued at 5 billion yen each. Nomura acted as (...)

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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 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 The market for catastrophe bonds (« Cat bonds ») remains dynamic!

Over the 12 months, the market for Cat bonds - bonds issued by securitization structure to refinance insurance risks related to natural disaster - remains dynamic, both in terms of volume and performance...

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News Schroders Greencoat builds on renewable energy demand with launch of semi-liquid energy transition fund

Schroders Greencoat, the specialist renewables and energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, today announces the launch of the Schroders Capital Semi-Liquid Energy Transition Fund, the latest addition to its innovative fund range which also addresses (...)

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News Swiss Re Corporate Solutions joins forces with Seguros Confianza, Colombia’s leading specialty insurer, and acquires a majority stake

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and owners of Compañía Aseguradora de Fianzas S.A. Confianza ("Confianza") have signed an agreement under which Corporate Solutions will acquire a 51% stake in Confianza. This arrangement will provide Colombian corporate clients local access to (...)

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News DWS Supports Drive Towards Climate Resilient Infrastructure Investments

DWS Group, along with more than 30 other institutions, supports the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI). The goal of the CCRI is to transform infrastructure investments by integrating climate risks into the decision-making process, driving a paradigm shift (...)

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News SUEZ successfully launches a 500 million euros green bond issuance

With a 5.5 times oversubscription and an order book totalling 2.7 billion euros, this issuance has been a huge success. More than 200 investors have once again shown their confidence in SUEZ: the very strong demand allowed to tighten the credit margin by 40 bps compared with (...)

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News Schroders launches first luxembourg ELTIF 2.0 fund in France

The asset management company, Schroder Investment Management (Europe) S.A. launched “Schroders Capital – Private Equity ELTIF 2023”, its first Luxembourg ELTIF 2.0 Private Equity fund distributed in France and internationally.

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News Rouble, Rates Moves Heighten Russian Economy Risks

Risks to Russia’s economy in 2015 have been increased by this week’s extreme volatility in the rouble and the sharp rise in interest rates, Fitch Ratings says.

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News Forex: the list of unauthorised websites in France

ACP and AMF update the list of unauthorised websites offering forex investments

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News Kepler Capital Markets enters into a strategic alliance with UniCredit

This strategic alliance has been designed to combine UniCredit’s lending and ECM relationships with Kepler’s research expertise and long-standing relationships with institutional investors

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News Gilt wobbles fuel Global Macro strategies

Mounting signals that the latest leg of the bond market rally has started to reverse fueled hedge fund strategies last week. Most recent inflation prints outpaced expectations both in the U.S. and the U.K., as consumer prices rose +1.9% and +2.9% year-over-year in August, (...)

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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 New report finds mid-caps’ untapped potential is vector for European growth and digital and economic transition

Mid-caps, i.e. firms with between 250 and 3 000 employees, represent a significant part of the European economy, contributing substantially to turnover, employment and value creation across the continent. Their commitment to workforce development is remarkable, with a (...)

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News Institutional investor appetite is back for quant funds

The recent CTA performances encourage institutional investors to more closely monitor this type of hedge fund. Thus, according to Preqin, 52% of them wish to increase their exposure to this type of alternative strategy this year (vs 14% last (...)

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