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 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 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 Total and IFPEN Team Up to Accelerate Carbon Reduction R&D
— IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) and Total announce that they signed a strategic R&D partnership yesterday, that includes an agreement to endow a chair at the IFP School, on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and technologies to curb CO2 emissions. The roughly (...)
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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 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 Tabula sees strong inflows into its Asia High Yield Bond ETF as investors look to take advantage of market opportunity
European asset manager and ETF provider Tabula Investment Management Limited has seen over US$125 million of net inflows into its Asia ex-Japan High Yield Corporate USD Bond ESG UCITS ETF in 2022, as investors look to take advantage of attractive yields and a growing (...)
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News ESG gold miners ETF continues to lower its ESG risk score following latest rebalance
HANetf, Europe’s first independent white-label ETF and ETC platform, and leading provider of thematic ETFs, and crypto and commodity ETCs, is pleased to announce that the AuAg ESG Gold Mining UCITS ETF (ESGO) has continued to reduce its Sustainalytics average ESG Risk Score (...)
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News The inexorable growth of the dividends "futures" market
Dividend Futures give rise to growing interest among market professionals, including fund management companies based in France, as evidenced by the recent launch of strategies specifically dedicated to this market segment, particularly in Melanion Capital or Laffitte Capital (...)
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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 (...)
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News The Mirova Core Infrastructure Fund (“MCIF”) takes 85% stake in parking concessions which own nearly 4478 off-street and 2030 on-street parking spaces in France
Mirova, a wholly owned subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, is pleased to announce that its EUR 700M fund dedicated to brownfield regulated infrastructures in Continental Europe, MCIF, has completed the purchase of a majority stake in (...)
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News Gold as collateral for a participation in the Greek support plan
Will Finland jeopardize the Greek plan? The country requires collateral in exchange for its participation in the support plan. The German labour minister, Ursula Von Der Leyen, has agreed to those terms…
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News ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in the US reached a new high of $3.71 trillion at the end of August 2018
ETFGI reported that ETFs and ETPs listed in the US reached a new high of US$3.71 Tn in assets, following net inflows of US$24.71 Bn in August, according to ETFGI’s August 2018 US ETF and ETP industry landscape insights (...)
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News Three Largest European Digital Banks Hit $1.9bn in Overall Fundraising
According to data gathered by Finanso.se, the three leading European online-only banks hit $1.9bn in overall fundraising as of February. With total funding of $837 million, Revolut represents the highest funded digital bank in (...)
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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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