August 2017
News Unigestion to absorb all investment research costs to the benefit of clients
Unigestion, the boutique asset manager that focuses on providing risk-managed investment solutions, today announces that it will pay for all investment research on behalf of its clients in line with the upcoming Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) (...)
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August 2017
News CalPERS Expands Engagement for Greater Diversity on Corporate Boards to More Than 500 U.S. Companies
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has sent letters to 504 companies in the Russell 3000 Index regarding diversity on their board of directors. The letters outline the growing evidence that board diversity has a positive economic impact on business (...)
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August 2017
News Summer Air-Pocket
Intensifying stress over North Korea boosted most safe havens while dragging risk assets. VIX rocketed up, DM govies yields retraced, credit spreads widened, and gold progressed. This move quickly reversed upon signs of (...)
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August 2017
News Novo Holdings A/S Selects SimCorp Dimension as its Front to Back Investment Management Platform
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, today announced that Novo Holdings A/S, a holding and investment company, owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, has selected SimCorp Dimension as its new (...)
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August 2017
News Unigestion expands its fund distribution network by joining the MFEX platform
Unigestion, the boutique asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with risk-managed investment solutions, today announces that it has significantly expanded its fund distribution network by joining the MFEX (...)
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August 2017
News Euro appreciation catches global macro off guard
The dollar continued to depreciate against major currencies over the recent weeks, in a context where the U.S. administration has struggled to gain reform momentum in the health care and fiscal areas.
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August 2017
News Moody’s: European asset management firms increased total assets in 2016; advisory fees fell
While stronger US and European equity markets helped European asset management firms to increase their assets under management (AUM) in 2016, they were unable to prevent a decline in advisory fee revenues, Moody’s Investors Service said in a (...)
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August 2017
News Merger of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life completes
The merger of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and Standard Life plc has completed today to form Standard Life Aberdeen plc, one of the world’s largest investment companies with assets under administration of £670 billion (€737 billion, US$871 billion). The deal between the two (...)
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August 2017
News Euronext closes acquisition of FastMatch
Euronext today announces it has completed the acquisition of c.90% of FastMatch, the fastest growing Electronic Communication Network (“ECN”) in the spot foreign exchange market, after having received regulatory and anti-trust (...)
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August 2017
News Follow The Flow: Vol under control = strong inflows into IG getting even stronger
According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with rates vol remaining at low levels, and rates uncertainty contained, investors reached for yield. Credit spreads will keep squeezing tighter, as long as these inflows (...)
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August 2017
News Merger Arbitrage leads the pack in july
Risk assets were once again on the rise in July and several asset classes broke records. Last week, the S&P 500 reached an all-time high, while the spot VIX index reached an all-time low. The MSCI World (net total return local currency index) is up for the ninth month in (...)
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July 2017
News ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed globally reach a new record of 4.168 trillion US dollars at the end of first half of 2017
ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered a record amount of US$63.57 Bn in net inflows in June and a record level of US$347.70 Bn in year to date net inflows. At this point last year there were net inflows of just US$123.55 (...)
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July 2017
News AnaCap Financial Europe completes €325 million senior secured floating rate
AnaCap Financial Partners (“AnaCap”), the specialist European financial services private equity firm, is pleased to announce the successful offering by AnaCap Financial Europe S.A. SICAV-RAIF (“AFE”) of €325 million of senior secured floating rate notes due (...)
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July 2017
News The Flow Show: Cash at record low as Active revives
According to Bank of America, Biggest inflow to active equity funds in 2.5 years, Private client cash falls to record low as % of assets and Icarus continues in absence of Obamacare-payroll/Occupy Silicon Valley (...)
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July 2017
News UV Germi lists on Euronext to finance growth
UV Germi, specialised in the design and manufacture of ultraviolet-based decontamination solutions for water, air and surfaces, listed on Euronext Growth in Paris.
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