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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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July 2017

News BofA Merrill Lynch July Fund Manager Survey finds cash is king as investors walk the line

According to BofA Merrill Lynch July Fund Manager Survey, average cash balance dips to 4.9% from 5.0% last month, still above the 10-year average of 4.5%; investors note they are overweight cash due to their bearish view on the markets (25%) and preference for cash over (...)

July 2017

News More balanced ahead of the summer

Risk assets range-traded before rallying after Yellen’s dovish testimony before Congress and amid positive economic prints in the U.S. and Eurozone. Releases in the U.S. suggested healthy activity and job growth.

July 2017

News CalPERS Reports Preliminary 11.2 Percent Investment Return For Fiscal Year 2016-17

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System today reported a preliminary 11.2 percent net return on investments for the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2017. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than $323 (...)

July 2017

News Eurofins announces the potential launch of a new senior EUR 500m bond on the back of strong M&A activity

Eurofins Scientific SE (EUFI.PA, unrated), a global leader in bioanalytical testing, announces the potential launch of an offering for a EUR 500m seven year senior unsecured bond, maturing in 2024, subject to market (...)

July 2017

News Euronext acquires majority stake in iBabs

Euronext announces the closing of the acquisition of a 60% stake in iBabs, a leading Dutch provider of dematerialised board portal solutions for corporates and public organisations , for a consideration of €30.1 (...)

July 2017

News Launch of LiquidShare, the European blockchain fintech for SME post-trade

BNP Paribas, CACEIS, Caisse des Dépôts, Euroclear, Euronext, S2iEM and Société Générale with the support of Paris EUROPLACE announce the creation of the European fintech venture LiquidShare.

July 2017

News QuantHouse launches algo-trading stress testing solution from Interxion London

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, today announced the launch of its algo-trading stress testing solution to help (...)

July 2017

News Paris EUROPLACE welcomes the announcement of a package of significant measures by PM Edouard Philippe to enhance the attractiveness of the Paris Financial Centre in the context of Brexit

Consistent with the expectations of investors and international financial companies identified by Paris EUROPLACE, these measures concern in the first instance the improvement of infrastructures...

July 2017

News First real blockchain transaction completed in fund distribution

Natixis Asset Management, a leading affiliate of Natixis Global Asset Management, has revealed that investors have successfully purchased shares in Natixis AM’s funds through the blockchain-powered fund distribution platform for fund managers, (...)

July 2017

News BlackRock completes final close of largest global wind and solar fund

BlackRock Real Assets has completed the final close for its Global Renewable Power II fund (“GRP II”) with $1.65 billion in commitments secured from 67 institutional investors in North America, Europe and Asia...

July 2017

News Natixis announces Mirova has entered into exclusive negotiations with Althelia Ecosphere

The projected acquisition of Althelia Ecosphere (“Althelia”) by Mirova is intended to create a European platform dedicated to natural capital investing and give investors access to investment solutions addressing major global environmental challenges such as climate change, (...)

July 2017

News SimCorp has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in APL Italiana S.p.A.

SimCorp has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in APL Italiana S.p.A. (APL Italiana) for a total enterprise value of EUR 35m. This includes EUR 10m in SimCorp shares. The purchasing price will be adjusted upwards with estimated EUR 3m upon closing of the (...)

June 2017

News ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe reach a new record of 682 billion US dollars at the end of May 2017

ETFGI reported today assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe reached a new record high of US$682 billion at the end May 2017 surpassing the prior record of US$658 billion set at the end of April 2017...

June 2017

News Instinet and Virtu Financial launch liquidity streaming relationship

Instinet Europe Limited and Virtu Financial Ireland Limited (Virtu) announced today that they have entered into a bilateral liquidity streaming relationship. This relationship provides Instinet’s buy and sell side clients with aggregated liquidity and opportunities for price (...)

June 2017

News Swiss Life Asset Managers Focuses on European retail and launches a new real estate Fund dedicated to institutional investors

Swiss Life Asset Managers, Real Estate rounds out its offer for institutional investors with the launch of SL REF (Lux) European Retail SCS, SICAV-RAIF, a new Fund focusing on European retail.

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News CalPERS Shortens Period to Review Tobacco Divestments

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) Board of Administration (Board) today reaffirmed its decision to review the System’s tobacco divestments, and shortened the time period for review to six to nine (...)

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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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News AfDB issues 1% US $1 Billion Global Benchmark due 2 November 2018

On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, the African Development Bank, rated Aaa (Moody’s) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch), launched and priced a new US $1-billion 2-year Global benchmark transaction due 2 November 2018.

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News International inflows power record year for CPR AM

CPR AM delivered strong results with €2.8 billion of inflows in 2018. International assets under management (excluding France) grew 220% over three years, taking total AUM (ex-France) to €6.4 billion euros. Inflows driven by investor demand for thematic equities (€2.3 (...)

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News Norway’s sovereign wealth fund returned -0.9 percent, or -73 billion kroner, in the second quarter of 2015.

Equity investments returned -0.2 percent, and fixed-income investments -2.2 percent. The return on these investments was 0.4 percentage point higher than the return on the benchmark indices. Investments in real estate returned 2.0 (...)

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News Fitch Affirms The Netherlands at ’AAA’; Outlook Negative

Fitch Ratings has affirmed The Netherlands’ Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Rating (IDRs) at ’AAA’. The Outlooks are Negative. The issue ratings on The Netherlands’ unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at (...)

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News EDHEC-Risk Institute and Lyxor launch a research chair and explore the next generation of risk parity adapted to time-varying market conditions

EDHEC-Risk Institute and Lyxor are launching a three-year research chair entitled “Risk Allocation Solutions”...

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News Robeco announces its growth strategy for Japan

Robeco Groep N.V. today announced the company’s strategy to set up full-scale operations and expand its asset management business in Japan.

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News CalPERS Cuts Costs and Saves Pension Fund $922.5 Million Over a Five-Year Span

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration (Board) released the Annual Cost Efficiency and Effectiveness Report (PDF), detailing several initiatives that resulted in cost savings for the Pension Fund of $922.5 million over the past (...)

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News RBS fails BoE stress test, adopts new capital plan

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc emerged as the weakest among seven U.K. lenders examined in the Bank of England’s 2016 stress test, missing two key capital target levels under the adverse stress scenario.

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News New financing under the Investment Plan for Europe: Ginkgo 2

Building on its first vehicle, instigated by the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2010, Ginkgo announces the first closing and launch of its second fund, Ginkgo 2, which targets the sustainable remediation of brownfield sites in urban (...)

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News ING completes sale of stake in SulAmérica to Swiss Re

ING received a total cash consideration of approximately EUR 180 million for the 37.7 million SulAmérica units, which represent a direct stake of approximately 11.3%.

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News ING to sell remaining stake in Voya Financial

ING announced today it agreed to sell shares of common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. in an underwritten public offering. In addition, ING Group has entered into a share repurchase agreement with Voya under which Voya will repurchase USD 600 million of its shares of common (...)

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News USD funding, money market freeze, pheripheral sovereign debt...answers from BNP Paribas

Amongst the three French banks under pressure, only BNP Paribas has played the card of full transparency ...

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News Fédéris Gestion d’Actifs and Mirova partner up to promote a responsible approach to governance

In order to reinforce its voting policy and establish its engagement with companies, Fédéris Gestion d’Actifs, a pillar of French insurance product and diversified management, and pioneer of responsible investment management in France, has retained (...)

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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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