September 2016
News Investor Confidence Drops from 98.0 to 89.7 in August
The Global ICI decreased to 89.7, down 8.3 points from July’s revised reading of 98.0. The decline in sentiment was driven by a decrease in the North American ICI from 99.8 to 89.5 and the European ICI from 92.4 to 86.8, along with the Asian ICI falling 2.0 points to (...)
|
August 2016
News ESMA sees risk outlook deteriorate for EU securities markets
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) latest risk report has found that the overall assessment of risk levels in EU markets under its remit remains unchanged. Market and credit risks remain very high – the highest level – while liquidity and contagion risk (...)
|
August 2016
News Austrian banks benefit from eastern European recovery
Erste Group Bank AG flagged up loan growth in Slovakia and the Czech Republic as it reported a surge in second-quarter return on average equity to 17.1%, double the first quarter’s level. UniCredit Bank Austria AG’s 28% rise in first-half net attributable profit was almost (...)
|
August 2016
News September Market Catalysts in Store for Hedge Funds
This week was uneventful for most hedge fund strategies amid low trading volumes, few market catalysts and limited changes in risk assets’ prices. The Lyxor Hedge Fund index was flat. Merger Arbitrage and Global Macro funds were the two (...)
|
August 2016
News CNP Assurances and Meridiam announce the closing of the Meridiam Transition, a pioneering new fund specialized in long-term investments in the energy transition
Meridiam and CNP Assurances announced today the closing of the Meridiam Transition fund, with 425 million euros raised in six months from French institutional investors. This fund will finance and support infrastructure projects dedicated to environmental and energy (...)
|
August 2016
News Sunny Summer for Hedge Funds
The Lyxor Hedge Fund index was up a healthy +0.7% since the beginning of August, with progress in most strategies, supported by the positive performance of risky assets. The Bank of England’s activism and the Brexit timeline getting pushed back contributed toward easing (...)
|
August 2016
News European ETF Market flows reached a 2016 record high in July
Net New Assets (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR8.2bn, more than twice the year to date monthly average level. Total Assets under Management are up 5% vs. the end of 2015, reaching EUR474bn, and including a limited market (...)
|
August 2016
News Desjardins Global Asset Management chooses Mirova for delegated management of a green bond fund
Mirova, an asset management company dedicated to responsible investment, is announcing today that it was selected by Desjardins Global Asset Management to provide delegated management of an international green bond fund, the Desjardins SocieTerra Environmental Bond Fund, for (...)
|
July 2016
News Stress test questions hover over German, Austrian banks
The generally high capital and strong asset quality of banks in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria should be underscored by the European Banking Authority’s 2016 stress test, yet significant weaknesses could still emerge, especially among German and (...)
|
July 2016
News A Taste of Summer for Hedge Funds
The winning streak for hedge funds continued last week with all strategies, besides CTAs, benefitting from the stabilization of market conditions. The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up 0.5%, bringing the month to date performance to a solid (...)
|
July 2016
News First trading day Ahold Delhaize on Euronext
Ahold Delhaize celebrated its first trading day on Euronext. Following the successful merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group, Ahold Delhaize began trading on the Amsterdam and Brussels markets of Euronext. As of today, the company is part of the flagship indices of Euronext (...)
|
July 2016
News EBA stress test to spotlight asset quality at Spain’s banks
Spain’s banks are benefiting from an economic recovery, but the glare of imminent EU-wide stress test results could expose capital and asset quality problems.
|
July 2016
News MST selects CACEIS as depositary for two closed-end ship funds
CACEIS will be acting as depositary for the first two mutual ship funds under the German KAGB investment act. The two closed-end funds, “MS Marguerita” and “MS Tanja”, will both be managed by “MST AIFM Eins Fondsmanager GmbH”, which is the investment management company of “MST (...)
|
July 2016
News Big Shorts and Gold Rush dominate ETP flows
Surges in appetite for Gold and Short/Leveraged exchange traded products (“ETPs”) dominated the first half of the year, with demand for both redoubling after the shock Brexit referendum result, according to latest inflow data from ETF (...)
|
July 2016
News ESMA fines Fitch Ratings Limited €1.38 million
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has fined Fitch Ratings Limited (Fitch) €1.38 million for a series of negligent breaches of the Credit Rating Agencies (CRA) Regulation.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
|
| |
