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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