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 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 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 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 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 Schroders Greencoat builds on renewable energy demand with launch of semi-liquid energy transition fund
Schroders Greencoat, the specialist renewables and energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, today announces the launch of the Schroders Capital Semi-Liquid Energy Transition Fund, the latest addition to its innovative fund range which also addresses (...)
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News Société du Grand Paris successfully launched its fifth and sixth Green bond issuances
On Wednesday 07th October 2020, Société du Grand Paris successfully launched its fifth and sixth Green bond issuances under its Green EMTN programme, for a total amount of EUR 6bn split over two distinct tenors: EUR 3bn at 10-year (0% coupon) and EUR 3bn at 40-year (0.7% (...)
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News Strives Asset Management Launches Strive 500 ETF, Tracking Solactive GBS United States 500 Index
With the increasing likelihood of a recession on the horizon as inflation rises, investors might want to turn into diversifying their portfolios with options that traditionally are less susceptible to downturns or usually recover from bear markets and (...)
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News Schroders launches first luxembourg ELTIF 2.0 fund in France
The asset management company, Schroder Investment Management (Europe) S.A. launched “Schroders Capital – Private Equity ELTIF 2023”, its first Luxembourg ELTIF 2.0 Private Equity fund distributed in France and internationally.
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News Follow The Flow: Reflation (flows) is here
According to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, Inflows continued across IG short-dated and HY funds in Europe. Investors are adding yield shifting away from duration risk. Last week’s flows >>> HG: +$920mn / HY: +$287mn / Equities: (...)
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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 Launch of a Research Program in Behavioral Finance
Under the CIFRE plan (industrial contracts for training through research), Koris International launches a research program in Behavioral Finance through a PhD entitled "Behavioral Finance Approach for Risk Assessment in Quantitative Portfolio Management”, conducted by the PhD (...)
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News BNP Paribas Investment Partners granted one of the first RQFII licenses in France and the Eurozone
BNP Paribas Investment Partners granted one of the first RQFII licenses in France and the Eurozone: Providing its clients with the latest investment avenues to China’s Onshore Markets
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News German Constitutional court, Constructive on risk in troubled markets, the slow Asian rebound
On Tuesday the German constitutional court decided that the Bundesbank would stop participating in the ECB Quantitative Easing program known as PSPP in three months unless corrective measures were taken. These include oversight by the German parliament and government and (...)
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News CNP Assurances sets up a governance arrangement of Artificial Intelligence ethics
As a responsible insurance provider, CNP Assurances announces it has appointed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics manager and set up a pluri-disciplinary and open committee, in charge of placing human values and ethics at the centre of any AI (...)
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