March 2014
News ING to call EUR 1.5 billion 8% Hybrid per 18 April 2014
ING Group announced today it will redeem the EUR 1.5 billion 8% ING Perpetual Hybrid Capital Securities per the call date of 18 April 2014, in line with ING’s goal to continuously optimize its capital structure and lower its funding (...)
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March 2014
News CalPERS to Allocate Additional $200 Million to Private Equity Emerging Investment Manager Program
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that it will allocate an additional $200 million to its emerging manager program in the Private Equity asset class.
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March 2014
News February, not that cold for hedge funds
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.9% in February, bringing year to date performance to +1.45%. 11 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 12 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+3.48%), the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.4%) and the (...)
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March 2014
News AfDB prices SEK 1 billion Green Bond due March 2019
Coming after its inaugural SEK 5-year Green Bond in floating rate format, AfDB took advantage of the strong positive momentum and demand created from the first deal to follow up with another SEK 1 billion 5-year transaction – this time in fixed rate (...)
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March 2014
News Societe Generale agrees to sell to DBS its private banking activities in Asia
Societe Generale has agreed to sell to DBS its private banking activities in Asia operated in Singapore and Hong Kong, representing a total of USD 12.6bn of assets under management as of 31 December 2013.
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March 2014
News Nomura Announces Partial Sale of Stake in JAFCO
Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has resolved to sell a portion of the shares of common stock it holds in JAFCO Co., Ltd. (2,200,000 shares, or 4.9% of the total number of voting rights).
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March 2014
News The Government Pension Fund Global returned 15.9 percent in 2013, due principally to strong stock markets
Equity investments returned 26.3 percent, fixed-income investments produced a zero return, and real estate investments returned 11.8 percent. The return was 1.0 percentage point higher than on the benchmark indices the fund is measured (...)
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February 2014
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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February 2014
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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February 2014
News Lombard Odier Investment Managers publishes its independently-calculated Smart Beta indexes on Bloomberg
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the institutional asset management arm of the Lombard Odier Group, is pleased to announce that its proprietary FWD Smart Beta indexes - calculated independently - are now available through the Bloomberg Professional (...)
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February 2014
News CalPERS Adopts New Demographic Assumptions
The Board also adopted an asset allocation mix that lowers the CalPERS investment risk but largely keeps its investment strategy unchanged, holding the fund’s long-term assumed rate of return at 7.5 percent.
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February 2014
News Hedge funds unscathed from rising doubts on emerging, global growth and central banks
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down only -0.4% in January, outperforming the MSCI World down -3.8%. 8 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 12 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+1.74%), the Lyxor Merger Arbitrage Index (+0.92%) and (...)
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February 2014
News ING and Dutch State complete unwinding of lABF
ING announced today that, together with the Dutch State, it has completed the unwinding of the Illiquid Assets Back-Up Facility (IABF). The IABF was established in 2009, at the depth of the financial crisis, in order to reduce the risk and uncertainty for ING from a (...)
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February 2014
News Societe Generale launches its new private bank in France
Societe Generale is radically developing its private banking relationship model in France and extending its offer to a larger number of clients.
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February 2014
News The inexorable growth of the dividends "futures" market
Dividend Futures give rise to growing interest among market professionals, including fund management companies based in France, as evidenced by the recent launch of strategies specifically dedicated to this market segment, particularly in Melanion Capital or Laffitte Capital (...)
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