March 2021
News Italian government includes EU taxonomy mitigation criteria in green bond framework
The Italian government has issued its inaugural green bond; issue size EUR 8.5 billion. Italy made efforts to align its green bond categories to the EU Taxonomy in terms of mitigation objective criteria. NN IP believes this is an important milestone for the green bond market (...)
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March 2021
News Five Of The Top Ten Largest Banks In The World Are From China - Largest Bank With Almost $5T In Total Assets
China’s banking system can trace its roots back all the way back to the tenth century Song dynasty.
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March 2021
News Crypto Miners Raked in $1.3B in February, the Highest Value So Far
The impressive growth of the crypto market and Bitcoin’s price rally have turned 2021 into a record year for crypto miners. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, crypto miners generated $1.3bn in revenue last month, the highest value so (...)
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February 2021
News Global macro strategies play safe with U.S. Inflation hedges
In the space of alternatives, Global Macro strategies have embraced reflation trades in the past quarter, scaling up positions on EM FX, equities, commodities and inflation linked bonds at varying degrees.
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February 2021
News U.S. lags 5x behind Nigeria in crypto penetration but tops 2020 Bitcoin trading volume
According to data researched by Trading Platforms UK, only 6% of Americans owned or used cryptocurrencies in 2020. The figure is at least five times less compared to top-ranking Nigeria at 32%.
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February 2021
News LGIM Expands its broad thematic ETF offering with its new L&G Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) realized the vast potential in this development and expanded its broad thematic ETF offering with its new L&G Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF.
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February 2021
News Leading megatrend tech ETF says Tesla remains undervalued
Anthony Ginsberg, Co-creator of the HAN-GINS Tech Megatrend Equal Weight UCITS ETF (ITEK), says despite the recent meteoric rise in the share price of Tesla, the company is undervalued.
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February 2021
News 2021 Alpha outlook in Japan
We see the alpha environment in Japan improving in 2021. First, we expect a more supportive macro backdrop, setting the stage for a wider set of investment themes. Japan’s second wave of Covid-19 has peaked and its impact on activity looks manageable so far and will likely (...)
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February 2021
News BIS launches second green bond fund for central banks
The euro-denominated, open-ended green bond fund for central banks builds on the success of the first, US dollar-denominated green bond fund. The two funds belong to the BIS’s green bond fund initiative and invest in high-quality bonds that comply with international green (...)
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February 2021
News LGT Private Debt arranges a unitranche facility to support the acquisition of Guntermann & Drunck GmbH led by Naxicap Partners
LGT Private Debt is pleased to announce that entities it advises acted as sole arrangers and underwriters of a unitranche financing, supporting the acquisition of a leading high-performance KVM (keyboard, mouse, video) solutions designer and manufacturer, Guntermann & (...)
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January 2021
News ETFGI reports assets invested in ESG ETFs and ETPs listed globally reach a new milestone of US$187 billion at end of 2020
ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reported today that assets invested in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ETFs and ETPs reached a new milestone of US$187 billion at the end of (...)
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January 2021
News BBVA expands its recently established ‘Quantitative Investment Strategies’ Business with Paris Aligned and Climate Transition Indices by Solactive
Leading Spanish bank BBVA issued its ‘Quantitative Investment Strategies’ (QIS), a business focusing on the design, manufacturing, and distribution of investment strategies via self-created indices aimed at end investors.
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January 2021
News Fidelity International enters private credit market with team hire
Members of MeDirect’s private credit team to transition to Fidelity International in March 2021. €400m European CLO fund management mandate will be delegated to Fidelity International. Signals Fidelity’s intention to enhance its broader Alternatives (...)
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January 2021
News Hedge funds increasingly active in bitcoin
While the bitcoin bull run in 2017 was largely driven by retail investors, the 2020 surge appeared to be driven by a wider set of investors, including institutionals.
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January 2021
News Total to Acquire from Adani a 20% Interest in the Largest Solar Developer in the World
The investment in AGEL is another step in the strategic alliance between Adani Group and Total, which covers investments in LNG terminals, gas utility business, and renewable assets across India.
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