Accessing the US Energy Infrastructure with MLP ETFs
ETF Securities, one of the world’s leading, independent providers of exchange traded products (ETPs) has recently launched ETFS US Energy Infrastructure MLP GO UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse (...)
ACOFI Management has just launched a fund dedicated to energy infrastructures : Transition Energétique France
In terms of performance, the fund objective is to provide an IRR (internal rate of return) between 8% and 10% with a 8 years investment horizon, taking into account a recurring cash revenue given an 5% annual coupon (...)
Source and Ashmore jointly launch the first actively managed european Exchange-Traded Funds to provide emerging market fixed-income exposure
Source, an investment firm and one of the market-leading European providers of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), and Ashmore, a specialist, active investment manager with more than 20 years’ experience in Emerging Markets, have partnered to launch the first funds in Europe (...)
IM Square, An innovative European platform dedicated to the development of asset managers
IM Square is an innovative project in Europe offering a new and complementary approach to asset management by combining financial and industrial partnerships. The objective is to create a virtuous ecosystem bringing together entrepreneurial asset management companies, (...)
Lyxor launches ETF on JPX-Nikkei 400, designed as a new efficient benchmark for Japanese equities
The JPX-Nikkei 400 index is a fundamental index selecting stocks principally based on their return-on-equities and operating earnings, and favouring companies that have adopted superior standards of governance and (...)
European Smart beta ETF market flows are still positive in the second quarter of 2015, but growth has decelerated compared to Q1 2015. NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) year to date (30/06/2015) amounted to EUR 2.3 billion, i.e. 60% of the 2014 NNA within the first half of the year. Total (...)
CalPERS Reports Preliminary 2014-15 Fiscal Year Investment Returns
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today reported a preliminary 2.4 percent net return on investments for the 12-months that ended June 30, 2015. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than $301 (...)
European ETF market flows remained sustained in March 2015.
NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR 6.4 billion, nearly 20% above one-year average flows. Total Assets under Management are up 20% vs. the end of 2014, reaching EUR 436 billion, and include a significant market impact (...)
Monthly European ETF Market Trends for February 2015
European ETF market flows for February 2015 came very close to last month’s three-year record high. Net New Assets (NNA) over the month totalled EUR 10.4 billion. Total Assets under Management are up 17% vs. the end of (...)
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.7% in February. 10 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situation Index (+5.3%), the Lyxor CTA Short Term Index (+3.5%), the Lyxor Convertible Bond Arbitrage Index (...)