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IMG
Interview , December 2019
Jean-Philippe Médecin : « The CNP’s subordinated green bond issue was a great success »
CNP Assurances has successfully launched its first subordinated green bond issuance. Jean-Philippe Médecin, the director of the prop trading and financing department at CNP Assurances, gave us more details.
IMG
Interview , May 2019
Simon Bond : “Our European Social Bond Fund is carefully managed with a mix of maturities to offer daily liquidity”
According to Simon Bond, Threadneedle (Lux) European Social Bond Fund manager, the fund aims to balance three key elements: clear social impact, daily liquidity and financial return with a similar risk/return profile as a regular investment grade (...)
IMG
Interview , April 2019
Pascal Koenig : « We believe that these concentration movements should continue, including among the leading players »
According to Pascal Koenig, Partner at Deloitte, Head of asset management, the operations of M&A, search for new shareholders, team transfers have multiplied in France in recent months. He believes that these concentration movements should continue, including among the (...)
IMG
Interview , March 2019
Pierre Valentin ; “We have placed SRI at the heart of our investment philosophy”
According to Pierre Valentin, chairman of Ecofi Investissements, except for wealth management Ecofi’s entire range of open funds is 100 % SRI this year, whether it for equity, bond, money market or multi-asset funds.
IMG
Interview , March 2019
Climate change: from fantasy to reality
Global warming has been an issue for many years now. It is often regarded as a long-term challenge. That is certainly true, except that the “long term” is now close at hand, and climate change’s economic impact can already be measured in several major (...)

Opinion

IMG
Opinion, October 2019
Is Turkey’s recovery threatened by its Syrian incursion?
Until just a week ago, Turkey (against all the odds) seemed to be doing well again, said Reza Karim, assistant fund manager, Fixed Income. Inflation had come down from 25% last year to 9%. The central bank had managed to cut rates by 750bps, which restarted the debt-fuelled (...)
IMG
Opinion, October 2019
The art of the deal
The UK takes a big step towards Brexit, with today’s key announcement. Parliamentary ratification is the next major hurdle to clear. With the DUP reportedly uncomfortable with the deal, the parliamentary arithmetic for Saturday’s vote is very hard to (...)
IMG
News, October 2019
Sustainability of investments: efforts still to be made
During a conference organized by the European Institute of Financial Regulation (EIFR), several experts emphasized the important role to be played by investors in order to organize the transition to the zero carbon (...)
IMG
Opinion, September 2019
Is the Eurozone headed for two decades of japanstyle slow growth?
Despite it being more than 10 years since the global financial crisis (GFC), the world remains heavily indebted and there is no realistic prospect of that debt reducing in the short or medium term. Barring glaring historical exceptions, sovereign debt levels in many (...)
IMG
Opinion, September 2019
German fiscal stimulus, can we believe it?
It appears that a German fiscal stimulus is not imminent and that these effects would take time to materialize. Maintaining a budget surplus target while the Eurosystem will start buying German bonds again from November will maintain downward pressure on German long-term (...)
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