State Street Global Advisors Strengthens its Global ETF Business
Jim Ross, current head of SSGA’s SPDR ETF Business and Intermediary Distribution, has been named chairman, Global SPDR and SSGA Funds Management. Nick Good, current chief operating officer of the North American Intermediary Business Group, and Rory Tobin, current head of (...)
Professor Riccardo Rebonato joins EDHEC-Risk Institute
Professor Riccardo Rebonato, a specialist in interest rate risk modelling with applications to bond portfolio management and fixed-income derivatives pricing, has joined EDHEC-Risk Institute on May 2, 2016. He also joined the EDHEC (...)
Axioma Continues European Expansion with Appointment of Head of Multi-Asset Class Solutions
Axioma, a leading provider of innovative risk solutions for buy-side institutions, today announced the appointment of Sunay Shah as Head of Multi-Asset Class Solutions for EMEA, including Axioma RiskTM, the company’s multi-asset class (MAC) risk (...)
Aberdeen Standard Investments acquires Infravia Capital Partners’ stake in dutch gas pipeline
The Aberdeen Standard Investments infrastructure team has made a second investment in a gas pipeline and processing system. The team has acquired the InfraVia Capital Partners Managed Fund’s 20% interest in Noordgastransport (NGT) (...)
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and African Development Bank sign MoU to promote cooperation
A Memorandum of Understanding to enhance collaboration on sustainable economic development was signed on April 18 by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the African Development Bank and formalized during the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in (...)
Natixis Investment Managers and MFEX enter into exclusive negotiations for the sale of Axeltis to MFEX
In a fast-concentrating industry, the deal would consolidate MFEX’s position as an expert of international funds distribution, by reinforcing its market share in Europe and Asia and rounding out its existing offering with innovative and efficient solutions both for (...)
According to Cyrille Geneslay, fund manager at CPR Asset Management, Donald Trump’s stock is disrupting investors and this is capturing the rebound potential of the stock market. It says it has reduced its exposure to Japanese equities and European equities in the CPR Growth (...)
iM Square secures significant financing support from Eurazeo and launches its us distribution platform
iM Square, the sole European investment and development platform dedicated to asset management, successfully secured a new financing commitment from Eurazeo, one of its founding shareholder, after having completed its initial ambitious growth (...)