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 (...)
Mount Street acquires portfolio management subsidiary from EAA
Mount Street is pleased to announce the successful agreement with Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA) to acquire EAA Portfolio Advisors (EPA). At the end of 2009, EAA was created as the Asset Management Company/"bad bank” to manage the assets of the former WestLB (...)
Robeco announces name changes for Lux-o-rente and Flex-o-rente
Robeco announced that it intends to change the name of Robeco Lux-o-rente to Robeco QI Global Dynamic Duration, and Robeco Flex-o-rente to Robeco QI Long/Short Dynamic Duration. Robeco Emerging Lux-o-rente Local Currency will be named Robeco QI Emerging Markets Dynamic (...)
The Mirova Core Infrastructure Fund (“MCIF”) takes 85% stake in parking concessions which own nearly 4478 off-street and 2030 on-street parking spaces in France
Mirova, a wholly owned subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, is pleased to announce that its EUR 700M fund dedicated to brownfield regulated infrastructures in Continental Europe, MCIF, has completed the purchase of a majority stake in (...)
EDF raises ¥137bn, i.e. around €1.1bn, with the largest “Samurai” bonds issuance of 10+ year maturity
On 20 January 2017, EDF (AA JCR / A- S&P / A3 Moody’s / A- Fitch) successfully raised JPY137 billion, i.e. around EUR1.1 billion, through a senior bond issuance in 4 tranches on the Japanese market (“Samurai bonds”)...
Amundi Energy Transition completes its first energy transition-related financing transaction
Amundi Energy Transition (AET), the asset management company jointly owned by Amundi and EDF, has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in a portfolio of gas-powered cogeneration plants from Dalkia, a leading French energy services company and EDF subsidiary. This (...)