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News Ellipsis Asset Management acquires the convertible bond business of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management

Ellipsis Asset Management, a subsidiary of the Kepler Cheuvreux group and a European leader in convertible management, announces the acquisition of the convertible bond management business of Edmond de Rothschild Asset (...)

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AllianzGI with over EUR 50 billion AuM in infrastructure

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Schroders Greencoat builds on renewable energy demand with launch of semi-liquid energy transition fund

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October 2014

News High-yield outflows – the end of a bad dream?

After seven consecutive weeks of outflows from high-yield credit funds, last week EPFR data revealed that outflows have stopped and flows have been broadly flat. Flows have remained strong in high-grade credit and government bond funds highlighting the reach for perceived (...)

October 2014

News BAWAG P.S.K. announces the sale of BAWAG P.S.K. Invest to AMUNDI and both parties enter into a long-term partnership in asset management

BAWAG P.S.K. and Amundi today announced the signature of a definitive agreement to enter into a long-term strategic partnership in asset management. As part of the transaction, Amundi acquires BAWAG P.S.K. INVEST.

October 2014

News SNL Financial releases analysis on the state of Europe’s banking systems ahead of the ECB’s comprehensive assessment

SNL Financial’s latest report finds that banks in the Eurozone periphery, particularly Italy, will be severely stretched.

October 2014

News European insurers signal new wave of consolidation

The last year has seen a shift in the balance of insurance companies looking to sell rather than buy business units, according to a new joint Towers Watson/Mergermarket report.

October 2014

News Alternative investors hunt yield in post crisis Europe under review at Debtwire’s European Forum

Debtwire hosts its seventh European forum at the Dorchester in London today. Senior bankers, lawyers, investors, financial sponsors, corporate finance and debt advisory specialists will provide their insight on the current state of the debt market, spanning from primary (...)

October 2014

News Mercuria Closes Acquisition of J.P. Morgan Chase Physical Commodities Business

Mercuria Energy Group, Ltd (“Mercuria”) announced today it has successfully completed the acquisition of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (“J.P. Morgan”) Physical Commodities Business, following the signing of a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement in March of (...)

October 2014

News North Tarrant express now open to drivers

As a unique public-private partnership (P3), and the first Comprehensive Development Agreement project signed in the state of Texas in 2009, the NTE project serves as a financial model for other P3 projects.

October 2014

News World Bank Group Launches New Global Infrastructure Facility

Move paves way for institutional investors to help fill infrastructure gaps in developing world: US$1 trillion a year in extra investment needed through 2020.

October 2014

News CalPERS Selects GCM Grosvenor to Run $200 Million Private Equity Emerging Manager Fund-of-Funds

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has announced that GCM Grosvenor (Grosvenor) has been selected to run the System’s new $200 million private equity emerging manager commitment. The new commitment will be deployed through a fund-of-funds vehicle (...)

October 2014

News The Board of Nomura Partners Funds Announces that the Merger of its The Japan Fund with the Matthews Japan Fund will Close on October 20, 2014

The Board of Directors of Nomura Partners Funds, Inc., announced that Nomura Partners Funds, Inc. shareholders approved a charter amendment that will permit the tax-free merger of The Japan Fund into the Matthews Japan (...)

October 2014

News Amundi affirms its ambition double AuM in its ETF and Indexing business in the next three years

Amundi is targeting its ETF & Indexing expertise as one of the core axes of its development strategy, with the aim of reaching AuM of $100bn (€75bn) in the next three years.

October 2014

News USD 2 trillion in investments back Green Bonds to tap USD 100 trillion bond market for climate solutions

Investors representing over two trillion dollars of assets under management as of September 23, issued an Investor Statement on Green Bonds and Climate Bonds, committing to grow a global market in the financing of climate change solutions. At the same a group of 13 (...)

September 2014

News CalPERS Responds to News that Bill Gross has Left Pimco

Calpers will continue to monitor developments at Pimco, and will conduct a thorough analysis of his exposure managed by the firm. Calpers has no plans at this time to make changes with his Pimco mandate...

September 2014

News SNL Financial: ECB stress highlights P&L crisis in Germany

According to SNL Financial, for Germany’s banks, the ECB stress test highlights poor returns and profitability, rather than their asset quality.

September 2014

News Chi-X Japan Launches Chi-Match VWAP Cross

Chi-X Japan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of market operator Chi-X Global Holdings LLC, has successfully launched Chi-Match™ VWAP Cross (Volume Weighted Average Price) on September 1, 2014.

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News Julius Baer to acquire Merrill Lynch’s International Wealth Management business outside the United States from Bank of America

BofAML will provide certain products and services to Julius Baer, including the provision of global equity research, product offerings, as well as structured and advisory products. In addition there will be cross-referral of clients between both (...)

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News BlackRock Agrees to Acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), Creating a World Leading Infrastructure Private Markets Investment Platform

GIP is the world’s largest independent infrastructure manager with over $100 billion in AUM and a strong reputation for driving operational improvements in its portfolio companies & proprietary origination

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News Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond

Today, Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond with a maturity of 22 years. The Green OAT 1.75% 25 June 2039 issuance amount was €7bn, making it the largest and longest-dated green bond ever (...)

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News Long Short Credit resilience defies investors’concerns

Since early December, Merger Arbitrage and L/S Equity Market Neutral has outperformed, while L/S Equity remains under pressure. Relative Value Arbitrage was resilient. Based on a peer group of 28 onshore L/S Credit strategies, the median performance was -0.3% month-to-date (...)

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News Swiss Re to create new fund for institutional and designated professional investors to access natural catastrophe business

Swiss Re subsidiary Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Management Ltd (SRILIM) has received authorisation from FINMA to act as an asset manager for investment funds

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News Sfil Group’s 1st issue in US dollar of the year

With this transaction on a 5-year maturity, Sfil extends its dollar reference curve by a further 2 years and contributes to diversifying its medium- to long-term financing sources after 2 euro transactions launched during the 1st half at 5 and 7 (...)

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News Spanish banks’ secular lending contraction coming to an end

Loans by Spanish banks may start growing again, says Scope Ratings, after several years of contraction. But the rating agency expects volume growth to remain moderate for the foreseeable future.

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News Solactive Launches PAB High-Yield (Y) Indices and Enlarges Paris-Aligned Index Family

Investors have been increasingly considering aligning investment decisions with ESG values. In 2021, this focus increased as the entire world watched heads of states’ debates on effective actions against climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, (...)

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News Luxcara has acquired the solar project Guillena-Salteras located in southern Spain.

The plant will have a projected capacity of approximately 121 MWp. Construction works will begin shortly. The facility is expected to be connected to the grid in Q2/2020. Like project El Salobral, which Luxcara acquired in December 2017, Guillena-Salteras will sell the (...)

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News Event-driven takes asummer break

For the first time since October 2016, the monthly performance of Event-Driven funds was in negative territory. The strategy remains nonetheless the stellar performer in 2017, up 5.7% year to date according to the Lyxor Event Driven Broad (...)

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News Swiss Re Capital Markets structures and places the first parametric earthquake catastrophe bond to hedge mortgage risk caused by earthquakes for Bayview

Swiss Re Capital Markets successfully closed the USD 225 million Series 2020-1 Principal At-Risk Variable Rate Notes transaction issued by Sierra Ltd. on behalf of Bayview’s MSR Opportunity Fund ("Bayview").

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News Emerging market green bond issuance hits $52 billion in 2019 and can help weather shocks, Amundi and the IFC reveal in new report

Need for green investments is crucial: current pandemic shows responsible investors in emerging markets can collaborate with issuers through green bonds to unlock long-term capital and help issuers become more resilient for shocks to (...)

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News Euronext expands listed private placement bonds offer

Euronext, the primary exchange in the euro zone, today announced the launch of Euronext Private Placement Bonds (EPPB). A pan-European initiative, this new product rounds out Euronext’s existing private placement bond range by extending it to (...)

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News Nomura Leads First Green Bond Offering by NTT Finance

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it has priced a three-year Green Bond issue valued at 40 billion yen for NTT Finance Corporation. Nomura acted as bookrunner and green bond structuring agent for the (...)

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News Norges Bank has decided to revoke the exclusion of one company, and end observation of a company.

The Executive Board of Norges Bank has decided to revoke the exclusion of Thoresen Thai Agencies PCL. The company has been excluded since 2018 due to its practice of sending decommissioned vessels to be broken up for scrap in Bangladesh, where working conditions are (...)

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News Institutional investor appetite is back for quant funds

The recent CTA performances encourage institutional investors to more closely monitor this type of hedge fund. Thus, according to Preqin, 52% of them wish to increase their exposure to this type of alternative strategy this year (vs 14% last (...)

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