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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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January 2013

News Credit Suisse agrees to sell ETF business to BlackRock

Credit Suisse today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its exchange traded funds (ETF) business to BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock). This is an important strategic step in an industry that requires significant scale, and allows Credit Suisse to realize value in a (...)

January 2013

News Swiss Re Capital Markets successfully transfers USD 270 million of North American earthquake risk on behalf of Zurich Insurance Group

Swiss Re Capital Markets has successfully structured and placed USD 270 million of notes issued by Lakeside Re III Ltd., covering North American earthquake risk on behalf of Zurich Insurance Group ("Zurich").

January 2013

News ING to sell Malaysian investment management business to Kenanga

ING announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its 70%-stake in ING Funds Berhad (IFB), ING’s investment management business in Malaysia, to Kenanga Investors Berhad (Kenanga Investors), a wholly owned subsidiary of K & N Kenanga Holdings Berhad (...)

January 2013

News Cognizant to Acquire Six Companies of the C1 Group, a Leading German Consulting and IT Services Group

Strategic Acquisition to Strengthen Cognizant’s Local Presence in Germany and Switzerland, Enhance Global Consulting Capabilities, and Deepen Enterprise Solutions Expertise

December 2012

News Barclay CTA Index Down 0.39% in November; Profits in Bonds and Yen Not Enough to Overcome Losses in Other Sectors

Managed futures lost 0.39% in November according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index has lost 1.45% year to date, compared to a gain of 0.73% in the S&P GSCI Index.

December 2012

News Alternative strategies generate alpha in a volatile month

Thirteen Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 14 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Fixed Income Arbitrage (+1.2%), the Lyxor Long/Short Credit Arbitrage Index (+1%) and the L/S Equity - Market Neutral Index (+0.9%). The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index posted a positive (...)

December 2012

News Legg Mason and Permal Announce Acquisition of Fauchier Partners

Legg Mason, Inc. and affiliate Permal have announced a definitive agreement to acquire Fauchier Partners, a leading European based manager of funds of hedge funds, from BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Fauchier Partners will be combined with Permal, one of the largest (...)

December 2012

News Chi-X Australia Appoints Jamie Crank as Head of Market Operations

Chi-X® Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X® Global Holdings LLC, today announced the appointment of Jamie Crank as Head of Market Operations.

December 2012

News Nomura Expands Investment Banking Coverage in the Americas

Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, today announces the appointment of Jason Fertig as Managing Director and Head of Healthcare sector coverage within Investment Banking in the Americas.

November 2012

News Contrasting results for hedge fund strategies

In October, the performance of hedge fund strategies exposed exclusively to equity-related risk factors remained positive despite the market environment thanks to a strong dynamic alpha.

November 2012

News IIC’s Debut Global Bond Offering Oversubscribed

Multilateral increases its original US$300 million bond offering amount to US$350 million and secures a lower rate fueled by demand from 34 top-tier global investors...

November 2012

News Carlyle made his first investment in sub-Saharan

The Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund, The Carlyle Group and Standard Chartered Private Equity Invest $210m in Export Trading Group, a Global Agricultural Supply Chain Manager…

November 2012

News Credit Suisse Partners with Qatar Holding in Asset Management Joint Venture

Credit Suisse AG and Qatar Holding LLC today announced that they have signed an agreement to form an asset management joint venture - Aventicum Capital Management...

November 2012

News More Investment Bank Cost-Cutting Likely by Those Left

Further concentration and cost cutting is likely among a dwindling number of banks with more extensive capital markets operations, Fitch Ratings says. We expect more banks to stick to niches where they have strong (...)

November 2012

News Chi-X Japan PTS Receives Exemption from Take-Over-Bid Rule

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced that as of 31 October 2012, Chi-X® Japan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X® Global Holdings LLC, will be designated as a proprietary trading system (PTS) on which transactions are exempt (...)

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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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