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April 4

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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April 2012

News Trading, Crisis and Stress Management

The recent financial crises have increased the level of stress among traders. Beyond the investment performances, the layoffs and a strong deterioration in the image of their activity continue to negatively impact them psychologically. We analyse the current state of stress (...)

February 2012

News Union Bancaire Privée to acquire Nexar Capital Group

Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (“UBP”), one of Switzerland’s leading and best-capitalised private banks and a leader in the hedge fund industry, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nexar Capital Group (“Nexar”), a global alternative investment (...)

February 2012

News SGSS in Italy mandated by BSI Wealth & Family SIM S.p.a.

SGSS in Italy (SGSS S.p.A.) has been appointed by BSI Wealth & Family SIM S.p.A. (BSI SIM) to provide personalised custody and settlement services.

January 2012

News Nomura to Invest in Private Equity Fund in China

Nomura will participate as a limited partner in the fund which is managed by Jiu You Equity Investment Management LLP, a fund management firm that invests in the high tech and biopharmaceutical industries...

December 2011

News Capital outflows from Russia are manageable

According to Fitch, capital outflow from Russia has increased sharply in the 4th quarter, but does not currently seem high enough to affect the country’s BBB rating...

December 2011

News SGSS et Oddo Services mandated by Convictions AM

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) and Oddo Services have been mandated by Convictions Asset Management to provide custody account-keeping services for the launch of its new discretionary management activity.

December 2011

News M.M.Warburg & CO chooses SimCorp Dimension

Well-established, German private bank M.M.Warburg & CO KGaA, with more than €35bn under management, has selected SimCorp Dimension as its future investment management solution.

December 2011

News Eurozone: How the City is bracing itself for the worst.

Within the large investment banks, special teams consisting of 10 to 30 people have been assembled in order to develop rescue kits designed to face all types of scenarios resulting from a breakup of the Eurozone.

December 2011

News Crédit Agricole CIB to withdraw from equity derivatives and commodities activities.

The french bank unveils a new corporate and investment banking model centred on serving major clients and the closure of operations in 21 countries

December 2011

News AG2R - La Mondiale: winner of the 2011 responsible investor award

The aim of the Responsible Investor Award is to reward institutional investors who have stood out as responsible investors through their actions over the previous twelve months.

November 2011

News Kepler Capital Markets enters into a strategic alliance with UniCredit

This strategic alliance has been designed to combine UniCredit’s lending and ECM relationships with Kepler’s research expertise and long-standing relationships with institutional investors

November 2011

News Societe Generale Securities Services mandated by Banca di Bologna

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Italy has been appointed by Banca di Bologna to provide it with custody and settlement services.

October 2011

News Goldman issued 50-year unsecured bond of $500M and plans $2 billion Sukuk issue

After its historical quarterly loss, the American bank is turning to Islamic finance in order to raise funds. It also carried out a remarkable feat by issuing a 50-year senior unsecured debt of 500 million USD

October 2011

News Is Margarita Louis Dreyfus looking to sell?

This time, it’s not about the French soccer club, Olympique de Marseille, but a historical trading group called « Louis Dreyfus Commodities »…

October 2011

News According to Goldman Sachs, 5 European banks could fail the EBA tests

In a research note that was published on Friday, the American bank estimated 50 European banks out of 91 could fail the new tests prepared by the European Banking Authority (EBE)…

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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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