May 2018
News 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) (...)
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May 2018
News Nomura Applies to Establish Securities Company in China
Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced that it applied to the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on May 8 to establish a joint venture securities firm.
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May 2018
News Most turbulences are behind for merger arbitrageurs
Market volatility also played out, as well as the growing share of jumbo deals, usually more sensitive to adverse developments. Amid very supportive conditions for M&A (from the tax reform in particular), weaker deal rationales are also mentioned as a greater source of (...)
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April 2018
News The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) joins the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) Risk Database Consortium
During the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 20, Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), acting on behalf of the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) Risk Database Consortium, and Joaquim Levy the Managing Director and Chief (...)
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April 2018
News 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 (...)
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April 2018
News ETFGI reports ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$18.99 Bn in March 2018
ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered US$18.99 Bn in net inflows in March 2018. YTD 2018 net inflows are at US$137.12 Bn which is less than the (...)
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April 2018
News 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 (...)
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April 2018
News Euronext successfully launches an inaugural €500 million bond issue, listed on Euronext Dublin
The order book reached an amount of more than €2.2bn, and was more than 4.4 times oversubscribed. The success of this transaction shows investors’ strong confidence in Euronext’s ambitions, strategy and solid credit (...)
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April 2018
News Low Beta strategies lead the pack as equities drop
Unstable market conditions were supportive for hedge funds, in relative terms. Liquid hedge fund benchmarks were down -1% in March, with Distressed and Special Situations strategies underperforming. On a positive note, low beta strategies did (...)
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April 2018
News Nomura to Acquire Shares of 8 Securities and 8 Limited
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“NAM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with FinTech company 8 Securities Inc. (“8 Securities”) and its Hong Kong headquartered parent company 8 Limited (“8 Limited”) (...)
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March 2018
News Euronext announces Supervisory Board changes
Euronext announces that Rijnhard van Tets, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euronext N.V. has decided to step down following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) to be held on 15 May 2018.
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March 2018
News L/S Equity stays ahead of the pack
We maintain an overweight stance on Fixed Income Arbitrage, a strategy that has delivered attractive returns on a risk adjusted basis in the past and provides protection against rising bond yields. In the L/S Equity space, we prefer U.S. funds compared to European (...)
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March 2018
News 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 (...)
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March 2018
News African Development Bank launches US $2.0-billion 2.625% Fixed Rate Global Benchmark due 22 March 2021
The African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch), priced a new US $2.0-billion 3-year Global Benchmark bond due 22 March 2021.
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March 2018
News Top 25 Global Banking Institutions by Market Cap (end of 2017)
The performance highlights of the Top 25 publicly traded global banking institutions for the year 2017 have been confirmed in the latest research from GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
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