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News Norges Bank Investment Management makes new investment in US logistics

Norges Bank Investment Management has acquired a 45 percent interest in a logistics portfolio in the US, comprising 48 buildings in Southern California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in a new joint venture with Goodman (...)

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

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AllianzGI with over EUR 50 billion AuM in infrastructure

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March 2016

News Efma Announces SME AppsBank Portal Dedicated to Banks’ SME Business

Which banks provide the best financial services through business apps? Innovative business app store supports banks in developing brand-new apps to improve their financial services to professionals and small businesses, and compete with each other for the best applications (...)

March 2016

News Lyxor nears 50% physical ETF target with switch of key Japanese ETF to physical replication

On March 10th, 2016 Lyxor switched their Japanese TOPIX ETF (JPN) to physical replication in their latest step towards 50% physical ETF assets.

March 2016

News GLIL acquires £150m shareholding in UK windfarm

The infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has entered a partnership to co-own one of the largest windfarms of its type in (...)

March 2016

News CalPERS Settles Moody’s Negligent Ratings Case for Record $130 Million

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced it has settled its case against Moody’s and Moody’s Investors’ Services (Moody’s) for a record $130 million. The case stemmed from Moody’s erroneous ratings of "AAA" rated structured investment vehicles (...)

March 2016

News Monthly European ETF Market Trends - March 2016 in brief

European ETF Market flows reached a one-year record low in February 2016. Outflows during this month amounted to EUR271M. Total Assets under Management are down 5% vs. the end of 2015, reaching EUR428.5bn, and including a negative market impact (...)

March 2016

News Solactive and South Pole Group launch Solactive Low Carbon Bond Index

Following the successful launch of its low carbon equity index family, Solactive AG in collaboration with South Pole Group sets the bar for fixed income low-carbon index solutions with its new Solactive SPG Euro IG Low Carbon Bond (...)

March 2016

News EIB backs wind farm in Sweden with up to EUR 16 m

The European Investment Bank (EIB), Mirova and Eolus are co-investing in the construction of the Langmarken onshore wind farm located in Värmland County, Sweden. This is the first EIB project in Sweden under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), at the heart of (...)

March 2016

News AnaCap acquires €2 billion NPL portfolios from GE and RBS

AnaCap Financial Partners (“AnaCap”), the specialist European financial services private equity firm, has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of two portfolios of Italian non-performing loans (NPLs) with a face value of more than €2 (...)

March 2016

News Euronext announces volumes for February 2016

Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, announced trading volumes for February 2016. The average daily volume on equity index derivatives was significantly up at 249,664 contracts (+10.5% compared with February 2015) and the average daily volume on individual equity (...)

March 2016

News CACEIS wins mandate from Programma 101 for the first third-party managed SICAF authorised by the Bank of Italy

P101, a venture capital firm specialising in investments in digital and technology-driven companies, has appointed CACEIS in Italy as depositary and administrator for its Programma 101 SICAF S.p.A., the first third-party managed SICAF authorised by the Bank of (...)

February 2016

News CNP Assurances invests in Green Office® Quartz, a building developed by Bouygues Immobilier that meets the strictest environmental standards

CNP Assurances, a responsible investor represented by Icade Asset Management, has announced the off-plan acquisition of the Green Office® Quartz real estate development, a "positive-energy" building developed by Bouygues Immobilier in the 15th arrondissement of (...)

February 2016

News First crowdfunded security to be traded on a secondary market in Europe

Today, the first buy and sell orders of a crowdfunded security were placed on the Euronext Expert Market (Public Auction), an electronic trading platform for non-listed securities. These orders will lead to the first secondary transaction in a crowdfunding instrument on a (...)

February 2016

News State Street Global Advisors Launches 11 SPDR ETFs on the Deutsche Börse Xetra

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, announced that it has launched 11 core exposure, fixed income ETFs on the Deutsche Börse Xetra.

February 2016

News Mizuho Financial Group Partners with Cognizant to Develop a Blockchain Solution for Secure Record-Keeping and Improved Customer Experience

Mizuho Financial Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services today announced a strategic agreement to develop a blockchain (...)

February 2016

News Proxy Access, Climate Risk Reporting, and Diversity Top CalPERS’ List of Corporate Engagement in 2016

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today laid out its corporate engagement plans for 2016, with proxy access, climate risk reporting, and diversity at the top of the list. CalPERS invests in more than 10,000 public companies worldwide, and uses its (...)

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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 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 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 The market for catastrophe bonds (« Cat bonds ») remains dynamic!

Over the 12 months, the market for Cat bonds - bonds issued by securitization structure to refinance insurance risks related to natural disaster - remains dynamic, both in terms of volume and performance...

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News Tabula sees strong inflows into its Asia High Yield Bond ETF as investors look to take advantage of market opportunity

European asset manager and ETF provider Tabula Investment Management Limited has seen over US$125 million of net inflows into its Asia ex-Japan High Yield Corporate USD Bond ESG UCITS ETF in 2022, as investors look to take advantage of attractive yields and a growing (...)

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News 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 (...)

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News WealthInsight predicts positive future outlook of Latin American wealth management market

2015 has been an unsettling year for the Latin American wealth management market. Currency depreciation, recession in Brazil, the recent closing of regional branches by international banks (including HSBC and Deutsche Bank this year), a slump in commodity prices and the (...)

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News ESG gold miners ETF continues to lower its ESG risk score following latest rebalance

HANetf, Europe’s first independent white-label ETF and ETC platform, and leading provider of thematic ETFs, and crypto and commodity ETCs, is pleased to announce that the AuAg ESG Gold Mining UCITS ETF (ESGO) has continued to reduce its Sustainalytics average ESG Risk Score (...)

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News Vauban Infrastructure Partners acquires four district heating networks in Spain - a green projet connecting more than 25,000 dwellings by 2028

Vauban Infrastructure Partners announces the closing of the transaction related to the acquisition of 100% stake in 4 district heating networks in Spain, an eminently “green project” connecting more than 25,000 dwellings to these networks by (...)

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News CTAs robust in moderately challenging environment

The first quarter of 2016 has seen the conjuncture of a significant rise in the Epsilon Correlation Index with a drop of the Epsilon Trend Index, confirming a moderately challenging environment for trend following strategies over the last 12 months. Those CTAs with the right (...)

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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

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News AfDB takes leading role in raising funds for AFIG Fund-II, A Multinational Private Equity Fund

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 an equity investment of up to USD 45 million in Atlantic Coast Regional Fund LLC II (or “AFIG Fund II”), a 10-year USD 300 million multi-sector private equity fund that focuses on (...)

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News Swiss Re’s sigma on natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2012 reports USD 77 billion in insured losses and economic losses of USD 186 billion

Swiss Re’s latest sigma study reveals that natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2012 caused economic losses of USD 186 billion with approximately 14 000 lives lost.

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News Rouble, Rates Moves Heighten Russian Economy Risks

Risks to Russia’s economy in 2015 have been increased by this week’s extreme volatility in the rouble and the sharp rise in interest rates, Fitch Ratings says.

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News ETFGI reports Thematic ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered US$80.54 billion in net inflows in 2021

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reports that Thematic ETFs and ETPs listed globally gathered net inflows of US$2.38 billion during December, bringing net inflows for 2021 to US$80.54 billion which (...)

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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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