August 2014
News CalPERS to Recover Millions in Bank of America Settlement
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is poised to get back up to $250 million in damages from Bank of America in a federal investigation settlement announced today by California Attorney General Kamala (...)
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August 2014
News The Government Pension Fund Global returned 3.3 percent, or 192 billion kroner, in the second quarter of 2014
Equity investments returned 4.0 percent, and fixed-income investments 2.0 percent. The return on these investments was 0.1 percentage point lower than the return on the benchmark indices. Investments in real estate returned 3.0 (...)
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August 2014
News Nomura issues 30 Year USD Callable Zero Coupon International Bonds in Taiwan
Nomura Bank International plc (the “Issuer”) today announced that it has issued US$325 million in principal amount of 30 Year USD Callable Zero Coupon Notes due 2044 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued out of the Issuer’s Note, Warrant and Certificate Programme and are (...)
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August 2014
News BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Investors Turning to Cash as Geopolitics and Interest Rate Rise Fears Bite
Rising geo-political temperatures combined with the threat of rising U.S. interest rates have led global investors to scale back risk and take cash levels to two-year highs, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for (...)
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August 2014
News ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered record 10.6 billion US dollars in net new assets in July 2014 and record 42.7 billion YTD
ETFGI’s analysis finds ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe gathered a record level of US$10.6 Bn in net new assets in July, pushing YTD NNA to US$42.7 Bn, a new record level of NNA at this point in the year, outpacing the previous high of US$30.1 Bn set in (...)
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August 2014
News New joint venture established for private equity investments in climate-related transactions throughout Asia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), ORIX Corporation (ORIX) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (Robeco) today announced the formation of Asia Climate Partners (ACP), a joint venture that will undertake commercially-oriented private equity investments across a (...)
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August 2014
News Nomura Announces Alliance With Bridge Capital Asset Management
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. announced that it has entered into an alliance agreement with Bridge Capital Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Bridge Capital), an investment manager specializing in incubation funds investing in hedge (...)
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August 2014
News Lyxor pursues its growth momentum in H1 2014 supported by its ETF and Alternative businesses
Lyxor Asset Management has continued its growth momentum, recording a 7% increase in AuM since the end of 2013 thus reaching EUR 86bn of assets under management.
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August 2014
News CalPERS Announces $500 Million Infrastructure Partnership with UBS
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced a new $500 million global infrastructure partnership with UBS Global Asset Management (UBS). CalPERS will contribute $485 million to the newly formed company, while UBS will contribute $15 million (...)
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August 2014
News BNPP Capital Resilient Despite 2Q14 Loss
Fitch Ratings says BNP Paribas (BNPP; A+/Stable/a+) has maintained acceptable capital ratios at end-2Q14, despite having reported a large loss resulting from a US sanctions settlement fine, underlining the bank’s capacity to absorb sizeable shocks through its sound balance (...)
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July 2014
News Wind energy project to bring investment of €220 Mio to Portugal, boosting country’s renewable energy cluster
Ventinveste, a consortium of some of Portugal’s top energy and engineering companies, and Ferrostaal GmbH, a project developer with investments worldwide, will build four wind farms in the country, in a €220 million investment that will strengthen the country’s renewable energy (...)
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July 2014
News Natixis Global Asset Management Funds $1 Million Investor Behavior Project at MIT
Investors worldwide are caught between a desire to achieve greater investment returns and an aversion to taking risk. To help individuals overcome these traditional investment challenges, Natixis Global Asset Management today announced a commitment to fund a three-year, $1 (...)
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July 2014
News CalPERS Reports Preliminary 2013-14 Fiscal Year Performance of 18.4 Percent
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) reported a preliminary 18.4 percent return on investments for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2014. CalPERS assets at the end of the fiscal year stood at more than $300 (...)
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July 2014
News Paris EUROPLACE welcomes the first CNH bond issued by a Chinese bank in Paris to support French and Eurozone companies active in China
Paris EUROPLACE welcomes the first CNH bond issue by Bank of China Paris, on the Paris financial market, intended to support the financial and business development of French and Eurozone companies active in China.
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July 2014
News Fitch Rates Portugal’s USD4.5bn 2024 bond ’BB+’
Fitch Ratings has assigned the Republic of Portugal’s USD4.5bn bond a ’BB+’ rating. The bond has a coupon of 5.125% and is due 15 October 2024.
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