Today we proudly announce that ING Bank has started offering Sprinters based on the NL20 Index. The products will be tradable as of 16 June 2014 and will offer the possibility to profit from leveraged participation in the price movement of the NL20 (...)
Natixis Global Asset Management announces two new Luxembourg-based SICAV’s
Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has launched two new Luxembourg-based SICAVs, Natixis AM Funds, registered in eight countries, and Mirova Funds, registered in seven countries. For both SICAV, the funds are aimed at Institutional and retail (...)
Koris International provides European institutional investors with full transparency on ETFs’ risks and performance
Koris International has recently launched a large scale transparency campaign on Exchange Traded Funds’ risks and performance. With over 10 years of experience in developing dynamic asset allocation solutions, mainly implemented using index funds and ETFs, the company (...)
AfDB prices SEK 1 billion Green Bond due March 2019
Coming after its inaugural SEK 5-year Green Bond in floating rate format, AfDB took advantage of the strong positive momentum and demand created from the first deal to follow up with another SEK 1 billion 5-year transaction – this time in fixed rate (...)
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 (...)
According to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research report inflows into Investment Grade (IG) funds have slowed down over the past weeks. Is this temporary or more the result of declining yields making high-quality credit unappetizing (...)
Unigestion continues to make headway in the Canadian market, announcing today the addition of Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) as a new client.
Monthly European ETF Market Trends - April 2016 in brief
European ETF Market flows were relatively limited in April 2016. NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) during the month amounted to EUR2.3bn. Year to date NNA amount to EUR8bn, representing only a quarter of what was collected in the four first months of (...)
Hedge funds’ returns weakened in sympathy with last week’s retreat in risky assets. Losses were mild in general, with few notable underperformers. By contrast, CTAs outperformed, recouping their earlier losses as yields and oil weakened. Funds keeping a low beta also performed (...)