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IMG
Interview , December 2019
Jean-Philippe Médecin : « The CNP’s subordinated green bond issue was a great success »
CNP Assurances has successfully launched its first subordinated green bond issuance. Jean-Philippe Médecin, the director of the prop trading and financing department at CNP Assurances, gave us more details.
IMG
Interview , May 2019
Simon Bond : “Our European Social Bond Fund is carefully managed with a mix of maturities to offer daily liquidity”
According to Simon Bond, Threadneedle (Lux) European Social Bond Fund manager, the fund aims to balance three key elements: clear social impact, daily liquidity and financial return with a similar risk/return profile as a regular investment grade (...)
IMG
Interview , April 2019
Pascal Koenig : « We believe that these concentration movements should continue, including among the leading players »
According to Pascal Koenig, Partner at Deloitte, Head of asset management, the operations of M&A, search for new shareholders, team transfers have multiplied in France in recent months. He believes that these concentration movements should continue, including among the (...)
IMG
Interview , March 2019
Pierre Valentin ; “We have placed SRI at the heart of our investment philosophy”
According to Pierre Valentin, chairman of Ecofi Investissements, except for wealth management Ecofi’s entire range of open funds is 100 % SRI this year, whether it for equity, bond, money market or multi-asset funds.
IMG
Interview , March 2019
Climate change: from fantasy to reality
Global warming has been an issue for many years now. It is often regarded as a long-term challenge. That is certainly true, except that the “long term” is now close at hand, and climate change’s economic impact can already be measured in several major (...)

Opinion

IMG
Opinion, March 2012
LTRO – game changer or not?
The ECB announced its second long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) on Wednesday. The auction led to 800 banks tapping the ECB for EUR 530bn in three year funding at 1%.
IMG
Opinion, March 2012
ING IM predicts a strong year for High Yield
The current attractive yield of 7 to 8% in combination with solid company credit fundamentals continues to attract new investors into the asset class.
IMG
Opinion, February 2012
A New Hope
There is little doubt that dark clouds are still drifting on the horizon of the global economy. The Euro crisis still has the potential to erupt into an existential threat for the Eurozone’s economic system with a very destabilizing fall-out for the financial system in the (...)
IMG
Strategy, February 2012
Asian debt now a mainstream asset class
Investors should view Asian debt as a mainstream asset class and not simply as a subsection of the global bond universe, according to Chia-Liang Lian, manager of the Legg Mason Western Asset Asian Opportunities (...)
IMG
Opinion, December 2011
2012: A year in global bonds
According to Bob Jolly, Schroders’ Head of Global Macro, considerable bad news is already in prices and corporate bonds issued by strong companies with cash on their balance sheet and pricing power remain attractive
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