Amundi announces the appointment of Stanislas Pottier as Chief Responsible Investment Officer.
Stanislas is now Chief Responsible Investment Officer at Amundi. Previously he was Global Head for Sustainable Development at Crédit Agricole SA since September 2011 and a member of the Group’s Management Committee since (...)
Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos to Leave CalPERS
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System today announced that Ted Eliopoulos, CalPERS’ chief investment officer (CIO), is leaving the pension fund in order to relocate to the East Coast to be closer to family. A search for his permanent replacement will begin (...)
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, today appointed Ting Lu as Chief China Economist to lead a team of economists that forecasts China’s economic trajectory and drives thought leadership on macroeconomic themes shaping the (...)
CalPERS Names Elisabeth Bourqui Chief Operating Investment Officer
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System today announced that Elisabeth Bourqui has been selected as Chief Operating Investment Officer (COIO).
CalPERS Names Beth Richtman Managing Investment Director of Sustainable Investments
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System announced that Beth Richtman has been selected as Managing Investment Director of the Sustainable Investment Program.
iShares leads global ETF industry with record inflows of $140bn Growth in 2016 powered by moves into bond, Core and smart beta ETFs
BlackRock, Inc.’s iShares business led the global ETF industry in 2016, winning a record $140bn in new flows, powered by moves into bond, Core and smart beta ETFs. Representing 13% organic growth, iShares 2016 flows reflect the global scale, diverse product range and (...)
2017 Hedge Funds Outlook: Better prospects, but too early for champagne
An uneventful week for hedge funds. Amid reduced trading volumes and a pause in the Reflation trade, most Lyxor indices were about flat. CTAs and Macro funds stood out, in symmetry. The former lost on US yields and equities, the latter gained on their long US bonds and short (...)
GIC completes €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 - one of the largest property deals in 2016
GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has completed the purchase of P3, one of the a leading pan-European owners, developers and managers of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge...
S&P Global announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Quant House SAS (QuantHouse) to a company owned by Pierre Feligioni, one of QuantHouse’s original founders. The terms of the transaction were not (...)
Euronext closes acquisition of a 20% stake in EuroCCP
Euronext today announced it has completed the acquisition of a 20% equity stake in EuroCCP, for an amount of €13.4m, after having received regulatory approvals. This follows the announcement of August 17th on the signing of a definitive agreement with the existing (...)