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Diehard fans of the privatisation of state-owned companies often argue that the potential for innovation that the process can kick-start is on its own a…
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Aquila Capital announces first closing of Aquila Renewables Fund III
Aquila Capital announces that its newly launched Aquila Renewables Fund III S.A. (ARF III) has secured a significant amount at first close from a large…
Source Launches ETFs With Focus On Eurozone And Japanese Exporters
Source announced the launch of the Source STOXX Eurozone Exporters UCITS ETF and the Source STOXX Japan Exporters UCITS ETF, which track the new STOXX…
520 European ETFs Rated On Trackinsight
Koris Internationalannounces the launch of the TrackInsightTM ratings for the 520 most significant European ETFs. These ratings are available for professional investors on www.trackinsight.com, an…
Brokers rank their top concerns for 2015
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) have been challenged during the past year by capital constraints and declining margins, creating serious concerns about the future viability of…
China A-Shares benchmark inclusion raises liquidity concerns
Index provider FTSE Russell last week announced that it will launch two transitional indexes that include China A-Shares, a move that will significantly impact Chinese…
72% of the Buy-Side are dissatisfied with dark pool transparency
As many as 72% of the head traders at 92 asset managers and hedge funds interviewed by TABB Group for “US Institutional Equity Trading: Crossroads…
Aquila Capital acquires photovoltaic plant in the UK
Aquila Capital has purchased a photovoltaic park in the UK for an undisclosed sum. The plant is located in Banwell, near Bristol and has an…
NeoXam Acquires SmartCo
NeoXam acquisition of SmartCo has advanced NeoXam’s strategy to deliver cost effective, configurable solutions to the global asset management community. Pascal Mougin, SmartCo’s President, comments…
GMT to sell Seagull Group to Herkules Capital
GMT Communications Partners has agreed to sell Seagull Group to Herkules Capital; closing is expected in mid-June. The sale of Seagull delivers a 2.3x return…
Joint Forum releases report on credit risk management across sectors
The report provides insight into the current supervisory framework around credit risk, the state of credit risk management at firms and implications for the supervisory…
Global Markets Dancing To Central Banks’ Monetary Policy Tune
Baring Asset Management (Barings) believes that disappointing growth in the US has strangely benefitted equity prices and that expectations of an early interest rate rise…
Altor and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division to acquire Hamlet Protein
Altor Fund IV and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division partner to acquire the majority of Hamlet Protein from Polaris Private Equity and the founder of…
Investors Challenge Proposed Regulation of CSAs
Convergex and Westminster Research Associates have released the results of their CSA & Research Usage Survey, exploring how financial industry participants use research in their…
SIFMA Group Urges FSB and IOSCO to Drop Efforts to Create Systemic Risk Methodology
SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (“SIFMA AMG”) have submitted a comment letter expressing concerns with the second public consultation on Assessment Methodologies for Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer…
City network launches netNet+ encouraging support for two major London charities
Last week saw the successful launch of a new networking forum, netNET+, in the City of London. The launch was hosted by Co-Chairs Susan Cuff,…
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management: Research Report – Why Invest in Infrastructure?
Attached is Deutsche AWMs latest research report – Why Invest in Infrastructure? We have Hamish Mackenzie, Head of Infrastructure, Europe and Debt, and Gianluca Minella,…
92% of Hedge Fund Industry Capital Concentrated Among Top 11% of Fund Managers
The hedge fund industry has now reached $3.16tn in assets as of the end of Q1 2015, but a growing proportion of these assets are concentrated among…
Funds processing rates reach highest ever levels of automation
European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) have published in cooperation with SWIFT, a report on the evolution of automation and standardisation rates of fund…
Evercore Announces the Acquisition of Kuna & Co. KG
Evercore has announced the acquisition of Kuna & Co. KG, the Frankfurt-based investment banking advisory boutique, and the appointment of Walter Kuna as Senior Managing…