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December, 2017
UBS AM launches sustainability ETF
UBS Asset Management has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) with exposure to companies with strong records on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in both developed and emerging markets. The ETF is available in US dollar and sterling versions and is based on physical replication of the underlying assets. The ETF replicates the MSCI ACWI ...
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December, 2017
MSIM introduces China A-Shares Fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a Luxembourg SICAV domiciled fund version of its China A-shares fund, which was previously only available to institutional investors in a separate account format. The fund aims to capitalise on pricing anomalies and inefficiencies in the A-shares market, through a high-conviction portfolio of ...
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December, 2017
HFR launches blockchain and cryptocurrency indices
Hedge fund data provider HFR has launched two new indices to reflect investor interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, with the HFR Blockchain Composite Index and HFR Cryptocurrency Index. HFR’s blockchain index includes funds that invest in blockchain technology, cryptocurrency or other new innovations around blockchain. The HFR ...
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December, 2017
IFM raises $2.15 billion in 15 months
Infrastructure manager IFM Investors has announced that it has raised $2.15 billion from 29 investors in Europe and the Middle East in infrastructure equity and debt mandates in the period from July 2016 to the end of September 2017. IFM raised another $3 billion globally in the same period, as part of the increased institutional demand around the world ...
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December, 2017
Nordic Bitcoin broker Prasos raises €2.5 million to fund expansion
Finnish investment firm Prasos raised €2.5 million in equity funding in record time, which it plans to use to expand in Europe and to develop cryptocurrency-based investment services for traditional investors. Prasos CEO, Henry Brade, commented: “We have a very positive view of the future of our sector and expected the round to be successful, but the ...
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December, 2017
New high-conviction, global equity portfolio from Hermes
Fund manager Hermes Investment Management has launched an Impact Opportunities Strategy fund, which will be a concentrated, high-conviction global equity portfolio of 25 to 50 securities. Each stock will be typically held for five to 10 years with the philosophical foundation of increasing prosperity in society through sustainable impact ...
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October, 2017
M&G finance prime residential property in London
M&G Investments is providing £517 million as finance to Lodha UK for the development of a high-profile prime residential property site at Number One, Grosvenor Square, in central London. The loan will be invested in funds managed by M&G. The Grosvenor Square site is due to be completed in December 2019 with 48 residential units designed by international ...
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October, 2017
Hermes wins $400 million mandate from Swedish state pensions
Fund manager Hermes Investment Management has picked up a $400 million global high yield bond mandate from AP1, one of five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system. AP1 said it wanted to diversify its high yield exposure and ESG was an important aspect to the investment strategy. Majdi Chammas, head of external management, and Tina Rönnholm, ...
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October, 2017
AXA IM Rosenberg Equities to leverage AI and Big Data
AXA Investment Manager’s quantitative team, Rosenberg Equities, is to integrate advanced modelling techniques that utilise neural networks in its investment approach. The first example of the integration is the use of a neural network model in the sustainable equity strategy, which aims to improve the ability to identify stocks at risk of extreme price ...
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October, 2017
Smart Beta index aims to leverage low volatility
ERI Scientific Beta, a smart beta index provider set up by EDHEC Business School, has launched a long-short equity market neutral index, which aims to gain exposure to low volatility stocks with a strong leverage effect. The full name of the index is the Scientific Beta Developed Multi-Beta Multi-Strategy Managed Volatility L/S Equity Market Neutral Index ...
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