Mirova launches Mirova Green Bond – Global, one of the first funds invested in green bonds
Mirova is launching the mutual fund Mirova Green Bond - Global, one of the first funds in the world for green bonds. Through this fund, Mirova is reasserting its pioneering position on the Green Bond market and offering a funding solution for projects with a high (...)
Amundi launches the first index funds and ETF in Europe tracking the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders indexes
Amundi is further developing its “Low Carbon” offering with the launch of three innovative funds in Europe: two open-ended index funds: the Amundi Index Equity Global Low Carbon and the Amundi Index Equity Europe Low Carbon. These funds replicate the MSCI World Low Carbon (...)
Lyxor completes supra-regional access with new ETFs
Lyxor announces the launch of two new supra-region ETFs, the Lyxor MSCI North America UCITS ETF and the Lyxor MSCI Pacific Ex Japan UCITS ETF, designed to facilitate regional access for investors.
Source joins forces with FTSE Russell and Research Affiliates to launch innovative index series
Source, one of the largest providers of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in Europe, has worked with FTSE Russell and Research Affiliates to create the FTSE RAFITM Equity Income Index Series, a new family of indices targeting high dividend?paying stocks which have also been (...)
Nomura launches USD and EUR-hedged JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETFs
Nomura today announces the launch of the “Nomura JPX-Nikkei 400 Daily EUR-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund” and the “Nomura JPX-Nikkei 400 Daily USD-Hedged UCITS Exchange Traded Fund”. The ETFs are listed on the London Stock Exchange and are available to investors in key (...)
A spectacular momentum crash unfolded since late August, caused by the bounce back in sovereign bond yields. Within equity markets, value stocks experienced an impressive rebound while momentum stocks fell strikingly.
Hedge funds could help deal with the uncertainties
Despite colossal headwinds related to trade tensions, the Brexit deadlock and the manufacturing recession, asset prices have been incredibly buoyant so far this year. Equities are recovering from the August drawdown and are approaching late-July record (...)
Net new assets in the European ETF market slowed again in May to €1.8bn from the €3.7bn we saw in April. This was largely due to a significant decrease in fixed income ETF inflows (€0.5bn from €4.1bn). Equity ETFs experienced some very modest outflows (...)
EM-focused Global Macro strategies also outperformed other hedge fund strategies since the beginning of the market turmoil. They managed to deliver slightly positive returns in May according to the Lyxor UCITS Peer (...)
In a context where rising trade uncertainties have interrupted the rally in risk assets, L/S Credit strategies have been resilient in May so far. Such resiliency took place despite a widening in High Yield (HY) credit spreads, by approximately +35bps both in Euro and in (...)