Jupiter announces senior distribution team appointments
Jupiter is pleased to announce senior appointments to its Distribution leadership team, following shareholder approval of its acquisition of Merian Global Investors. The new joiners will take up their roles immediately following legal completion of the deal which is awaiting (...)
Nordea’s Eivind Lorgen to chair Investor Advisory Group of SASB
Nordea Asset Management (NAM) is pleased to announce that the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has appointed Eivind Lorgen, CEO and President of NAM in North America, to chair its Investor Advisory Group (IAG), a group of leading asset owners and managers (...)
Heike Fürpaß-Peter appointed as Head of Lyxor ETF for Germany & Austria
As Head of Lyxor ETF for Germany and Austria, Heike’s particular focus will be on overseeing the smooth completion of the merger between Lyxor and ComStage ETF ranges, resulting in one of Europe’s most comprehensive and liquid offerings with more than 250 ETFs, including a (...)
Euronext appoints Georges Lauchard as Chief Operating Officer
Euronext announces the appointment of Georges Lauchard as Chief Operating Officer and member of the Managing Board of Euronext N.V., pending all relevant corporate and regulatory approvals.
Lombard Odier Investment Managers announces the appointment of Rebeca Coriat as Head of Stewardship, based in London
Rebeca is responsible for leading LOIM’s stewardship activities with a focus on sustainability, corporate governance and ESG analysis. She joins from Investec Asset Management, where she was an ESG analyst responsible for advising portfolio managers on global proxy voting and (...)
Fifty CTAs launched in the first nine months of 2015, and the year looks set for the fewest launches since 2006, when 66 CTA funds launched. As a proportion of all hedge funds launched each year, the fraction represented by CTAs has fallen below 10% for the first time since (...)
COP 21: Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) Announces INDCs Investment Implementation Task Force
The Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) announced today that it has launched a pilot program to provide research, investment and implementation support to volunteering countries on the investment portion of their Intended Nationally Determined (...)
Euronext pursues commitment to SRI with new version of its Low Carbon 100 Europe Index®
Euronext, the eurozone’s leading exchange, today announced a major change in the methodology used for its Low Carbon 100 Europe Index®, revolutionising the traditional approach to assessing companies’ CO2 emissions. This new method is based on a more efficient means of (...)
CNP Assurances announces its key measures to promote energy and ecological transition
As a responsible investor, CNP Assurances has announced, on the occasion of the Novethic Annual Event and in the run-up to COP 21, the publication of the carbon footprint of its equity investments portfolio and its reduction target. It has also announced its decision to (...)
CNP Assurances and Meridiam help finance the energy transition by launching Meridiam Transition
CNP Assurances, the leading personal insurer in France, operating in Europe and Latin America and the project organiser, along with management company Meridiam, announces the launch of the Meridiam Transition fund.