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NEWSLETTER | 3 Jun 2020

Carbon omissions: Investors lose out as renewable energy stocks outpace fossil fuel companies

Renewable energy firms have outpaced fossil fuel companies over the past decade, including during the recent pandemic crisis, generating higher returns and lower volatility. New research from Imperial College Business School shows that despite the advantages, institutional investors are failing to reap the rewards of renewables.

Wed | 3 Jun 2020, 12:34

The average performance fee rate charged to funds in Europe has reached 17 per cent, according to new Performance Fee Benchmarking data released by Fitz Partners.

Wed | 3 Jun 2020, 12:34

US corporate pension plans got a 0.8 percentage point increase in aggregate funded ratio in May, ending the month at 82.0 per cent, according to Wilshire Consulting, the institutional investment advisory and outsourced-CIO business unit of Wilshire Associates Incorporated.

Wed | 3 Jun 2020, 12:34

Forex technology firm Integral found that average daily volumes (ADV) dipped to USD32.6 billion across its platforms, as volatility started to level out. This represents a decrease of 7.1 per cent compared to April 2020, and an increase of 6.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.

Wed | 3 Jun 2020, 12:34

eFX trading solutions provider, Celer Technologies, has integrated into its price distribution and order management platform, the Direct API from CMC Markets Institutional, a firm that provides liquidity and white label trading solutions.

Wed | 3 Jun 2020, 12:34

Swedish public pension fund Första AP-fonden (AP1) will adopt asset manager monitoring capabilities from eVestment, an institutional investment data and analytics firm.

Confluence hires global head of sales

Wed | 3 Jun 2020, 12:34

Confluence Technologies, a technology provider to the money management industry, has appointed Sunil Rajan as global head of Sales.

TOBAM makes senior appointments

Wed | 3 Jun 2020, 12:34

Asset manager TOBAM has appointed deputy chief investment officer Dr Tatjana Puhan to the executive committee, and promoted Axel Cabrol, CFA to head of Fixed Income.