Institutional Asset Manager Newsletter

NEWSLETTER | 13 Oct 2020

Fixed income managers expect hunt for yield to intensify as Bank of England mulls negative rates

The Bank of England has fuelled speculation over whether it will introduce negative interest rates in the UK by asking banks to detail how ready they are to deal with rates going negative.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Imperial College Business School and the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU) have launched the Singapore Green Finance Centre (SGFC), Singapore’s first research institute dedicated to green finance research and talent development.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

BNY Mellon has been re-appointed by the Swedish state pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden (AP7) to provide global custody and associated services, continuing a 14-year relationship.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Britannia Global Markets, a bespoke brokerage house and subsidiary of Britannia Financial Group, has selected Broadridge to streamline its post-trade processing for its international securities business including cash equities, fixed income and repurchase agreements.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Bedford Row Capital (BRC), a global non-bank structuring specialist, has launched an 18-month inflation-linked sukuk. The notes will be EUR, CHF, USD and GBP, denominated Insured Money Market Certificates (IMMCTM) and will be open to investment from 14 October 2020.

BSO’s new RF network is the fastest way to trade on Toronto Stock Exchange and Nasdaq CXC

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Global telecoms operator BSO has launched a new Radio Frequency (RF) network route for those trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and Nasdaq CXC.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Alantra, a specialist in investment banking and asset management, has expanded its Equities practice with the addition of André Pereira-Ambrosio as Managing Director, who will head the firm’s ECM activity in the Iberian market.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

FlexTrade Systems' client KGI Securities is to launch the KGI MaxxTrader’s electronic foreign exchange (FX) pricing and trading engine in Singapore.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a provider of governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions for financial services firms, has launched an enhanced anti-money laundering (AML) solution.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Total impact fund Snowball is now available to professional investors who believe they should not have to choose between investing for their financial future and the future of society and the planet.

Wilshire estimates close to 3 percentage point increase in aggregate funded ratio for US State pensions plans in Q3

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

The aggregate funded ratio for US state pension plans increased by an estimated 2.9 percentage points during the third quarter of 2020, ending the quarter at 72.3 per cent, according to Wilshire Associates (Wilshire), a diversified global financial services firm.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

MackeyRMS, a provider of SaaS-based research management software built to give fundamental investment teams an easier way to create and share investment research in real time, has launched ESG Scorecards to streamline investment selection, monitoring and reporting for ESG-focused portfolios.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

GHD has expanded its operations into Singapore, in line with its strategy to expand its Advisory offering in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market.

Morgan Lewis adds partner in Abu Dhabi

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Morgan Lewis has appointed Richard Knott as a partner resident in Abu Dhabi. Knott joins from one of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds, where he spent the last four years as a Senior Legal Counsel.

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Exchange services group Aquis Exchange has appointed Deirdre Somers to its Board as an independent non-executive director.

Willkie adds partner to asset management practice in Washington

Tue | 13 Oct 2020, 11:54

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Marvin (Chip) C Lunde, III as a partner in the firm's Asset Management Group in Washington.