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NEWSLETTER | 12 Oct 2020

Greater transparency needed on ethnic diversity of boards, says investment industry

Investment managers are calling for greater transparency on ethnic diversity on boards as almost three-quarters of FTSE 100 companies failed to report the ethnic make-up of their boards at their AGMs.

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

Global financial services provider Apex Group Ltd (Apex) has launched its Compliance Solutions business in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

By Derbhil O’Riordan, Dillon Eustace – Consistently heralded by industry as a flexible and efficient place to do business, Ireland is Europe’s leading onshore jurisdiction for the establishment of private equity structures.

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

State Street Corporation and SimCorp are to form a business partnership to provide a premier, fully integrated, front-to-back investment outsourcing solution for insurance firms in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

Hosted by ETF Express, this live summit will discuss and debate how ETFs can be used in an institutional portfolio, in front of a specially selected audience of institutional investors and members of the ETF ecosystem.

How did the investment fund industry stand up during the Covid-19 crisis?

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

By Kieran Fox, Irish Funds – We are all well aware of the human and public health cost which Covid-19 has had since March of this year when its impact reverberated around the globe. Although general consensus is that we still have some way to go until there is a vaccine or other resolution to the pandemic, central banks and regulators are now beginning to look into the effect the crisis had on capital markets during the early days of its impact and seeking to learn lessons from this.

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

Broadridge Fund Communication Solutions business has appointed Linda Power as Operations Director in Dublin.

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

Vanguard is to add Sprucegrove Investment Management to its roster of active management expertise.

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

Geneva-based specialist asset manager Quaero Capital has appointed Sophie Bigeard as Head of Multi-Asset Strategies for its French subsidiary Quaero Capital (France) SAS.

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

Qair, an independent power producer of renewable energy, has selected Greenbyte’s asset management platform to provide complete oversight of its renewables assets, as it scales and diversifies its portfolio.

NextEnergy Capital acquires first asset in Portugal 17.4MWp solar PV project

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

NextPower III, NextEnergy Capital’s third institutional solar fund, has made its first acquisition in Portugal.

Mon | 12 Oct 2020, 11:37

Australian and global equities boutique fund manager, Alphinity Investment Management, has strengthened its ESG investing and research capabilities with a set of appointments, as it celebrates its tenth anniversary.