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NEWSLETTER | 12 Feb 2020

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Active equity funds saw a huge 93 per cent drop in flows in January with investors opting for index funds, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is making its surveillance and regulation of the securities market more targeted and effective with the application of artificial intelligence (AI) enhancements to its real-time monitoring system.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Amundi has released the key findings of a study on the impact of ESG investing on fixed income portfolios which funds that ESG integration has outperformed the market since 2014 in Europe.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

The Nomura Global Dynamic Bond Fund reached its five-year anniversary on 31 January, having now grown to over USD1.1 billion

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Actinver, BNP Paribas, Citibank and JP Morgan are now live on CLSNet, a standardised, automated bilateral payment netting calculation service for over 120 currencies operating on a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Employees working in Ireland’s investment funds sector can now demonstrate and maintain competence and professionalism through the new Accredited Funds Professional designation.

AMX passes USD10bn in assets

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

The Asset Management Exchange (AMX), an institutional platform for investors and asset managers, celebrates its 3rd anniversary with USD10 billion in assets now on its platform.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Perpetual, an Australian diversified financial services company, has made a commitment to Thornburg Investment Management's Multisector Opportunistic credit strategy.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Fitch Learning is delivering an introductory level Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) course this Spring, and a practitioner level Certificate course in ESG Investing, to enable investment management professionals at all stages of their careers worldwide to expand their ESG knowledge.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Mourant has appointed five new partners, bringing the total number of partners at the leading offshore legal and governance services firm to 64.

Artemis appoints new CIO

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Artemis Investment Management has appointed Matthew Beesley as chief investment officer (CIO), replacing Peter Saacke, with effect from 20 April.

IFRS appoints chair of Advisory Council

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation have appointed Bill Coen as Chair of the IFRS Advisory Council, effective immediately.

Ocorian and Estera merge

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Ocorian and Estera have combined to create a ‘global leader’ in corporate and fiduciary services, fund administration and capital markets. The enlarged business will operate under the Ocorian name with refreshed branding.

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

Analytics sepcialist SAS has been named a category leader in the Chartis RiskTech Quadrant for Credit Risk Solutions (Banking Book).

Wed | 12 Feb 2020, 11:44

The Citco Group of Companies (Citco) has appointed Ryan Fitzgerald as Head of Middle Office Solutions to further develop the business line, which recently achieved double-digit growth.