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NEWSLETTER | 12 Jan 2021

Institutional allocations to private markets to rise again in 2021, finds Commonfund investor survey

Institutional investors are planning to increase allocations towards private markets in 2021, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized US private equity funds as well as venture capital, secondary and co-investment funds, according to Commonfund Capital’s fourth annual private markets investor sentiment survey.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched a new Dynamic Multi Asset Income Fund, offering institutional investors a new way of targeting a high income stream with a high level of reliability.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

In response to its “Consultation Paper on Sustainability Reporting,” DWS has written a comment letter to the Trustees of the IFRS, pushing for a coherent ESG reporting standard that goes beyond climate-related data and is based on double materiality.

DSB seeks views on UPI fees

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of ISINs, CFIs and FISNs for OTC derivatives, is calling on industry to respond to a first consultation on the fee model principles underpinning the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) service, which opened this week.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

Investment Metrics, a provider of analytics, reporting, data, and benchmarking solutions for the institutional investment market, has acquired London and Boston-based Style Analytics, a cloud-based SaaS platform that provides Investment Factor and ESG Exposure analysis for the institutional investment community worldwide.

BXS launches Rule 606 Consolidator Tool for competitive routing analysis

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

BXS, a compliance reporting and analytics solutions provider, has launched a new Rule 606 Consolidator tool.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

CAMRADATA’s latest white paper considers the role thematic investing can play in asset management and explores trends that can permeate society and traverse sectors.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

Global investor services provider IQ-EQ has launched IQ-EQ Compass, an integrated service offering that simplifies Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) compliance and helps its clients build sustainable value and reputational resilience.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

IS Investment, Turkey’s largest investment bank, has extended its use of Integral’s trading technology and MT4 Bridge solutions to expand its product and services offering.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

MPC Capital AG has initiated a new renewable energy platform under the brand “MPC Energy Solutions”. In a private placement directed towards institutional investors, MPC Energy Solutions NV has successfully raised a total of NOK857 million (USD 100 million) in advance of its listing on Oslo Stock Exchange’s Euronext Growth segment.

Privium Fund Management adds Guardian Fund to offering

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

The Guardian Fund, a long only equity fund with a value investing approach to public technology companies, has been transferred to Privium Fund Management BV.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has been selected by Westwood Holdings Group to provide outsourced trading via its Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) service.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), a global industry group for CCPs and exchanges, has published a Research Working Paper on the Procyclicality of CCP Margin Models.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

Temple Bar Investment Trust has appointed Link Group as Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), Fund Administrator and Company Secretary. The appointment became effective on 2 November 2020.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

TFI selects FlexTrade System’s FlexOMS to replace Bloomberg SSEOMS

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

TFI, a Chinese-based financial group which provides institutional brokerage services to trade in equities on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has migrated to FlexTrade's FlexOMS.

GAM opens Copenhagen office

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

GAM is opening an office in Copenhagen to strengthen its presence in the Nordics.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

SEI has appointed Sarah Powell, FIA, as a Client Strategy Director within the company's Institutional Group.

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

Specialist pensions law firm, Arc Pensions Law, has appointed Kris Weber as a Legal Director based in the firm's London office. Weber joins Arc from Slaughter and May, where he was a solicitor in the pensions team.

Sionic appoints new Chairman

Tue | 12 Jan 2021, 12:07

Specialist financial services consulting firm Sionic, whose clients include Sionic global banks and financial institutions, has appointed Mark Humphries as its new Chairman.