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NEWSLETTER | 10 Dec 2020

Institutional investors choose defensive allocations amid negative rates anxiety

Institutional investors are taking defensive positions into 2021, as they attempt to cushion portfolios against the long-term impact of the pandemic, including the fallout from government and central bank responses to the Covid-19 crisis.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

France’s CAC40 index scores better than Germany’s DAX30 when judged on the average environmental impact of its component stocks, according to Scope Group’s ESG impact review.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

There is an industry-wide need for specialist data science skills to match the growing appetite for meaningful data insights and greater data consumption, according to a survey by SIX, of 113 representatives from buy-side and sell-side firms, exchanges, regulatory bodies and other organisations.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

Global events including the pandemic, economic uncertainties, and social and racial justice are sparking companies around the world to accelerate changes to their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priorities, according to a new survey of boards of directors by Willis Towers Watson.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

SimCorp, a provider of integrated, front-to-back, multi-asset investment management solutions and services to the world’s largest buy-side institutions, has partnered with AI fintech, IntelliBonds, to deliver clients access to AI innovation, enhanced portfolio construction and optimisation for fixed income portfolios.

NeoXam expands longstanding relationship with Raiffeisen Capital Management

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

Fina cial software provider NeoXam has extended its relationship with Raiffeisen Capital Management, one of Austria’s largest asset managers, for a further five years.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

Lyxor Asset Management Group (Lyxor) and Bridgewater Associates, LP (Bridgewater) are to launch a multi-asset sustainability strategy for investors seeking to achieve both financial and sustainability goals at scale.

JTC acquires RBC CEES limited

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

JTC, a leading global provider of fund, corporate and private client services, has acquired RBC cees Limited (CEES).

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:25

20-20 Trustees, one of the UK’s leading independent trustee firms, has appointed Stuart Travers as its newest trustee director.