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NEWSLETTER | 28 Oct 2020  
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Policy-makers drive Europe’s continued dominance in green finance

Almost all of the largest hubs for green finance are concentrated within Western Europe, a biannual index shows, with Amsterdam, Zurich, and London continuing to lead efforts to finance a sustainable future.

 
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Demonstrating control in a crisis (again): How Covid-19 has reaffirmed the hedge fund allocator shift to dedicated managed accounts

Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
By Joshua D Kestler, Global Head of HedgeMark, BNY Mellon – In the 12 years since the 2008 financial crisis, many large institutional investors have adopted Dedicated Managed Account (DMA) structures in order to address the challenges in commingled hedge funds that were exposed during the crisis (click here for a brief refresher). These investors were well-prepared to more effectively manage their portfolios through the market volatility which has resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic while eliminating many of the structural risks that can be exacerbated during a crisis scenario.
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Institutional investors spend a third of their time on tasks with no value to investment process
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Institutional investors are spending 30 per cent of their time on tasks that do not add value to the investment process, including searching for documents on shared drives, and typing up handwritten notes from meetings.
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EDF’s green bond paves the way for more firms to improve ESG scores – RWC’s Craib-Cox
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
The recent sale of USD2.8 billion worth of green bonds by French energy giant EDF could cause a wave of similar issuance from accessing a market that signals a commitment by both issuers and investors to boost their ESG credentials, according to Justin Craib-Cox, co-manager of the RWC Sustainable  Convertibles fund.
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Nordea Asset Management awarded GBP325m climate equity mandate
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Nordea Asset Management – a specialist in sustainable and responsible investing – has been awarded a GBP325 million specialist climate and environment equity mandate from the Brunel Pension Partnership. 
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Aberdeen Standard Investments to acquire 66 per cent stake in Outokummun Energia
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) Economic Infrastructure team and the City of Outokumpu have announced that ASI will acquire a 66 per cent interest in Outokummun Energia Oy (Outokummun Energia), a regional energy business based in the town of Outokumpu in North Karelia in Finland. 
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New Brunel multi-manager fund targets sustainable equities
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Brunel Pension Partnership Limited (Brunel) has launched a new Sustainable Equities Fund.
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Broadridge's LTX integrates with Charles River Investment Management Solution
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Broadridge Financial Solutions' new artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital trading platform, LTX, has been integrated with the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS) as part of a strategy to improve efficiency in the corporate bond market.
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Itiviti to move entire trading platform to the cloud via AWS
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Itiviti, a technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, is to move its entire electronic trading platform to the cloud. The firm has opted for a hybrid private-public cloud strategy to reinforce the modularity and flexibility of its platform.  
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Refinitiv extends FX partnership with Integral
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
FX technology provider Integral has extended its partnership with Refinitiv to ensure that customers of Refinitiv’s multi-dealer platform can continue to use Integral’s price engine technology in the seamless way they are used to. 
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Border to Coast appoints two new non-execs
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (Border to Coast), one of the largest public sector pension pools in the UK, has appointed two new members to its Board – Kate Guthrie and Councillor Anne Walsh. 
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Eric Sturdza Investments appoints Sales Director
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Eric Sturdza Investments, an independent asset management firm that provides actively managed strategies to institutional and wholesale clients, has appointed Alisdair Bell as Sales Director. 
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The Derivatives Service Bureau expands Technology Advisory Committee
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has expanded its Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) to reflect a broader geographic reach following the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) designation of the DSB as the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Service Provider.
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The Behavioral Investing Institute expands adviser training programme through Syntoniq Partnership
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
The Behavioral Investing Institute has partnered with with Syntoniq, creator of the my3B assessment tool and a provider of behavioural finance and risk assessment technology. 
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Finance Isle of Man appoints new Non-Executive Chair
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Finance Isle of Man, an Executive Agency within the Department for Enterprise, has appointed a new Non-Executive Chair to its board. Sue Preskey will take up the role as Aidan Doherty steps down after holding the position for the last two years.
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Lazard Asset Management expands thematic investment offering with new healthcare team
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has added Ryan Hutchinson and Stefan Wimmer to the firm along with their Digital Health investment strategy. 
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European fund industry sees estimated net inflows of EUR197.1bn YTD
Wed | 28 Oct 2020, 12:14
Overall fund flows for European mutual funds and ETFs amounted to estimated net inflows of EUR297.1 billion for the first nine months of 2020, according to data release by Refinitiv.
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