Interdeal broker TP ICAP, who leads the initiative, hopes the platform will confirm that traditional financial institutions are beginning to acknowledge cryptocurrencies as relevant investment options for their customers. Clients are already being onboarded to the platform, which will launch

The alternative assets data provider created the new ESG head role and appointed Jaclyn Bouchard to fulfil the position. Bouchard will expand the firm’s work to provide high quality ESG data to private markets at scale and further develop its

Karlheinz Render will take the position at Peak Re AG as of 1 August 2021. Render is taking over from Emmanuel Thommen, who is retiring, and will be responsible for developing the reinsurer’s European market position and specificallyP&C markets in

The global financial services provider has appointed van der Maat as commercial director, corporate solutions. He will be Amsterdam-based and responsible for commercial strategies and their development, planning, and execution. The move strengthens the group’s European presence.   Van der

Sydney-based Macquarie has secured $850 million in equity commitments for the fund for the new real estate fund focussed on APAC. The asset manager has invested over $12 billion in APAC real estate since 2012 and makes the move as

The French boutique asset manager claims the fund, Echiquier Space, which invests in space and related technology, is the first of its kind for European investors. . Echiquier Space will be managed by a team helmed by Rolando Grandi, who

EVestment, the Nasdaq daughter company specialising in institutional investment data and analytics, is undergoing the programme to increase transparency and foster standardisation in the money management industry. The firm developed a voluntary questionnaire on diversity and inclusion (D&I), and since

According to the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA), AUM in the Mediterranean island nation has reached its highest level to date. India recently made Cyprus’ funds available in the country. Cyprus also has plans to attract Indian fund managers who

Axiom’s  Contingent Capital fund, which has €33 million AUM, has been given the ‘Towards Sustainability’ designation from the Belgian Financial Sector Federation (Febelfin). The label singles out sustainable funds with socially responsible financial practices at the heart of their operations.

The VC firm raised the sum for its third fund geared toward digital assets, with the two previous funds raising $350 million and $515 million. In the new raise, the Silicon Valley outfit more than doubled its target amount. Andreessen

Amundi is set to change the underlying indices on six fixed income ETFs to ESG as demand for sustainable products in the bond space continues to soar. All six core fixed income ETFs will track ESG versions of the same

HSBC Asset Management has appointed Jasvir Virk as Business Development Director for its UK institutional team. In this new role and based in London, Jasvir joined on 10 May and reports to Maria Ryan, Head of Institutional Sales UK, MENA

Peak Re appoints Cussigh as CEO of Swiss arm Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re), the Hong Kong headquartered, Fosun backed global reinsurer, has named former NewRe executive Matteo Cussigh as CEO of its Swiss subsidiary, with a lead role

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has launched BNP Paribas Ecosystem Restoration, a thematic fund offering exposure to companies engaged in the restoration and preservation of global ecosystems and natural capital.  https://www.institutionalassetmanager.co.uk/2021/06/07/301413/bnpp-am-launches-ecosystem-restoration-fund

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is providing middle office services for Martin Currie Investment Management (Martin Currie) in the United Kingdom (UK). Martin Currie is a specialist investment manager of parent company Franklin Resources, Inc, a global organisation with AuM totalling

Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has forecasted continued rate hardening for the insurance and reinsurance market right the way through 2022, with re/insurers reduced risk appetites due to numerous factors the main driver of rising prices. “We expect re/insurance rate

An ETF set to be launched in June is offering European investors exposure to the ‘space economy’. Said to be Europe’s first space ETF, the Procure Space Ucits ETF will list on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker YODA

Aegon Asset Management’s has won two UK clients totalling GBP325 million for its short-dated investment grade bond strategy, with a further mandate awarded and awaiting funding. -- The Aegon Short Dated Investment Grade Bond Fund, managed by Iain Buckle and

Climbing interest rates have increased the funding ratios of the Netherlands’ four largest pension funds after years of declining rates. Interest rates began to turn at the New Year and were partly boosted by US President Joe Biden’s $1.9 billion

Investment bank Nomura has named Sameer Jain as its new wholesale chief information officer. Jain is a former Barclays and UBS executive who has spent almost 30 years at the two companies in senior technology positions. He will head the

PwC Luxembourg has just released its leading tool for asset managers on the global cross-border fund market, their Global Fund Distribution poster. The research covers 2020 and indicates a drop off in expansion plans for asset managers due to the