NN IP launches sovereign green bond fund
As it predicts total issuance could jump 50% compared with 2020
Investment
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Longer-term outlook for value is attractive, says Robeco
‘In our opinion, the diversification benefit of allocating to value is reason enough to consider it in your portfolio’
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Liquidity concerns drag on real asset inflation hedge hopes
A number of pension fund managers have complained that the illiquidity premium no longer exists
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BNP Paribas AM to launch sub-advisory platform
At launch, it will offer 10 funds investing in European, eurozone, US and emerging market equities, together with European fixed income
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What has been going on with Bitcoin?
Global markets fell back in March 2020 but the cryptocurrency was quick to rebound – and beyond expectations
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New Development Bank raises first SDG Panda bond in EM
NDB is a multilateral development bank set up in 2015 by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
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Mediolanum partners with trio of investment boutiques
European asset management platform Mediolanum International Funds Ltd (MIFL) has inked partnerships with Cadence, Intermede and RWC.
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Passive funds leave active in the dust
Investors behaving like fund managers by trading active funds opportunistically and ‘buying and holding’ index trackers
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Are green bonds the route to sustainable fixed income?
The concept of a green premium or ‘greenium’ has been mooted and disputed but may hold some water
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KfW green bonds attracted €8.35bn in 2020
German state development bank issued 14 bonds in six currencies
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Italy joins Green Government Bond market
Italy has launched its €8.5bn inaugural green bond – 2021’s first major green sovereign issue.
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BlueBay expands Italian team with Franklin Templeton hire
Specialist fixed income manager BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Stefano Colombo as director, institutional sales Italy.