Disease and debt now – dispersion later?
Current environment presents opportunities for hedged strategies, such as long/short equity
Latest news
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Japan to balance offshore wind with ‘clean coal’
As domestic business lobbies push for renewable energy
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Leadership turmoil at Commerzbank
Supervisory chairman admits strategy was lacking
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Insurance industry explores SDG opportunities
Sector is moving from its business of downside protection to providing impact
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Smart city funds are surfing mega trend waves
As stocks investing in digital and resilient companies jump due to the crisis
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Pension fund deals for Denmark’s Pensam and Nordea in Norway
While Luxembourg bank doubles down on Scandinavian market
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Nomura MD talks catalysts, covid-19 and consolidation
Peter Ball also discusses distribution and fees
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Insurtech startup Lemonade sees shares jump 139% on IPO
But underwriting models ‘not time-tested and may not be robust enough to weather any catastrophic events’
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Crispin Odey to sue regulator over Wirecard short-selling ban
The German regulator sought to stem short-selling in the financial payments business at the start of 2019
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Distressed debt funds mushroom to 4-year high
‘Covid-19 fallout creates opportunity in alternative assets,’ says UBS CIO
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Natixis and La Banque Postale set up European asset manager
Joint venture expected to bundle €415bn of assets under management
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Solactive debuts forward-looking 2-degree index
Constituents are weighted independently by free-float market capitalisation