SYZ Asset Management, the institutional management arm of the SYZ Group, has won the award for “Best Group over 3 years – Overall Small Company” by the 2018 Thomson Reuters Lipper Fund Awards France. The prize rewards the excellent performance across its product range. The Thomson Reuters Lipper Fund Awards… Read More »
On Wednesday evening European time, we will be watching the Federal Reserve monetary policy decision with interest. Basically, it should not surprise anyone. Virtually all financial market participants expect the benchmark rate to increase by 25 basis points. In our opinion, this is also the most likely decision, as it… Read More »
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIM) has successfully completed the acquisition of Canvas, the European Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) platform formerly owned by ETF Securities. The successful completion of the transaction marks a significant milestone in LGIM’s expansion into Europe, further strengthening its current capabilities and giving clients… Read More »
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), today announced that Rory Tobin has been appointed global head of its SPDR ETF business. Nick Good, previously co-head of the SPDR ETF business, has been named to a new role as State Street’s Chief Growth &… Read More »
The most recent accusations of the UK government that Russia was responsible for the poisoning of a former Russian spy form part of an orchestrated attempt to isolate Russia and justify the imposition of sanctions designed to cripple the Russian economy. It was the USA that cleaned up and closed… Read More »
Syngenta announced today completion of the sale of a portfolio of Syngenta AG (“Syngenta”) and Adama Agricultural Solutions Ltd (“Adama”) crop protection products to Nufarm Limited (“Nufarm”). The transaction, with a value of USD 490 million, was first announced on 24 October 2017 and has since been progressing through the… Read More »
UK consumers are starting to cut back on spending as their personal finances are coming under increasing strain, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s UK consumer survey found that from January 2017 to January 2018, the net difference between respondents agreeing/disagreeing with the statement, ‘I am… Read More »
The new Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) was launched today by Finance Watch and Z/Yen at an event in Brussels. The GGFI ranks the world’s financial centres according to perceptions of the quality and depth of their green finance offerings. In this inaugural edition (GGFI 1), financial centres in Western… Read More »
The US labour market remains robust and will certainly keep the Federal Reserve on track to hike its policy rate by 25 basis points during next week’s FOMC meeting. Looking at the labour market, the latest addition in new jobs created last month was impressive, with the strongest increase registered… Read More »
Statistics are what statisticians make them. Some numbers are more difficult to manipulate.That is why the yield on the ten-year Treasury note is an important number and charts illustrating the yield over a period of time are useful in determining the weighting of assets in a portfolio. The yield is… Read More »