Euro Choice Secondary II (ECS II), the European small and mid-market private equity secondary investment programme, successfully completed its final close at its hard-cap of EUR 300 million. The fund attracted a high level of interest with some 59 limited partners subscribing. The final close of ECS II was achieved… Read More »
Following the recent news that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan have collaborated to create a healthcare company to serve their US employees, Danielle Cripps, Insurance Analyst at leading data and analytics company GlobalData said: “This will likely only be the start of the companies’ proposition. Its scope could expand to… Read More »
In reaction to today’s US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Lee Ferridge, head of multi-asset strategy for North America at State Street Global Markets, Sophia Ferguson, senior portfolio manager for active fixed income and currency at State Street Global Advisors and Antoine Lesné, EMEA head of ETF strategy at… Read More »
After a positive first year of collaboration in 2017, MAPFRE has agreed to renew and expand its agreement with the Renault Sport Formula One Team. The Spanish insurance company will become one of the team’s main official sponsors over the next five seasons. The agreement, which was presented yesterday evening… Read More »
AxiomSL, the leading global provider of regulatory reporting, risk and data management solutions, announced the appointment of Roger Worthington as Head of Production Operations. In this role, Mr. Worthington is responsible for leading AxiomSL’s newly-created Production Operations team overseeing the live-service support for AxiomSL’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) capability. He will be… Read More »
We are not disappointed by last quarter’s GDP growth number as it underlined solid domestic demand, accompanied by strong durable goods orders. In the details, the BEA report shows that GDP was supported by a 4.3% rise in real domestic final sales, one of the strongest quarter of the expansion… Read More »
State Street Global Exchange today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for January 2018. The Global Investor Confidence Index increased to 102.1, up 6.4 points from December’s revised reading of 95.7. Investors across all regions showed an improved appetite for risk, with the European ICI… Read More »
ING records continued commercial growth and further progress on Think Forward strategic priorities ING grew retail customer base in 4Q17 by 500,000 to 37.4 million, and primary relationships reached 10.8 million Net core lending in 4Q17 increased by EUR 6.8 billion; net customer deposit infl ow amounted to EUR 2.7… Read More »
Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), has entered into a sales partnership with electronics distributor Astone Technology. Based in Montrouge and represented at five additional locations in France, the specialist for the sale of electronic components expands its existing partnership with Kontron Asia, formerly Quanmax. Its… Read More »
The construction industry can drastically reduce its carbon dioxide emissions and use of fossil fuels, if the objectives of the ambitious Rehap project are realised. The EU funded consortium is developing new ways to use waste from forestry and agriculture to create more sustainable processes for creating construction materials. David… Read More »
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