Amid excitement about possible reform and restructuring in Europe, some investors may have missed the fact that Japan is actually putting the theory into practice while fiscal and monetary policy-makers are lending continued cyclical support to reform efforts. The October 2017 general election yielded ideal conditions for Prime Minister Shinzo… Read More »
2017 has on one hand been an uneventful year, with equity and bond markets maintaining their upward trend. On the other hand, there have been several macro and market events that could have derailed the near-decades long bull market, such as the ever-challenging Brexit negotiations, Presidential elections in France, political… Read More »
Gold inflows hit 3-week high as ETP investors seek a haven asset Gold inflows rise to a three week high as investors seek a haven asset amid continued sabre-rattling. Although gold prices erased most of its past months gains, inflows into gold ETPs rose to US$39.3mn. The US Federal Reserve… Read More »
Bolstered by the commercial success enjoyed by the previous vintage, La Française Rendement Global 2022, and the relevance of this investment solution in the current interest rate environment, La Française is launching a new edition of its fixed maturity fund: La Française Rendement Global 2025. Since fixed maturity funds have… Read More »
On 8 March 2016, CNAC Saturn (NL) B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a subsidiary of China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), published the offer prospectus on the public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Syngenta AG at the offer price of USD 465 per registered share. On 10 May… Read More »
Ardian, the independent private investment company, today announces the signing of a deal with NiXEN, the management and the other historical shareholders, to acquire a majority stake in the Babeau-Seguin Group, the third builder of single-family detached houses in France. NiXEN acquired a majority stake in the group in December… Read More »
Pierre Luc Charron, Stephan Eckhardt, Sabine Duchesne -
In the current low yield environment, investors must take more risks to reach higher returns. Amundi’s central macro scenario is overall positive and assumes gentle reflation with global growth around 3%. However it is important to keep in mind that potential threats – (geo)-political risks, macroeconomic data and central bank… Read More »
Brilliant as the ideas behind bitcoins might be, their future is wide open. Much will depend on the public policy response. How to value a bitcoin? We suggest a three-stage valuation process. This includes an economic value-added method, a peer-group analysis and a dividend-discount model. Based on this, we have… Read More »
Reyl & Cie Holding SA (“REYL Holding”), the holding company of REYL Group, a Geneva-based independent diversified banking group with assets under management exceeding CHF 15 billion, has entered into a binding agreement with Mediobanca Spa (“Mediobanca”), a leading Italian bank, pursuant to which REYL Holding and individual shareholders in… Read More »
Collardi will be jointly responsible for Pictet’s global wealth management business, alongside Rémy Best, the managing Partner who has had sole charge of this division since December 2014. Until now, Boris Collardi has been CEO of Julius Baer Group Ltd, a position he has held since October 2009. Nicolas Pictet,… Read More »
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