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 »
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 »
Indosuez Wealth Management, the global wealth management brand of the Crédit Agricole Group, and Capgemini today announced their intent to join forces to develop a unique technology and banking operations platform. The new offering will be developed on the framework of S2i, the existing Crédit Agricole Private Banking Services (CA-PBS)… Read More »
Neural Technologies, a leading provider of revenue management and digital integration solutions, has been presented with a Certificate of Recognition at the Globe Telecom’s Annual Information Systems Group Awards. The award was given for the exceptional support it gave Globe Telecom in its Open APIs for the Vibrant IoT Ecosystem… Read More »
Luxottica Group S.p.A. (MTA: LUX), a leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of fashion, luxury and sports eyewear, announced the acquisition of a 67% stake in Fukui Megane Co. Ltd, one of the leading manufacturers in the eyewear district of Fukui specialized in the production of titanium and… Read More »
The “Insurance solvency regulation systems” report, prepared by MAPFRE Economic Research and presented today at Fundación MAPFRE – the institution that publishes the study – shows that in recent years, especially following the last financial crises, there has been a process of progressive and asymmetric convergence worldwide toward risk-based regulations… Read More »
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced that Lochiel Crafter has been named head of its Global Institutional Group, effective immediately, responsible for distribution efforts across the world. Crafter, who will be based in Boston, previously served as head of Asia… Read More »
Essilor (Euronext Paris: EI) and Luxottica (MTA: LUX) today announce that the proposed combination between the two companies has been cleared by the European Commission without conditions. The European Union is one of the jurisdictions where antitrust approvals are a condition precedent to the closing of the transaction. To date,… Read More »
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