State Street Appoints Sara Mathew and William Meaney to its Board of Directors
Sara Mathew most recently served as chairman and chief executive officer of Dun & Bradstreet, a company that provides commercial data, analytics and insights for businesses.
State Street Global Advisors Appoints Kathleen Gallagher as Head of ETF Model Portfolios
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) announced the appointment of Kathleen Gallagher as head of ETF model portfolios for EMEA and Asia Pacific, effective immediately.
IM Square, supported by Eurazeo, appoints jeffrey seeley as head of its future us distribution platform and confirms its strong ambitions on the us market
iM Square, the sole European investment and development platform dedicated to asset management and supported by Eurazeo who will become its reference shareholder, announces the appointment of Jeffrey Seeley as Head of its future US distribution platform: iM (...)
Nomura appoints Neeta Atkar as Non-Executive Director
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, announced the appointment of Neeta Atkar as a Non-Executive Director of Nomura Europe Holdings plc and, subject to regulatory approval, she will also Chair the Risk Committees.
State Street Global Advisors Appoints Lochiel Crafter as New Head of Global Institutional Business
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation, announced that Lochiel Crafter has been named head of its Global Institutional Group, effective immediately, responsible for distribution efforts across the (...)
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) today approved a new five-year strategic plan for its Real Assets asset class. The new plan for the asset class, which includes the Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Forestland programs, largely continues the (...)
Fitch: High Yield ETF Volumes Hitting New Highs in More Volatile Markets
High yield (HY) corporate bond ETFs are continuing to gain favor among HY investors, according to Fitch Ratings. This likely reflects investors’ liquidity preferences during a period of elevated HY market volatility and falling bond prices during 2015 and the beginning of (...)
German life insurers hope for respite as investment yields scrape floor
With no sign of a tightening in European monetary policy, low investment yields will continue to put pressure on German life insurers, many of whom sold overgenerous life policies even as signs were emerging that the European economy was entering a prolonged period of (...)
State Street Agrees to Acquire GE Asset Management
The transaction is expected to increase SSGA’s assets under management by approximately $100 billion upon closing and add new alternatives capabilities, while strengthening existing fundamental equity and active fixed income (...)
Nomura to establish permanent presence in South Africa
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, announces it has appointed Jan Newman and Ben Lowther, previously of Newman Lowther & Associates, to lead its newly-established branch office and team in South Africa.