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European private market ESG assets will “skyrocket” to €1.2 trillion by 2025, predicts PwC
12 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The statistic, which appears in PwC’s report entitled EU Private Markets: ESG Reboot, reflects the continuing change that ESG is creating for the European private market landscape

London Stock Exchange Group partners with FINBOURNE to power digital data programme
11 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

FINBOURNE’s investment data platform LUSID, will provide a scalable and virtual real-time data repository, consolidating multi-asset class data across the businesses

Brace for further volatility in fund flows for UK equities, warn Calastone
08 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

“We should brace for further volatility in fund flows for UK equities”, warns Edward Glyn, head of global markets at Calastone, when discussing the UK equities market which suffered heavy selling in September

ALFI: Almost all client meetings have ESG on the agenda
05 October 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The majority of client meetings have ESG on the agenda, affirmed Carlo Funk Europe, Middle East, Africa head of ESG investment strategy at State Street Global Advisors, speaking at this year’s ALFI Digi Pulse US Virtual Conference

James Lowry departs State Street
01 October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Lowry, who became COO of Alpha in January 2020, has left State Street after more than 11 years of service

ALFI: The alternatives markets are getting ‘larger and larger’
01 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Fund distribution in the European economic area was a hot topic at the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry Digi Pulse USA Virtual Event

NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services supports Dalmore Capital Fund
01 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“We’re excited to be playing a key role for a client whose investment strategy reflects our own purpose-led strategy by investing in assets with strong ESG characteristics," says Matthew Hiscock

BNY Mellon extends LiquidityDirect platform for MMF and sponsored cleared repo
29 September 2021 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

The new release adds commercial paper, short-duration fixed income ETFs and a range of pre-trade ESG tools to LiquidDirect platform

ESMA prioritises sustainability, CMU and digitalisation for 2022
28 September 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

EU securities market regulator takes on new supervisory powers for benchmarks and data service providers and will concentrate on building a single rulebook and promoting its role as an EU capital markets data hub

AFME: Pandemic forced better data and technology resilience to combat operational risk
24 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The COVID-19 pandemic provided an increased level of data and technology resilience for the financial sector, agreed a panel at this year’s AFME European Capital Markets Technology and Innovation Virtual Conference

Arabesque launches AI-powered ESG portfolio manager
22 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

AutoCIO enables asset managers to configure and build customised and sustainable active investment strategies

JTC acquires Ireland-based Ballybunion Capital
22 September 2021 Ireland
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

JTC is to acquire Ireland-based Ballybunion Capital, a provider of management and regulatory oversight services to investment funds