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Renewable Energy transition: are “Green Finance” and “ESG” good enough? – Part II

Download PDF Introduction Green Finance and ESG investing are the answers of public capital markets to the climate crisis. Oftentimes they are reduced to buzzwords whose actual effectiveness is subject of fierce discussion. However, despite some criticism, these instruments have been incredibly successful in recent times and the appetite of Read more…

By BSIC, 1 year1 year ago
Corporate Finance

Apollo’s merger with Athene: a Final $29bn-Step in a Long-lasting Relationship

Download PDF Athene Holding Ltd [NYSE:ATH] Market Cap as of 25th March 2021: $9.56bn Apollo Global Management, Inc. [NYSE:APO] Market Cap as of 25th March 2021 $20.86bn Introduction On March 8th, 2021, Apollo Global Management, Inc., a major publicly owned investment manager, and Athene Holding Ltd, a leading retirement services Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

Scale is Everything: Asset Management Continues to see a Wave of M&A

Download PDF Introduction On October 8th, 2020, Morgan Stanley announced its acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp., a publicly listed, Boston-based asset manager with over $500bn in AUM. The firm will acquire all the shares of Eaton Vance on a 50% cash-50% stock basis. Based on Morgan Stanley’s share price on Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Markets

Quantitatively evaluating ESG: a new paradigm?

Download PDF Introduction In the business world, there are many words, some have strong meanings, others are buzzwords. Does the word “ESG” have a material impact in the asset management world, or is it just used as a marketing ploy? In this article, we seek to evaluate this question globally Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

Franklin Templeton Acquires Legg Mason to Survive the New Threats of the Asset Management Industry

Download as PDF Franklin Templeton Investments [BEN] – Mkt Cap as of February 25th, 2020: $11.79bn Legg Mason [LM] – Mkt Cap as of February 25th, 2020: $4.35bn Introduction As Invesco’s chief executive Marty Flanagan correctly pointed out some months ago, the Asset Management industry is going through dramatic changes Read more…

By BSIC, 3 years3 years ago
Markets

ESG Investing: How to make your returns go green

Download as PDF Introduction We have touched upon the new trend of ESG factors shaping investors preferences in the “Green Bonds Boom” article published in the last semester. This time around we will try to analyze how environmental, social and governance responsibility may be driving equities, in order to see Read more…

By BSIC, 3 years3 years ago
Corporate Finance

Keeping it in the Family: Natixis to Sell its Retail Banking Activities to BPCE

Natixis S.A. (EPA: KN) – market cap as of 14/09/2018: €18.43bn Introduction On September 12th, 2018 Natixis S.A. announced an agreement for the proposed sale of its retail banking activities to its parent BPCE. The transaction includes the transfer of the firm’s consumer financing, factoring, leasing, sureties and guarantees, and Read more…

By BSIC, 4 years4 years ago
Corporate Finance

The end of offshore insurers’ loopholes: Axa to acquire XL Group for $15bn in cash

XL Group Ltd (NYSE:XL) – market cap as of 09/03/2018: $14.4bn Axa SA (EPA:CS) – market cap as of 09/03/2018: €54.5bn Introduction On the March 5, 2018, the French insurer Axa announced its intention to buy 100% of Bermuda-based XL Group, which also operates in the insurance industry, for $57.6/share. Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years5 years ago
Corporate Finance

Thomson Reuters making the headlines as Blackstone acquires its Financial and Risk unit

The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: USD41.1bn Thomson Reuters Corporation (TSX:TRI) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: CAD35.8bn Introduction On January 30, 2018, Thomson Reuters announced the agreement to sell a 55% stake in its Financial and Risk unit to the US private equity firm Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years5 years ago
Corporate Finance

Standard Life and Aberdeen’s Merger to Create a £660bn Asset Management Behemoth

Standard Life plc (SL.: LSE) – market cap as of 10/03/2017: £7.52bn Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (ADN: LSE) — market cap as of 10/03/2017: £3.77bn Introduction On March 6, 2017, it was announced that Standard Life plc (“Standard Life”) has agreed to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (“Aberdeen”) in an Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Equity Indices Markets Single Stocks

Momentum Investing: Just Go with the Flow

In this article, we will provide an overview on momentum investing, explaining what the strategy is and how it works. We will provide historical values that shows that strategy generated positive returns in the past but also negative returns if the most recent period is observed. What is it? In Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Equity Indices Markets Single Stocks

Low Volatility Investing – Smart Beta’s Gem

There’s Nothing Smart about Smart Beta Smart Beta is anything but new: strategies developed in the 70s with the aim of outperforming the market through relatively simple quantitative analysis. It is the middle ground between passive and active investment. Due to the fact that when it comes to stock picking Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Corporate Finance Equity Deals M&A Deals

Janus Henderson Capital, a $320 Billion Asset Manager

Henderson Group Plc. (HGG) – Market cap as of 07/10/2016: £2.86bn ($3.55bn) Janus Capital Group Inc. (JNS) – Market cap as of 07/10/2016: $2.54bn Introduction On October 3, 2016, the two asset managers Henderson Group Plc. and Janus Capital Group Inc. announced that they will combine their assets in a Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Commodities Equity Indices Macroeconomy

How Sovereign Wealth Funds Drive the Market Sell-Off

“In the old days you built armies, now you build a sovereign-wealth fund” Jayne Bok In the month of January, there has been significantly more willingness by sellers to sell assets at any price. Volume has been extremely high and markets have been strongly linked to oil prices even though, Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years7 years ago
Markets

Special Report: Asset Management in Italy – A New Era?

Is the Italian asset management industry entering its roaring years? In this report we try to analyze the current situation and to find an answer to this question. First, we focus our attention on the typical financial portfolio of Italian households. We will see how it can be broken down Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years7 years ago

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