GAM Investments announced the appointment of Greg Clerkson in the new role of head of discretionary investment, effective 1 March 2020. Greg will report to Group CEO Peter Sanderson and is based in London.

Last December, CPR Invest – Global Disruptive Opportunities, marked its symbolic three-year anniversary. There was even more reason to celebrate when it was immediately awarded five Morningstar stars and an A rating by Citywire for its main manager Wesley Lebeau.

Euronext today congratules FacePhi for its listing on Euronext Growth. This listing, which has become the second dual listing on Euronext carried out by a Spanish tech firm following Lleida.net, consolidates Euronext's leadership position as a reference stock exchange for European SMEs in their growth phase, especially those within the tech sector.

In the first of a new regular series of insight pieces looking at the key trends, themes and opportunities in the financial technology sector, Guy de Blonay, manager of the Jupiter Financial Innovation Fund, says the domination of banks in the European payments space is set to end as innovative e-commerce vendors and some traditional in-store payment providers start to make their presence felt.

Lyxor is launching three new ETFs built to provide a more sustainable exposure to High Yield bonds. The three ETFs – covering USD High Yield, EUR High Yield, and Global High Yield – use Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Sustainable SRI indices, which apply sustainability filters to the bond universe to reduce exposure to controversial and low-ESG-rated issuers.