Nomura ICG K.K. (“Nomura ICG”), the 50:50 partnership between Nomura Holdings, Inc. (“Nomura”) and Intermediate Capital Group plc. (“ICG”) announces the first close on their Japan mezzanine fund, NICG Investment Business Limited Partnership A (the “Fund”) at ¥28 billion from 15 investors. The Fund intends to hold its final close in 2015.

PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, and Source, a leading European provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), are launching the first ETFs in Europe that provide actively managed exposure to the short-dated segment of the investment grade corporate bond market.

Today's launch represents one of the industry's first UCITS advanced beta multi-factor funds combining three factors: low valuation, low volatility and high quality. All three strategies demonstrate increased risk-adjusted returns over a long-term investment horizon when compared to the MSCI World index.

The aim of this ETF is to improve the stability of a portfolio of European equities, thereby optimising its performance. The index strategy is therefore founded on a two-pronged risk management approach that considers “qualitative risk” by filtering the investment universe in accordance with SRI criteria as well as “financial risk” via a selection process aimed at identifying low-volatility stocks.

Source, an investment firm and a leading provider of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), is pleased to announce the launch of the Source NASDAQ Biotech UCITS ETF, the first Europe-listed ETF to track the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index.