Olivier Thébault, partner at Allen & Overy and Mia Dassas, counsel at Allen & Overy, explains how PSPCs work, their advantages and disadvantages and the strong attraction of investors for this type of vehicle ...

CPR AM, the thematic equities arm of the largest European asset manager Amundi, is expanding its range of investment solutions dedicated to combatting climate change with the launch of: CPR Invest – Climate Action Euro, an open-ended Eurozone equity fund and CPR Invest – Climate Bonds Euro, a Euro-denominated open-ended bond fund;

On Monday 12th April 2021, EUROFIMA successfully priced a new EUR 250mn 20-year Green Bond, which is its longest outstanding maturity. The transaction marked EUROFIMA's first visit to the primary market in 2021 as well as its first Green Bond issuance since the update of its Green Bond Framework published on 7th April 2021.

Amundi's (A+/Stable) announced acquisition of the core activities of Lyxor from Societe Generale S.A. (A-/Stable) reflects the importance of passive management in Europe in the current environment and is in line with structural market trends, says Fitch Ratings.

CPR Asset Management maintains a bias favorable to value stocks. Nonetheless, the management company took some profits in some of these segments during the month, such as North American small caps and the oil sector.