The European Commission's sustainable finance plan is a step forward, in the view of Scope Public Finance. This contribution outlines Scope's views on the distinct nature of ESG and sovereign risk, their areas of overlap, and next research steps.

This move was widely anticipated and marks the sixth rate hike during the current tightening cycle—with more to come. Within the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) text, the biggest change to the Fed's statement was on the inflation front, where the timeframe for reaching its 2% target quickened.

iM Square, the sole European investment and development platform dedicated to asset management and supported by Eurazeo who will become its reference shareholder, announces the appointment of Jeffrey Seeley as Head of its future US distribution platform: iM Global Partner US.

Euronext announces that Rijnhard van Tets, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euronext N.V. has decided to step down following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) to be held on 15 May 2018.

We maintain an overweight stance on Fixed Income Arbitrage, a strategy that has delivered attractive returns on a risk adjusted basis in the past and provides protection against rising bond yields. In the L/S Equity space, we prefer U.S. funds compared to European funds.