Instinet, LLC announced that Jeff Doherty has been appointed as Head of US Equity Content. In this role Mr. Doherty will oversee both the research and sales distribution functions, creating a targeted effort to deliver differentiated research and services for our client franchise.

How will extreme levels of monetary policy accommodation eventually be unwound? Are the reflationary, pro-growth elements of President Trump's agenda alive or dead? When will a long forecasted increase in government bond yields materialise? What is the impact of a wildcard such as North Korea?

ETFGI reported today that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed globally increased by 36.3% during 2017 to reach a new high of US$4.835 Trillion at the end of December. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

The outlooks for 2018 are relatively optimistic, nonetheless, in the interest of a balanced view, Esty Dwek Roditi, Invesment Specialist at Natixis Investment Managers presents the 10 biggest risks for 2018.

Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world's largest asset management firms and the asset management arm of French bank Group BPCE, has acquired a minority stake in specialist aircraft lease and asset management firm Airborne Capital.