The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed Anneli Tuominen as its Vice Chair. Ms. Tuominen, who is the Director-General of the Finnish Finanssivalvonta (FIN-FSA), will serve a 2½ year term effective immediately.

Institutional investors worldwide say it is challenging to find diversification among traditional asset classes, with more than half (54%) saying stocks and bonds are too highly correlated to provide distinctive sources of return, according to a recent survey by Natixis Global Asset Management...

Unigestion, an institutional asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with a targeted range of risk-managed investment solutions, announces the appointment of Stefanie Mollin-Elliott as fundamental analyst (senior vice president) within its Equities team, covering global small and mid-cap stocks.

Euronext announced that it will be launching a new Sugar commodities futures contract in the autumn of 2016, subject to regulatory approval. Aimed at all the actors of the European Union Sugar ecosystem, the contract will allow the industry to hedge its positions against price fluctuations and anticipate future price movements...

Solactive AG in collaboration with South Pole Group has launched a low-carbon equity index family. The low-carbon index family will cover global and regional exposures to carbon, and aside from the liquid benchmark, offer a smart beta version for investors focusing on income generation.