Ms Léa Dunand-Chatellet is appointed Head of Equities of Mirova. Reporting to Jens Peers, Chief Investment Officer for Equity, Fixed-Income & Impact Investing, she will be responsible for the team of 10 equity portfolio managers.
Chinese government directives last week concerning local government debt signal a potentially significant policy shift to prioritise growth over managing the country's debt problem, says Fitch Ratings.
Unigestion, an institutional asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with a tailor-made range of risk-managed investment solutions, announces the launch of its Private Debt Allocator tool, which identifies private debt opportunities to exactly match clients' investment objectives.
Max Herve George, the French life assurance contract holder who wants Aviva to honour the Cours Connu or 'known price arbitrage contract' he holds will be attending the Aviva AGM today to ask the company again how many other similar contracts still exist.
Fitch Ratings warns of the temptation that fixed income fund managers may have in current market conditions to overreach for yield, potentially loosening credit selectivity and leading to excessive credit and liquidity risk-taking.