After the Netherlands and Sweden, Germany has become the third AAA-rated country to issue a green government bond. The German government also announced its commitment to building a full green yield curve, next to its conventional yield curve.

Lyxor Asset Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Florence Barjou as Chief Investment Officer. Based in Paris, Florence will report to Lionel Paquin, CEO of Lyxor. She will join Lyxor's Executive Committee as of October 5th, when her appointment becomes effective. Florence is taking over from Guillaume Lasserre, who is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities.

Like its predecessor vehicle, the Fund focuses on providing growth capital to lower middle-market companies to fund acquisitions, expansions and transitions in family and founder-owned businesses. The Fund follows on the successful €706.5mn. closing of the firm's first Pan-European Private Debt Fund in 2018.

Data presented by Buy Shares indicates the ten largest Sovereign Wealth Funds control assets worth $5.7 trillion. The assets value was recorded as of July 2020.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU securities markets regulator, today publishes its second Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) Report of 2020.