Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) announced the appointment of Petra Pflaum as Chief Investment Officer for Responsible Investments, effective 1st January 2017.

Instinet, LLC announced today that it is continuing to strategically grow its U.S. Equity Research and U.S. Equity Research Sales offering with three senior hires. Mike Wood joins as a senior equity research analyst covering the Building Products sector. David Gingeleskie and Eric Goldstein have joined as senior equity research salespeople.

Amundi Energy Transition (AET), the asset management company jointly owned by Amundi and EDF, has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in a portfolio of gas-powered cogeneration plants from Dalkia, a leading French energy services company and EDF subsidiary. This is AET's first transaction and is valued at over €150 million.

Following the positive results achieved in 2016, Solactive AG is pleased to announce the appointment of Fabian Colin as the new Head of Sales starting in January 2017. Fabian will be in charge of institutional sales and will support Solactive's expansion into new regions and target groups.

BlackRock, Inc.'s iShares business led the global ETF industry in 2016, winning a record $140bn in new flows, powered by moves into bond, Core and smart beta ETFs. Representing 13% organic growth, iShares 2016 flows reflect the global scale, diverse product range and continued innovation of the iShares business.