UBP completes SG Kleinwort Hambros takeover to grow UK footprint
SG Kleinwort Hambros becomes Union Bancaire Privée (UK) Limited, with Mouhammed Choukeir appointed as CEO
Société Générale
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UBP to acquire Kleinwort Hambros
As part of wider deal with Societe Generale
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View from the top: Words and deeds
Janus Henderson Investors’ CEO Ali Dibadj discusses how a crowdsourced exercise to identify what makes the firm tick can benefit ‘clients and clients’ clients’
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Pimco swoops on Société Générale commodities duo
Michael Haigh and Jules Penel will be based in firm’s London office
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Amundi-Lyxor deal unlikely to rattle iShares’ European ETF dominance
‘Merger will create a new number two ETF provider in Europe but combined entity will still be only 30% of the size of iShares’
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ESG investing needs an intelligence boost
Reducing the carbon footprint in a portfolio via ESG screening alone is a box ticking exercise
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Legg Mason pays $71m to settle bribery case
Asset manager bribed Libyan officials to land $1bn worth of investment business
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Alternatives funds chasing ‘aspirational’ returns
Targeted Absolute Return recently re-emerged as the best-selling Investment Association sector
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SocGen announces mass listing of leveraged ETPs
Societe Generale has announced one of the largest launches of leveraged exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the London Stock Exchange as it lists 74 products.
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Five possible Brexit scenarios for investors to chew over
Brexit negotiations are officially underway. But what’s the final Brexit going to be – hard, soft, wobbly, red white and blue? Or will the UK economy simply plunge off the cliff edge? Investors weigh in.
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SocGen hails fixed income ETFs as yield fix
New research from Societe Generale has suggested fixed income ETFs offer a solution in the current hunt for yield amid record low interest rates.
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SG: Weak sterling aids UK deficit, but beware sour Brexit
Weaker sterling has helped reduce the UK account deficit beyond expectations, but Société Générale’s chief UK economist Brian Hilliard suspects sour Brexit negotiations will prevent it from falling too far.