Paris-headquartered investment firm BNP Paribas Investment Partners has announced it will rebrand as BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) as from 1 June 2017. The rebranding aims to support the manager’s 2020 strategic growth plan and a simpler organisation. The group targets annual growth in assets under management of 5%. BNPP AM intends to strengthen […]
The US Federal Reserve is likely to raise its rates in December, according to the latest thoughts from BNP Paribas Investment Partners’ Multi Asset Solutions chief economist Joost van Leenders, and CIO, head of TAA Colin Graham. This is likely to remain the case whoever wins the highly contested US presidential and congressional elections, they […]
Paris-headquartered BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) has launched its first multi asset income fund focusing on emerging markets, Parvest Multi-Asset Income Emerging. It is a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-domiciled Parvest Ucits V Sicav. The manager said the fund has been launched to address demand from clients looking for alternative sources of income and wanting to rise their emerging […]
Theam, a boutique of BNP Paribas Investment Partners specialised in index-based strategies, has set a new strategic plan for its indexed fund activities. The manager, which has seen the appointment of Isabelle Bourcier (pictured) as head of ETF amd Indexed Fund Activities last June, has unveiled targets of doubling assets under management in indexed funds and of tripling […]
Paris-headquartered BNP Paribas Investment Partners has appointed James Langlands as head of Advice Business for Australia and New Zealand. Langlands’ responsibility will be to grow the firm’s funds under management by working with dealer groups, private wealth firms, family offices, consultant and research houses, platform providers and other key influencers in the market. With 20 years’ industry experience, […]
Theam, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP), has appointed Isabelle Bourcier (pictured) as head of ETF and Indexed Fund Activities. Bourcier, reporting to Theam’s CEO Denis Panel, will be in charge of speeding up the development of Theam over the indexed fund and ETF segment. She will head the 20-person indexed management […]
BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) has launched a sterling hedged share class of the BNP Paribas L1 Equity World Aqua fund (The Aqua Fund), making the strategy available to UK retail and institutional investors. The Aqua Fund, providing exposure to the water sector value chain, is managed by Impax Asset Management’s senior portfolio manager Hubert […]
BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) has appointed Bryan Carter (pictured) as head of Emerging Market Fixed Income. He will be based in London and will report to Dominick DeAlto, chief investment officer of institutional fixed income at BNPP IP. Carter will oversee the management of all emerging market fixed income portfolios and will be […]
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has published a longer document detailing its views on China as a theme across a number of areas including equities, fixed income, currency, indexation and interbank regulations as they affect investors. Expert eye on China details the manager’s analysis of these areas through individual chapters, but overall paints a picture of […]
BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) has announced the addition of two new sustainable index strategies to its Dutch fund offering. The Netherlands domiciled funds aim to combine growing demand for passives with the increased interest in sustainable investment. Both funds invest in global equities using the MSCI ex Controversial Weapons as a benchmark. In […]
During August investors dusted off their research reports about China as well as their text books on how a large economy makes the tough transition from investment/export-led to service/domestic demand-led growth. It appears the Chinese authorities intend to move away from a managed currency peg to a more ‘market-based’ exchange rate, in line with the […]
BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) has announced the appointment of Nader Purschaker (pictured) as head of Institutional Sales Germany as of 1 September. Based in Frankfurt, Purschaker will be responsible for sales to German institutional clients across all sectors. He joins from Metzler Asset Management, where he was most recently in charge of investment […]