The political debate surrounding financial support from the European Stability Mechanism is gaining in intensity but remains complex.
The Asset Management Platform (AMP) Switzerland and the Swiss Funds and Asset Management Association (SFAMA) will merge in autumn 2020, creating the Asset Management Association Switzerland.
The Swiss sotck exchange group has launched a service aimed at analysing the tax consequences of financial products, available to banks, wealth managers and asset managers.
The European Central Bank (ECB) said that such bonds will also be potentially eligible for asset purchases under its pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) and asset purchase programme (APP).
The index, launched on 21 September, provides metrics and insights into how the 15 largest tobacco companies globally are deploying (or not) their capital and resources in pursuit of ESG goals.
The asset class is in negative territory on the year to date, with spreads still very wide on the riskiest issuers.
Global sustainable bond issuance hit a record $99.9bn in the second quarter of 2020, marking a 65% increase from the first quarter, according to Moody’s.
Agencies downgraded far more securitisations in the second quarter.
