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Raises Further Financing From Pool of Investors to Finance Expansion Into China and Further Acquisitions
Atego(TM), the world leading software tools and professional services supplier, for complex, mission- and safety-critical systems and software engineering, announced today that it has secured an additional, multi-million dollar equity investment. Existing investor ETV Capital led the funding with participation from Albion Ventures, new investor ESO and individual investors. The funds will ... [more]
The EBRD and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have agreed to acquire 6.29 per cent and 1.25 per cent stakes respectively in Russia’s MICEX-RTS stock exchange. The investment is part of a long-term strategy to promote the development of local capital markets in Russia and broaden the regional and international appeal of this recently unified exchange.
The EBRD and RDIF’s equity investments support Russia’s goal of transforming Moscow into a globally important and competitive internati... [more]
Leading renewable energy consultancy Energy Gain UK Ltd welcomes the proposed Government reduction to the solar PV feed-in tariff which will see payments slashed for all installations fitted after December 12, 2011
In a statement made by the Directors of Energy Gain :
“Although the industry has been sent into a tailspin over this, we know that responsible businesses throughout the supply chain will respond effectively and allow us to provide attractive propositions to customers. Struc... [more]
Leading academics, policy makers and business people are expected to call for greater investment and economic dynamism to ensure higher productivity and long-term growth at a conference on Thursday hosted by the European Investment Bank (EIB), at their Luxembourg headquarters.
European Investment Bank research to be presented at the conference suggests the switch to next-generation superfast networks could require EUR 200bn of dedicated infrastructure investment. The conference will also revi... [more]
In a new study entitled "A Suggestion for Remedying the Overstated Performance of Non-Investable Hedge Fund Indices," EDHEC-Risk Institute examines whether the liquidity crisis that followed the Lehman collapse and significantly impacted the performance of hedge fund strategies (especially the strategies exposed to credit risk) has increased excess return or not. The study compares the excess returns of non-investable indices and those of their investable counterparts before and after 2008.
T... [more]
A new EDHEC Risk Institute Survey suggests that a majority of European pension funds have a “blinkered view of their risks.” According to the survey of 129 asset/liability management (ALM) specialists (pension funds, their advisers, regulators, and fund managers) representing assets under management of approximately €3 trillion, accounting risk (the volatility from the pension fund in the sponsor’s books) is managed by only 33% of respondents, and more than 50% ignore sponsor risk (the risk of a... [more]
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