Daily Archives: 12, March 2014

Credit Suisse: Commodities increased in February as supply and demand fundamentals supported returns

New York, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nelson Louie, Global Head of Commodities in Credit Suisse’s Asset Management business, said, “As of the end of the month, the path for Ukraine was unclear. Russia’s show of force across the Crimean Peninsula stoked supply-risk … Read the full press release

Credit Suisse releases sixth annual Hedge Fund Investor Survey “Onwards and Upwards”

LONDON, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Credit Suisse today releases its sixth annual Hedge Fund Investor Survey, entitled “Onwards and Upwards”, in which over 500 respondents participated, representing $1.16 trillion of hedge fund investments, were analysed on a number of topics including: • … Read the full press release

NSN and Telecom Italia proved the benefits of HSUPA 16QAM technology, achieved faster data uplink and improved user experience

NSN’s pioneering solution facilitates faster data uplink and improves user experience Milan, Italy, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Nokia Solutions and Networks has, together with Telecom Italia, recently proven the benefits of HSUPA 16QAM (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) technology. Telecom Italia tested … Read the full press release

Transocean President and CEO Steven L. Newman to present at The Howard Weil 2014 Energy Conference

ZUG, SWITZERLAND, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that Steven L. Newman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, will address attendees at the Howard Weil 2014 Energy Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. … Read the full press release

The Co-operative to host property networking event in Birmingham on 25 March

Manchester, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-operative Food is staging a networking event in Birmingham on Tuesday 25 March, to target new stores across the Midlands as part of its ongoing acquisitions programme. Property agents, developers and landlords are invited to meet … Read the full press release

Kris Nayak appointed Head of Business Acquisitions and Strategy: Food at The Co-operative Food

Manchester, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-operative Food has appointed Kris Nayak as Head of Business Acquisitions and Strategy: Food. Kris, a keen runner who lives in Chorlton, Manchester, with his wife and three children, has spent 20 years working in M&A, … Read the full press release

The Co-operative Group announced resignation of Euan Sutherland, appointed Richard Pennycook Interim Group Chief Executive

Manchester, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-operative Group announces that Euan Sutherland has resigned as Group Chief Executive with immediate effect. Richard Pennycook, Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as Interim Group Chief Executive. Euan Sutherland said: “It is with great sadness … Read the full press release

Deutsche Börse welcomes the first iShares ETF with an international security structure to the XTF segment

Frankfurt, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The iShares EURO STOXX 50 ex-Financials UCITS ETF, which is issued by iShares, has been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday. The new ETF is the first ETF to be issued with an international … Read the full press release

Loughborough University to mark National Science and Engineering Week March 15 with series of events

Loughborough, UK, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Loughborough University is holding a number of events to mark National Science and Engineering Week, including a Community Day on Saturday, March 15 which is free and open to the public. The NSEW is a UK-wide … Read the full press release

CACEIS awarded the administration of the first two ABN AMRO Basic UCITS ETFs

PARIS, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ABN AMRO Investment Management B.V. has launched the first two ABN AMRO Basic UCITS ETFs which have been listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 6thFebruary. Following a long RFP process, ABN AMRO awarded the fund administration mandate … Read the full press release

French Banking Federation Chairman Jean-Laurent Bonnafé pleased with the realisation of the Euro Private Placements Charter

Paris, France, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Chairman of the Fédération Bancaire Française (FBF, the French Banking Federation) is pleased with the realisation of the Charter pertaining to Euro Private Placements (Euro PP)* which will facilitate the development of a specific … Read the full press release

Clearstream, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa Sanpaolo and BBVA to develop asset servicing model for market environment with TARGET2-Securities (T2S)

France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain to be covered via this new approach to asset servicing/Citi and Erste Group Bank to also join T2S asset serving model to include Greece and Austria/Clearstream progresses towards T2S readiness Luxembourg, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release