London, UK, 19-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Aviva announces that it is making an immediate allocation of £500 million to invest in UK infrastructure projects. This commitment is a direct result of the recent agreement on Solvency II, the European wide insurance regulation, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Insurance, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged Aviva, debt financing, European wide insurance regulation, hospitals, infrastructure, infrastructure assets, infrastructure investments, insurers, INVEST, Mark Wilson, Sajid Javid MP, SCHOOLS, Solvency II, TRANSPORT, UK infrastructure projects, utilities
Paris, France, 19-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — CACEIS is Pioneer Investment’s asset servicing provider of choice for the launch of its first French law fund, the Neuflize High Yield International 2018, managed as part of an exclusive partnership with Banque Neuflize OBC. CACEIS … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — German investment manager, Buss Capital GmbH & Co. KG, has selected CACEIS to provide depositary services for its funds managed under the new KAGB regime. Based in Hamburg, Buss Capital is the market leader for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Germany, Investment, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AIFMD-compliant depositary, Buss Capital GmbH & Co. KG, CACEIS, closed-end shipping container funds, depositary services, Dr. Dirk Baldeweg, Dr. Holger Sepp, German investment manager, Hamburg, KAGB regime, mutual funds
Paris, France, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ is pleased to announce that it has invested in a thermal project in Andhra Pradesh, India, in which the Group has a 74% equity share, with Meenakshi Energy and Infrastructure Holdings Pvt Ltd1 … Read the full press release
London, UK, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and the London Metal Exchange (LME) are pleased to announce the formation of the Board of LME Clear, the LME’s self-clearing platform currently in development. LME Clear is on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Financial, Investment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Gerald Greiner, HKEx, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, John Harrison, LME, LME Clear, LME Clear Board, LME’s self-clearing platform, London Metal Exchange, Marco Strimer, Marye Humphery, Nat le Roux, Richard Thornhill, Trevor Spanner
London, UK, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Borough funding is protected through Transport for London’s savings and efficiencies programme. Unprecedented levels of investment as part of wider Transport for London (TfL) funding for roads and cycling. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Boris Johnson, cycling, funding, Local Implementation Fund, London, London Highways Alliance Contracts, roads, Sir Peter Hendy CBE, The Mayor of London, Transport for London (TfL)
London, UK, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank, Europe’s long-term lending institution, has agreed to provide up to GBP 500 million to Transport for London (TfL) under a new corporate facility to support the latest step in Crossrail’s development. The … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Building upon a long-standing and fruitful cooperation between the two institutions, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 100 million loan to Banco Popular Portugal to finance small and medium-sized projects undertaken by SMEs and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Portugal, Small Business
Tagged Banco Popular Portugal, EIB, European Investment Bank, finance, loan, midcaps, PORTUGAL, SMEs
Kesko Food today opened its fourth food store in the St. Petersburg area. In addition to the four stores already in operation, Kesko Food’s objective is to open three new large food stores in the St. Petersburg area by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Food & Beverage, Investment, Retail, Russia
Tagged food store, K-ruoka, Kari Heiskanen, Kesko Food, Oleg Buyalski, RUSSIA, St Petersburg, Ulitsa Marshala Govorova, Urkhov Pereulok 7A
Die Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (aws) ist die erste Förderbank Europas, die mit dem European Investment Fund (EIF) eine Rückgarantievereinbarung im Rahmen des „Risk Sharing Instrument“ (RSI) unterzeichnet. Damit erleichtert die aws innovativen österreichischen KMU und mittelständischen Unternehmen den Zugang zu … Read the full press release
Athens, Greece, 12-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Alpha Bank (hereinafter the “Bank”) announces that, based on the Warrant exercise orders submitted until 10.12.2013, 28.8 million Warrants on shares issued by the Bank and owned by the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (“Warrants”) have been blocked … Read the full press release
Milan, Italy, 12-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, A2A has successfully placed on the European market a 500 million Euro bond due on January 13, 2022, under its 3 billion Euro Medium Term Notes Programme updated and increased on November 25, 2013. The … Read the full press release
Milan, Italy, 12-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, A2A has successfully privately placed a 300 million Euro tenyear bond under its 3 billion Euro Medium Term Notes Programme approved and increased by the Management Board of A2A on November 7, 2013. The private … Read the full press release
Milan / Rome, Italy, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Impregilo S.p.A., a company managed and coordinated by Salini S.p.A., wishes to announce that the deed of merger by incorporation of Salini S.p.A. into Impregilo S.p.A., filed on 3 December 2013 at the Companies … Read the full press release
Rome, Italy, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Astaldi S.p.A. (the “Issuer” or “Astaldi”) announces the offer of additional €100,000,000 Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Additional Notes”). The issue and offering of the Additional Notes was approved by the Board of Directors of Astaldi on November … Read the full press release
Moscow, Russia, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission approved the asset swap deal between Gazprom and Wintershall. The deal is supposed to increase Gazprom’s stakes in gas trading and storage companies of WINGAS Group to 100 per cent as well as in WIEH and WIEE – to 100 per cent. Gazprom will … Read the full press release
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HONG KONG OR JAPAN. Helsinki, Finland, 10-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Cargotec Corporation announced on 3 December 2013 that the company intends to offer up to … Read the full press release
Den Haag, Netherlands, 09-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — KPN invites its shareholders to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (‘EGM’) to be held on 10 January 2014. The meeting is convened to vote on the proposal to cancel the outstanding preference shares … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Telecom
John Fraser to retire as CEO Global Asset Management business, retaining his position as its Chairman, Ulrich Koerner to become CEO Global Asset Management, Tom Naratil to become Group Chief Operating Officer in addition to current position as Group Chief … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Switzerland
Tagged Corporate Center structure, John Fraser, Philip Lofts, senior leadership team, Sergio P. Ermotti, Tom Naratil, UBS, UBS AG, Ulrich Koerner
Zurich/Basel, Switzerland, 07-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — UBS offers to buy back certain outstanding tier 2 and senior bonds for cash up to approximately CHF 2.15 billion. UBS announces today that it is making a cash tender offer in relation to five … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged buy back, outstanding tier 2 bonds, public cash tender offer, senior bonds, UBS
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