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☆ CBC Healthcare secures $875 mln for life science investment in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SINGAPORE, Oct 23 (Reuters) - CBC Healthcare Infrastructure Platform (CBC HIP), an independent life science real assets investor in China, said on Saturday it had secured $875 million for its first life science real assets venture called CLSRA Venture I.Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company will join existing investors Dutch pension fund APG Asset Management and Asian healthcare asset management firm CBC Group in CBC HIP, according to a company statement. The inclusion of Mubadala as an investor allows CLSRA Venture I to secure further opportunities in the life science real assets sector in China, CBC HIP said. "We will continue to tap the immense potential of life science real assets as a critical component of China's growing healthcare and life science industry," said Hans Kang, Chief Executive Officer of CBC HIP. CLSRA Venture I has so far deployed $450 million across four real estate projects, according to the statement. Since its establishment in November 2021, CLSRA Venture I has acquired some 520,000 square meters of life science real assets in Shanghai, Beijing and Suzhou in China, it added.

Persons: Hans Kang, Yantoultra Ngui, Subhranshu Sahu Organizations: CBC Healthcare, CBC, CLSRA Venture, Mubadala Investment Company, Asset Management, CBC Group, CBC HIP, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, China, Abu Dhabi, Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou

☆ Bank of America's top 5 stocks for safety and security in a dangerous world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Security is becoming increasingly crucial around the world, and Bank of America thinks investor portfolios can benefit from owning certain names. The bank on Monday released its "Future Security" primer, examining stocks through a lens of safety. Information security company CyberArk Software also made the list. CYBR YTD mountain CyberArk YTD "CyberArk is the clear leader within the PAM [privileged access market] market, with a robust technological moat," Liani said. TRU YTD mountain TransUnion YTD.

Persons: Felix Tran, Benjamin Netanyahu, CrowdStrike, Tal Liani, Matt Cohen, CyberArk, Liani, BofA, Heather Balsky, Tomer Zilberman, Andrew Obin, Obin, Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Israeli, Defense, U.S . Aerospace & Defense ETF, CyberArk Software, Motorola Solutions, Motorola, North, APG Locations: Israel, U.S

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - French telecoms firm TDF is studying options for its fibre business including a sale, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a deal that could value the fibre unit upwards of 1 billion euros. The sellers are looking for as much as 1.3 billion to 1.6 billion euros for the fibre unit, according to one of the people, a price that buyers may find difficult to swallow. TDF - a former unit of France's leading telecoms operator Orange - provides broadcasting, fibre and telecoms infrastructure with some of its radio antennas sitting on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The fibre unit's EbitdaAL, which deducts the cost of the leases from EBITDA, reached 28.7 million euros last year up from 21.6 million euros a year earlier, while revenues grew 42.8% to 52 million euros, according to TDF’s latest annual results. Two of the sources said the fibre unit's valuation will depend on the number of homes connected to fibre, market penetration and growth rate.

Persons: Brookfield, Sweden's, Les Echos, Andres Gonzalez, Amy, Jo Crowley, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: TDF, Reuters, Brookfield Asset Management, BNP Paribas, BNP, Brookfield, Orange, Eiffel, Sweden's EQT Partners, PSP Investments, APG, Management, Arcus Infrastructure Partners, Agricole, CAA, Thomson Locations: Paris, Europe, TDF, EBITDA

☆ Analysis: Dutch pension fund reform spells investment rethink
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Yoruk Bahceli | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The idea is that pension funds will allocate more risk to younger cohorts and less to those nearer retirement. The new rules also mean pension funds can be less strict in protecting against swings in interest rates and exchange rates using derivatives like swaps. Commerzbank expects a "seismic" change to the market, where Dutch pension funds are key players. Pension funds are surveying their members to understand how much risk different age groups are willing to take. Ultimately, interest rates determine how much risk pension funds need to take to generate future payments.

Persons: Eva Plevier, Wim Barentsen, Frank Vinke, Vinke, Jaap Teerhuis, Commerzbank, Onno Steenbeek, PGGM's Vinke, Achmea's, Gerard Moerman, Yoruk Bahceli, Dhara Ranasinghe, Catherine Evans Organizations: REUTERS, ABN AMRO, European, Achmea Investment Management, European Central Bank, Asset Management, Reuters Graphics, Aegon Asset Management, Thomson Locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands, AMSTERDAM

☆ Top asset manager says pension fund clients are turning skittish on China - 'There is a very real geopolitical risk'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

APG's pension fund clients are more worried about investing in China, the Financial Times reported. That's as geopolitical risk has grown, with China increasingly at odds with the West. "There is a very real geopolitical risk that has been added to the proposition." There is a very real geopolitical risk that has been added to the proposition," he said. The hesitation felt by pension funds towards Chinese assets comes as foreign investors overall have begun moving out of the country at a faster rate.

Persons: —, Thijs Knaap, Knapp, we've, Micron's microchips, Minxin Pei Organizations: Financial Times, Service, APG Asset Management, APG Locations: China, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Europe, That's, Taiwan, Russia

TOKYO, May 28 (Reuters) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders of Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) vote in favour of a resolution urging the automaker to improve disclosure of its lobbying related to climate change. ISS in a report also said it regarded three of Toyota's four outside board director nominees as not truly independent. Toyota's board said the fluidity of such disclosure made the proposal unsuitable for enshrining in the articles of incorporation. A spokesperson previously said few firms globally have made climate policy engagement-related disclosure to the extent of Toyota. "Toyota does not provide shareholders with enough information to evaluate its lobbying activities," ISS said.

Toyota's board on Wednesday recommended that shareholders vote against the resolution, to be put to the company's annual general meeting in June. On Wednesday Toyota said it expects a five-fold jump in pure electric vehicle (EV) sales this business year. "We need concrete policy changes and a better annual review drawing on independent data to calm international investors." LONG ENGAGEMENTIt will be the first time that Toyota faces such a climate-related resolution at its annual general meeting, the funds said. It first planned to submit a shareholder proposal in 2021, but withdrew that after it received assurances that Toyota would review its climate lobbying.

☆ A Swedish-made fighter jet could tip the scales against Russia in Ukraine, but it might not get there any time soon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Sebastien Roblin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Ukraine's air force remains in the fight almost a year after Russia's shambolic invasion. Sooner or later, Ukraine must induct new jet fighters into service — and they sure aren't buying them from Russia. JAS-39 Gripen: background and capabilitiesA Swedish JAS 39 Gripen at Bobo, Norway in October 2018. A Hungarian Air Force JAS-39 Gripen in August 2010. JAS-39 Gripen vs. F-16A US Air Force F-16 takes off from Aviano Air Base in Italy in June 2020.

☆ Biggest hedge funds will keep lion's share of customers in 2023, data shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 5 (Reuters) - The top 5% of the world's hedge fund managers are set to take 80-90% of investor inflows in 2023, according to new research from Agecroft Partners which raises money for hedge funds. The larger a hedge fund manager gets, the harder it is to trade in size and profit from less efficiently priced parts of the market. Data compiled by Hedge Fund Research shows that on average hedge funds were down 4.1% last year through November. The $59 billion hedge fund manager Millennium returned 9.8% in its International Ltd Fund for the year, said industry research. The number of operating hedge funds fell to 9,163 at the end of the third quarter, the lowest number since 2009, according to HFR.

☆ Core holding Honeywell is a recession-resilient industrial for 2023, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Club holding Honeywell (HON) is a diversified industrial giant that's well-positioned to weather a potential recession in the U.S. next year, according to Bank of America. Bank of America on Monday chose Honeywell as one of 7 top industrial picks for 2023, calling the conglomerate a "top-tier operator." "The company has strong pricing power... and has offset supply chain shortages and Russia-related headwinds," BofA analysts wrote in a research note. We also see its product volume improving as supply chain disruptions ease. An aircraft engine is being tested at Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix.

☆ After UK turmoil, Dutch central bank urges pension funds to review liquidity
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

AMSTERDAM, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Dutch central bank (DNB) said on Wednesday it had called on pension funds in the Netherlands to review their readiness to weather a sudden spike in interest rates, following turmoil among British funds. A spokesperson for the bank confirmed a Financial Times report that said the funds had been asked to review their holdings of liquid assets. Dutch pension funds make less use of interest rate hedges than their British peers and benefit from the larger and more liquid eurozone government bond market. "When a rise in interest rates happens gradually, there is no liquidity risk" it said, though it noted that a liquidity crisis was still possible. Jan Mark van Mill, head of Treasury and Trading at fund manager APG, says his organization conducts monthly liquidity stress tests.

The likely purchase of the new asset and the $3 billion valuation of the toll road business has not been reported previously. Representatives from Road King did not respond to requests for comment. CVC and Road King's attempts to monetise the toll road business comes at a time of growing global investor interest for infrastructure assets, driven by sovereign, pension and private equity funds chasing long-term returns. Road King, a Chinese property developer, has operated expressways in the country since nearly three decades. It diversified into the Indonesian toll road business in 2019 and its expressways in China and Indonesia span over 600 kilometres in total, according to the company's website.

☆ DOC/ CEC a publicat lista integrală a candidaților la funcția de deputat în Parlament din partea Partidului Politic „Democrația Acasă”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-03 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +18 min

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Persons: Vasile Costiuc, Țurcan, ., Sergiu Sergiu, Burlacu, Matei Ion M, M, Gamal, Vodă, Mîrza, Mîrza Andrei, Or, Lazarev Natalia F, Antonovici, Ungureanu Iurie, Codreanu Corneliu M, Isac Aliona, S.R.L ., Cazacu Svetlana F, Baciu Victor M, Eco, Luca Olga F, Scutaru, Rotaru Adrian, Dimitriu Ilie, Cebotari, Alecu Russo, Lungu Ovidiu M, Codreanu Elena F, Roșca Sergiu M, Savin, Țurcanu, Presi Dent, Pascal Mariana, Botnari, Bucur, Diaconu Serghei M, Guțu Victor M, Gordinești, Domulgeni, Negrescu, F, Mîndrești, Vasile, Facebook Organizations: Electorală Centrală, CEC, Partidului Politic, Președintele Partidului Politic Democrația Acasă, Logistică, Democrația, Universitar, Științe Tehnice, Universitatea Tehnică, Științe Economice, Universitatea de Stat, Manager S.R.L, Studii, Generale, Data, Educației, Medicină, Medicală, Academiei de Studii, Stat, Națională, Statisticaor, S.R.L, Universitatea Tehnică din, Floreștis, PLATINUM, Teleneștis, Comisia Electorală, Partidul Locations: Moldova, mun, Chişinău, Europa de Est, Chișinău, Ungheni, Strășeni, Ialoveni, Italia, Padova, Vorniceni, ., Boboc, Guineea Africa, Șoldănești, Northampton, Regatul Unit, Britanii, Nice, Drochia, . Piacenza, Curchi, Nisporeni, Ialovenis.Ruseștii, Noi, Borș, S.R.L, Criulenis.Hîrtopul, Cimișlia, Cahul, Dondușenis, Ciocana, Basarabeasca, Energetică, Bălți, Republicii Moldova, Prut, Edineț, Tbilisi Georgia, Florești, Limba Franceză, Franceză, Edinețs.Bădragii, Fălești, Căușeni, Universitatea Tehnică din Moldova, Hâncești, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii, Irlandei de Nord

☆ Poveri (ne)judecate. Cum se „anulează” legile Găgăuziei. Op-Ed de Veaceslav Craciun
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-10 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +6 min

Legea a fost contramandată în anul 2017 la intervenția Cancelariei de Stat. Autorul proiectului de lege cu aceste limitări a fost speakerul APG-Y Vladimir Cîssa. Apropo, unul dintre reclamanții care au contestat modificarea Codului electoral, a fost Alexandr Kendighelean, candidat la deputăție din partea satului Bugeac. În același an Cancelaria de Stat a obținut și stingerea acțiunii unuia dintre articolele Regulamentului Găgăuziei, care le garanta deputaților imunitate juridică. Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Publicistul Veaceslav Craciun a abosolvit cursurile de masterat ale Universității de Studii Europene din Moldova, specializându-se în drept internațional.

Persons: Găgăuziei, Veaceslav Craciun, de Justiție, Vladimir Cîssa, Vladimir Cîssa ., Alexandr Kendighelean, Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Organizations: Adunarea Populară, de, UTA, Adunarea, Gagauz, Stat, Universității de Studii Locations: Comrat, Găgăuziei, UTA Gagauz - Yeri, Bugeac, Gagauz - Yeri, Moldova, UTA Găgăuzia, Republicii Moldova

☆ Alegerile din Găgăuzia, puse „pe pauză”. Op-Ed de Veaceslav Craciun
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +7 min

Op-Ed de Veaceslav CraciunOp-EdAdunarea Populară din autonomia Găgăuză (APG-Y) n-a participat la luarea deciziei privind amânarea propriilor alegeri. Inițiativa lui Igor Dodon„De a suspenda derularea campaniei de alegeri a deputaților în Adunarea Populară a Găgăuziei, începând cu 1 aprilie până pe 30 mai. Dar discuția despre ce va fi cu alegerile a început cu câteva zile înainte, și nu la Comrat. În Găgăuzia multă lume a înțeles amânarea alegerilor ca pe o tentativă a deputaților de a mai încălzi locul. Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Publicistul Veaceslav Craciun a abosolvit cursurile de masterat ale Universității de Studii Europene din Moldova, specializându-se în drept internațional.

Persons: Veaceslav Craciun, Igor Dodon, Cîssa, Partidului Socialiștilor Igor Dodon, Vlah, Irina, Vladimir Cîssa, Populare, Nicolai Ormangi, Jelezoglo, Serghei Cimpoieș, Ea, socialiștilor, Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Organizations: Adunarea Populară, Găgăuziei, Partidului Socialiștilor, UTA, CEC, Gagauz, Adunarea, Universității de Studii Locations: Găgăuzia, Republica Moldova, Chișinău, UTA Gagauz - Yeri, Comrat, Dodon, Moldova, Gagauz - Yeri, UTA Găgăuzia, Republicii Moldova

☆ Adunarea Populară a Găgăuziei: prefigurarea noii componențe și perspectiva relațiilor cu puterea centrală. Op-Ed de Veaceslav Craciun
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-23 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +8 min

Adunarea Populară a Găgăuziei: prefigurarea noii componențe și perspectiva relațiilor cu puterea centrală. Op-Ed de Veaceslav CraciunOp-Ed „Săptămâna trecută s-a dat startul campaniei de alegeri în Adunarea Populară a Gagauz-Yeri (APG-Y), stabilite pentru 16 mai. În afară de acei care intenționează să candideze independent, au fost și reprezentanții unor formațiuni politice, în special, ai Partidului Socialiștilor, PAS și „Congresului civic”. Bunăoară, reprezentanții PSRM au propus completarea Codului electoral cu un capitol dedicat Comisiei Electorale Centrale a autonomiei, fixând competențele ei refritor la alegerea bașkanului și APG-Y, precum și principiile intercțiunii cu CEC-ul Republicii Moldova. Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Publicistul Veaceslav Craciun a abosolvit cursurile de masterat ale Universității de Studii Europene din Moldova, specializându-se în drept internațional.

Persons: Veaceslav Craciun, Fiodor Gagauz, Zinaida Greceanîi, Victor Petrov, Dudoglo, Dmitrii, ., Sandu, Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Organizations: Adunarea Populară, Găgăuziei, Adunarea, Gagauz, CEC, Partidului Socialiștilor, Universității de Studii, UTA Locations: Gagauz - Yeri, Republicii Moldova, Găgăuzia, Comrat, Moldovei, Moldova, UTA Găgăuzia

☆ Socialistul care ar urma să-i ia locul lui Vladimir Golovatiuc în Parlament, dacă ajunge Ambasador
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-14 | by ( Borodin Victoria | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Comisia politică externă și integrare europeană a avizat luni candidatura deputatului socialist Vladimir Golovatiuc la funcția de Ambasador al R. Moldova în Federația Rusă. Dacă candidatura acestuia va fi votată de Parlament, Grigorii Uzun îi va lua locul în fracțiunea PSRM, conform listei electorale pentru alegerile din februarie 2019. Ulterior a revenit în R. Moldova, iar la alegerile prezidențiale din 2016 a fost „persoană de încredere” a concurentului electoral Igor Dodon, în acel moment lider al PSRM. În ianuarie 2017, Grigorii Uzun a devenit deputat în Adunarea Populară a Găgăuziei (APG), după ce a fost ales pe circumscripția Vulcănești. Uzun indică că este proprietarul unui apartament de 77 m.p.

Persons: Vladimir Golovatiuc, Igor Dodon, Zinaida Greceanîi Organizations: Uzun, Universitatea, Adunarea Populară, Găgăuziei, APG, Partidul Socialiștilor, Toyota, Toyota Land Cruiser Locations: Moldova, Federația Rusă, Vulcănești, Omsk ., Uzun, Bobotează

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