The NIC January’s Newsletter is here !
In our Macro Overview section, Analysts from both divisions will cover broad macro themes while reviewing major economic news from the past month. In our Deeper Dive section, Cong Phuoc elaborates on the global insurance market and the prominence of insurtech. Moreover, in our Regional View, Nina Kusnirova examines the first national cryptocurrency in the world, the Petro, and the Venezuelan Government intentions.
Our Investment Banking Division will guide you through December’s M&A overall activity. Read about Saudi Arabia’s Siphem intention to acquire Sahara Petrochemicals, Anta Sports to acquire Amer Sports and LMVH’s plans to buy Belmond. Additionally, get a detailed overview on what happened to Herbalife Nutrition and BMW AG, as well as consider our opinion on the Monsanto-Bayer deal.
Our Financial Markets Division will present the monthly results of the NIC Fund, an active relative return fund investing across four different asset classes: Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities and Currencies. The analysts will also provide commentary on each of the four major asset classes through analysis of the past month’s major market moves. The active positioning of the NIC Fund in December was slightly superior to the benchmark. Nonetheless, amidst major uncertainty and volatility we plan to adjust our Fund accordingly, namely by deploying innovative Fixed Income strategies.
Lastly, Vadim Nikitin provides a brief overview on the year of 2018, our IBD Head, Birk Carlenius, examines how the M&A activity developed throughout the year and João Sousa Mendes analyses the future of electric vehicles towards the adoption of fuel cell technology. In light of the beginning of a new year, our FMD Head, Lukas Muller, provides our 2019 outlook – which ultimately will conduct NIC Fund’s strategy for the year.
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