Fixed income funds enjoyed a good year in 2020, with strong investment flows from investors seeking safety in central bank-supported bonds, as the pandemic ripped apart stock markets.

Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a leader in technology solutions for the equity, equity options, futures and digital asset trading, has appointed Erik Schmidt as Chief Operating Officer (COO). 

RIMES, a specialist in Managed Data Services and RegTech solutions for financial institutions, has launched the RIMES Technologies Index Identifier (RTID). 

PGIM has expanded its environmental, social and governance (ESG) offerings with the launch of the PGIM Global Total Return ESG Bond Fund. 

Lothian Pension Fund (LPF), the second largest Local Government Pension Scheme provider in Scotland, has announced structural changes to its senior leadership team. 

The BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) believes that tackling climate change will drive significant economic improvements over the coming two decades and that the commonly held notion that it has to come at a net cost to society is wrong. 

The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 91.9 in February, down 8.9 points from January’s revised reading of 100.8. 

Latitude Investment Management has appointed Jacopo Di Nardo as a senior analyst and James Foster as COO. These appointments come as the asset manager has continued to report peer group leading returns since inception in 2016, and the steady progression of client inflows.

Broadridge has appointed Jerome Hoffman to the newly created role of Head of International Partnerships and Alliances, focusing on the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. 

SETL, the London-based Settlement and Payments Infrastructure provider, has appointed Marjan Delatinne to the firm's executive management team.