Rallye Extends Gains on Casino Buyout Speculation, Short Squeeze Rallye shares have been climbing for a mix of reasons, including speculation Casino will be bought out, says Ion-Marc Valahu, co-founder of Geneva-based Clairinvest By Albertina Torsoli (Bloomberg) -- Shares in Rallye jumped for a third session amid a short squeeze and persisting speculation that Casino, [...]
Credit Agricole and Santander to combine custody and asset servicing arms “I welcome any consolidation in the European banking sector,” said Clairinvest fund manager Ion-Marc Valahu, who owns a position in the European banking index. “We use Caceis for our funds and it makes sense for CA to take over the custody and asset-servicing operations [...]
We are pleased to announce that our fund Clairinvest Cosmopolitan Global is nominated for the 11th annual HFM European Hedge Fund Performance Awards in the category Macro long-term performance (5 years) - under $500m. The winners will be announced on June 6th. 2019. About the Award The awards aim to recognise excellence in risk-adjusted and [...]
French bank SocGen to cut 1,600 jobs in drive to lift profits “SocGen does not have a choice: increased regulation, high capital requirements and very intensive capital demand to run trading businesses make it a business not profitable,” said Clairinvest fund manager Ion-Marc Valahu. PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale plans to cut 1,600 jobs, mainly [...]
Engie-led consortium seals $8.6 billion purchase of Petrobras pipeline unit “It is a good diversification for Engie,” said Clairinvest fund manager Ion-Marc Valahu, whose firm owns Engie shares. “Also, Engie will benefit from growth expectations in Brazil.” PARIS (Reuters) - A consortium led by French utility Engie has won a bid for Petrobras’ TAG pipeline [...]
Credit Agricole's Q4 profits beat forecasts, meet targets a year early “The banking sector can be seen as the new utility sector. Yes, they are overcapitalised, but they have a high dividend yield and steady income stream,"Said Ion-Marc Valahu, fund manager at investment firm Clairinvest, whose portfolio of European bank stocks includes Credit Agricole. [...]
