David Ganozzi, gérant allocataire d’actifs chez Fidelity Worldwide Investment

Jean-François Robin, responsable de la stratégie globale chez Natixis

Pour son émission à 5 ans, le groupe de distribution a concédé une marge réduite de 55 pb grâce à un carnet d'ordres de 2,4 milliards d'euros

Paul Gurzal, responsable de la gestion crédit chez La Francaise AM

Elaborés sous l'égide de l'OCDE, ils doivent éviter la double taxation des entreprises dans les échanges de services à l'international

Le gouvernement transalpin reconnaît qu'il va dévier temporairement de ses objectifs budgétaires et invoque des circonstances exceptionnelles

Depuis l’an dernier, nous misons sur les dettes subordonnées bancaires, précise Saïd Djaba, Responsable de la multigestion hors actions chez Egamo. Parmi les acteurs bien positionnés sur ce créneau en ce moment figurent Axiom, La Française AM et EdRAM. Ils disposent de process de gestion et de styles différents et peuvent, à ce titre, être agrégés dans un portefeuille ». Du côté des actions aussi, les valeurs bancaires intéressent l'équipe de gestion. « Les valeurs bancaires affichant une décote nous semblent attractives. Rothschild & Cie Gestion ou encore Lazard Frères Gestion présentent dans l’environnement actuel des process de gestion intéressants sur ces actifs », précise Charles Bouffier, Directeur général délégué. Les petites et moyennes capitalisations sont également privilégiées. Egamo a sélectionné des sociétés de gestion avec un historique de performance sur les petites et moyennes capitalisations comme Moneta AM, Oddo AM, Equigest, Flinvest ou encore Sycomore AM.

Plusieurs députés socialistes ont élaboré durant le week-end trois scénarios alternatifs au plan d'économies de 50 milliards d’euros de Manuel Valls avant le vote du programme de stabilité à l’Assemblée nationale, rapporte le quotidien, ajoutant que ces pistes seront présentées aujourd’hui au Premier ministre par le chef de file des députés PS à l’Assemblée nationale, Bruno Le Roux, et la nouvelle rapporteure générale du budget, Valérie Rabault. Ces députés veulent éviter le gel du point d’indice de la fonction publique et le gel des prestations sociales. Ils écartent aussi une nouvelle hausse du taux effectif de prélèvements obligatoires entre 2015 et 2017.

A compter du 24 avril 2014, les demandes de souscriptions et de rachats de parts I du fonds CamGestion Valeurs Euro qui sont décimalisées, vont porter sur un montant, représentant un nombre entier de parts ou sur une fraction de part, chacune d’entre elles étant divisées en centième. Avant cette date, les parts « I » ne peuvent pas être souscrites en montant. Les demandes de souscriptions et de rachats portent en conséquence sur un nombre entier de parts ou sur une fraction de part, chaque part étant divisée en centième.

Le groupe Bâloise, 50,8 milliards d’euros d’encours sous gestion, a augmenté ses investissements dans les actions de 46,7%. Le groupe Bâloise a expliqué dans son rapport annuel 2013 privilégier des titres satisfaisants à des critères de qualité très sélectifs et garantissant un dividende durablement élevé. La poche actions représente ainsi 5,1% de son allocation d’actifs au 31 décembre 2013. Le groupe Bâloise a également détaillé, dans son rapport annuel 2013, les performances des différentes classes d’actifs de son portefeuille : Les hedge funds ont généré une bonne performance. Dans une mesure moindre, le private equity termine également l’exercice sur une note positive. Le montant brut des correctifs de valeur nécessités par les immobilisations financières à caractère de fonds propres s'élève à 32,7millions de francs suisses, soit un niveau une nouvelle fois nettement inférieur à celui de l’année précédente. Les immeubles de rapport, dont l'évaluation a été relevée, ont à nouveau généré des revenus stables. Les hypothèques, quant à elles, se distinguent par la stabilité de leur valeur et de leur rendement. Le portefeuille du groupe Bâloise au 31 décembre 2013 :

Parmi les titres : la finance surreprésentée à Bruxelles ; 50 mesures de simplification de la vie des entreprises françaises …

Le ministre des Finances slovène a indiqué que Pimco a acheté les 1,5 milliard d’euros d’obligations émises par le pays en novembre dernier, juste avant le résultat de ses stress tests bancaires. De maturité 3 ans, les titres offraient un rendement de 4,7%. A l'époque, la Slovénie avait indiqué avoir placé son émission auprès d’un seul investisseur mais n’avait pas révélé son identité.

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers SGP, an affiliate of AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, has been appointed as investment manager for the Kronborg limited, a new EUR485 million commercial real estate debt vehicle formed by five Danish pension funds comprising Sampension, TDC Pension, AP Pension, JØP and DIP.AXA Real Estate Investment Managers SGP, won the mandate following a competitive pitch process and, on behalf of the fund, will invest in large size senior loans across all asset classes, including offices, retail, logistics and hotels. Targeting opportunities in Western Europe, with a focus on the UK, France and Germany, investments will be made alongside other clients within AXA Real Estate’s EUR7.9 billion debt platform.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US asset management firm and ETF promoter Wisdom Tree Investments on 17 April announced that it had completed the acquisition of the British ETP provider Boost ETP. Wisdom Tree will increase its presence in Europe, and will be able to develop a European platform to offer a range of ETPs int UCITS format under the Wisdom Tree brand, while continuing to manage and develop collateralized ETPs from Boost. The founders of Boost, Hector McNeil and Nik Bienkowski, will be the co-CEOS of the new entity Wisdom Tree Europe. ETFs under management at Wisdom Tree currently total about USD33.1bn.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The asset management firm for the German savings banks, Deka, in 2013 posted net outflows of EUR4.8bn, compared with EUR87m the previous year, according to figures released on 16 April. This development is largely due to a doubling of institutional assets to EUR5.4bn, compared with EUR2.6bn the previous year. Meanwhile, the retail unit reduced its inflows to EUR0.7bn, from EUR2.5bn the previous year. Assets under management at Deka were up by about EUR7bn, to a total of EUR169.8bn. Economic profits (profits by IFRS accounting standards before taxes, plus the results of revaluation of financial instruments) totalled EUR502m, comapred with EUR519m the previous year.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Karl Dasher, the head of Schroders for North America, is aiming to double revenues for the firm coming from the United States to 20% in the next three to five years, Financial News reports. To do that, the head is aiming to change the way in which US investors view Schroders: not only as an emerging markets, international equities and commodity specialist, but also as a strategic partner for more traditional asset classes.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In wealth management activities, assets under management that generate commissions at Morgan Stanley have risen 17% in first quarter compared with the previous quarter, to a total of USD724bn, Morgan Stanley announced on 17 April in a release of its quarterly results. Quarterly inflows totalled USD19bn. Earnings from wealth management rose 4% in first quarter, to USD3.6bn, while taxable profits were up 16%, to USD691m. In investment management activities, assets under management or under supervision rose from USD341bn a year ago to USD382bn as of the end of March 2014. Net inflows for the quarter totalled USD6bn. Earnings for the division were up 15%, to USD740m, for taxable profits of USD263m (+41%). Net profits for the US group were up 56%, to USD1.5bn.

BlackRock in first quarter 2014 recorded net long term inflows (excluding money market management) of USD26.7bn. That has allowed it to increase its assets to USD4.4trn as of the end of March, an increase of 2% compared with the end of December, and 12% compared with first quarter 2013.The largest asset management firm in the world has posted net inflows of USD14bn from retail investors, including USD9.8bn internationally. In this segment, flows have largely been directed to the fixed income range (USD6.1bn).iShares, the ETF platform of the group, for its part, took in a net USD7.8bn, of which USD3.2bn were in the United States, and USD4.8bn in Europe.For institutional clients, BlackRock has posted net inflows of USD4.9bn, with index-based management compensating for net redemptions from active management (-USD12.6bn).In total, the US asset management firm earned net profits of USD762m in first quarter, up 20% compared with the corresponding period of last year.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Earnings from asset management activities at Goldman Sachs in first quarter totalled USD1.57bn, up 20% compared with first quarter 2013, but down 2% compared with fourth quarter 2013, according to statistics released on 17 April by the US group. Assets under supervision increased by USD41bn, to a total of USD1.08trn. Long-term assets in particular were up by USD54bn, including a net inflow of USD40bn, largely to fixed income.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In 2014, Fidelity in France posted net inflows of USD465m, bringing assets under management to USD9.315trn. The funds with the largest inflows were FF Iberia Fund, FF America Fund, FF Emerging Markets Fund, FF Italy Fund, Inflation Linked Fund, and Fidelity Europe, the firm tells Newsmangers. Due to demand for funds investing in countries of Southern Europe, such as Italy and Spain, these have been temporarily closed to new subscribers since the end of last year. Among institutional investors, the asset management firm has recently been selected by the French Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR) after a restricted request for proposals launched on 17 May 2013, to select an active European small caps equity mandate. The lot for which Fidelity was selected with three other firms is for a total of about EUR500m.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Baring Asset Management has recruited two people for its commercial development in Canada and the United States, Investment Europe reports. Michael Annis joined the firm as head of sales and development for Canada. He will be based in Toronto, and joins from JP Morgan Asset Management.. Kieran Stover has been recruited as vice president in charge of sales and development, based in Portland. He joins from Kleinwort Benson Investors International.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } It has been a tough start to the year for Carmignac Gestion. The French asset management firm has seen a decline in its assets of 6.3% in first quarter 2014. Its assets under management have thus fallen below EUR50bn for the first time since 2011. As of 31 March 2014, its assets totalled EUR49.928bn, compared with EUR53.298bn as of the end of 2013. The level of assets, however, remained above EUR45.863bn as of the end of 2011. This decline is largely due to a significant outflow in the first three months of the year. “We have posted good returns for our bond management, but our global funds were more jostled,” admitted Didier Saint-Georges, a member of the investment board at Carmignac Gestion, at a press conference. There was an underperformance in conviction management.” In first quarter, the asset management firm saw a net outflow of EUR2.8bn, about 4% of assets as of the end of 2013, despite a net inflow of EUR400m to bond management. The Carmignac Investissement fund has suffered from disappointing US growth related to unfavourable market effects, which weighed down the portfolio. “We were positioned for a recovery of the US economy, but the bad weather prevented this recovery and had rather demultiplied effects on our equity funds,” admits Frédéric Leroux, global manager at Carmignac Gestion. Carmignac Patrimoine has also had a “disappointing” first quarter, according to Rose Ouahba, head of the fixed income team, which was characterised by outflows of EUR1.8bn. Lastly, like many asset management firms, Carmignac Gestion was fully affected by a defiance of investors to emerging markets, which are “considered the poor parents of global growth,” says Leroux. As a result, the Carmignac Emergents fund has seen outflows of EUR300m in first quarter.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The slump in the tech sector and the rotation on emerging markets has been driven by hedge funds more than long-term investors, says Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, according to the Financial Times. “ Long-term investors have not been spooked by this volatility, but shown remarkable resilience in attitude,” he says.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of March 2014, Austrian funds had EUR146.8bn in assets under management, up 1% since the beginning of the year, the Austrian VÖIG association of asset management firms stated. The increase was sustained by market effects, while redemption demands in the period totalled EUR300m. Net redemptions totalled EUR255m in the month of March alone. Since the end of 2008, Austrian funds posted growth of 16.5%, VÖIG notes, adding that it is still 10 percentage points short of returning to the level of assets managed in 2007 before the financial crisis.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The financial ratings agency Fitch Ratings has confirmed the ratings of AAAmmf for 39 European money market funds. Assets in the fund represent a cumulative total of EUR271bn as of the end of March 2014. They are managed by Aberdeen AM, Amundi, BNP Paribas AM, CCLA IM, Federated Investors, Goldman Sachs AM, Ignis AM, Insight AM, JPMorgan AM, L&G IM, Lombard Odier IM, Morgan Stanley IM, Natixis AM, Invesco, SSgA and SWIP.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Aberdeen Asset Management Deutschland AG has announced that on 25 April, it will release a new tranche of indemnisation for EUR161.9m, to investors in the open-ended real estate fund Degi International. The funds paid to investors now represent a cumulative total of nearly EUR730m, or EUR20.25 per share, compared with EUR45.36 on 14 October 2010, before the decision to liquidate the fund. The next payment to investors is expected to come on 15 October this year.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British asset management firm Brooks Macdonald on 17 April published assets of GBP5.92bn for its discretionary funds as of the end of March, for growth of 4.2% compared with 31 December 2013 (GBP5.68bn). This growth was driven both by positive market effects of about GBP30m, and net inflows of GBP215m in the past quarter. “Year on year, discretionary assets under management have increased 16%,” says Chris Macdonald, CEO of Brooks Macdonald, in a statement. Meanwhile, advised funds under management total GBP413m, an increase of 10.5% compared with the end of 2013 (GBP374m). Lastly, real estate assets under management at the Braemer Estate entity total GBP1.13bn as of 31 March, for an increase of 6.27% compared with the end of December 2013 (GBP1.07bn).

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Amundi is planning to launch five products aimed at discretionary managers and multi-managers, in an effort to strengthen its brand in the United Kingdom, FT Adviser reports. The French group is planning to launch products on retail platforms once it has gained ground with professionals, says Jerry Devlin, head of distribution in the United Kingdom. Amundi is known in the UK for its ETFs, but the firm has built a British sales team to promote its actively-managed products, FT Adviser reports.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British group 3i on 17 April announced that it made a proceed of GBP67.6m from the initial public offering of the animal health specialist firm Phibro Animal on the Nasdaq. 3i has reduced its stake in the firm’s capital to 7%, from 30% previously. A loan of USD24m has also been repaid to 3i.

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Now EUR4bn. After announcing EUR3bn in assets under management on 31 December, the asset management firm led by Bruno Crastes, H2o AM, has posted growth in its assets of about 33% in the space of one quarter. The additional EUR1bn is due to the success of the firm with central banks in Asia. In detail, the inflow is due to new clients, “but especially to clients who renewed their confidence in us,” Crastes told Newsmanagers. Assets under management have also increased due to the success of some open-ended funds in the range, including H2O Multibonds, which now represents EUR420m, and H2O Adagio, with assets of EUR160m.