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07/11/2013

L'euro se replie après la baisse surprise des taux de la BCE

L’euro a perdu jusqu'à deux centimes face au dollar après l’annonce surprise d’une réduction de 0,25 point du taux refi de la BCE . Après être passée brièvement sous les 1,33, la monnaie unique a repris une partie de ses pertes et traitait vers 17h30 juste sous les 1,34.
07/11/2013

La croissance aux Etats-Unis accélère grâce au restockage

Le produit intérieur brut (PIB) a augmenté de 2,8% en rythme annualisé sur la période juillet-septembre, sa meilleure performance depuis le troisième trimestre 2012, après 2,5% au deuxième trimestre de cette année, a annoncé le département du Commerce. Les économistes interrogés par Reuters prévoyaient en moyenne un taux de croissance annualisé de 2,0%. Les stocks des entreprises ont contribué à la croissance à hauteur de 0,83 point de pourcentage.
07/11/2013

Sparinvest launches Scandianvian HY fund

Sparinvest has launched a new sub fund in Sparinvest SICAV-SIF, Nordic High Yield Value Bonds.This new strategy has already attracted a EUR 60-million mandate from a major international institutional client but the SIF structure permits other institutional investors with a minimum investment of EUR 15m to buy in and obtain a portfolio of Nordic High Yield securities selected using Sparinvest’s value bonds process.The Nordic region is defined as Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and their associated territories. The Nordic High Yield Value Bonds will invest in fixed income and money market instruments issued by corporations either domiciled in or having a major part of their business in the Nordic region, as well as companies domiciled in but having a major part of their business outside the Nordic region.The launch portfolio will contain a diverse blend of over 50 securities.
07/11/2013

M&G recruits sales manager for Italy

M&G Investments in early October recruited Nicola Mutinelli for its Italian team as sales manager, Milano Finanza reports. He will report to Matteo Astolfi, director. He had previously worked at Anima SGR as relationship manager. At the same time, Lorna Neri has been promoted to business development manager. As of 30 June, M&G had assets in Italy of EUR6.6bn.
07/11/2013

Asset management participates in good results at Natixis

Natixis, which on Wednesday, 6 November unveiled its results for third quarter, has posted strong growth in revenues for core professions, up 10% compared with third quarter last year, to EUR.597bn. In the Spain unit, asset management has posted record net inflows of EUR11.2bn, driven mostly by the United States, and life insurance activities, which were dynamic.
07/11/2013

Société Générale private bank posts very good results in Q3

The new large clients and investor solutions (GBIS) unit at the Société Générale group, which includes financing and investment banking and the private banking, asset management and investor services unit, has posted growth in its revenues of 7.2% in third quarter. Asstes under management at the private bank total EUR83.9bn as of the end of Sepember, due to net inflows of EUR0l8bn for the quarter, largely driven by France and Asia, a market effect of EUR0.7bn, and a currency effect of EUR0.1bn. However, the sale of activities in Japan on 1 October generated a perimeter effect of -EUR2.2bn. Investor Services activities have seen their assets under custody rise 7.7% to EUR3.609trn compared with the end of September 2012, and their assets under administration are up 11.6% in the same period, to EUR500bn. In finance and investment banking activities, “Lyxor has posted an incrase in its assets under management, thanks to significant inflows in the quarter as part of an extension of its product range.”
07/11/2013

Amundi posts inflows of EUR1.1bn YTD

In the first nine months of 2013, Amundi has recorded net inflows of EUR1.1bn, according to financial results published this Thursday by its shareholder Crédit Agricole, which will soon increase its stake to 80% from 75% currently. The stake will be sold by Societe Generale for EUR337.5m. Over the first nine months, new inflows were pushed up by distributors, institutional and corporate customers (+7.5 billion euros), the international branch networks (+2.3 billion euros) and employee savings management (+0.9 billion euros)., the bank says in a statement. However, French networks have seen redemptions of EUR9.6bn. Amundi also notes that long term inflows total EUR5.7bn, indicating that net redemptions from money markets were high (EUR4.6bn).Including 100% of the joint ventures in Asia and Smith Breeden, recently acquired (impact: +4.7 billion euros), assets under management amounted to 759 billion euros at end-September 2013 (up 2.6% on end-December 2012). They benefited from a favourable market effect of +13.5 billion euros. Average assets under management were 756 billion euros, up 9% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2013. Amundi delivered a 1.3% increase in gross operating income in the first nine months of 2013 by comparison with 2012. Revenues rose by 1.8% year-on-year over the first nine months and by 0.5% over the third quarter of 2013, due to resilient commissions and fee income. Operating expenses increased by 1.4% year-on-year over the first nine months of 2013 excluding the impact of tax measures. The cost/income ratio stabilised at 55.3% at 30 September 2013. Amundi’s net income Group share came to 233 million euros for the first nine months of 2013, up 4.6% year-on- year, and to 73 million euros for the third quarter.
07/11/2013

CEO resigns from Korean SWF

Choi Chong-suk, chairman and CEO of the Korean sovereign wealth fund, the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), has resigned from his position for personal reasons, Asian Investor reports. The chief investment officer, Lee Donk-ik, will replace him for the interim. A replacement for Choi, who had been in office since July 2011, will be found by the end of the year, Asian Investor predicts. As of 31 March, the sovereign wealth fund had assets of USD61.6bn.
07/11/2013

Dexia AM to transition to AIFM mode in early 2014

Fabrice Cuchet, a member of the executive board and head of alternative management at Dexia Asset Management, on 6 November announced that the asset management firm “has chosen a double UCITS/AIFM license for its asset management firms based in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, and will submit AIFM applications to this effect in the first few months of 2014.” The decision is being taken for practical reasons, since moving to AIFM now would require reporting from early next year, which would represent a disproportionate workload.For Dexia AM, there will be about 200 UCITS funds and 100 AIFM funds. Clearing partners will have to be selected by second half next year and existing ISDA contracts will have to be updated with 15 counterparties.The conclusion of the transaction by which New York Life acquires Dexia AM is expected to come by the end of the year, and the European asset management firm will change names.Cuchet also says that net subscriptions totalled about EUR300m for alternative management at Dexia AM since the beginning of the year, with acceleration once news of the sale got out. Inflows were primarily concentrated on long/short credit, global macro and CTA strategies. Alternative assets as of the end of October totalled about EUR4.5bn.
07/11/2013

Cogefi Gestion appoints representative for external sales

Cogefi Gestion has recruited Côme Simon de Tinguy as representative for external distribution. The new recruit, who will aim to strengthen the development of the professional client base, will be more specifically resopnsible for sales of the fund range to private bankers, multi-managers, family offices and online brokers. De Tinguy had since 2008 been head of sales to portfolio management firms at Financière de Champlain.
07/11/2013

New Hampshire RS awards a custody mandate to BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has announced that it won a global custody mandate for USD6.5bn from the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS). The investor services unit at BNY Mellon will provide custody, accounting, currency, cash management and risk services.NHRS has about 85,000 members, and works for 475 employers, the State of New Hampshire, municipal governments, school districts, counties, etc.
07/11/2013

FSOB analyzes risks at Fidelity and BlackRock

According to sources familiar with the matter cited by the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Stability Oversight Board (FSOB) has undertaken an analysis of the risks run by the asset management selector, and particularly the largest actors in this area, BlackRock and Fidelity Investments. The objective is to determine whether institutions of this type could be considered “systemically important”, but the Board is not close to have reached a verdict on this point.
07/11/2013

Carmignac Gestion continues to push for pan-European retirement product

Carmignac Gestion has reaffirmed its support for research into long-term investment and retirement saings with the presentation of a report by a working group at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS), for which it was the exclusive sponsor, “Saving for Retirement and Investing for Growth.” This publication comes at the end of a European legislative term which suggested at times that the problem would be handled, btu which has ended without any advancement on the subject. A vehicle was proposed (ELTIF) for institutional but not household investors. The reasons for delaying the introduction of a European product which would facilitate savings and long-term household investment are multiple. Household savings, which are abundant, have no vehicle to be invested in the long term, the chairman of CEPS, Karel Lanoo said in Paris on 6 November at a press conference. Households hold the largest proportion of European savings (43%), of which more than half is invested in savings, in an unfavourable context in which adversion to risk is increasing, probably partly due to the financial crisis, and in which national solutions are costly and perform poorly.
07/11/2013

BBVA kicks off fund war

After the “war of deposits”, here comes the “war of the funds:” Cotizalia reports that BBVA has launched a campaign for November and December in which it offers a 2% bonus for all sums up to EUR10000 transfer from rival funds to one of the 19 funds of the BBVA range. In exchange, the recepient of this bonus will be required to keep the sum transferred (which is unlimited) in the fund for 30 months.
07/11/2013

UBS and Wealth-X publish their first global survey of billionaires

The high net worth specialist Wealth-X and the Swiss group UBS on 6 November published the first edition of its survey of billionaires worldwide, the “Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2013.” The global population of billoinaires this year (June 2013) reached a record 2,170 people, up by 0.5% compared with 2012 (July). The wealth of Asian billionaires has grown most sharply in 2013, with a leap of nearly 13% for a population which has grown by 3.7% compared with the previous year. At the current growth rates, Asia would overtake the United States in five years, the report finds. Another remarkable development is that since the 2009 financial crisis, there are 810 new billionaires. The wealth of the population of billionaires has more than doubled since the financial crisis, to USD6.5trn, compared with USD3.1trn in 2009. The cumulative wealth of the billionaires has grown 5.3% since 2012.] Europe has the largest number of billionaires (766), but the United States continues to lead in terms of cumulative wealth, with a total of USD2.158trn.
07/11/2013

Credit Suisse sells DLJ Investment Partners

Credit Suisse is selling its DLJ Investment Partners (DLJIP) activity to Portfolio Advisors. The team at DJIP surrounding Igor DaCosta and Charles Harper will also transfer to the new owner, Credit Suisse said in a statement on 6 November. The operation is part of sale plans already announced, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2013. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Since its inception in 1995, DLJIP has executed 75 financing transactions for a total of USD3.6bn.
07/11/2013

Switzerland's Gottex grows in China

The Swiss alternative asset management firm Gottex will set up a joint venture with the Chinese asset management firm Vstone Asset Management, the news agency Reuters reports. Vstone will assist Gottex with its planned developments in China. “The objective is to strengthen the capacities of Gottex in China in order to provide investors with access to Chinese onshore markets through equities, bonds and private equity,” the co-founder of Gottex, Max Gottschalk, tells Reuters. As of the end of September, assets under management at Gottex totalled USD5.8bn.
07/11/2013

ING IM suffers redemptions in Q3

ING Investment Management has published stable assets for third quarter, at EUR176.1bn, compared with EUR176bn the previous quarter, but down by EUR3.8bn in one year, according to quarterly results for the ING group. Asset management in third quarter suffered net redemptions in Europe and Asia of EUR0.4bn in total. In detail, assets under retail management totalled EUR46.4bn, compared with EUR45.3bn in the previous quarter, and EUR43.2bn one year ago. Assets under management for institutional clients total EUR56.5bn, compared with EUR56.3bn in second quarter 2013, and EUR61.2bn one year ago.
07/11/2013

DeAWM overhauls its IT system

Das Investment reports that Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM), has mandated Aladdin Enterprise Investment System under a contract to update its entire IT system for investment processes, from securities analysis through to execution and settlement, including portfolio and risk management.
07/11/2013

Profit warning at MLP

The German financial services provider MLP (EUR22bn in assets) on 6 November announced that, due to a downturn in activities in retirement insurance and health insurance, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for 2013 will be lower than the projected EUR65m. For 2012, they totalled EUR74.1m, compared with EUR17.3m in 2011.The corridor of EUR65-78m for EBIT in 2014 and 2015 has not been modified.In January-September, EBIT fell to EUR12.3m, from EUR26.4m in the corresponding period of 2012.
07/11/2013

Double Dividend obtains asset management firm license

The Dutch regulator, the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM), has awarded Double Diviend, an investment consulting firm based in Amsterdam, an extension on its license, which allows it to manage investments, Fonds Nieuws reports.Double Dividend offers a socially responsible investment portfolio in equities, bonds and alternative assets, either directly or via the best funds from external managers, with a maximal commission of 1%, including VAT.In April, the firm also launched a sustainable development equity fund, which has EUR8m in assets, the Double Dividend Equity Fund, managed by Ward Kastrop.
07/11/2013

Departure of Asia head from GSAM

Oliver Bolitho, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Asia-Pacific, will be retiring at the end of the year, after 15 years at the firm, according to an internal memo seen by Financial News. After his resignation, he will become an advising director.
07/11/2013

UniCredit to launch real estate fund

UniCredit will launch a real estate fund, which will be managed by Torre SGR, a firm which is 62.5% controlled by Fortress and 37.5% by Pioneer Investments, the asset management firm of the banking group, Investment Europe reports. The fund has initial capital of EUR100m, and will invest primarily in private real estate and commercial and luxury properties in Milan and Rome.
07/11/2013

DeAWM and KraneShares launch ETFs of Chinese A-class equities

A few days after the announcement of the launch of the PowerShares China A Share Portfolio (ticker: CHNA, see Newsmanagers of 14 October) by Invesco PowerShres, two other providers, DeAWM and KraneShares, have launched their own ETFs of Chinese A-class shares listed in continental China, in Shanghai and Shenzhen, on the US market.Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) with Harvest Global Investors is offering the db x-trackers Harvets CSI 300 China A Shares Fund (ASHR), listed on NYSE (see Newsmanagers of 5 November), which charges 1.08%, listed on NYSE Arca. The fund replciates the China Securities Index 300.On the same platform, KraneShares, in partnership with the Chinese Bosera Asset Management, has launched the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (KBA), which replicates the MSCI China A index, and which charges 1.10%.
07/11/2013

Lazard AM launches EME fund

Lazard Asset Management has launched a strategy dedicated to emerging market equities, the Lazard Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio, which aims to earn returns with reduced volatility. The strategy comes in addition to the emerging market equity range, which includes relative value, relative growth, debt and multi-asset strategies. The portfolio is managed by Stephen Russell, Thomas Boyle and Paul Rogers, who have been working on emerging market strategies for more than 10 years. The team use a flexible approach, which allows for firms with different capital structures to be systematically evaluated. The portfolio is managed on the basis of an existing strategy launched in 2009. As of 30 September, assets under management at Lazard Asset Management and affiliated companies totalled USD176bn.
07/11/2013

Miton closes income fund to new investors

Miton Asset Management would like to close its Miton UK Multi-Cap Income fund, whose assets under management total slightly over GBP182m, Fundweb reports.The strategy, co-managed by Gervais Williams and Martin Turner, will be withdrawn from the Novia platform from 29 November. The move comes as part of plans to manage about GBP550m in another fund, the Miton Diverse Income Trust 9GBP345.5m), also managed by Williams.
07/11/2013

Arderova AM launches long-only fund

Arderova Asset Management, the firm founded by former fund managers from Liontrust, is launching a global long-only equity fund as an addition to its long/short strategy.
07/11/2013

Deutsche Bank launches longevity fund

With the Longevity Experience Options (LEO) fund, Deutsche Bank has launched a longevity index which aims to allow insurance companies and pension funds cover their longevity risks, Health Insurance & Protection Daily reports. The new tool, which initially covers positions in the England, Wales and the Netherlands, integrates longevity figures from demographic data published by national statistical institutions.This is used as the basis for a tradeable product which covers five-year tranches by age and sex, to facilitate the creation of standardized products by subcribers on the basis of their liabilities. The LEO fund will also improve liquidity and facilitate price formation in this new asset class.
07/11/2013

BlackRock tops 5% of capital in Azimut

BlackRock now controls 5.004% of capital in the Italian asset management firm Azimut, as part of its third-party management, Bluerating reports. The capital is controlled via 12 different vehicles.
07/11/2013

Deka Immobilien invests in Warsaw

Skanska Property Poland, the Polish affiliate of the Skanska group, has sold the office property Atrium 1 in Warsaw for about EUR94m to the German firm Deka Immobilien.The property, with 18,000 square metres, which is slated for completion in spring 2014, is already 75% leased, to Zachodni WBK bank, among others. It will be added to the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienGlobal, for which it represents the first investment in Poland, although over the long term most of the portfolio is expected to be placed in properties outside Europe.

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