Le propriétaire du complexe immobilier chercherait à le céder «rapidement», l’échéance de juillet 2014 nécessaire au remboursement d’un prêt restant la dernière limite. La data room serait ouverte «vraisemblablement» en septembre. «Au même moment, précise le quotidien, deux banques d’affaires seront mandatées pour trouver un repreneur: Morgan Stanley devrait être de la partie. Avec peut-être Rothschild ou BNP Paribas». Acquis pour 2,1 milliards d’euros en 2007, l’ensemble vaut selon un expert «autour de 1,1 milliard». De quoi intéresser selon un spécialiste «soit des fonds souverains du Moyen-Orient et d’Asie, comme ceux d’Abu Dhabi et de Singapour, soit des assureurs qui feraient une offre conjointe».
Des représentants des gouvernements de l’Union se retrouvent aujourd’hui pour tenter d'élaborer un compromis sur la réforme de l’organisation des marchés financiers, débattue depuis plus d’un an et demi. Si l’Ecofin ne parvient pas à un accord fin juin, les débats risquent de s’enliser.
Le quotidien souligne que l’Europe et la France sont distancées dans distancées dans le classement mondial des géants boursiers, citant une étude de PricewaterhouseCoopers. Cette dernière indique que seules 67 des 100 premières capitalisations mondiales il y a cinq ans font encore partie de ce palmarès aujourd’hui. Un classement qui met en lumière la «dégringolade» du Vieux continent. 14 sociétés de la zone euro font partie du palmarès contre 26 en 2008.
Le quotidien indique que la filiale à 92% de Tikehau, Salvepar, va annoncer ce matin son entrée au capital de Latin American Power, opérateur dans l’énergie renouvelable au Chili et au Pérou. L’investissement est de 7 millions de dollars. Salvepar «confirme sa place d’outil de développement pour la société de gestion» selon le quotidien.
Le président du Comité sino-africain des affaires, Zheng Yuewen, confie au quotidien le lancement prochain de deux nouveaux fonds d’investissement dédiés à l’Afrique. Chacun devrait lever un milliard de dollars, l’un pour des investissements commerciaux, l’autre pour des engagements dans le secteur minier.
Le gouvernement français a revu en baisse de huit milliards d’euros ses prévisions de recettes budgétaires pour 2013 par rapport à la loi de finances votée par le Parlement. Auditionné par la commission des Finances de l’Assemblée nationale, Bernard Cazeneuve a précisé pour la première fois que, sur un « trou » de 14 milliards, 8 milliards proviendraient de recettes budgétaires revues en baisse du fait du marasme de l'économie.
Les chefs d’entreprises américains s’attendent à embaucher davantage au cours des six prochains mois et à une légère amélioration de leurs facturations, selon une étude publiée par Business Roundtable. L’indice élaboré par cette fédération patronale a progressé à 84,3 au deuxième trimestre, contre 81 au trimestre précédent et 65,5 au titre des trois derniers mois de 2012.
Selon le président de la Commission européenne José Manuel Barroso, l’Union européenne pourrait garantir le remboursement de prêts accordés à des entreprises afin de faciliter leur accès au crédit, tout particulièrement en Europe du Sud. José Manuel Barroso a déclaré que trois types «d’instruments» étaient examinés pour stimuler les prêts, l’effort devant être particulièrement accentué sur les prêts aux petites et moyennes entreprises.
Le Conseil des Etats, chambre haute du parlement suisse, s’est prononcé à 24 voix contre 15 et 2 abstentions en faveur de la Lex USA, qui doit régler le litige fiscal avec les Etats-Unis. Quelques retouches ont été apportées, en ce qui concerne une meilleure protection des avocats, des intermédiaires et des gestionnaires de fortune en cas de poursuites judiciaires aux Etats-Unis. Le texte doit à présent passer devant le Conseil National, la chambre basse du Parlement suisse.
Qu’ils soient salariés ou agents publics, les lanceurs d’alerte, qui dans le cadre de la lutte contre la fraude fiscale, dénonceront une infraction pénale seront désormais protégés. La commission des lois de l’Assemblée a adopté mercredi, dans le cadre du projet de loi contre la fraude fiscale, un amendement PS allant dans ce sens. Le statut des «repentis», jusqu’ici réservé à la lutte contre la criminalité organisée – est ainsi élargi à la lutte contre les infractions économiques et financières.
La production de pétrole de la Libye est tombée à moins d’un million de barils par jour (bpj) en raison de manifestations dans des ports et sur les sites de certains gisements, a indiqué mercredi la compagnie publique National Oil Corporation. Avant la révolution de 2011, ce pays membre de l’Opep produisait 1,6 million de bpj.
Membre du comité de direction de DWS Investment, Holger Naumann a été élu à l’unanimité au poste de président du directoire de l’association allemande BVI de la gestion d’actifs. Il était déjà membre du directoire depuis 2011 et remplacera au 1er juillet Thomas Neiße, président du comité de direction de Deka Investment, qui restera membre du directeur du BVI. Thomas Neiße était président du directoire du BVI depuis 2010.Le directoire du BVI se compose de Georg Allendorf (RREEF Investment), Barbara Knoflach (SEB AM), Holger Naumann (DWS Investment), Thomas Neiße (Deka Investment), Tobias C. Pross (Allianz Global Investors Europa), Alexander Schindler (Union AM Holding) Karl Stäcker (Franfkurt Trust) et Bernd Vorbeck (Universal-Investment).
Le gestionnaire de fortune Sal. Oppenheim, acquis par la Deutsche Bank en 2009 pour 1 milliard d’euros, devrait renouer avec les bénéfices en 2015, selon son CEO, Wolfgang Leoni, rapporte l’agence Reuters. L’activité serait déficitaire depuis 2011.Wolfgang Leoni estime que les seules réductions de coûts annoncées récemment (Newsmanagers du 29 mai 2013) devraient permettre à Sal. Oppenheim de redevenir bénéficiaire. Cela dit, les souscriptions des cinq premiers mois de l’année est qualifiée de «satisfaisante» par Wolfgang Leoni. La collecte nette sur l’ensemble de l’année 2012 s'était élevée à 3,6 milliards d’euros.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Only 5.6% of board members at the 50 largest European businesses in terms of market capitalisation come from emerging countries, while more than half of these firms earn at least 20% of their revenues in these markets, a new research by Axa Investment Managers reveals. Boards of directors and management at businesses remain highly European, or highly national. 84 per cent of board directors and 76 per cent of senior executives are European nationals. 66 per cent of boards are dominated (more than 50 per cent) by a single nationality. Three firms stand out with a board comprised of only one nationality. They are the Spanish bank BBVA, which earns 50% of its revenues in Latin America, far more than its domestic market (30%), the Swedish clothing store H&M, whose largest market is Europe (32%), while the second-largest is the United States (21%), and the Italian oil firm Eni, which earns 30% of its revenues in Europe and 30% in Italy. Analysis of the proportion of women across the EuroStoxx 50 reveals an hourglass effect: gender balance is high at the bottom of organisations (35 per cent of the workforce are women), decreasing when going up the hierarchy towards senior management (11 per cent of executive committees are female), but increasing again at board level (18 per cent women). Thirteen of the 50 companies have no female senior executive and none have a female CEO at the time of writing. This lack of female senior managers today may create a bottleneck for companies looking to attract women board directors in the future.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As announced by Newsmanagers in mid-May, La Financière Tiepolo this week announced the release for sale of the Tiepolo Europe Rendement fund. The fund, managed by Dominique Dequidt, invests in equities from countries of the European Community and other European countries (Switzerland, Norway, and others). It focuses on research into companies which have offered shareholders the best regular dividends and growth in past years. The fund will have a low turnover rate and will be composed of a maximum of 40 positions. Characteristics: ISIN code: FR0011465681 Management fees: net 2% Eligible for investment from PEA and life insurance policies
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published guidelines on remuneration policies and practices which apply to relevant staff of investment firms, credit institutions and fund management companies when providing investment services, and to national securities regulators enforcing those rules. The guidelines strengthen investor protection by improving the implementation of the conflicts of interest and conduct of business provisions set out in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in the area of remuneration. “A root problem behind the selling of unsuitable financial products is the presence of financial incentive schemes, including target setting or performance management, that do not take into account the clients’ best interests. ESMA’s remuneration guidelines reinforce the MiFID provisions in this regard, and if correctly put in place by investment firms, avoid misleading incentives from the start,” Steven Maijoor, ESMA chair, said in a statement.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Pioneer Investments has recruited two senior equity analysts, Martin Dolan and Michael Morris, as additions to the team dedicated to European equities, Citywire reports. Dolan will be responsible for the consumer staples sector. He previously worked at the Portuguese bank Espirito Santo, where he covered agribusiness and beverages in particular. Morris will be responsible for the materials sector. He previously served as head of a team of 12 analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove, specialised in construction and construction materials.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The services firm RBC Investor & Treasury Services, which belongs to the Canadian Royal Bank of Canada group, on 11 June announced that it has been appointed as global custodian for the fund management firm Polaris Investment SA. RBC will provide global custory, accounting, transfer agency, securities lending, treasury management, and collateral and risk management services. Polaris is the largest Italian platform domiciled in Luxembourg. Its assets under management total over EUR6bn, from institutional investors. Polaris also controls 100% of the Milan-based quantitative asset management firm Quaestio Capital Management.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Currencies, equities and bonds from emerging markets on Tuesday underwent massive sales due to growing concerns on the part of investors about the prospects of a slowdown in the Federal Reserve’s bond purchasing programme, the Financial Times reports. Emerging market economies had been the primary beneficiaries of accommodating monetary policies on the part of central banks. The South African rand and the Brazilian real on Tuesday hit four-year lows against the US dollar, and the Indian rupee hit an all-time record low. The FTSE emerging markets index has lost 1.7%, and has lost more than 10% since May.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Retail alternative products, meaning investment strategies traditionally used by hedge funds or private equity firms, which are restructured for retail clients, mot often in UCITS format, represent a new and fast-growing market segment, according to a study published by SEI. Assets in mutual hedge funds in the United States have more than doubled since 2008, and now represent over USD550bn in 883 portfolios. Alternative UCITS funds have followed a similar trajectory. The study also finds that nearly three out of four financial advisers uses alternative strategies, an an equivalent percentage of advisers says that they have increased their use of these strategies in the past 12 months. Well-known private equity groups, such as AQR, Morgan Stanley Alternatives Investment Partners, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management and Visum Asset Management, have already launched or have submitted applications for licenses to launch such products. Analysts of the sector, including McKinsey, estimate that the number of alternative strategies in the US mutual fund segment may double between 2010 and 2015. Alternative strategies may then represent nearly one quarter of all retail revenues by the end of that period.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Irish green finance promotion firm Green International Financial Services Centre (GIFSC) on 11 June announced the creation of Amarenco, a firm investing in renewable energies. Amsrenco, whose offices will be located in Dublin and London, will concentrate on investments in solar electricity in Europe. The firm is in the process of finalising the creation of a fund dedicated to solar electricity with EUR150m in assets, which will invest as a priority in assets located in the South of England and in France. The founder of the firm, John Mullins, former CEO of Bord Gais, is assisted by Kevin Lynch, chief investment officer, Alain Desvigne, chief operating officer, Nick Howard, company treasurer, and Kevin McNamara, chief financial officer. Staff at Amenco, which currently totals six people, may increase to as many as 20 employees. The partners at Amenco are the independent wealth management firm Davy, as investment manager, DHKN, a wealth management services firm, and Investec, both of which provide financial services and origination.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British firm Schroders has recruited Bogdan Popovici as a portfolio manager for global bonds. Popovici had previously worked at the US asset management firm Wellington Management, as a macro portfolio manager in the global rates and foreign exchange team. Before joining Wellington in 2011, Popovici worked at BlackRock Investment Management in the alpha strategies unit.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The managing director of Vanguard, Thomas Rampulla, and the head of Axa IM UK, Irshaad Ahmad, have joined the board of directors at the IMA, the UK investment management association, bringing the total number of board members to 18, Investment Week reports. The board of directors already includes Will Nott, head of retail activities at M&G, the CEO of Threadneedle, Campbell Fleming, the CEO of Henderson, Andrew Formica, and the former CIO of Schroders, Alan Brown.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management and administration by the British firm Charles Stanley totalled GBP17.7bn at the end of the fiscal year ending on 31 March, up 14.9% compared with March 2012, according to statistics released by the firm on 11 June. Discretionary assets under management alone rose 28% to GBP6.4bn in the period. Pre-tax profits totalled EUR9.1bn, up 7% year on year.
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In May, funds on sale in Sweden recorded net inflows of SEK9.1bn, or slightly over EUR1bn, bringing total inflows since the beginning of the year to SEK46.3bn (EUR5.3bn), according to statistics from the Swedish fund association, Fondbolagens Förening. In April, they posted inflows of SEK10.7bn (EUR1.2bn). All fund categories were in positive territory but it was primarily balanced funds which were favoured by investors, with SEK6.2bn in May (EUR0.7bn), and SEK26.7bn since the beginning of the year (EUR3bn). Equity funds are next, with SEK1.2bn (EUR0.1bn), and SEK 21.5bn since the beginning of the year (EUR2.46bn). Bond and money market funds each show net inflows of EUR0.7bn, and hedge funds of EUR0.4bn. As of the end of May, assets in funds on sale in Sweden totalled SEK2.289trn (EUR262bn), about 55% of it in equity funds.