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13/01/2012

Charlemagne place sa gestion en double commande

Marck Bickford-Smith quitte T. Rowe Price International pour devenir d’ici à la fin du mois co-directeur des investissement (joint-CIO) de Charlemagne Capital, rapporte Money Marketing. L’intéressé, qui a passé la période 1988-1995 en Asie pour Robert Fleming puis Jardine Fleming, est rentré à Londres pour travailler chez T. Rowe Price. Il sera la doublure de Julian Mayo, le CIO.L’encours de Charlemagne au 3 janvier ressortait à 2,33 milliards de dollars sur cinq lignes de produits.
13/01/2012

Franklin Templeton renforce son équipe commerciale

L'équipe de distribution de Franklin Templeton pour l’Allemagne compte désormais 25 personnes (22 pour le retail et les banques, 3 pour l’institutionnel), depuis le recrutement de Murat Bakir, qui sera chargé de la clientèle individuelle pour l’Allemagne méridionale, essentiellement la Bavière. Il remplace Sabine Stöhr, qui va désormais suivre la clientèle des gestionnaires de fortune dans l’ensemble de l’Allemagne. Le nouvel arrivant sera subordonné à Thomas Wahl, directeur de la distribution.Avant de rejoindre Franklin Templeton, Murat Bakir a passé 14 ans comme spécialiste des valeurs mobilières auprès de la banque populaire (Volksbank) de Stuttgart.En Allemagne, Franklin Templeton gère actuellement environ 19 milliards de dollars dans des fonds offerts au public, ce qui en fait l’une des principales sociétés de gestion d’origine étrangère. Le numéro un étranger est BlackRock, avec 27,4 milliards d’euros fin novembre.
13/01/2012
Fonds

Deka Immobilien investit à Nuremberg

Pour environ 38 millions d’euros, Deka Immobilien a acheté au fonds LaSalleEuroGrowthII le complexe Rothenbach Center (14.300 mètres carrés) situé à Nuremberg. Cet actif est affecté au fonds immobilier institutionnel WestInvest TargetSelect Shopping.
Fonds
13/01/2012
Fonds

TPG s'intéresserait à Olympus

TPG, société américaine de private equity, serait disposée selon Reuters à investir environ un milliard de dollars dans le groupe japonais d'électronique en quête de fonds afin de soutenir le projet d’un partenaire industriel, rapporte L’Agefi.
Fonds
13/01/2012

Le processus de vente de Dexia AM bientôt enclenché

Selon L’Agefi, Dexia va lancer la semaine prochaine le processus de vente de son pôle de gestion d’actifs, Dexia AM. Il a mandaté Barclays à cet effet, après avoir reçu une trentaine de marques d’intérêt.
13/01/2012

Forte chute de l'encours d'AllianceBernstein et Legg Mason en 2011

De fin décembre 2010 à fin décembre 2011, les actifs gérés par AllianceBernstein ont chuté de 80 milliards de dollars, pour revenir à 406 milliards, tandis que ceux de Legg Mason se sont contractés de 44,8 milliards, à 627 milliards.Sur la même période, l’encours de Franklin Templeton est resté stable, la chute de 25,9 milliards supportée sur les actions étant compensée par une hausse de 35,7 milliards sur l’obligataire qui a également épongé la chute de 9,7 milliards sur les produits hybrides. Au total, en comptant la diminution de 0,5 milliard sur le monétaire, le groupe affiche un encours de 670,3 milliards fin décembre contre 670,7 milliards douze mois plus tôt.Enfin, Invesco affiche un accroissement de 9,3 milliards de dollars par rapport à fin 2010, pour terminer l’an dernier à 625,3 milliards de dollars.
13/01/2012
Fonds

Franklin Templeton commercialise un fonds de fonds

Thomas A. Nelson et Tony Coffey sont chargés de gérer la partie fonds du nouveau Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, qui investit principalement dans d’autres mutual funds du groupe Franklin Templeton, tandis que Warren Keyser, chez Franklin Templeton Institutional gère la partie investie en obligations du Trésor indexées sur l’inflation (TIPS). Ce nouveau produit vise une performance supérieure au taux d’inflation des Etats-Unis sur un cycle complet de 5 ans.Pour la classe de parts A, le droit d’entrée est de 5,75 % et la commission de gestion de 1,30 %, précise la notification à la SEC en date du 15 décembre.
Fonds
13/01/2012
Fonds

Quilvest Gestion lance Saint Germain Euro Yield

Comme annoncé mardi, Quilvest Gestion lance Saint Germain Euro Yield, un fonds obligataire avec pour univers d’investissement des titres notés entre BB- et BBB+, offrant un rendement homogène des titres en portefeuille. Sur le plan géographique, le portefeuille est centré sur l’Allemagne, la France et les pays du nord de l’Europe, jugés les plus solides émetteurs européens. Quant aux émissions recherchées, elles appartiennent à des souches de plus de 300 millions d’euros. Avec une stratégie buy and hold et une maturité cible 2017, l'équipe de gestion, compte tenu des conditions de marchés actuelles (au 6/1/2012), vise un rendement moyen annuel de 6% brut sur la durée d’investissement recommandéeLe fonds est géré par le binôme Thibault Prebay et Rémi Lelu de Brach, respectivement directeur de la gestion Taux de Quilvest Gestion et gérant. Caractéristiques :Codes ISIN Part I : FR0011167394/Part P : FR0011142306Droits d’entrée : 2% TTC maximumFrais de gestion 0,60% TTC (Part I) maximum / 1,20% TTC (Part P) maximumValeur Liquidative d’origine 10 000 € (Part I)/1 000 € (Part P)Indice de référence (mentionné à titre indicatif) : 50% Iboxx euro corporate + 50% Markit iBoxx EUR High Yield Main Cum Crossover LCDurée d’investissement recommandée 5 ans minimum
Fonds
13/01/2012

Un nouveau CEO pour Jennison Associates

Mehdi Mahmud a été nommé cette semaine chief executive officer de Jennison Associates, une des sociétés de gestion du groupe Prudential Financial. Dennis Kass, jusqu'à présent CEO et président du directoire du gestionnaire américain, conserve sa fonction de chairman, précise un communiqué.
13/01/2012
Fonds

L'indice Lyxor des hedge funds en recul de 6,59% sur un an

L’indice Lyxor des hedge funds s’est inscrit en baisse de 0,36% en décembre et affiche ainsi un recul de 6,59% sur un an.En décembre, les stratégies les plus performantes ont été les stratégies CTA Long Term (1,29%), obligations convertibles et arbitrage de volatilité (1,22%) et distressed securities (0,57%).
Fonds
13/01/2012
Fonds

John Hancock commercialise une version du fonds GARS de SLI

Désormais, les investisseurs particuliers américains peuvent souscrire au travers de leurs conseillers financiers le John Hancock Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund (JHAAX), qui est en réalité une version américaine du GARS de Standard Life Investments (SLI). Le britannique figure d’ailleurs dans le générique comme «sub-advisor» chargé de la gestion du portefeuille. Le fonds sera proposé aux investisseurs américains isolément ou dans le cadre du fonds d’allocation d’actifs John Hancock Alternative Asset Allocation (JAAAX) ou de plusieurs des fonds John Hancock Lifestyle.La stratégie GARS pède 19 milliards de dollars chez SLI tandis que John Hancock Funds affiche un encours de 64 milliards de dollars dans le domaine des fonds de fonds d’allocation d’actifs au 30 novembre 2011. Les actifs totaux gérés par SLI se montent au total à 233.4 milliards de dollars.
Fonds
13/01/2012
Fonds

Henderson Property vend un immeuble de bureaux à Paris

Henderson Global Investors annonce avoir vendu un immeuble de bureaux situé rue de Gramont à Paris à iii-investments pour 17,5 millions d’euros. L’actif, qui faisait partie du portefeuille Warburg-Henderson Pan Europa Fonds N°1 a été vendu pour le compte de la joint-venture Warburg-Henderson.
Fonds
13/01/2012

John Hancock rolls out a version of GARS fund from SLI

US retail investors may now subscribe to the John Hancock Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund (JHAAX) via their independent financial advisers. The fund is actually a US version of the GARD fund from Standard Life Investments (SLI). The British fund is listed generically as a “sub-advisor” to the fund for portfolio management. The fund will be available to stand-alone US investors via the asset allocation fund John Hancock Alternative Asset Allocation (JAAAX) or several John Hancock Lifestyle funds. The GARS strategy has USD19bn in assets at SLI, while John Hancock Funds has assets of USD64bn in asset allocation funds of funds as of 30 November 2011. Total assets under management at SLI add up to USD233.4bn.
13/01/2012

Lyxor hedge fund index down 6.59% for the year

The Lyxor hedge fund index lost 0.36% in December, and is down 6.59% for the year.In December, the best-performing strategies were CTA Long Term (1.29%), convertible bonds and volatility arbitrage (1.22%), and distressed securities (0.57%).
13/01/2012

Deka Immobilien invests in Nuremberg

Deka Immobilen has acquired the Rothenbach Center complex (14,300 square metres), located in Nuremberg, from the LaSalleEuroGrowthII fund, for about EUR38m. The property will be added to the portfolio of the institutional real estate fund WestInvest TargetSelect Shopping.
13/01/2012

Outflows of more than USD100bn in Q3, 2011

Assets in investment funds worldwide were down 4.7% in third quarter, to a total of USD18.580trn as of the end of September 2011, according to international statistics published on 12 January by the European finance and asset management association (EFAMA). In US dollars, assets are down by as much as 10.9%, to USD25.090trn, due to the appreciation of the US dollar against the euro. Third quarter ended with net outflows of USD104bn, compared with a net inflow of USD147bn in second quarter. The cause of the downturn was that long-term funds which saw a net inflow of USD58bn in third quarter, whereas they attracted USD206bn in second quarter. Bond funds saw inflows of only USD7bn, compared with USD70bn in inflows in second quarter. Equity funds had net redemptions totalling USD79bn, following net inflows of USD16bn, and diversified funds finished the quarter under review with a net outflow of USD14bn. In the United States, net outflows from long-term funds totalled only USD13bn, though they totalled USD78bn in Europe. Money market funds show outflows of EUR46bn in third quarter, compared with EUR59bn previously. In Europe, outflows slowed to EUR5bn, compared with EUR30bn in second quarter, while they increased in the United States, from EUR32bn in second quarter to EUR42bn in third quarter. As of the end of third quarter 2011, assets in equity funds represented 36% of the total, compared with 22% for bond funds and 19% for money market funds.
13/01/2012

Luxembourg courts: a lobster trap for investors

Of 9,500 funds on sale in Germany, more than half are registered in Luxembourg. Assets under management in Luxembourg, at EUR2.032trn, are more than double the total for German-registered funds. Managers like the international character of the financial centre, the un-bureaucratic way of operating of the regulator (CSSF), and the comprehensive nature of political leaders’ concern for a financial industry that is very important for the Grand Duchy.Everyone wins – except investors, Wirtschaftswoche claims. When something goes wrong, clients have a hard time taking claims through the court systems. When the situation is complicated, Luxembourg becomes a trap for investors, one lawyer says. A case in point: Madoff has been behind bars for a long time already, but the legal proceedings over money in his funds still hasn’t begun. Banks are coming up with a constant series of legal tricks to prevent judges from moving ahead with cases filed against depository banks.In order to protect themselves, HSBC Trinkhaus and DZ Privatbank, among others, have taken precautions: they warn subscribers that having a depository bank located abroad carries risks of loss due to bankruptcy, negligence of fiduciary duty, or fraud on the part of the depository or a sub-depository. Next time there is a fraud, nobody will be able to claim they weren’t warned.
13/01/2012

Europeans turn to USD funds

In November, European investors moved into USD bond funds (EUR750m across government, corporate and short term) and USD-denominated money market funds (EUR12.5bn), but out of EUR bonds (EUR10.8bn), according to Lipper. Investors were net withdrawers from fixed income funds overall, with the asset class suffering outflows of EUR13.6bn. This total was worse than on the equity side (outflows of EUR10.5bn) for the first time since April. The European funds industry saw outflows of EUR9bn in November, the best for six months thanks to inflows of EUR18.3bn into money market products.Standard Life topped the group sales chart this month, with net sales of EUR1.1bn, ahead of Prudential/M&G (EUR680m). Both groups enjoyed inflows across their bond, equity and mixed asset products.European sales activity in 2011 may well finish with more than EUR45bn of outflows (excluding money market), although this masks a significant divide between the first half of the year (inflows of EUR96bn) and the second half (outflows around EUR140bn), predicts Lipper. Fund sales in 2011 will likely be best remembered for the scale of inflows for global bond products (dominated by Franklin Templeton) and also, despite stock market conditions, for global equity funds (with Morgan Stanley and M&G most prominent among active managers).
13/01/2012

BofA Merrill Lynch creates a position for a head of prime brokerage in Asia

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Graham Seaton to the newly-created position of head of prime brokerage for the Asia-Pacific region, Asian Investor reports. Seaton, who has worked at BofA Merrill Lynch since 1999 and who had most recently been based in Sydney, will be moving to Hong Kong in first quarter 2012.
13/01/2012

IPO plans called off at ING

ING is calling off plans for an initial public offering of the entity including insurance and asset management activities in Europe and Asia, Agefi reports. “There is no market for IPOs in Europe now,” says Jan Hommen, CEO for the group.
13/01/2012

Charlemagne appoints joint CIO

Marck Bickford-Smith is leaving T. Rowe Price International to become joint chief investment officer (CIO) at Charlemagne Capital from the end of this month, Money Marketing reports. Bickford-Smith, who spent the years from 1988-1995 in Asia for Robert Fleming and then Jardine Fleming, has returned to London to work at T. Rowe Price. He will work alongside Julian Mayo, also CIO.Assets at Charlemagne as of 3 January totalled USD2.33bn in five product lines.
13/01/2012

Quilvest Gestion launches Saint Germain Euro Yield fund

As reported on Tuesday, Quilvest Gestion is launching the Saint Germain Euro Yield fund, a bond fund whose investment universe includes securities rated BB- to BBB+, in order to deliver consistent returns for securities in the portfolio. Geographically, the portfolio is centred on Germany, France, and the countries of northern Europe, which are considered the most solid European issuers. Target bonds are from issues of EUR300m or more. With a Buy and Hold Strategy and a target maturity of 2017, the management team is aiming for average gross annual returns, in light of present market conditions (as of 6 January 2012) of 6% over the recommended investment duration. The fund is managed by Thibault Prebay and Rémi Lelu de Brach, chief investment officer for fixed income and manager at Quilvest Gestion, respectively. Characteristics ISIN codes: I share class: FR0011167394/ P share class: FR0011142306 Front-end fee: 25% maximum TTC Management fees: 0.60% maximum TTC (I share class) / 1.20% maximum TTC (P share class) Net asset value of shares at launch: EUR10,000 (I share class) / EUR1,000 (P share class) Benchmark index (informational purposes only): 50% Iboxx euro corporate + 50% Markit iBoxx EUR High Yield Main Cum Crossover LC Recommended investment duration: maximum 5 years
13/01/2012

Securities funds lost an average 0.52% in 2011

According to the most recent statistics from the Spanish Inverco association of asset management firms, securities funds show average losses for last year as a whole of 0.52%, and returns of 1.48% per year over three years, 0.22% over five years, and 1.33% over ten years.Total assets in securities funds, Sicavs, real estate funds and funds from foreign asset management firms as of the end of December totalled EUR203.41bn, down 6.41% compared with EUR217.49bn recorded one year previously.Assets under management in securities funds last year were down 7.4% to EUR127.77bn, while real estate funds were down 26.6% to slightly under EUR4.5bn. Funds from foreign asset management firms lost only 2.1% of asstes, at EUR47bn. Assets in Sicavs were down 4.8% to EUR24.14bn.Inverco states that net redemptions from securities funds totalled EUR8.42bn for 2011 as a whole, compared with EUR23.89bn in 2010. By category, the heaviest net outflows were from short-term euro bond funds, at EUR6.23bn, while the largest net subscriptions went to guaranteed funds investing primarily in bonds, at EUR6.72bn.
13/01/2012

Anima aims for EUR30bn in assets

Anima Asset Management, which has recently merged with Prima Sgr, would like to achieve EUR30bn in assets under management in 2013, up from EUR27bn presently, Il Sole – 24 Ore reports. Currently, 75% of assets are related to the distribution of products via the networks of shareholding banks (MPS and Popolare di Milano), but the directors of Anima are hoping to alter this balance. The objective is to bring on board 15-20 operators with at least 200-300 agencies. Anima is also hoping to make acquisitions of companies with over EUR1bn in assets under management.
13/01/2012

Franklin Templeton adds to sales team

The distribution team at Franklin Templeton for Germany now has 25 people (22 for retail and banks, and 3 for institutional clients), following the recruitment of Murat Bakir, who will be in charge of individual clients in southern Germany, particularly Bavaria. Bakir replaces Sabine Stöhr, who will now focus on wealth management clients throughout Germany. Bakir will report to Thomas Wahl, director of distribution.Before joining Franklin Templeton, Bakir spent 14 years as a securities specialist at the Volksbank in Stuttgart.In Germany, Franklin Templeton currently manages about USD19bn in open-ended funds, which makes it one of the largest foreign management firms in the country. The top foreign firm is BlackRock, with EUR27.4bn as of the end of November.
13/01/2012

Warburg Invest adds to management team

The asset management affiliate of the Hamburg-based private bank M. M. Warburg, Warburg Invest, has announced that in October it recruited Matthias Mansel as director of equity funds. Mansel had previously been a member of the executive committee at LBBW Asset Management, in charge of risk management.Warburg Invest also recruited Christoph Gebert in June as senior fund manager for small and mid-sized German businesses. He had previously been director and senior portfolio manager at Oppenheim ACA, an investment boutique specialised in SMBs.
13/01/2012

Franklin Templeton releases a fund of funds

Thomas A. Nelson and Tony Coffey will manage the fund portion of the new Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, which invests primarily in other mutual funds from the Franklin Templeton group, while Warren Keyser, at Franklin Templeton Institutional, will manage the portion of the fund investing in US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). The new product will aim for performance higher than inflation in the United States over a complete 5-year cycle. For A-class shares, the front-end fee is 5.75%, and management commission is 1.30%, a SEC filing dated 15 December states.
13/01/2012

BlackRock acquires Canadian activities of Claymore Investments

BlackRock has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Claymore Canada. Based in Toronto, Claymore is an independent Canadian subsidiary of Guggenheim Funds Services Group, a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners. The transaction will allow BlackRock to strengthen its presence in Canada, and to add to the complementary iShares ETF range, a statement says. As of 31 December 2011, BlackRock offered 48 ETF funds in Canadian under the iShares brand, totalling CAD29bn in assets. Claymore Canada has 34 ETF funds in its range, and two closed-end funds, totalling CAD7bn.
13/01/2012

2011 brings steep decline in AUM at AllianceBernstein and Legg Mason

From the end of December 2010 to the end of December 2011, assets under management at AllianceBernstein fell by USD80bn, to USD406bn, while assets at Legg Mason contracted by USD44.8bn, to USD627bn.In the same period, assets at Franklin Templeton held stable, as a decline of USD25.9bn in equities was offset by an increase of USD35.7bn in fixed income, which also offset a decline of USD9.7bn in hybrid products. Overall, counting a USD0.5bn fall in money market funds, the group had total assets of USD670.3bn as of the end of December, compared with USD670.7bn twelve months earlier.Invesco has posted an increase of USD9.3bn compared with the end of 2010, to finish last year with USD625.3bn.
13/01/2012

Dexia AM sale process soon to be completed

Agefi reports that Dexia will next week begin the process to sell its asset management unit, Dexia AM. It has mandated Barclays to conduct the sale, after receiving 30 expressions of interest.

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