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12/07/2011

L'EFPA Espagne recrute sept gestionnaires supplémentaires

Société Générale, Pictet Funds, Amundi, Goldman Sachs, Carmignac Gestion, BlackRock et Dexia ont été acceptés comme adhérents par l’assemblée générale du collège espagnol de l’European Financial Planning Association (EFPA), lequel compte désormais 38 entreprises adhérentes et 8.500 membres bénéficiant des certifications EFA (European Financial Advisor) et EFP (European Financial Planner).
12/07/2011

Société Générale Private Banking compte se développer en Asie

L’Agefi rapporte que Société Générale Private Banking prévoit d’accroître le nombre de ses conseillers dédiés à de riches clients asiatiques de 100 actuellement à 150 dans les 4 à 5 prochaines années. Le groupe emploie environ 400 personnes en Asie, hors Japon, précise le quotidien.
12/07/2011

db-X ETC connaît une forte expansion

Selon une étude de la Deutsche Bank, la plate-forme db-X ETC (lancée en mars 2010) a été au premier semestre celle de tous les promoteurs d’ETC qui a enregistré la plus forte croissance en Europe, a indiqué le 11 juillet Thorsten Michalik responsable à la fois de db-X ETC et de db x-trackers. Concrètement, db-X ETC (40 produits actuellement) a vu ses encours augmenter en janvier-juin de 592 millions d’euros pour atteindre 1,4 milliard au 30 juin. Autrement dit, la Deutsche Bank a raflé durant la période sous revue la quasi-totalité des souscriptions nettes du secteur en Europe.La banque allemande souligne notamment que l’encours du Physical Gold Euro Hedged ETC a gonflé au premier semestre de 263 millions d’euros, pour atteindre 620 millions d’euros. Parmi les ETF de db x-trackers, le produit de matières premières db x-trackers DBLCI-OY Balanced ETF a enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 93 millions d’euros en janvier-juin, pour atteindre 1,2 milliard d’euros.
12/07/2011

SGSS a été mandaté par Carnegie Investment Bank

Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) a annoncé, lundi 7 juillet, avoir été mandaté par Carnegie Investment Bank, un groupe de services financiers suédois s’adressant aux institutions, aux entreprises et aux particuliers dans le domaine de l’échange de titres, de la banque d’investissement, de la banque privée et de la gestion d’actifs. SGSS doit fournir à l'établissement des services de valorisation indépendante, une mise à jour permanente de ces services ainsi que la capacité à répondre aux demandes spécifiques de clients de Carnegie sur un marché en perpétuel développement.
12/07/2011

Sarasin ouvre à Cologne sa quatrième agence en Allemagne

Le bâlois Banque Sarasin a annoncé l’ouverture pour le 18 juillet d’une succursale à Cologne, dans l’immeuble ultra-moderne Kranhaus Süd (un ancien poste de grue) sur les anciens docks. Il s’agit de la quatrième implantation en Allemagne pour la banque suisse.Dans un premier temps, cette succursale sera animée par cinq personnes sous la direction de Michael Rivera, ce dernier ayant rejoint Sarasin au 1er juillet en provenance de la Deutsche Bank où il était spécialement chargé du suivi de la clientèle très haut de gamme (Ultra High Net Worth Individuals).Banque Sarasin dispose en Allemagne d’une licence bancaire «pleine» depuis 2008 ; elle a été bénéficiaire dès la fin de l’exercice 2010.
12/07/2011
Fonds

db x-trackers lance 11 ETF sur les émergents et un ETF sur les hedge funds

A présent, la cote du segment XTF de la plate-forme francfortoise Xetra compte 835 ETF : db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) vient en effet de lancer douze ETF, dont dix répliquant des sous-indices sectoriels des marchés émergents : biens de consommation, énergie, finances, santé, industrie, technologies de l’information, biens de consommation discrétionnaire, services de télécommunications, utilities et matériaux. De plus, db x-trackers a lancé un ETF inversé, le MSCI Emerging Market Short Daily Index ETF, et un ETF de hedge funds répliquant le db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index.Les nouveaux produits sont les suivants (suivis de leur code ISIN et de la commission de gestion) :db x-trackers DB Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF LU0519153489 0.90%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Market Short Daily Index ETF LU0518622286 0.95%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Materials TRN Index ETF LU0592217284 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Consumer Discretionary TRN Index ETF LU0592216476 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Consumer Staples TRN Index ETF LU0592216559 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Energy TRN Index ETF LU0592216633 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Financials TRN Index ETF LU0592216807 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Healthcare TRN Index ETF LU0592216989 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Industrials TRN Index ETF LU0592217011 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Information Technology TRN Index ETF LU0592217102 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Utilities TRN Index ETF LU0592217441 0.65%et db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services TRN Index ETF LU0592217367 0.65%
Fonds
12/07/2011

WGF est devenue bénéficiaire en 2010

Pour 2010, WGF Westfälische Grundbesitz und Finanzverwaltung AG déclare un chiffre d’affaires de 124,3 millions d’euros contre 28,7 millions un an plus tôt, et un bénéfice de 12,5 millions d’euros contre une perte de 0,4 million.La charge exceptionnelle passée en 2008 sur la cession d’immeubles à trois fonds immobiliers est désormais résorbée, les actifs ayant pu être revendus à d’autres investisseurs. WGF, qui est spécialiste du négoce immobilier, est également promoteur de fonds immobiliers fermés.
12/07/2011

F&C REIT recrute trois personnes en Allemagne

Le gestionnaire d’actifs britannique spécialiste de l’immobilier F&C REIT Asset Management (8,5 milliards d’euros d’encours) annonce avoir recruté chez Comfort München un investment analyst, Flroian Schlomberg et deux gérants d’actifs, Jan Abel (ex Sitwa Asset Management) et Uwe Bacher (ex TAG Immobilien).
12/07/2011
Fonds

Les temps sont durs pour certains fonds macro

Pour le premier semestre, le sous-indice des hedge funds macro de Hedge Fund Research accuse une perte de 2,2 %, avec des baisses de 1,8 % en juin et de 2,2 % en mai, alors que pour la période de janvier à juin, le S&P 500 a gagné 5 % rapporte The Wall Street Journal.Certains grands noms de ce segment connaissent une période difficile : le Remington Investment Strategies de Moore Capital management a perdu 3,9 %, le Macro Fund de Fortress Investment Group a reculé de 3,6 % et le BVI Global de Tudor Investment a perdu 2,9 % en juin.Cependant, le Master Fund de Brevan Howard a gagné 0,8 % en juin et 4 % pour le premier semestre.
Fonds
12/07/2011
Fonds

Apax Partners lève 700 millions d'euros

Apax Partners, la société d’investissement dans les mid-caps dirigée désormais par Eddie Misrahi lève 700 millions d’euros, rapporte Les Echos. La base d’investisseurs du nouveau fonds est essentiellement nord-américaine et européenne sachant que la quête de fonds asiatiques aurait nécessité des mois supplémentaires. Cependant, «nous allons en faire une priorité stratégique pour le fonds prochain», a indiqué Eddie Misrahi. Sur les 700 millions d’euros levés, le fonds a déjà investi une quote-part dans trois de ses secteurs de prédilection, les technologies, les télécoms et la santé, précise le quotidien.
Fonds
12/07/2011

Net subscriptions to long-term funds down by half in May

According to statistics from Lipper FMI published on 11 July, equity funds in Europe excluding ETFs saw net redemptions of EUR215m in May. Including ETFs, net subscriptions to equity funds fell to EUR2bn, from EUR13.4bn in April, which explains the overall decline in net susbcriptions to all funds excluding money markets to EUR13.2bn from EUR26.6bn the previous month.Overall, thanks to net subscriptions of EUR7.1bn to French money market funds, and more generally to inflows to money market funds (EUR9.6bn), European funds in May saw net subscriptions of EUR22.7bn.It is also worth noting that net subscriptions to bond funds increased to EUR9.5bn from EUR7.7bn in April, even though net inflows to high yield bond funds slowed slightly, to EUR2.7bn (a total of EUR21.6bn for the first five months of the year).Lipper FMI also points to the “phenomenal success” of global bonds, which attracted EUR3.3bn, and excellent results for emerging markets debt (EUR2.2bn).Commodities funds attracted EUR450m in May, and EUR4.2bn in the first five months of the year, while raw materials saw net outflows of EUR180m in May, and net inflows of EUR4.3bn in January-May.The top three for inflows in May were BlackRock, with EUR3bn, including ETFs from iShares. Excluding ETFs, the winner is Invesco (EUR530m), followed by Franklin Templeton (EUR2.6bn).
12/07/2011

Heavy outflows from Swedish equities funds in June

In June, Swedish funds saw total net redemptions of SEK4bn, meaning that in first half, net subscriptions total only SEK12.6bn, much of which is due to inflows to diversified funds (SEK11.9bn, despite net outflows of SEK0.1bn in June), and money market funds (SEK11.3bn, of which EUR5.3bn were in June). Poor results in June are due to outflows of SEK13.2bn from equities funds, where the bottom line is also negative to the tune of SEK14.2bn in January-June. June was the first month of net redemptions in 2011, following net subscriptions of SEK2.1bn in May, and SEK6.9bn in April, according to statistics from Fondsbolagens förening, the Swedish association of asset management firms.Bond funds, which saw net inflows of SEK3.6bn in June, show net subscriptions of only SEK0.6bn in first half. Hedge funds attracted SEK0.5bn in June, and SEK3bn in the first six months of the year.As of the end of June, total assets in Swedish funds came to SEK1.953trn, of which SEK1.140trn are in equities funds, SEK363bn in diversified funds, SEK210bn in money market funds, and SEK190bn in equities funds.
12/07/2011
Gestion d'actifs

Non coté: Agicam a investi récemment dans le fonds Citizen Capital

Dans un article paru dans Option Finance, Philippe Dutertre, président du directoire d’Agicam revient sur la stratégie d’investissement sur le non coté de son groupe: Dans le domaine du capital investissement, qui constitue une niche en termes d’encours, nous avons investi dans 55 fonds ce qui, par transparence, recouvre un apport en fonds propres à près de 200 entreprises sur le territoire national, 100 000 emplois, un chiffre d’affaires de 10milliards d’euros et un bénéfice net de 1.2 milliards d’euros. Nous évaluons la performance de cette poche d’investissement non seulement à travers le TRI (taux de rentabilité interne), mais aussi à l’aune de son utilité sociale. Nous avons à ce titre investi récemment dans le fonds Citizen Capital afin d’encourager la diversité.
Gestion d'actifs
12/07/2011

Departure of Bruno Vanier does not spell trouble for EDRAM organisation

Philippe Couvrecelle, chairman of the board at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (EDRAM) has confirmed to Newsmanagers reports that appeared on the website H24 Finance that Bruno Vanier, co-chief investment officer at the firm, will be leaving. Vanier is expected to leave the company at the end of July. “Bruno is taking his career in a different direction, and the transition will be done smoothly,” says Couvrecelle, who also points out that the organisation set up since the beginning of the year will remain. EDRAM has this year recruited a director of management, Philippe Uzan, who is assisted by Vanier.Couvrecelle says no recruitments are planned at this time. “We will observe the way our company works,” he says, “knowing that by its nature, EDRAM offers a high degree of autonomy to its management teams, led by senior heads, themselves assisted by experienced professionals.” The firm will in September welcome Thomas Gerhardt (a former star manager at DWS Investments, Deutsche Bank group) as head for emerging markets and commodities into that structure. Gerhardt will be based in Frankfurt, and will rely on teams based in Paris and Hong Kong, among others.
12/07/2011

OFI launches a new asset management firm

The OFI group on Monday, 11 July announced the launch of Zencap Asset management, which has recently been issued an AMF license.Zencap Asset Management, an affiliate of OFI, is a third-party asset management firm led by Richard Jacquet, with the objective of contributing to the range of credit products managed by OFI AM with its expertise in management and dedicated investment for third parties, specialised in opportunities in the structured finance and securitisation universes. With this in mind, a private-debt type opportunistic approach is used, which allows investors optimised access to distressed and credit assets, a statement says.Zencap Asset Management, with four managers, will take over management of two contractual funds managed previously by the same team at OFI Asset Management, and an advising mandate for a French institutional investor. The new entity, whose total assets managed and advised total EUR300m, will target institutional clients, private banks and family offices for its future growth.
12/07/2011

Tikehau group recruits a legal expert

The Tikehau group has announced the recruitment of Arnaud de Pesquidoux (a former partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel) as General Counsel. The recruitment comes at a time “when inflows are growing strongly, and the selection of investment opportunities more than ever requires rigour, particularly in legal areas,” the group says.The arrival of de Pesquidoux is also an indication of Tikehau’s desire to increase its real estate expertise. The firm is launching its first real estate OPCI fund, which will invest in properties that respect the highest environmental standards, and is also looking at a growing number of opportunities resulting from the ongoing recomposition of the real estate financing market, a statement says.
12/07/2011

Strong increase in transactions in 2011 for BNP Paribas REIM

The management firm BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management has posted a trading volume in the first six months of the year 2011 of EUR246.55m for its managed accounts, an increase of 67% compared with first half 2010 (EUR147.73m).In terms of deals, BNP Paribas REIM sold properties for EUR39.94m, compared with a volume of EUR17.20m in first half 2010. In office real estate, EUR38.25m in deals were done, corresponding to the sale of 10 properties. In residential real estate, four apartments were sold for a total of EUR1.69m, a statement says.
12/07/2011

Rapid growth at db-X ETC

According to a study by Deutsche Bank, the db-X ETC platform (launched in March 2010) was the fastest-growing ETC promoter in Europe, Thorsten Michalik, head of both db-X ETC and db x-trackers, announced on 11 July.db-X ETC (currently 40 products) has seen an increase in its assets in January-June of EUR592m, for a total of EUR1.4bn as of 30 June. In other words, Deutsche Bank took on virtually all net subscriptions in the sector in Europe in the period under review.The German bank says that assets in the Physical Gold Euro Hedged ETC increased in first half by EUR263m, to a total of EUR620m.Among the ETFs from db x-trackers, the commodities product db x-trackers DBLCI-OY Balanced ETF has seen net subscriptions of EUR93m in January-June, for a total of EUR1.2bn.
12/07/2011

BlackRock offers FMA services in Spain

Funds People reports that Armando Senra, CEO of BlackRock for Iberia, and deputy CEO of BlackRock Latin America, has announced that the US group is planning to offer the services of Financial Markets Authority (FMA), one of the units of its division BlackRock Solutions, to Spanish entities.FMA may also assist interested establishments in setting up “bad bank” disposal structures, vehicles to house their toxic assets. The firm can also help firms which are obliged to turn to the markets to raise capital.BlackRock Solutions has a total of USD9.5trn under administration, of which USD3.6trn are for BlackRock. The remainder is distributed over 140 clients, including central banks, other asset managers, insurers, pension funds, and banks.
12/07/2011

Société Générale Private Banking plans to grow in Asia

Agefi reports that Société Générale Private Banking is planning to increase the number of advisers it has dedicated to Asian high net worth clients, from 100 currently, to 150 in the next 4 to 5 years. The group has about 400 employees in Asia outside Japan, the newspaper reports.
12/07/2011

Banks court hedge funds

According to the most recent edition of a Fed survey of the 20 largest brokerage firms, undertaken since 2010, none of the banks which provide most of the financing for securities acquisitions by hedge funds toughened their lending conditions in the March-May quarter, the Financial Times reports. It is the fifth consecutive quarter in which the study has shown an easing credit conditions.Eleven brokers stated that financial conditions had been eased for hedge funds and private equity investors. Of those eleven lenders, nine cited intensifying competition as a motive for the easing of conditions, while eight also stated that the financial situation of counterparties has improved, and seven said they themselves were prepared to take on more risk.A majority of those surveyed also said that hedge funds and private equity had made efforts to obtain more advantageous conditions in negotiations.
12/07/2011

db x-trackers releases 11 emerging markets ETFs and a hedge fund ETF

The XTF listings of the Frankfurt Xetra platform now includes 835 ETFs: db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) has released 12 new ETFs, ten of which replicate emerging markets sectoral sub-indices: consumer goods, energy, finance, health, industrials, IT, discretionary consumer products, telecommunications, utilities, and materials.In addition, db x-trackers has launched an inverse ETF, the MSCI Emerging Market Short Daily Index ETF, and a hedge fund ETF which replicates the db Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index.The new products are the following (followed by their ISIN code and management commission):db x-trackers DB Equity Strategies Hedge Fund Index ETF LU0519153489 0.90%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Market Short Daily Index ETF LU0518622286 0.95%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Materials TRN Index ETF LU0592217284 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Consumer Discretionary TRN Index ETF LU0592216476 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Consumer Staples TRN Index ETF LU0592216559 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Energy TRN Index ETF LU0592216633 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Financials TRN Index ETF LU0592216807 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Healthcare TRN Index ETF LU0592216989 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Industrials TRN Index ETF LU0592217011 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Information Technology TRN Index ETF LU0592217102 0.65%db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Utilities TRN Index ETF LU0592217441 0.65%and db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services TRN Index ETF LU0592217367 0.65%
12/07/2011

Tobam applies its diversification principles to emerging markets

The asset management firm Tobam on Monday, 11 July announced the launch of the Anti-Benchmark Emerging Market Equity fund. The UCITS III-compliant, OPCVM format fund aims to maximise diversification through an application of the Anti-Benchmark process to the entire emerging markets universe, represented by the MSCI Emerging Market index.In order to deliver investors the risk premia that are genuinely available on this market, the fund eliminates geographical, style and sectoral biases which may be involved in more traditional management, such as weighting by cap size. In terms of performance, the fund aims to outperform the cap size-weighted emerging markets index by about 4% to 6% per year, while significantly reducing volatility (about 30%).CharacteristicsName: TOBAM Anti-Benchmark Emerging Market Equity FundISIN codes: FR0011039320Benchmark index: MSCI Emerging MarketsLiquidity: Daily
12/07/2011

John Locke Investments lance un fonds de performance absolue

John Locke Investments, le gérant quantitatif, a annoncé le lancement de son premier fonds UCITS de droit français coordonné. Il s’agit d’un fonds de performance absolue agréé AMF et représentatif d’une de ses stratégies historiques de la société - Cyril Systematic.
12/07/2011

Recruitments at Credit Suisse Spain

Staff at Credit Suisse Spain has been increased, with the recruitment of two private bankers, Mariano B. Alierta Sancho (ex M&G Valores) and Rocío Cerón Sánchez (ex La Caixa). In addition, Credit Suisse Gestión (EUR2bn in assets) has recruited Verónica López-Ibor Vega-Penichet (ex UBS) as a portfolio manager.
12/07/2011

South Korean pension fund increases exposure to emerging markets equities

The South Korean military pension fund MMAA 9Military Mutual Aid Association) is seeking to increase its allocation to equities, through investment in emerging markets in second half, Asian Investor reports. The fund, founded in 1984, has hitherto invested mostly in Korean and international real estate, but growth in its assets has led it to revise this strategy. Last year, assets under management increased 12%, to USD6.8bn as of the end of December; they now total USD7.6bn. The real estate allocation has already been lowered to 45.9%, as allocation to “financial investments” has been increased from 49.2% last year to 54.1% this year. The “financial investors” category, which will continue to increase, is 55.2% composed of engagements to private equity funds, and 44.8% of investments in equities and bonds.
12/07/2011

Schroders registers five funds from its Luxembourg range in Spain

The CNMV has issued a sales license for three equities sub-funds of the Luxembourg Sicav Schroder ISF (European Equity Focus, Global Demographic Opportunities and US Equity Alpha), and for two fixed income compartments of the same Sicav, the Currency Absolute Return and the Euro Credit Duration Hedge.
12/07/2011

Barclays preparing a Spanish mortgage fund

Subscriptions to the future Barclays Renta 13 are open until 22 July, Funds People reports. The product is a fund which will invest primarily in cedulas hipotacarias (mortgage bonds) from Spanish issuers, and which promises returns of at least 3% per year over a 2 year, 5 month period. Minimal subscription is set at EUR600.
12/07/2011

Banque Degroof registers a fund in Spain

Funds People reports that the Belgian asset management firm Bank Degroof has registered a high dividend equities sub-fund of its Luxembourg Sicav, Degroof Equities International Selection, with the CNMV for sale in Spain.Currently, the fund is overweight in shares from the energy, materials, discretionary consumer goods and health sectors, with 60% of the portfolio invested in France and Germany.Management and administration commissions are limited to 0.1% and 0.135%, respectively, while assets are still below EUR125m. Once assets exceed that limit, the fees will be lowered to 0.05% and 0.105%. Distribution and depository banking commissions are 0.35% and 0.03%, respectively.
12/07/2011

Lisbon Sporting FC to have its own investment fund

On 8 July, the Portuguese securities commission (CMVM) announced that on 7 July, it issued a license to create the Sporting Portugal Fund, a Fundo Especial de Investimento Mobiliário Fechado which will be managed by ESAF Espirito Santo Fundos de Investimento Mobiliário.The product is a closed fund, which like the Benfica Stars Club (see Newsmanagers of 30 September 2009 and 6 July 2010) aims to earn a part of the revenues and profits of the football club Sporting Clube de Portugal of Lisbon on its player trades. The fund will initially have EUR15m in assets. The construction of the fund, strictly speaking, is scheduled for 8 August.

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