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17/09/2010

Les administrateurs de Lehman demandent a Axa le remboursement de dividendes

Selon la Tribune, Lehman demande le remboursement des dividendes versés à Axa. Actionnaire à l'époque de 7,25 % de la banque, l’assureur avait perçu des dividendes en août 2008 (8,5 millions de dollars), quelques semaines avant la faillite de l'établissement américain. Or, selon les représentants des créanciers, Lehman était déjà insolvable, note le quotidien.
17/09/2010

RAB Capital émet un avertissement sur résultats

RAB Capital, un des plus grands groupes de hedge funds britannique a émis un avertissement sur ses résultats à venir. Selon Le Financial Times, ces derniers seront loin de ce qui était prévu initialement par la direction. Le groupe devra également faire face à des charges exceptionnelles de 5,5 millions de livres pour restructurations. Des mesures de réduction de coûts sont prévues, ajoute le quotidien. Ainsi, certaines activités technologiques seront externalisées. Selon le FT, RAB Capital devrait également fermer certains de ces fonds, même si le groupe a précisé que les changements au sein de la gamme seraient «limités».
17/09/2010
Fonds

Evercore Pan-Asset ajoute deux OEIC profilés à sa gamme

Pour répondre à la demande émanant des CGPI, Evercore Pan-Asset complète gamme d’OEIC profilés PanDynamic qui comprend déjà les fonds Balanced et Growth. Ces nouveaux produits utilisant une allocation d’actifs dynamique à base d’ETF seront le PanDynamic Defensive et PanDynamic Agressive avec une commission de gestion de 0,9 % pour le retail et de 0,4 % pour les investisseurs institutionnels et les CGPI.Le fonds défensif sera investi à 90 % en actifs obligataires et à 10 % en actifs plus risqués (actions et immobilier) tandis que le produit agressif sera normalement investi à 100 % dans des actifs risqués.La souscription minimale sera de 1.000 livres pour les investisseurs retail.
Fonds
17/09/2010
Fonds

Liontrust remodèle sa palette de fonds

Liontrust est en train de revoir sa gamme de fonds par le biais de changements de noms, d’une fusion de deux portefeuilles britanniques, ainsi que d’une restructuration de plusieurs fonds au format Ucits.Le First Large Cap fund, géré par Gary West et James Inglis-Jones, devrait fusionner avec le First Growth fund, piloté par Anthony Cross et Julian Fosh. Le nouveau véhicule résultant de la fusion sera renommé UK Growth.Autres modifications envisagées, Intelelctual Capital trust devient UK Smaller Companies, Frist Opportunities devient Special Situations, Continental Europe devient European Growth et le First Income fund devient le Income fund. Le groupe se propose en outre de structurer ses fonds au format Ucits III, ce qui devrait entraîner une augmentation des Total Expense Ratio (TER).L’ensemble de ces changements seront soumis à l’approbation des détenteurs de parts à l’occasion d’assemblées générales extraordinaires qui devraient se tenir en septembre et en octobre.
Fonds
17/09/2010
Fonds

Lazard va lancer un fonds émergents

Selon fundstrategy, Lazard va lancer fin septembre un fonds «croissance» investi sur les marchés émergents, le Lazard Developing Markets fund. Il sera géré par Kevin O’Hare et Peter Gillespie et ciblera les entreprises affichant une croissance supérieure à la moyenne.
Fonds
17/09/2010

Le suisse Sunrise (TDC) racheté par CVC Capital Partners

Le groupe danois TDC a annoncé le 17 septembre la cession de l’opérateur zurichois Sunrise à la société de participations CVC Capital Partners pour un montant de 3,3 milliards de francs suisses.TDC avait auparavant envisagé de vendre Sunrise à Orange, filiale de France Télécom, mais l’autorité de régulation suisse avait bloqué la fusion entre les deux sociétés. Les principaux actionnaires de TDC - ils en détiennent près de 88% - sont les sociétés de capital-investissement Apax Partners, Blackstone Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Permira Advisers et Providence Equity Partners.
17/09/2010

Reyl Private Office annonce l'arrivée d'une spécialiste des oeuvres d'art

Reyl Private Office, filiale du Groupe Reyl spécialisé dans l’optimisation juridique et fiscale de grands patrimoines, annonce l’arrivée, début juillet, de Françoise Adam, spécialiste des marchés de l’art. Sa mission est de développer une gamme de services liés à la gestion d’œuvres d’art et de patrimoines artistiques. Avant de rejoindre le Groupe Reyl à Genève, Françoise Adam a travaillé pendant sept ans pour Christie’s, à Paris et Genève. Elle y était chargée du développement de la clientèle et de l’organisation de grandes ventes aux enchères.
17/09/2010

Léger recul des actifs sous gestion de Crédit Agricole (Suisse)

Les actifs sous gestion de Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA s'élevaient au 30 juin à 49,7 milliards de francs suisses, en recul de 1,3% par rapport à fin 2009. Le bénéfice net s’est contracté de 23,9% à 85,5 millions de francs suisses, a indiqué le 16 septembre la filiale du groupe bancaire français.
17/09/2010
Fonds

Martin Currie élargit son offre de stratégies de performance absolue

Martin Currie envisage de compléter sa gamme de fonds Ucits III de performance absolue avec trois nouveaux véhicules.Les trois fonds, européen, japonais et global resources devraient être lancés le 29 septembre, selon Money Marketing. Les trois ont pour objectif de limiter le risque baissier en réduisant l’exposition au marché.
Fonds
17/09/2010
Fonds

Jupiter lance deux fonds pour ses gérants venus de RWC

Au 1er octobre, Jupiter Asset Management lancera deux compartiments de sa sicav luxembourgeoise Jupiter Global Fund, l’un de convertibles, l’autre multi-classes d’actifs, qui seront gérés par Miles Geldard et Lee Manzi, deux spécialistes recrutés chez RWC Partners il y a trois mois (lire notre dépêche du 7 juin). Ces deux fonds coordonnés, le Jupiter Global Convertibles fund et le Jupiter Strategic Total Return fund, ont obtenu l’agrément de commercialisation de la CSSF et ont été enregistrés par la FSA.Le fonds de convertibles sera assorti d’une commission de gestion de 1,7 % pour le retail et de 0,9 % pour les investisseurs institutionnels tandis que le Strategic Total Return facturera 1,25 % pour le retail et 0,75 % pour les parts institutionnelles plus une commission de 10 % avec high watermark sur la surperformance par rapport au banchmark (l’euribor 1 mois pour les parts en euros).
Fonds
17/09/2010
Fonds

MSIM recrute chez Aizawa pour son nouveau fonds Japon

Hisayoshi Takahashi, qui a quitté Azayawa Securities, a été nommé executive director et gérant de portefeuille senior chez Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM). Il est chargé aux côtés d’Arthur Pollok de gérer le nouveau fonds luxembourgeois MS INVF Japanese Equity dont le portefeuille d’actions japonaises comportera 50 à 70 valeurs (entre 1 et 5 % par ligne) sur un univers de 950 sociétés jugées sous-évaluées et dont la capitalisation boursière au moment de l’achat est supérieure à 400 millions de dollars. Ce produit est destiné aux investisseurs institutionnels.
Fonds
17/09/2010

Money market ratings: Moody's proposed changes criticised

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Plans at Moody’s to substitute a system of ratings from MF1 to MF4 for the AAA ratings previously used for money market funds is not an unanimous favourite of asset management professionals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many say the changes run against practices which have been firmly ingrained for years. In addition, critics say that many mandates explicitly state that money must be invested in AAA-rated funds. One of the tougher critics of the plans is Peter Crane, founder of Crane Data, who says that it will take years or decades for investors to adjust to the new system. Other professionals says that it is inconvenient to institute such a differentiation of fund managers. The consultation launched by Moody’s on the subject will remain open until 5 November.
17/09/2010

CFTC meets with swaps associaion

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } At a meeting with members of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on Thursday, Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, spoke of the repercussions of the Dodd-Frank legal reforms of the finance sector for swaps, the Wall Street Journal reports. Gensler estimates that about 200 entities will have to be registered as swap dealers, including global and regional banks. He also says 20 to 30 new entities will apply for swap-execution facility (SEF) licenses, in addition to licenses for the 16 markets which are already regulated. The number of organisations registered for derivatives clearance will increase from 14 currently to 20.
17/09/2010

JP Morgan AM installs a real estate management team in Paris

JP Morgan Asset Management announced on 16 September that its Real Assets division is installing a team in Paris to specialise in commercial real estate. “The initiative will facilitate research into new investment opportunities in France, as well as management of existing real estate properties in the country,” JP Morgan AM says in a statement. In addition to Paris, a team is also being installed in Frankfurt. The Paris team will be led by Jean-Philippe Vergnol, who was previously based in London. The European real estate unit at JP Morgan Asset Management made its first investment in Paris in 2001, and has since constructed a real estate portfolio with a gross value of over EUR500m throughout France. “We have built up a solid investment track record in France. The installation of a team on French territory, in an important market, allows us to more closely monitor the portfolio of properties and continue to expand in the region. The Paris team will concentrate on acquisitions and management of commercial real estate properties. The development follows two recent acquisitions of properties located in the central business district of Paris,” explains Peter Reilly, director of the European real estate unit at JP Morgan AM. The European real estate unit of J.P. Morgan Asset Management manages EUR3.5bn for institutional clients throughout Europe, and has developed a strong local presence, with offices in London and Luxembourg since 1998.p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }
17/09/2010

Rothschild & Cie Gestion shifts into recruitment mode

One year after his arrival as head of the management firm Rothschild & Cie Gestion (on 1 September 2009), Jean-Louis Laurens remains sufficiently confident in the future to foresee further recruitments. At a presentation of the strategic committee’s directions for the firm on 16 September, the director told Newsmanagers that the firm has not ruled out recruiting up to three specialists for emerging markets management, and two sales people. Didier Bouvignies, managing partner and head of management, says that for the past six months there has been a consolidation in emerging markets, and the increases are not more related to changes in currencies related to the US dollar than to the intrinsic valuation of shares. This position remains important at Rothschild & Cie Gestion, but in the short term, managers, who use a stock-picking strategy, are expecting some consolidation, depending on the way that flows evolve.p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }
17/09/2010

Some money market funds increasing risk levels again

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Two years after the Reserve Primary Fund (USD62bn) became the first money market fund to fall below USD1 per share in net asset value (“break the buck”), some funds are once again beginning to bet on higher-risk securities, which increases the potential for trouble despite a wave of new regulations which aim to make the market safer, and which will ultimately hurt diversification, the Wall Street Journal reports. In this environment, some managers are investing in “step-up” savings certificates issued by European banks, such as the American Beacon U.S. Government Money Market Select,” which is investing in non-government repos. Meanwhile, some actors have decided to abandon their money market fund activities altogether, such as SunTrust Banks, which sold a portfolio of USD17bn to Federated in July. When the transaction is completed, the top 20 managers will account for 92% of assets in money market funds, compared with 82% as of the end of 2006. This means that assets will be concentrated in the hands of a continually shrinking number of actors, which will potentially increase risk for investors, analysts claim.
17/09/2010

Martin Currie extends range of absolute return strategies

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Martin Currie is planning to add to its range of UCITS III absolute return funds with three new vehicles. The three funds – European, Japanese, and global resources – will be launched on 29 September, Money Marketing reports. They will aim to limit risks in falling markets by reducing market exposure.
17/09/2010

Lazard to launch an emerging markets fund

According to fundstrategy, Lazard will launch at the end of September a growth-focused emerging markets fund – the Lazard Developing Markets fund. It will be managed by Kevin O’Hare and Peter Gillespie and will target companies with above average levels of growth, trading on realistic valuations.
17/09/2010

Evercore Pan-Asset adds two profiled OEIC funds to its range

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } To meet demand from IFAs, Evercore Pan-Asset is adding to its range of PanDynamic profiled OEIC funds, which already include the Balanced and Growth funds. The new products, which use a dynamic asset allocation based on ETFs, will be the PanDynamic Defensive and PanDynamic aggressive, with management commissions of 0.9% for retail and 0.4% for institutional investors and IFAs. The defensive fund will invest 90% in bond assets and 10% in higher-risk assets (equities and real estate), while the aggressive product will invest up to 100% in high-risk assets. Minimal subscription will be GBP1,000 for retail investors.
17/09/2010

RAB Capital issues profit warning

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } RAB Capital, one of the largest British hedge fund management firms, has issued a warning over future profits. The Financial Times reports that results are expected to be far below what was initially predicted by the firm’s management. The group will also be obliged to make one-time write-downs of GBP5.5m for restructuring. Cost reduction measures are planned, the newspaper adds. Some IT activities will be outsourced. The FT reports that RAB Capital will also be required to close down some funds, although the group says that changes to the product range will be “limited.”
17/09/2010

AIMA to discuss hedge fund pay scales

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) will meet with the British Financial Services Authority (FSA) to discuss the problem of remunerations for hedge fund managers, IPE.com reports. Andrew Baker, chairman of the AIMA, is in favour of “appropriate and proportional” regulation.
17/09/2010

Assets at Crédit Agricole (Suisse) down 1.3%

Assets under management at Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA as of 30 June totalled CHF49.7bn, a decline of 1.3% compared with the end of 2009. Net profits contracted by 23.9% to CHF85.5m, the affiliate of the French banking group announced on 16 September.
17/09/2010

Altira Group recruits Josef Pfannenstill

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The executive board at Altira Advisory on 16 September welcomed Josef Pfannestill, who has been appointed head of relations with intermediaries and distribution partners (private banks, wealth management firms, and funds of funds). He joins Michael Rieder, CEO of Altira Group, and Oliver Brandt. Previously, Pfannenstill was a board member at versiko, where he was in charge of Ökoworld Lux, before becoming head of marketing at Fortis Investments for Germany, Austria and central and eastern Europe. At BNP Paribas Asset Management, he was previously head of distribution for Austria and the countries of central and eastern Europe.
17/09/2010

Sal. Oppenheim sells off Collineo

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Two years after acquiring a struggling Hypo Real Estate, Sal. Oppenheim, which has since itself been acquired by Deutsche Bank, has resold Collineo Asset Management GmbH (Collineo). The management firm, based in Dortmund (EUR6bn in assets) has been bought in a management buyout by its CEO, Dirk Bergander, and the other members of the board, Lincoln International reported on 16 September. No details of the acquisition price have been divulged.
17/09/2010

Germans are unconvinced by BRIC funds

A survey by TNS Emnid on behalf of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), which asked a representative sample of Germans about their perceptions of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) funds, found that only 5.6% of respondents had already invested in a BRIC fund, while 93.5% remained undecided. To complete the picture, 30% of respondents said BRIC funds would generate returns of less than 5%, while 25% expected returns of 6% to 10%, and 6% predicted returns of over 20%. In reality, in the past five years, BRIC funds have earned cumulative net returns, on the basis of the MSCI index, of 134.74%. The two most important factors preventing investors from investing in BRIC countries, the survey finds, are a relative lack of knowledge of these markets (65.1%) and fears of a stock market crash (59.6%), which is a more considerable factor than political instability (51.9%).p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }
17/09/2010

Reyl Private Office announces arrival of an art specialist

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Reyl Private Office, an affiliate of the Reyl group specialised in legal and fiscal optimisation for high net worth clients, has announced the recruitment in early July of Françoise Adam, a specialist in art and artistic assets. Before joining the Reyl group in Geneva, Adam worked for seven years at Christie’s, in Paris and Geneva. There, she was in charge of client development and organising major auctions.
17/09/2010

Ascalon awards a mandate to HSBC Securities

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } ICFA reports that Ascalon Capital Managers, a specialist in the acquisition of management boutiques, has awarded a fund administration and custody mandate for funds on its Australian platform to HSBC Securities.
17/09/2010

Skandia reduces exposure to United States

Skandia Investment Group’s (SIG) Global Asset Allocation Committee (GAAC) – whose views influence a number of SIG’s portfolios – has reduced its exposure to the US as the economy in the region shows further signs of slowing. In the meantime, the asset manager has upping Europe ex UK to less underweight as it expects growth to continue to surprise positively."We expect equities to rally over the next few months and slightly increased our exposure. We think that the risk of a ‘double dip recession’ is low and that after a period of softness this autumn, the US and global economy will pick up next year», says Skandia. The asset manager continues to prefer emerging markets, with a bias towards Asia Pacific and remains neutral on Japan.
17/09/2010

Liontrust remodels fund offerings

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Liontrust is revising its range of funds, with name changes, a merger of two British portfolios, and a restructuring of several funds into UCITS format. The First Large Cap fund, managed by Gary West and James Inglis-Jones, will merge with the First Growth fund, managed by Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh. The new vehicle resulting from the merger will be renamed UK Growth. In other planned modifications, the Intellectual Capital Trust becomes UK Smaller Companies, First Opportunities becomes Special Situations, Continental Europe becomes European Growth, and the First Income fund becomes the Income fund. The group is also proposing to structure funds in UCITS III format, which would result in an increase in total expense ratios. The series of changes will be submitted to a vote of shareholders at extraordinary general meetings to be held in September and October.
17/09/2010

State Street GA wins a mandate from an Italian pension fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } State Street Global Advisors has been selected by Pegaso, a complementary retirement fund for employees of public utility services, to manage a bond mandate worth over EUR60m, Bluerating reports. The mandate will be managed in London.

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