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02/12/2009

Soucis pour quelques fonds immobiliers fermés investis à Dubaï

Le fonds fermé VI. Dubai Fonds KG a vendu à des investisseurs allemands des participations dans la Boris Becker Business Tower, la Michael Schumacher Business Avenue et les Niki Lauda Twin Towers. Mardi, le cabinet d’avocats Göddecke de Siegburg a annoncé le dépôt d’une plainte à l’encontre de la société de gestion Alternative Capital Investment (ACI) de Gütersloh, l’une de celles qui ont commercialisé ces programmes, rapporte la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.ACI, qui a lancé sept fonds fermés axés sur Dubaï, a indiqué qu’elle a fait ralentir les chantiers et obtenu d’une majorité d’investisseurs que le paiement des dividendes soit reporté.
02/12/2009

LGT Group finalise l'achat de la Dresdner Bank (Suisse)

Annoncée le 27 juillet, l’acquisition de la Dresdner Bank (Suisse) auprès de la Commerzbank par LGT Group a été bouclée le 1er décembre.La nouvelle filiale sera entièrement intégrée dans LGT Bank (Suisse) SA en février 2010. Par cette acquisition, LGT (Suisse) augmente ses actifs sous gestion de 9,4 milliards de francs suisses (à fin 2008) à presque 20 milliards de francs, l’encours de LGT Group se trouvant ainsi accru à plus de 87 milliards de francs.
02/12/2009

Banque SCS Alliance SA devient Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique

Selon L’Agefi suisse, l’établissement de gestion de patrimoine et d’ingénierie financière Banque SCS Alliance SA a changé de nom. La nouvelle raison sociale est CBH, Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique. L’ancienne raison sociale, Stock Commodities Services (SCS) ne correspondait plus aux activités de la banque qui s’est spécialisée dans la gestion privée. Joseph Benhamou, fondateur de la banque Safra à Genève, après avoir été directeur général de la Republic National Bank of New York, a pris la direction de SCS en 2004, avant d’en devenir peu à peu le principal actionnaire. Banque SCS Alliance, basée à Genève dispose de succursales à Zurich, Lausanne, un bureau de représentation à St-Moritz, et une filiale à Nassau (Bahamas). En 2008, la banque comptait environ 85 collaborateurs pour plus de 3 milliards de francs sous gestion.
02/12/2009

BNPP Fortis : Quel avenir pour la banque privée ?

Dans le cadre du plan d’intégration, BNP Paribas Fortis vise lacréation d’une «nouvelle banque privée» et la création de 24 nouveaux centres. On affirme même chez BNPP Fortis qu’un centre de «Wealth management» (pour une fortune minimale de 4 millions d’euros) sera installé dans les prestigieux locaux bruxellois du groupe, rue Royale.
02/12/2009
Fonds

GLG retire à SGAM la gestion d'un fonds Asie-Pacifique

Bart Turtelboom et Karim Abdel-Motaal, de GLG Partners, remplaceront au 1er janvier Shaun Giacomo, de SGAM Singapour, comme gérants du fonds GLG Asia Pacific (68,5 millions de livres), rapporte Money Marketing.GLG est arrivé à la conclusion que ses propres ressources en matière de gestion de fonds d’actions Asie-Pacifique hors Japon rendront un meilleur service aux investisseurs. Le gestionnaire britannique a l’intention de modifier dans les mois qui viennent les objectifs et le processus d’investissement du fonds, ainsi que son profil de risque.
Fonds
02/12/2009
Fonds

Les gérants italiens sous-performent leurs indices

En 2008, les gérants italiens ont en moyenne réalisé une performance inférieure à leur indice de référence de 1,8 point, selon l’enquête sur les fonds du bureau d’études de Mediobanca citée par Il Sole – 24 Ore. Il s’agit du plus mauvais résultat depuis 2002. Les fonds obligataires sont les moins bons, avec un écart de 1,9 % par rapport au benchmark, contre 1,1 % l’an passé. La gestion des fonds de trésorerie a aussi empiré avec une sous performance de 1,7 %. Les meilleurs élèves sont les fonds actions, qui font moins bien que l’indice de seulement 1,5 point.
Fonds
02/12/2009

Fitch Ratings relève la note de Fimit

Fitch Ratings a relevé de M3+ à M2- la note Asset Manager de la société de gestion italienne Fimit Sgr pour ses activités d’investissement immobilier basées à Rome, et a retiré sa surveillance négative. Le relèvement de la note reflète les «progrès importants accomplis par la société, dont le renouvellement de l’organisation et des processus opérationnels, des recrutements et un remaniement au sein du management, après un changement d’actionnaires au second semestre 2008. Quant au retrait de la surveillance négative, il est lié au fait que l’enquête préliminaire du Parquet italien sur le CEO de la société n’a pas eu d’impact négatif sur l’activité.
02/12/2009
Fonds

BNP PAM fait passer le Parworld Environmental Opportunities dans la gamme Parvest

Le fonds Parworld Environmental Opportunties «ayant connu un large succès depuis son lancement», BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP PAM) a décidé de procéder à la fusion de ce compartiment (221 millions d’euros au 29 septembre 2009) dans la gamme Parvest afin de lui permettre une plus large commercialisation. A cet effet, le compartiment a été activé le 12 novembre 2009 au moment de cette fusion, qui s’est opérée par apport des actifs respectifs de chaque catégorie de Parworld Environmental Opportunities vers la catégorie correspondante de Parvest Environmental Opportunities (LU0406802339 pour les part C et LU0406802685 pour les parts D).Les porteurs du Parworld Environmental Opportunities ont reçu le même nombre d’actions dans Parvest Environmental Opportunities que celui qu’ils détenaient dans Parworld Environmental Opportunities et pour une valeur liquidative équivalente. Le ratio d’échange a donc été de 1 pour 1. L’historique du Parworld Environmental Opportunities (valeurs liquidatives, performance, …) est ainsi conservé et les caractéristiques de Parvest Environmental Opportunities sont maintenues identiques à celles du Parworld Environmental Opportunities.La gamme Parvest Actions IRD (Investissement Responsable et Durable) sera donc composée de deux compartiments, avec le Parvest Europe Sustainable Development qui investit dans des sociétés européennes répondant aux critères IDR (approche «best-in-class») et le Parvest Environmental Opportunities susceptible d’investir dans des titres de sociétés de tous pays et dont au moins 50% de l’activité ressortissent aux technologies de l’environnement.
Fonds
02/12/2009
Fonds

Macquarie va lancer un deuxième fonds sud coréen

Macquarie Group prépare le lancement d’un autre fonds sud coréen d’infrastructures, de 1 milliard de dollars, rapporte le Financial Times. Des personnes proches du dossier affirment que le groupe financier australien a commencé à commercialiser le produit - Macquarie Korea Opportunities Fund II - à des investisseurs institutionnels.
Fonds
01/12/2009

Dedicated convertible bond platform in development

Les Echos reports that Constantinos Antoniades, a Goldman Sachs veteran who spent 11 years int he fixed income department of that firm, is preparing to launch a new multilateral trading system dedicated to the over-the-counter convertible bond market. The system, entitled Vega-Chi, is awaiting a license from the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the British market regulator, as a multilateral trading facility. The executive director fo Vega-Chi is planning to list 165 bonds on the European market, with a total issue volume of over USD100bn, Nearly 140 clients may be interested in the range on the new platform in Europe, more than half of whom are French entities.
01/12/2009

Gartmore seeking to raise GBP400m

According to sources familiar with the matter cited by the Börsen-Zeitung, Gartmore is planning to issue shares in a price range of 250-330 pence per share at its IPO. This values the firm at about GBP800m, with the asset management firm Hellman & Friedman the largest shareholder, and would mean the IPO would raise about GBP400m.
01/12/2009

Financial stability council working with 30 major banks and insurers on systemic risks

Les Echos reports that the financial stability council (Conseil de stabilité financière, or CSF) is working with 30 major banks and insurers to draft recovery plans in case of bankruptcy. However, the list, which was published yesterday in the Financial Times (see Newsmanagers of 30 November), is not a complete list of businesses considered at risk by the CSF. They are the participants in an FSB working group on “cross-border crisis management.” “The FSB does not have a list of systemic risks,” the organisation appointed by the G20 to coordinate reform of the financial system stated yesterday.
01/12/2009

Investor sues Carlyle

National Industries Group, a prominent Kuwaiti conglomerate, is suing the Carlyle Group in a local court, alleging that the US private equity firm misrepresented the safety of Carlyle Capital Corp, a public debt fund which collapsed in March 2008. NIG invested USD50m in the fund, which was marketed as a safe vehicle that would invest largely in triple A mortgage-backed securities
01/12/2009

Michael Sieghart leaves DWS

According to Citywire, Michael Sieghart is to join Ithuba Capital in his native Vienna after spending twelve years at DWS in Frankfurt. He was managing the DWS Invest European Equities and the Gottlieb Daimler Aktienfonds DWS funds.
01/12/2009

Northlight Capital hedge fund unveils new business model

Northlight Capital, a hedge fund which is being set up by a team of traders including Cyril Armleder, former head of GLG’s credit fund, aims to draw attention to its launch with a shake-up of the traditional operating model. Half of its annual performance fees will be reinvested into the fund and will remain locked in until clients withdraw their capital.
01/12/2009

Thomson Reuters acquires Asset4

Thomson Reuters has acquired the Swiss firm Asset4 AG, based in Zoug, for an amount which has not been disclosed, but which is thought not to be terribly high due to the presumed financial difficulties of the target firm. Asset4 claims to be one of the world’s leading providers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to professional investors and business executives. Thomson Reuters says the transaction marks a further step in its integration of ESG criteria into its mainstream research. Among the existing clients of Asset4 are Banque Sarasin, Storebrand and Société Générale.
01/12/2009

Alternative Asset Management launches a protected capital fund

Alternative Asset Management has launched the A2m Lion Fund, a multi-strategy fund which takes advantage of decorrelations between currency markets and equities futures. Underlying managed accounts have total assets of over USD170m. The fund will only invest in proven strategies characterised by low volatility. Investors will be able to select the Lion Fund straight, the Lion Fund + with leverage of 2.5, or the Lion Fund + leverage + 100% capital protection. The firm, which offers managed accounts, is seeking investors in an effort to raise USD40m for the launch of its new fund.
01/12/2009

Schroders suspends NAV reporting for fund invested in Dubai

On Friday, Funds People reports, Schroders was the first management firm in Spain to notify the CNMV that it will be suspending calculation of the net asset value of one of its funds invested in Dubai and registered for sale in Spain, for at least two days. The fund is the Middle East sub-fund of the Luxembourg Sicav Schroder International Selection Fund (SISF).
01/12/2009

Hendry launches an absolute returns fund

Investment Week reports that the Eclectica fund from Hugh Hendry will launch an absolute returns fund on 31 December of this year. The fund, Eclectica Absolute Macro, will comply with the UCITS III directive, and will invest in international equities, international fixed income, commodities ETFs, and currencies. It will replicate the Hendry global hedge fund, and will aim for annualised returns of 10% compared with money markets. Front-end fees may total up to 5%, while retail commissions are set at 1.75%. For private clients, minimal investment is set at GBP5,000.
01/12/2009

Fidelity to launch two multi-asset class funds

Fidelity International is planning to launch two new products for Trevore Greetham, head of allocation and multi-asset specialist. Alongside the firm’s GBP238m strategic multi-asset class fund, the two defensive multi-asset class growth funds will invest in bonds, cash, commodities, equities, and real estate. The defensive fund will have a larger proportion of its assets invested in bonds and cash than the strategic fund, with an overall target of 50% invested in British bonds, 25% in cash, 15% in UK and international equities, 5% in international real estate, and 5% in commodities. The growth fund will invest more in equities, commodities, and real estate. The overall target allocation will be 20% in British bonds, 5% in cash, 50% in UK and international equities, 10% in international real estate, and 15% in commodities. Minimal investment for the two funds is GBP1,000, while front-end fees will be 3.5%, and other charges will be variable.
01/12/2009

iii-investments will not close its troubled funds

Das Investment reports that the real estate fund management firm iii-investments (an affiliate of HypoVereinsbank or HVB, Unicredit group) has announced that it has no plans to liquidate its Euro ImmoProfil and INTER ImmoProfil funds in the near future. The funds sold 54 properties in early October for EUR1.4bn, and since then they have undergone net outflows of EUR1.1bn, bringing their total assets down to about EUR600m. The announcement follows an article in Die Welt online which claimed that HVB, which is the largest shareholder in the fund, was planning to close them down. The Euro ImmoProfil stands out with losses of 3.5% since the beginning of the year, due to a high proportion of older buildings in the portfolio (38% are more than 15 years old), and a high vacancy rate (13% as of the end of September).
01/12/2009

Outflows from money market funds still weighing down asset management firms

In October, money market funds underwent net redemptions of EUR1.87bn, bringing total net outflows to EUR24.67bn for the segment YTD. It is hardly surprising that since then, the German BVI association of asset management firms has preferred to foreground the fact that equities funds have seen their strongest net subscriptions since the year 2000, with EUR11.31bn. In the first ten months of the year, open-ended securities funds have seen net outflows of EUR3.16bn. Despite this, the sector has seen total net inflows of EUR10.63bn, compared with net outflows of EUR17.99bn, as institutional funds, which underwent net redemptions of EUR1.37bn in October, have posted net subscriptions of EUR11.27bn in January-October, compared with EUR11.36bn in the corresponding period of last year, and particularly since net redemptions from open-ended funds were limited to EUR640m, compared with nearly EUR29.45bn in the first ten months of 2008.
01/12/2009

Excluding Lyxor, ETF funds attracted EUR7.34bn in subscriptions in January-October

In the first ten months of the year, open-ended securities funds have seen net outflows of EUR3.16bn, according to statistics from the BVI association of asset management firms. However, the four largest promoters of ETF funds (excluding Lyxor Asset Management, Société Générale group) posted significant net subscriptions: Barclays Global Investors (BGI) attracted EUR326.56m for its iShares products, while Commerz Derivatives Funds Solutions attracted EUR1.12bn for its ComStage ETFs, db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) attracted more than EUR4.37bn, and ETFlab (Deka) placed EUR1.52bn worth of shares in its funds. Of the four major asset management firms, only DB/DWS (EUR134.16bn) has posted net subscriptions (of EUR1.93bn) in January-October, but only thanks to net inflows to db x-trackers. Deka (savings banks, EUR105.33bn) has posted net outflows of EUR6.4bn, while Union Investment (co-operative banks, EUR82.9bn) has seen net redemptions of EUR1.47bn. Lastly, Allianz Global Investors (AGI, EUR76.34bn) has seen net outflows of EUR2.06bn.
01/12/2009

Crisis was already shaping up in October for some real estate funds

Net subscriptions to open-ended real estate funds in Germany represented EUR2.52bn in January-October, compared with EUR487m last year. However, for October, statistics from the BVI association of asset management firms reveal net redemptions of EUR659.5m, compared with EUR81m in net subscriptions in September, and net outflows of EUR5.06bn in the corresponding month of 2008, a month in which a dozen funds were closed to redemptions. Three asset management firms have seen net outflows in the first ten months of 2009: they are iii-investments (HypoVereinsbank), with outflows of EUR1.16bn (assets in its two funds as of the end of October were down to EUR481.1m), as well as Aberdeen Immobilien and Axa IM, which saw net redemptions of EUR537.16m and EUR746.38m, respectively. Aberdeen later was obliged to reimpose a freeze on redemptions from its DEGI International fund (see Newsmanagers of 18 November), and was followed a few days later by Axa IM, whcih froze its Axa Immoselect fund (see Newsmanagers of 20 November). Aberdeen Immobilien and Axa IM at the end of October had assets of EUR4.96bn and EUR3.3bn, respectively, in open-ended real estate funds.
01/12/2009

Jacques Perold becomes head of asset management at Fidelity

Fidelity Investments has announced that Jacques Perold, COO of asset management since late May, has been appointed asset management chief, replacing Michael Wilens, who in turn is succeeding Scott David as head of the 401(k) retirement fund specialist affiliate as head of workplace investing client management organization. Before returning to Fidelity as head of FMR, Pyramis and Strategic Advisors, Perold was president of Geode Capital Management, beginning from 2001, when the firm was acquired by Fidelity.
01/12/2009

MSIM awards a major mandate to State Street

About 100 employees of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) will be transferred to State Street Corporation, as it has been awarded a mandated by MSIM for transaction settlement, portfolio administration, reporting and reconciliation for about USD300bn in assets under management.
01/12/2009

Claymore closes down four skimpy ETF funds

Four ETF funds from Claymore Securities with assets totalling only about USD35.7m, out of a total of USD2.5bn managed in the group’s ETFs, will be closed and liquidated, Christian Magoon, president of the firm, has announced. The products, “too lightly followed” by investors, are the Claymore/Morningstar Manufacturing Super Sector Index ETF, Claymore/Morningstar Information Super Sector Index ETF, Claymore Services Super Sector Index ETF and Claymore U.S.-1 - The Capital Markets Index ETF; they will cease to be listed on the Arca platform from the New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading on 11 December.

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