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07/10/2009

HSBC launches emerging markets index

As announced a month ago (see Newsmanagers of 4 September, HSBC on Tuesday launched the new HSBC Emerging Markets Index (HSBC EMI), which covers guiding indicators of the performance of emerging market economies. Backtesting reveals that the index rose from 50.3 in second quarter to 55.3 in third quarter, which represents the largest increase in production and services in emerging markets since second quarter 2008, while the lowest point, at 43.8, was in second quarter 2008, before a slight increase to 44.2 in first quarter 2009. The EMI index is based on data from 5,000 issuers of corporate bonds located in 13 countries (South Africa, Brazil, China, South Korea, India, Israel, Mexico, Poland, the Czech Republic, Singapore, Taiwan, and Turkey). The basis is Purchasing Managers’ Indexes (PMI) calculated by Markit.
07/10/2009

Sarasin predicts that market rally will last

In the most recent edition of its Investment Perspectives, Sarasin bank claims that, despite an accelerating recovery of many indices, concerned central banks and political leaders are choosing to further loosen conditions on the money market. Sarasin is now predicting that the rising trend on global stock markets will continue despite recent advances, as investors will not settle for the near-zero returns on liquidities. In other words, central banks’ hesitance “to end stimulus measures is also helping to improve investor sentiment.” Guy Monson, chairman of the investment committee at Sarasin, says the bank is currently privileging a tactical approach due to risks of unprecedented falls.
07/10/2009

Threadneedle recruits a managing director from Lazard AM

Kris Haber, who was most recently managing director, global alternative investments at Lazard Asset Management, will join the UK asset management firm Threadneedle in mid-November as global head of hedge fund activities and head of North America. He will be based in New York, and will report to Crispin Henderson, CEO of Threadneedle.
07/10/2009

HSBC has found a buyer for its Paris headquarters

Agefi reports that HSBC has selected an investor as the buyer of its offices on the Champs-Elysées in Paris under a sale and leaseback operation. The offices will be sold for EUR300-400m, the newspaper reports.
07/10/2009

Birth rate for new asset managers unaffected by crisis

The crisis appears not to have had a significant impact on the rate at which new asset management firms are being founded. Since the beginning of the year, 24 firms have been created, and the net number of new firm creations is nearly 10, 15 other applications for licenses have been submitted, meaning that by the end of the year, the number of new firms is likely to increase from 10 to about 15. The position of the major French management firms is likely to be strengthened by two major merger operations now underway. Two French groups rank in the global top ten, while four place among the top 20 firms. Meanwhile, efforts at many groups to rationalise product ranges and to realise economies of scale will lead to a significant reduction in the number of funds on offer, for OPCVM, Sicav as well as FCP funds. In nine months, about 400 OPCVM funds have been closed down. Last year, the profitability of the sector fell, but not as much as expected. Margins stabilised to an average of about 185 in 2008, compared with 24% last year.
07/10/2009

Barack Obama nabs Mary Miller from T. Rowe Price

The asset management firm T. Rowe Price (USD315.6bn in assets as of the end of June) has welcomed the news that Mary J. Miller has been nominated by president Barack Obama to become deputy Secretary of the Treasury for financial markets. If she is confirmed by the Senate to take on the role, T. Rowe Price would have to find a new head of its fixed income division, a position which Miller has held for five years.
07/10/2009

Urdang takes over a team from Capmark

BNY Mellon Asset Management has announced that it has created a new bonds unit within its real estate activities, with the recruitment of an eight-member team from Capmark Investments LP. Urdang, which manages USD1.5bn in publicly-traded real estate shares in Urdang Securities Management and USD2.5bn in private real estate at Urdang Capital Management, becomes the nondiscretionary sub-advisor to Capmark Investments for capmark Structured Real Estate Partners, LP and Capmark VII-CRE, Ltd. The two funds were created in 2006 and had initial capital of USD1.1bn and USD1bn, respectively, from investment commitments from institutional investors.
07/10/2009

Bank of America relaunches Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Bank of America has announced the re-launch of the Merrill Lynch Wealth Management brand. The bank is also introducing «Affluent Insights Quarterly,» a new Merrill Lynch Wealth Management survey of the values, financial priorities and concerns of affluent Americans, the challenges and opportunities they currently face and their aspirations for the future. For those respondents indicating they needed assistance structuring or restructuring their portfolios, 42% felt they needed guidance on how to move back into the investment markets following the recent economic recession.
07/10/2009

US Bancorp acquires operations from Fiduciary Management

The mutual fund administration and accounting services of Fiduciary Management Inc., which represent USD8bn in assets under administration, have been acquired for an undisclosed amount by US Bancorp Fund Services. The transaction will allow Fiduciary Management to concentrate on asset management activities in the strict sense.
07/10/2009

One in four managers will have to merge to survive

Gonzalo Rengifo, CEO of Pictet Funds for the Iberian peninsula and Latin America, says the natural selection process is winnowing down asset management providers in Spain, Expansión reports. Experts estimate that at least EUR150m-EUR200m will be needed for a firm to survive the crisis, and 25 out of 96 management firms in Spain do not meet this criterion, according to Inverco. Small firms will be the first to be affected in the concentration process, followed by independent management firms owned by financial groups. So far, the merger deals may be counted on one hand: Nordkapp (Banco de Valencia) has bought Gestifondo, Banca Privada of Andorra has bought the management firm Interdin, and recently, Syz & Co has entered the capital of the management firm N+1. Santander and Caiza Tarragona, for their part, have announced that they are seeking a buyer for their asset management affiliate, but unsuccessfully so far.
07/10/2009

Two recruitments at Ignis AM

Ignis Asset Management has appointed both Barry Sturgeon and Daniel Haylett, who join Ignis from M&G and Hartford respectively, to the position of business development consultant in the business. The pair will report to Nick Pogmore, the recently-appointed head of strategic alliances.
07/10/2009

Henderson strengthens its sales force

Henderson Global Investors (HGI), which on 9 April acquired New Star Asset Management Group, has announced that it has recruited Simon Hellenbrand, who was previously director of UK retail sales at New Star, as director of UK sales. Hillenbrand, who joins the firm today, will report to Mark Skinner, head fo pan-European retail distribution, who will also oversee Greg Jones, who will join HGI only in early December, as head of retail distribution for continental Europe. He was most recently managing director of international activities at New Star. HGI has also announced the recruitment of James Bowers as head of UK and institutional product. Bowers will report to Stewart Cazier, director of retail business development. Bowers, who joins HGI today, assumes a role similar to positions he held at Aviva Investors and NPI.
07/10/2009

EU: Europe needs to triple spending on green research

The European Commission estimates that Europe should spend EUR50bn more on research between 2010 and 2020 to develop technologies needed to combat climate change, Les Echos reports. This would mean virtually tripling investment levels, which would increase from EUR3bn to EUR8bn per year. The Commission points out that this funding could come from both the public and private sector, on both the national and the European levels.
07/10/2009

French collective management industry on the road to recovery

After a year in 2008 when counters were rolling steadily backwards, the first eight months of this year have brought a significant comeback for global volumes of assets under management. Assets managed by management firms on the French market have increased by EUR183bn (7.8%) in this period. Three quarters of this growth is a result of French-registered OPCVM funds (+11%), while one quarter is thanks to a 4% increase in assets managed under mandates (including foreign-registered OPC funds), according to data from the AMF and estimates for mandates by the AFG as of the end of August. After a decline of EUR225bn in 2008, net assets at French-registered OPCVM funds, which have increased by EUR138bn, totalled EUR1.383trn as of the end of August. This development is 45% due to inflows and 55% due to market effects. Even excluding money market funds, the contribution of net inflows has been positive, amounting to about 15%, compared with 85% for market effects.
07/10/2009

Julius Baer buys ING Bank (Switzerland) for 0.9% of assets

Julius Baer Group announced on Wednesday morning that it is buying ING Bank (Switzerland) and its affiliates in Monaco and Jersey for CHF520m (EUR344m), of which CHF170m of surplus capital. The firm has assets of CHF15bn, which will mean an increase of 10% to assets under management at Julius Baer on behalf of retail investors, and will “double is presence” in Geneva. In total, assets at Julius Baer will increase to CFH160bn (as of the end of August). Adjusted for the surplus capital, Julius Baer is paying a price for ING Bank equivalent to 0.9% of its assets. ING Bank Switzerland employs 310 people (including 80 relationship officers), and will be integrated into Bank Julius Baer, which will generate per-tax synergies of CHF35m per year. The acquisition will be neutral in terms of estimated profits per share (EPS) in 2010, and will bring a strong increase in those profits from 2011. ING says the transaction will generate net capital gains of EUR150m, and will free up about EUR200m in capital. The transaction will close in first quarter 2010.
07/10/2009

ING to sell private bank to Julius Baer

StartFragment--> According to the Financial Times, ING is set to announce on Wednesday the sale of its Swiss private banking operations to Julius Baer for around USD500m.
07/10/2009

PrimeFundSolutions granted a new-old license

The Luxembourg financial sector surveillance commission (CSSF) and the ministry of Finance have granted a license for PrimeFundSolutions to provide banking, custody and administration services to funds of hedge funds and regulated funds of hedge funds in Luxembourg from 1 October. Before the nationalisation of the entities of the Fortis group in 2008, PrimeFundSolutions was authorised under a license granted to the former Fortis Bank Luxembourg (now BGP BNP Paribas). PrimeFundSolutions in Luxembourg is now an indirect affiliate of Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. PrimeFundSolutions kicked off its new activities in Luxembourg on Thursday last week, with Claude Noesen as CEO.
07/10/2009

Urdang reprend une équipe de Capmark

BNY Mellon Asset Management a annoncé avoir créé un nouveau pôle obligataire au sein de son activité immobilier avec le recrutement de huit personnes de l'équipe de Capmark Investments LP. En outre, urdang, qui gère 1,5 milliard de dollars en titres immobiliers cotés chez Urdang Securities Management et 2,5 milliards de dollars en immobilier non coté chez Urdang Capital Management, devient le «non discretionnary sub-advisors» de Capmark Investments pour Capmark Structured Real Estate Partners, LP et Capmark VII-CRE, Ltd.Ces deux fonds ont été créés en 2006 et étaient initialement capitalisés à 1,1 milliard et 1 milliard de dollars respectivement, sur des engagements d’investissement (commitments) d’investisseurs institutionnels.
07/10/2009

Bank of America relance Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Bank of America vient de relancer la marque Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Parallèlement, la banque lance le «Affluent Insights Quarterly», un sondage sur les valeurs, priorités financières et préoccupations des Américains fortunés, les défis et opportunités auxquels ils font face et leurs aspirations. La première étude montre que 42 % des personnes interrogées ont besoin d’aide sur la façon de revenir sur les marchés après la récente recession, sachant que 48 % des sondés travaillent actuellement avec un conseiller financier.
07/10/2009

Barack Obama "pique" Mary Miller à T. Rowe Price

Le gestionnaire d’actifs T. Rowe Price (315,6 milliards de dollars d’encours fin juin) se félicite que Mary J. Miller ait été désignée par le président Barack Obama pour devenir secrétaire adjointe au Trésor pour les marchés financiers.Si l’intéressée est confirmée dans ce poste après son audition par le Sénat, T. Rowe Price devra trouver un nouveau patron pour sa division obligataire, poste que Mary Miller occupait depuis cinq ans.
07/10/2009

US Bancorp acquiert des activités de Fiduciary Management

Les services d’administration et de comptabilité de mutual funds de Fiduciary Management Inc, qui représentent 8 milliards de dollars sous administration, ont été achetés pour un montant non divulgué par US Bancorp Fund Services. Cette transaction doit permettre à Fiduciary Management de se concentrer sur l’activité de gestion d’actifs proprement dite.
07/10/2009

UBS : un autre client se met à table

Selon le Département de la Justice, Roberto Cittadini, l’ancien directeur commercial de Boeing, a avoué devant un tribunal fédéral de Seattle avoir dissimulé au fisc américain les revenus d’une fortune de 1,9 million de dollars qui était placée sur un compte auprès de l’UBS, rapporte la Börsen-Zeitung. L’argent avait été transféré au début de la décennie à une firme prête-nom à Hong-Kong.
07/10/2009

Apax congédie le patron de D+S

L’exploitant de centres d’appel et «e-commerçant» D+S a annoncé la nomination de Gerold Linzbach, qui a dirigé jusqu'à la mi-2009 la société Symrise, au poste de président du directoire, en remplacement d’Achim Plate, lequel va quitter «en bons termes» l’entreprise en raison de divergences stratégiques sur l'évolution ultérieure de l’activité. Autrement dit, le capital-investisseur américain Apax Partners, qui a évincé récemment les minoritaires, a procédé à un remaniement impromptu. Achim Plate était président du directoire depuis janvier 2003.Parallèlement, D+S indique qu’il lui sera impossible de tenir ses objectifs de résultat pour 2009. Compte tenu de la compression des marges, l’ebitda accuse une sensible détérioration par rapport à l’an dernier. Vu les incertitudes persistantes quant à l'évolution du marché, D+S se refuse à formuler des prévisions concrètes de résultat. Les comptes du troisième trimestre seront publiés le 13 novembre.
07/10/2009

Sal. Oppenheim serait moins cher d'un tiers que prévu

Selon les proches du dossier, les activités de Sal. Oppenheim reprises par la Deutsche Bank pourraient ne valoir qu’un milliard d’euros, alors que l’on parlait jusqu'à présent de 1,5 milliard pour l'établissement luxembourgeois dépouillé de sa banque d’investissement, indique la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Cela tient au fait que les fonds propres de Sal. Oppenheim seraient tombés à 1,8 milliard d’euros contre 2,1 milliards au printemps, à cause des pertes sur les crédits, les participations (Arcandor) et le portefeuille de valeurs mobilières. La transaction pourrait être conclue d’ici à la fin du mois.Les actionnaires familiaux de Sal. Oppenheim conserveraient environ 25 % de la banque qui limiterait son périmètre au family office, aux fonds offerts au public, aux fonds institutionnels, aux fondations et aux filiales étrangères. On ne sait pas encore si les participations détenues par les familles propriétaires feront partie de la transaction : cela concerne notamment l’activité de conservation de la BHF-Bank et les fonds de fonds Oppenheim Private Equity Partners.
07/10/2009

Julius Baer achète ING Bank (Switzerland) pour 0,9 % de ses encours

Julius Baer Group a annoncé mercredi matin qu’il achète pour 520 millions de francs suisses (344 millions d’euros), dont un excédent de capital de 170 millions de francs sur la base de fonds propres de premier rang (tier 1) de 12 %, ING Bank (Switzerland) ainsi que ses filiales de Monaco et de Jersey. Cet établissement affiche un encours de 15 milliards de francs, ce qui augmente de 10 % les actifs gérés par Julius Baer pour des particuliers et qui en «double la présence» à Genève. Au total, l’encours de Julius Baer se trouve accru à 160 milliards de francs (fin août). Ajusté des capitaux excédentaires, Julius Baer paie ING Bank 0,9 % des encours.ING Bank Suisse emploie 310 personnes (dont 80 relationship offercs) et sera intégrée dans Bank Julius Baer, ce qui devrait générer des synergies avant impôt de 35 millions de francs par an. L’acquisition sera neutre en matière de bénéfice par action (EPS) en 2010 et devrait fortement l’augmenter à partir de 2011.ING précise que cette transaction va générer une plus-value nette de 150 millions d’euros et libérer environ 200 millions de capital. La vente devrait être bouclée au premier trimestre 2010.
07/10/2009
Fonds

Le Credit Suisse lance son premier ETF sur l'or physique

Mardi, le Credit Suisse a annoncé l’admission à la cotation de la Bourse suisse du Xmtch ETF on Gold, un ETF sur l’or physique en dollars avec des parts couvertes du risque de change en francs suisses et en euros (Xmtch II on Gold – hedged CHF et Xmtch II (CH) on Gold – hedged EUR). C’est le premier ETF de la gamme Xmtch sur les métaux précieux ; il investit physiquement dans l’or sans recourir à des instruments dérivés. L’objectif du placement est de répliquer le rendement du métal jaune sur le marché au comptant. Une part a comme sous-jacent une once d’or fin. La commission de gestion se situe à 0,30 % pour le produit en dollars et à 0,35 % pour les parts en euros et en francs suisses.
Fonds
07/10/2009

Toscafund réduit encore sa participation dans Aberdeen

Selon Financial News, le hedge fund londonien Toscafund Asset Management continue de vendre Aberdeen Asset Management, ayant ramené sa participation à moins de 5 %. La semaine dernière, il l’avait déjà réduite de moitié à 18 %.
07/10/2009

Henderson recrute trois responsables commerciaux

Henderson Global Investors (HGI), qui a acheté le 9 avril New Star Asset Management Group, a annoncé avoir recruté comme directeur des ventes au Royaume-Uni (director of UK sales) Simon Hillenbrand, qui était managing director of UK retail sales chez New Star. L’intéressé, qui rejoint la société ce mercredi, sera subordonné à Mark Skinner, responsable de la distribution retail à l'échelle paneuropéenne (head of pan-European retail distribution), lequel sera également le supérieur de Greg Jones, qui ne rejoindra HGI que début décembre comme responsable de la distribution retail en Europe continentale. Il a été en dernier lieu managing director des activités internationales de New Star.Enfin, HGI a annoncé l’embauche de James Bowers comme head of UK and institutional product, sous les ordres de Stewart Cazier, director of retail business development. James Bowers, qui rejoint HGI ce mercredi, a assumé des fonctions similaires chez Aviva Investors et NPI.

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