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29/09/2009

RBS seeking to sell part of asset management activities

To reduce the stake in the firm held by the British government, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is reportedly considering a sale of part of its asset management activities, in which it would part with RBS Asset Management (GBP30bn in assets), the Times reports. The idea would be to retain Coutts (the bank of the British royal family), a firm specialised in asset management for high net worth private clients, and to sell off the remainder. Morgan Stanley is said to have been retained as advising bank for the sale.
29/09/2009

Swisscanto to develop institutional activities

The Swiss management firm Swisscanto has recruited Bob Barrett as head of UK institutional business, the same function he served at HSBC Global Asset Management, Professional Pensions reports. The recruitment is part of a change in strategy for Swisscanto, which has decided to sell its bond and global equities products to British pension funds, though it has already been managing investments in London for nearly 20 years.
29/09/2009

Standard Life Investments adds to credit team

Standard Life Investments has appointed Christopher Heckscher as senior vice president, US Credit. He joins from Wellington Management where he covered a broad set of sectors within US investment grade and high yield for over 14 years. Based in Boston, Christopher will report to Erlend Lochen, head of US credit and global head of high yield. He will be responsible for covering US high yield and will work with the US Equities team to broaden coverage of US investment grade issuers.
29/09/2009

Olivier Johanet enters capital of La Financière Responsable (LFR)

Nearly two years after its creation, La Financière Responsable (LFR) is opening a new chapter in its history with the arrival of Olivier Johanet, the former president of La Française des Placements Investissements (LFP). Johanet is acquiring a 65% stake in the capital of the management firm specialised in socially responsible investment (SRI), and becomes president in charge of strategy, commercial development and marketing. This is a way for Johanet to remain in an entrepreneurial executive position, as LFP merges with UFG. This is a happy turn of events for Stéphane Prévost, CEO, vice-president and 35% owner of LFR, who had been seeking a partner since the departure of Patrick Savadoux, with whom he founded the business in late 2007. Johanet’s entry into the capital of the firm will also allow the boutique to cut its ties with La Française des Placements, which had assisted it in its development through an initial acquisition of a 30% stake, and later the additional 35% stake once held by Savadoux.
29/09/2009

BNP Paribas launches EUR4.3bn capital increase and pays off government aid

BNP Paribas announced on 29 September that it is planning a capital increase of EUR4.3bn, that from October it will redeem the EUR5.1bn in preferential shares in the business held by the French government, and that it will make a further payment to the government of EUR226m calculated over seven months. The bank will thus settle all of its engagements (credit and other payments) which it owes to the state. “It was agreed from the start with the state and the European Union that this participation would be reimbursed as soon as possible. Its cost was progressive, in order to incide rapid repayment,” the bank says in a statement. The EUR5.1bn will be financed by a capital increase of EUR4.3bn, combined with the creation of owners’ equity resulting largely from the payment of dividends in shares (EUR0.75bn) and a capital increase operation reserved for employees (EUR0.26bn). At the conclusion of the operation, BNP Paribas will have EUR59.4bn in Tier one owners’ equity, and its Tier one ratio will be over 9% (pro forms as of 30 June). The group’s capacity for profit (net results of EUR3.2bn for first half 2009) and the organic generation of owners’ equity will ensure that margins of financial maneuvering room appropriate for the continued development ina context of increased capital requirements will be maintained.
29/09/2009

Deutsche Bank already nearly controls Sal. Oppenheim

According to sources close to the firm, Deutsche Bank is said to have issued a supplementary line of credit of EUR350m to the families that own the Sal. Oppenheim bank, to allow them to pay off loans from other banks, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. This amount comes in addition to the EUR300m provided to the same families to finance a spinoff of their stakes in Arcandor, IVG and the custodial activities of BHF-Bank. In other words, with EUR650m already on the table, Deutsche Bank is not far from the 45% stake it had initially aimed for in Sal. Oppenheim. The firm is said to be valued at EUR1.5bn, excluding the investment bank. Deutsche Bank is interested in the wealth management arm of Sal. Oppenheim (EUR132bn in assets).
29/09/2009

Former Coutts executive joins BSI Bank

Hanspeter Brunner, former chief executive of RBS Coutts, has joined the Swiss private bank BSI, according to Asian Investor. He will move to Singapore next March to take over as head of the bank’s activities in Asia and to develop the bank’s presence in that region.
29/09/2009

Prisa sells stakes to DLJ and Ongoing

For EUR404m, Grupo Prisa is selling a 25% stake in the Santillana publishing house to the fund DLJ South American Partners, and 35% of the Portuguese firm Media capital to Ongoing Strategy Investments, Cinco Días reports.
29/09/2009

OMAM scales up sales force

Matthew Appelstein, executive vice president, in charge of institutional sales and marketing, will now also be in charge of retail distribution and non-US at Old Mutual Asset Management (OMAM), Mutual Fund Wire reports. Appelstein has announced that he will increase the size of the distribution team, which currently has 20 members, to 25. He joins a triumvirate that also include Julian Sluyters, president & CEO of Old Mutual Capital, in charge of retail activities, and James Mikolaichik, executive vice president and head of product, strategy and corporate development, who is in charge of products aimed at retail clients.
29/09/2009

Investors put pressure on private equity firms

According to the Financial Times, 220 investors with up to USD1,000bn invested in private equity have grouped together to demand funds apply a framework of best practice and align their interests more clearly with investors. They are also pushing private equity funds to cut fees.
29/09/2009

okoworld takes over direct management of its funds

The Luxembourg management firm Ökoworld Lux SA, an affiliate of the German sustainable development consulting firm versiko, announced on Monday that from 1 November, it will take over direct management of the five sub-funds of its Ökovision Sicav: Classic, Europe, Garant 20, Klima and Water for life. For 13 years, Ökoworld had been limited to developing ecological and ethical investment supports. For its transition into the phase of direct management, the firm has recruited two experienced portfolio managers, Alexander Funk (who has managed the equities fund ÖKO-Aktienfonds at DZ-Bank International, among others), and Frank Frey.
29/09/2009

Commerz Real invests in a logistical property in Frankfurt

Commerz Real (EUR43bn) has invested EUR43.3m for its open-ended real estate fund hausInvest europa (EUR9bn in assets), in a logistical centre under construction which is expected to be completed in 2010. The 23,000 square metre hall is located in «Cargo City Süd» at Frankfurt airport, and is already wholly leased for ten years to a transport firm. The vendor is the developer Jürgen B. Harder.
29/09/2009

GLG launches a debt fund

GLG Partners, one of London’s largest hedge funds, has launched a new fund to invest in the debt of troubled UK and European companies. The fund already manages about USD300m of clients’ money, according to people familiar with the situation. It is managed by Galia Velimukhametova.
29/09/2009

Saudi fund F6 interested in Liverpool FC

According to Cinco Días, the Saudi fund F6 is in negotiations with George Gillett over an acquisition of a 25% to 50% stake in Liverpool Football Club. The news comes one month after Sulaiman el Fahim, an investor from the United Arab Emirates, bought the Portsmouth football team. A year ago, the sovereign fund Abu Dhabi United Group took control of Manchester City.
29/09/2009

BGI launches three new iShares funds based on Russell Top 200

On Friday, Barclays Global Investors (BGI) listed three ETF funds, iShares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund (IWX), iShares Russell Top 200 Index Fund (IWL) and iShares Russell Top 200 Growth Index Fund (IWY), on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Russell 200 index includes the 200 largest firms of the Russell 3000 index, which represents about 65% of the total capitalisation of publicly traded US businesses.
29/09/2009

Crédit Agricole Asset Management launches an Islamic Sicav

Crédit Agricole Asset Management Group (CAAM Group) is launching CAAM Islamic, its first Sicav fund invested in keeping with the principles of Islamic law. To achieve this, the management firm has created a sharia compliance committee, composed of reputable Islamic scholars. The Luxembourg-registered Sicav is composed of sub-funds aimed at retail and institutional investors, which will invest in various asset classes in strict respect of Sharia rules. Among these, all sectors forbidden by Sharia (alcohol, gambling, pork products and their derivatives, arms, tobacco, etc) will be excluded, as well firms considered unacceptable due to their levels of debt, bonds or liquidity. In France, three sub-funds will be available: CAAM Islamic BRIC Quant is a quantitative emerging markets equities management fund investing in Brazil, Russia, India and China, with the objective of ourperforming the Dow Jones Islamic Market BRIC equally weighted index in the long term. CAAM Islamic Asian Active Equity Ex-Japan is a fundamental management and Asian equities fund investing in a selection of shares which may or may not be included in the universe of an Islamic index, with the goal of outperforming the Dow Jones Islamic Market Asia Pacific ex. Japan, Australia and New Zealand in the long term; and CAAM Islamic Multimanagers Global Equities, a fund of international Islamic equities funds, which aims to outperform the Dow Jones Islamic Market World index in the long term.
29/09/2009

British taxes driving managers out of the UK

One investment professional in five is planning to leave the United Kingdom in the next twelve months, according to Hedge Week. The main reason is changes to British tax policy soon to take effect, according to a survey by CFA UK. The major destinations for the departing professionals will be Switzerland, the Untied States, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
29/09/2009

Robert Zoellick warns United States

La Tribune reports that the president of the World Bank yesterday warned that the United States should not aim to maintain a dominant position for the US dollar as a global currency, when there are a growing number of alternatives, such as the Euro, the Yuan and special currency issue rights. Robert Zoellick is also wary of the growing influence of the Federal Reserve over the financial system.
28/09/2009

Aviva Investors recrute chez Fortis

Simon Blundell, head of investment grate credit chez Fortis Investments/ABN Amro Asset Management, a été recruté comme gérant de portefeuille senior chez Aviva Investors. Il entre dans l'équipe de gestion des fonds obligataires actifs et sera responsable de plusieurs portefeuilles d’obligations d’entreprise. Il sera subordonné à Mark Wauton, «head of credit».
28/09/2009

Le co-fondateur de Philip Martin rejoint F&C

Selon Money Marketing, le co-fondateur de Nucleus, Philip Martin, a été nommé «head of proposition» pour les activités retail chez F&C. Philip Martin était directeur du développement chez Nucleus, la plate-forme d’investissement des conseillers en gestion de patrimoine qu’il avait co-créée en 2006 et qu’il a quittée en juin dernier.
28/09/2009
Fonds

iShares lance neuf ETF de plus

A compter de ce lundi, le London Stock Exchange (LSE) cote neuf nouveaux ETF iShares de Barclays Global Investors, dont quatre produits de taux hors financières et cinq versions de capitalisation de fonds d’actions.Cela porte à 40 le nombre d’ETF obligataires d’iShares en Europe ; ces fonds sont assortis d’une commission de gestion de 0,20 %, rapporte Investment Week. Il s’agit du iShares Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials, du Barclays Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials 1-5, du Barclays Euro Corporate Bond 1-5 et du iBoxx Corporate Bond ex-Financials.Les cinq produits actions répliquent les indices MSCI Emerging Markets, S&P 500, MSCI World, MSCI Europe et MSCI Japan.
Fonds
28/09/2009

Permira acquiert Just Retirement

Le board d’Avalon Acquisitions, une nouvelle société contrôlée par des fonds de Permira Advisers, et les administrateurs indépendants de Just Retirement Holdings se sont entendus vendredi sur les modalités de l’OPA du capital-risqueur sur le gérant de fonds de pension. La transaction s’effectue sur la base de 76 pence par action ou d’une action Avalon pour dix actions Just Retirement. Cela représente une prime de 9,4 % sur le cours de clôture du 24 septembre et le montant de l’opération se situe à 229,6 millions de livres.Avalon s’engage de plus à augmenter le capital de Just retirement de 25 millions de livres.Si les actionnaires de Just Retirement optaient en totalité lpour a formule de l'échange de titres, ils détiendraient environ 31,3 % d’Avalon avant l’augmentation de capital, le reliquat demeurant aux mains des fonds Permira.
28/09/2009

Les banques sortent de la gestion d’actifs

Les banques, qui contrôlent aujourd’hui 80 % du secteur italien de la gestion d’actifs, considèrent cette activité comme de moins en moins stratégique et envisagent d’en sortir, constate Il Sole – 24 Ore. Ainsi, Intesa Sanpaolo a mis en vente Fideuram, tandis que Monte dei Paschi a fait entrer Clessidra au capital de sa société de gestion. Par ailleurs, Soprarno-De Agostini pourrait prendre une participation dans Arca, tandis que l’avenir des sociétés de gestion d’Ubi, Banco Popolare, Popolare dell’Emilia et Popolare di Vicenza continue de susciter des questions. Il Sole rappelle enfin que le marché n’a jamais cessé de s’interroger sur le futur de Pioneer (UniCredit) et Euromobiliare (Credem).
28/09/2009
Fonds

Man commercialise le AHL Trend

Le britannique Man Investments a obtenu de la CNMV l’agrément de commercialisation en Espagne du fonds Man AHL Trend, un produit de suivi de tendance conforme à la directive OPCVM III, rapporte Funds People. C’est la première fois qu’un fonds AHL (20,4 milliards de dollars au 30 juin), la filiale de la gestion de futures de Man, est disponible sur le marché espagnol.
Fonds
28/09/2009
Fonds

L'encours des sicav augmente de 8 % au deuxième trimestre

D’après les statistiques de VDOS Stochastics relayées par Funds People, l’encours total des 3 294 sicav espagnoles est ressorti au 30 juin à un peu plus de 24,6 milliards d’euros, soit 8 % de plus que celui des 3 278 sicav recensées à fin mars. Les trois plus grandes Sicav demeurent Morinvest, gérée par BBVA Patrimonios, avec 408 millions d’euros, devant Allocation, gérée par Pactio Gestión, avec 361 millions, et Keblar de Inversiones, également gérée par BBVA Patrimonios, avec 307 millions d’euros. Les plus forte hausses d’encours ont été affichées par Bestinver Best Value (+ 31 millions), Morinvest (+ 24 millions) et Keblar de Inversiones (+ 21 millions).
Fonds
28/09/2009
Fonds

Breixa Inversiones change de statut pour pouvoir investir en hedge funds

Dans une déclaration du 18 septembre à la CNMV, la sicav Breixa Inversiones de Rosalía Mera Gozenechea (l’ancienne épouse d’Amancio Ortega, président fondateur d’Inditex) a changé de statut pour devenir gestionnaire de fonds de hedge funds. La société avait été constituée le 29 mai 2001. Le gérant de la sicav sera JPMorgan Asset Management et elle investira au minimum 60 % de son encours dans 15 à 30 hedge funds espagnols ou étrangers aucun d’entre eux ne pouvant dépasser 10 % de l’encours. L’objectif est d’obtenir une performance annualisée de 5-7 % avec une volatilité également comprise entre 5 et 7 %.
Fonds
28/09/2009

Le BBVA réalise une confortable plus-value sur la vente de ses agences

D’après Cotizalia, le BBVA réalise une plus-value de 800 millions d’euros sur la cession pour 1,2 milliard d’euros de la plupart de ses agences à RREEF, filiale de fonds immobiliers de la Deutsche Bank, allié à Banca March et à Area. La transaction comporte un taux de rendement estimé de 7 %.
28/09/2009

Alpha Plus espère 100 millions d'euros d'encours pour la fin 2009

La société de gestion Alpha Plus a été créée avec 25 millions d’euros d’encours en octobre 2008, donc au pire moment pour le secteur, par Emilio Recoder (président), Javier Amo Fernández de Ávila (administrateur délégué) et une équipe de quatre gérants (Javier Montoya, Francisco Esteban, Edwin Voerman et Daniel Alonso-Pulpón). Selon Cotizalia, elle compte atteindre les 100 millions d’euros à la fin de cette année, du fait qu’elle a profité des remboursements massifs des fonds d’investissement et qu’elle a produit des performances attrayantes dues à sa capacité de combler le vide entre la gestion traditionnelle et celle de performance absolue. La gamme compte trois fonds correspondant à des profils de risque : le plus prudent est le AP Renta Fija Euro Corto Plazo (anciennement AP Dinero), l'équilibré est le AP Rentabilidad Absoluta (un fonds diversifié actions, obligations, devises et matières premières, avec quatre stratégies) et le plus dynamique est le AP Diversificación.

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