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06/10/2014

BNY Mellon reprend un gestionnaire d'actifs aux Etats-Unis

Le géant américain BNY Mellon a annoncé lundi le rachat de son compatriote Cutwater Asset Management, un spécialiste de la gestion taux basé à Armonk, dans l’Etat de New York. Filiale à 100% du rehausseur de crédit MBIA, Cutwater affiche 23 milliards de dollars sous gestion. La société viendra renforcer aux Etats-Unis l’offre obligataire d’Insight Investment, filiale de BNY Mellon.
06/10/2014

Le FMI prône une refonte du cadre juridique des dettes souveraines

Le Fonds monétaire international a examiné et approuvé le 1er octobre des propositions pour réformer la documentation juridique des emprunts obligataires souverains et éviter que des pays comme l’Argentine ne se trouvent soumis à la pression de hedge funds, selon un communiqué publié lundi. Le FMI propose de modifier la clause pari passu dans les émissions internationales, qui force aujourd’hui un Etat à rembourser tout ses créanciers de la même manière. Il préconise aussi l’inclusion de clauses d’action collective (CAC) plus agressives, qui permettraient d’imposer une restructuration aux créanciers dès lors que 75% d’entre eux sont d’accord, en agrégeant les porteurs de différentes lignes de dette. Ces recommandations font suite à une consultation engagée en mai 2013 par le FMI.
06/10/2014

La Banque mondiale abaisse ses prévisions de croissance pour l'Asie

La Banque mondiale a réduit ses prévisions de croissance de 2014 à 2016 pour l’est de l’Asie, 6,9% en 2014 et 2015, alors qu’elle anticipait auparavant 7,1%, et 6,8% en 2016 contre 7,1%. En 2013, la croissance de cette région avait été de 7,2%. L’institution fait état entre autres d’un probablement ralentissement de la croissance en Chine, à 7,4% cette année, 7,2% en 2015 et 7,1% l’année suivante, et signale un risque de fuite des capitaux en Indonésie. «Le principal message de ce rapport est, selon moi, un optimisme raisonnable», a dit Sudhir Shetty, chef économiste de la Banque mondiale pour l’Asie de l’est et le Pacifique, lundi.
06/10/2014

Platforms show losses for last year

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } On the basis of accounts relased by the 20 largest advising platforms in the United Kingdom, the sector completed the year in 203 with an overall loss of GBP6m, due to the combined impact of declining markets and rising costs, according to a survey carried out by Altus Consulting. The average returns on assets under management for platforms has fallen to an all-time low of 34 basis points, compared with more than 50 basis points in 2010, and 80 basis points in 2006. Costs for the platform sector overall increased last year by about GBP60m, and only two platforms out of the top 20 succeeded in reducing their costs. Platforms were meant to be the big winners out of RDR legislation. The statistics suggest that the victory is not yet won. According to Altus Consulting, the trend is not expected to change fundamentally in 2015. Several platforms are investing in new technologies as the price war continues.
06/10/2014

Les fonds actions affichent fin septembre une décollecte de plus de 10 milliards de dollars

Fund flows signaling ‘risk-off’ going into the final months of 2014 as the end of QE3 looms Investors who began 2014 looking out at what they believed to be the sunlit uplands of accelerating global growth are, going into the final three months of the year, wondering if they’d been looking at a mirage. Most of the uplands they had pinned their hopes on, ranging from Europe’s modest recovery to Japan’s aggressive efforts to reflate its economy, are swathed in clouds and another cold front – the end of the US Federal Reserve’s current quantitative easing program (QE3) – is bearing down.
06/10/2014

Santander AM appoints new head of equities

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Santander Asset Management (Santander AM) has promoted José Antonio Montero de Espinosa to the position of director of equity management, Funds People reports. He replaces Ivan Martin Aranguez, who left at the end of September to start up a personal project (see Newsmanagers of 25 September 2014). Montero de Espinosa has worked at Santander AM for 15 years. Previously, he managed the Santander Acciones Euro (Santander Euro Equity), Santander AM Euro Equity and Santander Mixto Europa funds.
06/10/2014

Fidelity loses one of its star managers in Spain

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Firmino Morgado, who since 2008 has been manager of the FF-Iberia (EUR1.7bn in assets) and FF European Aggressive (EUR400m in assets) funds, has decided to leave Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Funds People reports. He will be replaced by Fabio Ricceli, who had previously been manager of the Fidelity European Dynamic Growth fund. This represents the third departure of an emblematic manager from the Spanish market in a few weeks, after those of Francisco Garcia Paramés, who left Bestinver, and Ivan Martin Aranguez, who recently left Santander Asset Management.
06/10/2014

Threadneedle recruits from BlackRock

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Nick van Delft will join Threadneedle Investments from BlackRock, the specialist website Fondsnieuws reports. In his newly-created position, van Delft will be responsible for institutional investor clients in Benelux and France.
06/10/2014

Direxion adds four to its distribution team

Direxion Investments has added four professionals to its distribution team. The team now includes seven external Regional Directors and four Institutional Strategists. Including the internally-based sales professionals, the total distribution team now stands at nineteen. Brendan Cavanaugh has been appointed Vice President, Capital Markets Institutional Strategist, based in New York City. He will support Direxion’s institutional clients. Mr. Cavanaugh was formerly Vice President for Global Corporate Access at Goldman Sachs. Phillip Hall has joined Direxion as Senior Vice President, Regional Director serving the North Central territory, based in Chicago. Mr. Hall is a fifteen-year veteran of Morgan Stanley, and most recently worked as the Regional Business Development Manager in the Southern California Region. Michael Lee Jr., CAIA, is the new Senior Vice President, Regional Director for the Southeast, based in Raleigh, N.C. Mr. Lee previously served as a Regional Director at Hatteras Funds,. John Vaughan, CAIA, serves as Senior Vice President, Institutional Strategist. Mr. Vaughan advises institutions and financial advisors on their investment strategies, and has held senior positions at Eaton Vance, Fidelity Investments, Hatteras Funds and Salient Partners. Direxion Investments offers liquid, tactical and strategic institutional-quality ETFs and mutual funds for investors. Founded in 1997, the company has approximately USD8.4 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2014.
06/10/2014

Axiom AI appoints two new managing partners

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Axiom Alternative Investments, a specialist in financial institutions,, has announced the appointment of Laurent Surjion and Philippe Cazenave from 1 September 2014 as managing partners in charge of commercial development. Their mission will be to take charge of the marketing and distribution team for France and internationally. Surjon and Cazenave have been with Axiom AI since its inception, and have contributed to its commercial growth signiifciantly at the Addax company as a third party marketer. Surjon and Cazenave founded the alternative management firm Addax AM, based in Paris and Chicago, in 2004 with Jean-Jacques Joulié and Jennifer Bahnick, and served as partner and CEO and partner responsible for development. The two previously worked together at the SG BAREP group from 1995 to 1999, before founding AIP/AIM with their historic partners, and then joining Crédit Agricole AM in 2000 when they sold it their firm.
06/10/2014

Neuberger Berman acquires Orchard Square Partners

The US asset management firm Neuberger Berman, which has USD257bn in assets under management as of the end of June, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Ramius LLC, an affiliate of Cowen Group, to acquire its stake in the capital of Orchard Square Partners, a firm which manages a global long/short credit strategy. The operation, for an undisclosed sum, is expected to be completed on 31 December 2014.Orchard Square Partners has about USD475m in assets under management for insurance companies, institutions, family offices, high net worth individuals, foundations and endowments from North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
06/10/2014

Bogdan Popescu joins JO Hambro Capital Management

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Bogdan Popescu is to join JO Hambro Capital Management, Newsmanagers has learned from several sources. Popescu, who has worked in commercial development at East Capital and Skandia Investment Group, will be responsible for French-speaking clients at the British asset management boutique. The firm has assets under management of GBP14.7bn in British, US, European, Asia ex Japan, Japan, global and emerging market equities, according to its website. It has offices in London, Singapore, New York and Boston. Popescu most recently served at Hilbert Investment Solutions. That firm, a speicalist in the design and distribution of investment solutions based on structured products, is reportedly in the advanced stages of talks with a European institutional investor to create a strategic partnership with a view to acquiring a more industrial dimension.
06/10/2014

"Nous souhaitons être beaucoup plus proactifs"

Président de l'Efama depuis juin 2013, Christian Dargnat, par ailleurs directeur général de BNP Paribas Asset Management, dresse pour Newsmanagers un premier bilan de son action à la tête de l'organisation professionnelle. Il évoque ses priorités pour les prochains mois, ses principales préoccupations sur le front réglementaire ainsi que les grandes tendances du secteur de la gestion d'actifs...
06/10/2014

Head of JP Morgan AM for Asia takes on additional duties

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } JP Morgan Asset Management has awarded additional responsabilities to its current CEO for Asia, Jed Laskowitz. While continuing to serve as CEO for the Asia-Pacific region, Laskowitz will now co-manage a new global solutions division from New York, which has about USD150bn in assets under management in multi-asset class portfolios, with teams in the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. He will be assisted by Michael O’Brien, who has also been appointed to the global solutions division. Laskowitz will therefore have offices in New York and Hong Kong. “Jed is used to working between Asia, London and New York,” a spokesperson tells Asian Investor. JP Morgan AM meanwhile announces the appointment of Michael Falcon as head of the mutual fund activity for Asia. Falcon, currently based in New York, will be based in Hong Kong from January 2015. He will take over the duties of Laskowitz, to whom he will report directly.
06/10/2014

BlackRock adds to smart beta range

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } iShares, the ETF unit of BlackRock, will launch a range of ETFs which will allow investors to access indices which are weighted according to criteria other than market capitalisation, Financial News reports. It will be the first time that the US giant offers this type of product in Europe, though a product range of this type already exists in the United States. For this new range, iShares has selected MSCI as an index provider.
06/10/2014

Deka launches two new funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } The German Deka group on 2 October announced the launch of two new funds in the Basis Strategie family. The first of these, Deka-Basis Strategie Flexibel (DE000DK2EAR4), is a diversified fund which may invest in all asset classes worldwide, using various financial instrucments (derivatives, ETFs, etc.) The second, Deka-Basis Strategie Aktien (DE000DK2EAG7), invests in equities in developed markets on the basis of fundamental analysis of corporate data, which also takes into account the quality of management and corporate outlooks according to the situation in the cycle. Management commissions totalo 1.25% per year for both funds.
06/10/2014

New director at Skagen

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } The owners of the Norwegian asset management firm Skagen have appointed Simen Vier Simensen to the company`s board of directors to replace Tor Dagfinn Veen who is stepping down to focus on his other business interests and philanthropic activities. Simensen, a Norwegian citizen, spent 30 years at McKinsey, where he served in a variety of management positions.
06/10/2014

Un nouvel administrateur arrive chez Skagen

Les actionnaires de la société de gestion norvégienne Skagen ont nommé Simen Vier Simensen au conseil d’administration pour remplacer Tor Dagfinn Veen qui démissionne pour se consacrer à d’autres activités.Citoyen norvégien, Simen Vier Simensen a passé 30 ans chez McKinsey où il a occupé différents postes à responsabilité.
06/10/2014

Santander AM nomme un nouveau responsable de la gestion actions

Santander Asset Management (Santander AM) a promu José Antonio Montero de Espinosa au poste de directeur de la gestion actions, rapporte Funds People. Il remplace ainsi Ivan Martin Aranguez, parti fin septembre pour démarrer un projet personnel (lire NewsManagers du 25 septembre 2014). José Antonio Montero de Espinosa travaille depuis 15 ans au sein de Santander AM. Jusqu’à aujourd’hui, il assurait la gestion des fonds Santander Acciones Euro (Santander Euro Equity), Santander AM Euro Equity et Santander Mixto Europa.
06/10/2014

Fidelity perd un de ses gérants star en terre ibérique

Firmino Morgado, qui gérait depuis 2008 les fonds FF-Iberia (1,7 milliard d’euros d’encours) et FF European Aggressive (400 millions d’euros d’encours), a décidé de quitter Fidelity Worldwide Investment, rapporte Funds People. Il est remplacé par Fabio Ricceli, qui gérait jusque-là le fonds Fidelity European Dynamic Growth.En l’espace de quelques semaines, il s’agit du troisième départ d’un gérant emblématique du marché espagnol après Francisco Garcia Paramés, parti de Bestinver, et Ivan Martin Aranguez, qui a récemment quitté Santander Asset Management.
06/10/2014

Threadneedle recrute chez BlackRock

Niki van Delft va rejoindre Threadneedle Investments en provenance de BlackRock, rapporte le site spécialisé Fondsnieuws. Dans ses fonctions nouvellement créées, Niki van Delft aura un rôle de «sales support» aupres de la clientèle wholesale en France et au Benelux.
06/10/2014

Nouveau recul du taux de couverture des fonds de pension en septembre

Le taux de couverture moyen des fonds de pension d’entreprises américaines a reculé au mois de septembre de 0,2 point de pourcentage pour s'établir à 90,8%, son plus bas niveau depuis août 2013, selon les données communiquées par BNY Mellon Investment Strategy & Solutions Group. Depuis le début de l’année, le taux de couverture affiche un recul de 5,3 points de pourcentage.Les actifs des fonds ont diminué de 2,7% durant le mois sous revue, plus vite que les engagements qui ont reculé dans le même temps de 2,6%. Le taux d’actualisation a augmenté de 20 points de base en septembre à 4,32% pour les entreprises notées Aa.
06/10/2014
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Un fonds d'AEW Europe acquiert un immeuble à Hambourg

AEW Europe a annoncé le 3 octobre l’acquisition de l’Admiralitätskontor, un immeuble de bureaux situé à Hambourg, pour le compte du Fonds Europe Value Investors (EVI). Le Fonds a acquis cet actif à un prix net de 17,7 millions d’euros pour un taux de rendement de 5.9%. EVI, structuré sous la forme d’un « German Spezialfund », a levé 101 millions d’euros lors de son premier closing en juin 2014. Le Fonds continue à lever des capitaux et envisage un second closing d’ici la fin de l’année. EVI devrait investir près de 700 millions d’euros dans des actifs de bureaux majoritairement situés en Allemagne, en France et au Royaume-Uni. D’une surface totale de 8 140 m², l’Admiralitätskontor dispose également de 86 places de parking. L’immeuble est actuellement occupé à 82% par plusieurs locataires.
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06/10/2014
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Deka lance deux nouveaux fonds

Le groupe allemand Deka a annoncé le 2 octobre le lancement de deux nouveaux fonds dans la famille des Basis Strategie. Le premier, Deka-Basis Strategie Flexibel (DE000DK2EAR4), est un fonds diversifié qui peut investir dans toutes les classes d’actifs partout dans le monde, tout en utilisant différents instruments financiers (dérivés, ETF...).Le second, Deka-Basis Strategie Aktien (DE000DK2EAG7), investit dans les actions des marchés développés sur la base d’une analyse fondamentale des données des entreprises qui prend également en compte la qualité du management et les perspectives de l’entreprise en fonction de sa situation dans le cycle. Les commissions de gestion s'élèvent à 1,25% par an pour les deux fonds.
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06/10/2014
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Barings subit des rachats de 5,5 milliards de livres après le départ d’un gérant

Le fonds Dynamic Asset Allocation de Baring Asset Management a subi des rachats de 5,5 milliards de livres depuis le départ de son fondateur et directeur des investissements, Percival Stanion, annoncé le 13 août, rapporte Financial News. Barings estime toutefois que le pire est passé. Le fonds affichait un encours de 3,6 milliards de livres fin septembre, contre 9,1 milliards de livres en août.
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