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05/03/2014

Les petites sociétés de gestion obligataires profitent des difficultés de Pimco

En novembre, Orange County Employees Retirement System, le fonds de pension du comté abritant la ville du siège de Pimco, Newport Beach, a décidé de confier un mandat de 100 millions de dollars en obligations à la société de gestion suisse GAM, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. Ce choix montre que les petites sociétés de gestion profitent des difficultés de Pimco sur le marché obligataire. Le fonds de pension américain investissait régulièrement auprès d’autres sociétés de gestion, mais Pimco était son principal gestionnaire obligataire en novembre. Il y a peu, GAM n’aurait jamais envisagé marcher sur les plates-bandes de Pimco. Mais maintenant la société démarche activement les fonds de pension fortement investis chez la société de Newport Beach. L’équipe marketing de Loomis Sayles étudie aussi la manière de cibler les clients de Pimco.
05/03/2014

Nomination chez Neuberger Berman

Dan Doyle, managing director chez Neuberger Berman, a été nommé, avec effet immédiat, co-gérant du fonds Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund. Il travaillera aux côtés d’Ann Benjamin, chief investment officer pour le crédit hors catégorie d’investissement, Tom O’Reilly et Russ Covode.Dan Doyle, qui a rejoint Neuberger Berman en 2012, est membre du comité de crédit de Neuberger pour les obligations high yield et les prêts bancaires.
05/03/2014

Legg Mason acquiert QS Investors

Legg Mason vient d’annoncer l’acquisition de QS Investors, un fournisseur de solutions sur mesure et d’actions quantitatives mondiales basé à New York, affichant un encours sous gestion de 4,1 milliards de dollars et des encours sous conseil de 100 milliards de dollars.A l’issue de la transaction, la société de gestion quantitative actions de Legg Mason, Batterymarch Financial Management, et sa plate-forme de solutions, Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation, seront intégrées au sein de QS Investors. L’entité issue de la fusion sera nommée QS Investors et dirigée par Janet Campagna en tant que CEO et Rosemary Macedo en tant que CIO. L’acquisition devrait être bouclée au premier trimestre 2015.
05/03/2014

Pléiade AM va multiplier les canaux de distribution

Après plus de 5 années d’existence, Pléiade Asset Management veut donner un coup d’accélérateur à son développement en ouvrant ses produits à la distribution. La société de gestion française créée par Olivier de Trogoff et Louis de Montalembert, qui pèse actuellement 90 millions d’euros, ciblera dans un premier temps la clientèle des banques privées et de la multigestion, les family offices et caisses de retraite professionnelles. Les conseillers en gestion de patrimoine indépendants pourront être abordés dans un second temps.Pléiade Asset Management dispose de deux fonds au sein de sa gamme, notamment Pléiade SIB, créé en 2009 et investi dans les petites et moyennes entreprises. L’autre produit, Pléiade Select, mise plutôt sur les capitalisations moyennes.La société de gestion «voit dans le lancement du PEA-PME une opportunité de s’ouvrir à la commercialisation, disposant d’un des seuls fonds sur les actions européennes, correspondant aux critères du nouveau PEA-PME», souligne-t-elle dans un communiqué. L’objectif de souscriptions nettes a été fixé à 100 millions d’euros sur ce fonds, à horizon deux à trois ans. Afin de soutenir son développement, Pléiade AM a récemment embauché un responsable des relations investisseurs.
05/03/2014
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Invesco Real Estate fait l'acquisition de la tour Prisma

Invesco Real Estate vient d’acquérir la Tour Prisma, tour de bureaux à Paris La Défense auprès d’Ivanhoé Cambridge. Il s’agit d’une première acquisition réalisée par Invesco Real Estate pour le compte d’un nouveau client asiatique, dans le cadre d’un mandat dédié, indique le communiqué. La tour compte 22 étages et une surface de 23.152 m2. Elle accueille le siège social de nombreuses entreprises internationales. «La Tour Prisma répond parfaitement aux critères du mandat d’investissement de notre client grâce à ses fondamentaux immobiliers solides. Il s’agit d’un actif de grande qualité, moderne, très accessible et qui a été entièrement rénové en 2011. La tour est louée à des locataires fiables et bénéficie d’une durée moyenne des baux de plus de huit ans, garantissant à nos investisseurs des cash flows sécurisés et un rendement attractif ", commente Stéphanie Bensimon, directrice des transactions France et Belgique d’Invesco Real Estate.La société de gestion d’actifs immobiliers a précisé qu’elle étudiait d’autres opportunités en Europe, «en privilégiant d’abord la France et l’Allemagne, afin que notre client puisse se constituer un portefeuille immobilier européen de grande qualité», ajoute Stéphanie Bensimon.
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05/03/2014
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Pimco lève un fonds de 5,5 milliards de dollars

L’aura de Pimco est toujours intacte. Le géant mondial de la gestion obligataire vient ainsi de lever 5,5 milliards de dollars pour son fonds Bank Recapitalization and Value Opportunities II (dit Bravo II), selon une source anonyme citée par eFinancial News. Dirigé et géré par Dan Ivascyn, directeur adjoint des investissements, ce véhicule a vocation à racheter des actifs indésirables des bilans des groupes bancaires en Europe et aux Etats-Unis, y compris des actifs immobiliers résidentiels et commerciaux.Pimco n’en est pas à son coup d’essai. De fait, le fonds Bravo II fait suite au précédent véhicule Bravo I, lancé en 2011, qui avait levé 2,4 milliards de dollars.
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05/03/2014

BlackRock : Richard Plackett prend un congé sabbatique

Richard Plackett, chez BlackRock, va prendre à compter du 1er avril un congé sabbatique de six mois et confier ses portefeuilles aux autres membres de l’équipe, rapporte Investment Week. L’intéressé est responsable de l’équipe petites et moyennes capitalisations britanniques au sein du groupe stratégies alpha.
05/03/2014

Les encours de Schroders France progressent à 3,7 milliards d'euros fin 2013

Les encours distribués en France par Schroders totalisaient 3,7 milliards d’euros à fin décembre 2013 contre 3,5 milliards d’euros un an plus tôt, a indiqué le 4 mars Nuno Teixeira, directeur général de Schroders France, à l’occasion d’un point de presse. La collecte nette s’est élevée à 100 millions d’euros et les revenus ont progressé de 30%.Nuno Teixeira a souligné l’intérêt croissant des investisseurs, en France comme ailleurs dans le monde, pour les stratégies multi-classes d’actifs, notamment pour la stratégie Global Multi Asset Income qui figure d’ailleurs en bonne place dans les classements Lipper.Le groupe Schroders devrait publier ses résultats dans les tout prochains jours mais, selon le consensus, la collecte nette pourrait s'établir autour de 9,4 milliards de livres, avec une progression des revenus de 20% et une hausse du résultat de l’ordre de 30%.
05/03/2014

Nouveau responsable de Banca Albertini Syz à Bologne

Banca Albertini Syz a nommé Giovanni Fracasso comme nouveau responsable de sa filiale de Bologne en Italie, rapporte Funds People Italia. L’intéressé était depuis plusieurs années banquier privé au sein de la banque dans la région de l’Emilie-Romagne.
05/03/2014

Anima Sgr en forme pour son introduction en Bourse

La société de gestion italienne Anima Sgr se présente en grande forme pour sa prochaine introduction en Bourse, rapporte Bluerating. Anima Holding a dégagé en 2013 un bénéfice net consolidé de 120 millions d’euros, soit trois fois plus qu’en 2012. Les encours ont atteint 46,6 milliards d’euros, en hausse de 14 % par rapport à fin 2012, grâce notamment à des souscriptions nettes de 3,4 milliards d’euros.
05/03/2014

Church of England scales up allocation to hedge funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Church of England will increase the exposure of its GBP6bn hedge fund to alternative investments, such as hedge funds and private equity, the Financial Times reports. Alternative investments already represent about one third of the fund. One of the options under consideration is to increase the proportion of hedge funds. The proportion allocated to this asset class has been tripled since 2009, to 10%.
05/03/2014

VAM Funds recruits from Franklin Templeton

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Luxembourg investment firm VAM Funds has recruited Nic Steyn as business development manager. Stein previously worked at Franklin Templeton Investments, where he had managed retail distribution for Africa. Assets under management at VAM total about USD700m, up sharply in the past few months.
05/03/2014

Luxembourg funds: net inflows despite negative market effects in January

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of January 2014, net assets in Luxembourg-registered investment funds totalled EUR2.62384trn, up by 0.32% compared with the previous month. Over the past rolling 12-month period, net asset volumes are up 9.06%. The Luxembourg funds industry has thus in January posted a positive variation of EUR8.473bn, with EUR19.624bn (+0.75%) in net inflows effects and a decline of EUR11.15bn in negative market effects (-0.43%).
05/03/2014

Spain in top 3 markets for net inflows in 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Spanish asset management market has had a red-letter year. According to data released by Lipper Thomson Reuters and reported by Funds People, Spain takes third place among countries with the highest net inflows in 2013, with nearly EUR20bn in net subscriptions. The country is topped only by Luxembourg and Ireland, in the “International” category, with a total of EUR157bn in net inflows. Last year, net subscriptions went primarily to bond funds, for which net inflows totalled EUR17bn, according to Lipper data. Spain has also become the second-place European country, excluding the International category, in terms of inflows to equity funds, with EUR2.8bn, putting it behind only Sweden (EUR4.2bn).
05/03/2014

BMO GAM launches an asset management activity in Asia

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Canadian asset management firm BMO Global Asset Management has opened its first office in Asia in Hong Kong, and has announced plans to add to its investment team, Citywire Global reports. The Canadian group [whose parent company has launched a bid for F&C AM -ed] has appointed Amit Prakash as managing director of BMO Global Asset Management (Asia). He is joined by Clarence Chan as director and manager.
05/03/2014

Kornelis Buursma joins ING IM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Kornelis Buursma has joined ING Investment Management as senior manager for development of institutional activities in the Netherlands, according to a statement released on 4 March. Burrsma previously worked at the pension fund PGGM.
05/03/2014

Vontobel appoints a head of Swiss institutional clients

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Vontobel has appointed Daniel Signer as head of Swiss institutional clients. In this position, he replaces Lukas Bolfing, who since October 2013 had served as director of sales for Multi Asset Class Investing Boutique Europe at the asset management firm. Signer had been a member of the institutional clients team since November 2013.
05/03/2014

Algebris recruits a macro specialist

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The hedge fund firm Algebris Investments, founded eight years ago by Davide Serra at Morgan Stanley, has recruited Stephen Hynes, Financial News reports. Hynes will provide analysis dedicated to macro themes in the financial sector.
05/03/2014

New head for Banca Albertini Syz in Bologna

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Banca Albertini Syz has appointed Giovanni Fracasso as the new head of its Bologna affiliate in Italy, Funds People Italia reports. Fracasso had for several years been a private banker in the bank for the Emilia-Romagna region.
05/03/2014

Anima Sgr on track for its IPO

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Italian asset management firm Anima Sgr is in good form for its forthcoming initial public offering, Bluerating reports. Buerating Anima Holding in 2013 earned consolidated net profits of EUR120m, three times more than in 2012. Assets totalled EUR46.6bn, up 14% compared with the end of 2012, largely due to net inflows of EUR3.4bn.
05/03/2014

Appointment at Neuberger Berman

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Dan Doyle, managing director at Neuberger Berman, has been appointed, effective immediately, as co-manager of the Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund. He will work alongside Ann Benjamin, chief investment officer for credit outside investment grade, Tom O’Reilly and Russ Covode. Doyle, who joined Neuberger Berman in 2012, is a member of the credit board at Neuberger for high yield bonds and bank loans.
05/03/2014

Legg Mason acquires QS Investors

Legg Mason is to acquire QS Investors, a customized solutions and global quantitative equities provider based in New York, with USD4.1 billion in assets under management and nearly USD100 billion in assets under advisory. Legg Mason’s existing quantitative equity platform, Batterymarch Financial Management, and Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation, its existing solutions platform, will be integrated over time into QS Investors as a result of this transaction. The expanded platform will be branded under the QS Investors name, and headed by Janet Campagna as chief executive officer and Rosemary Macedo as chief investment officer. Key investment professionals from Batterymarch and LMGAA will join the existing QS team as senior members. The acquisition is expected to close in the first fiscal quarter of 2015.
05/03/2014

Small bond asset managers benefit from trouble at Pimco

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In November, the Orange County Employee Retirement System, the pension fund for the county in which Pimco’s Newport Beach headquarters are located, decided to award a mandate of USD100m in bonds to the Swiss asset management firm GAM, the Wall Street Journal reports. The choice reveals that small asset management firms are benefiting from trouble at Pimco in the bond market. The US pension fund had regularly invested with other asset management firms, but Pimco was its main bond management firm in November. Not long ago, GAM would never have considered treading on Pimco’s turf. But now the firm is actively courting pension funds with strong investments with the Newport Beach company. The marketing team at Loomis Sayles is also studying ways to target Pimco clients.
05/03/2014

Assets at Schroders France up by EUR3.7bn as of the end of 2013

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets distributed in France by Schroders totalled EUR3.7bn as of the end of December 2013, compared with EUR3.5bn one year earlier, Nuno Teixeira, CEO of Schroders France, announced on 4 March at a press conference. Net inflows totalled EUR100m, and revenues were up 30%. Teixeira emphasised the growing interest of investors in France, as elsewhere in the world, in multi-asset class strategies, especially the Global Multi Asset Income strategy, which is also well-positioned in the Lipper rankings. The Schroders group is expected to release its results in the next few days, but the consensus would have it that net inflows may total about GBP9.4bn, with a 20% increase in revenues and an increase in profits of about 30%.
05/03/2014

BlackRock: Richard Plackett takes a sabbatical

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Richard Plackett of BlackRock will be takng a six-month leave from 1 April this month, and will be leaving his portfolios to other members of the team, Investment Week reports. Plackett is responsible for the British small and midcaps team in the alpha strategies group.
05/03/2014

Pimco raises a USD5.5bn fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The aura of Pimco is still intact. The giant bond management firm has raised USD5.5bn for its Bank Recapitalization and Value Opportunities II fund (known as Bravo II), according to an anonymous source cited by eFinancial News. The vehicle, directed and led by Dan Ivascyn, aims to repurchase undesirable assets from the balance sheets of banking groups in Europe and the United States, including residential and commercial real estate assets. Pimco is not doing this for the first time. The Bravo II fund follows the previous Bravo I fund, launched in 2011, which raised USD2.4bn.
05/03/2014

RS IM launches a fund dedicated to emerging market equities

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Californian asset management firm RS Investment Management on 3 March announced the launch of a small caps fund dedicated to emerging markets. The fund will be managed by Michael Reynal, portfolio manager and head of the investment team dedicated to emerging markets. The RS Emerging Markets Small Cap fund is aimed at all investors, both retail and institutional.
05/03/2014

Goldman finances a fund for entrepreneurial women

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Goldman Sachs and the World Bank are launching a fund which will raise USD600m in capital for 100,000 entrepreneurial women in developing countries, the Financial Times reports. The initiative will be unveiled on Wednesday in Washington. The bank will invest USD50m, and the World Bank USD100m.
05/03/2014

InverCaixa and Banco Madrid launch two new bond funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } InverCaixa Gestión and Banco Madrid Gestión are adding to their product ranges. The two asset management firms have launched two new bond funds on the market, Funds People reports. InverCaixa has baptised FonCaixa Cartera Renta Activa, a mixed international bond vehicle. For its part, Banco Madrid has launched Liberbank Plus, a bond vehicle deominated in euros. The FonCaixa Cartera Renta Activa fund is a fund of funds which invests at least 70% of its assets in public or private debt issued by members or non-members of the OECD, without a pre-determined duration in terms of credit quality, including savings, money market instruments not traded on organized markets but which each offer liquidity. The part not invested in debt will target equities on all global markets, including emerging markets. Its management and deposit commissions are set, respectively, at 0.9% and 0.1%. For its part, the Liberbank Plus fund will invest in private or public bonds issued by OECD countries, including savings and money market instruments which are not listed but are liquid. However, the vehicle will not invest in emerging countries, and will have no exposure to currency risks. The minimal investment is EUR6, and management and deposit commissions are set, respectively, at 1% and 0.07%.
05/03/2014

Spain: Six new passively-managed funds launched

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BBVA AM, Santander AM and Espirito Santo Gestión have launched six new passively-managed funds on the Spanish market, Funds People reports. Three of them are from BBVA AM, two from Santander AM, and one from Espirito Santo Gestión. The funds are the BVA Bonos Patrimonio Rentas IV, BBVA Bonos Rentas VI, BBVA Oportunidad Acciones, Santander Objetivo Rendimiento Europa III, Santander Duo Europa 2019 and ESAF Bolsa Indice 65.

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