Le gouverneur de l'institution est très favorable à cet outil. Londres envisage de l'imposer plus tôt que prévu par le Comité de Bâle

Le gouvernement a demandé à l’institution de réfléchir sur le sujet d’ici à un an avant de lui accorder plus de pouvoirs dans ce domaine. Il ne s’oppose pas à un ratio plus élevé que celui prévu, à 3%, par le Comité de Bâle. Le gouverneur Mark Carney est très favorable à ce ratio.

Le rapport de Saïd El Khadraoui sera débattu pour la première fois le 2 décembre. Il propose une surcapitalisation de ces fonds monétaires

Etienne Stofer, directeur de la Caisse de retraite du personnel navigant professionnel de l’aéronautique civile (CRPN) dans Option Finance : La mise en place de nouveaux indicateurs de pilotage va certainement conduire à une révision de notre allocation stratégique d’actifs après 2014. Cette allocation stratégique fait l’objet d’une révision périodique. Il est vrai qu’au cours de la dernière décennie, celle-ci a peu changé. Autour de cette allocation centrale, le conseil d’administration laisse des marges de man??uvres assez importantes pour faire varier l’allocation tactique. Par exemple, nous pouvons détenir de 25 à 35 % d’actions. Dans les faits nous nous situons au maximum dans le milieu haut de cette fourchette. Depuis le deuxième semestre 2009, nous sommes assez régulièrement surpondérés en actions qui représentent aujourd’hui 32 % de notre allocation. Dès que nous dépassons ce palier, nous prenons nos bénéfices sur les actions les plus performantes pour conserver un même niveau d’exposition. Nous gérons une petite partie de notre portefeuille d’actions européennes en direct afin de conserver une vision et une expertise sur ces marchés. Nous pouvons ainsi mieux appréhender et apprécier les politiques menées par nos différents gérants externes. Nous déléguons le reste de notre gestion actions. Concernant le monétaire, nous l’investissons en parts de fonds et en comptes sur livret ou à terme dont les conditions sont actuellement favorables. Nous sommes aujourd’hui sous-pondérés en obligations et surpondérés en monétaire. En ce qui concerne la poche obligataire, nous l’avons renforcée sur le crédit avec des maturités courtes (un à six ans) ces dernières années. Nous sommes très présents sur les obligations corporate notées BBB et très peu présents sur le high yield. Nous détenons des titres souverains de la zone euro des pays les mieux notés (Allemagne, Pays-Bas, Autriche, Union Européenne et France), en sus de quelques positions sur l’Italie.

Créée au printemps 2007, sous l’impulsion de l’Association Française de la Gestion Financière (AFG), et financée par neuf sociétés de gestion et deux autres institutions financières, cette Chaire cherche à objectiver des arguments montrant qu’un développement de la finance durable et de l’investissement responsable est aujourd’hui non seulement nécessaire, mais surtout possible. Ce développement devrait contribuer à créer les conditions d’une croissance durable, répondant aux besoins des générations actuelles sans compromettre ceux des générations futures. Pour cela, de nouvelles méthodologies de recherche sont nécessaires afin de mieux identifier, mesurer, puis intégrer dans les analyses les critères extra-financiers à la base de la création de valeur dans les entreprises. Depuis sa création, cette Chaire a pour objet principal de contribuer à faire émerger de nouveaux modèles de valorisation qui tiennent compte des conséquences environnementale, sociale et de gouvernance (critères ESG) des actions des entreprises dans le long terme. Première dans son genre au niveau mondial, la Chaire FDIR est co-dirigée par Patricia CRIFO (Département d'économie de l’Ecole Polytechnique) et Sébastien POUGET (Toulouse School of Economics), et s’appuie sur les compétences d'équipes de chercheurs hautement qualifiés et jouissant d’une réputation internationale. Paul de MARCELLUS a chaleureusement remercié le président sortant, Francis AILHAUD, pour le travail accompli ces quatre dernières années. Il se réjouit de « la collaboration fructueuse entre chercheurs et professionnels de la gestion d’actifs et de la finance depuis la création de cette Chaire », et ce d’autant plus que « les travaux réalisés contribuent au rayonnement international de la Place de Paris, car l’investissement responsable constitue désormais un domaine de compétence et de différenciation de la gestion française par rapport à ses concurrents ». Pour piloter ses travaux, la Chaire est dotée d’un Comité d’orientation, présidé par Claude JOUVEN (ancien président de la Fondation HEC), largement ouvert à des chercheurs de renommée internationale, dont Rob BAUER (University of Maastricht), Marcel BOYER (Université de Montréal), Jean-Pascal GOND (City University of London) et Henri TULKENS (Université Catholique de Louvain). Autres éléments d’information Sponsors/financeurs de la Chaire FDIR : Allianz Global Investors France - Amundi Asset Management Caisse des dépôts - Dexia Asset Management Ecofi Investissements - Edmond de Rothschild Asset management Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites - Groupama Asset Management HSBC Global Asset Management (France) - La Banque Postale Asset Management La Française Asset Management Pour l’Ecole Polytechnique, la chaire FDIR, d’enseignement et de recherche, participe à une politique volontariste de rapprochement avec le monde industriel. Avec la chaire Développement Durable (EDF), la Fondation du Risque et le Labex ECODEC, la chaire FDIR consacre l’engagement scientifique de l’Ecole dans les domaines de la finance et de l'économie d’entreprise ainsi que du développement durable. L’IDEI (Institut D’Economie Industrielle) est un centre de recherche partenariale adossé à Toulouse School of Economics, TSE, qui est devenu, depuis plusieurs années, un pôle d’excellence en sciences économiques, classé parmi les dix meilleurs départements universitaires en économie dans le monde. Créé en 1990 par Jean-Jacques Laffont, l’IDEI associe des chercheurs de TSE avec des entreprises ou institutions françaises et étrangères telles que la Banque de France, la Fondation du Risque, Fédération Bancaire Française, Microsoft ou l’Institut Europlace de Finance. La Chaire FDIR s’insère parfaitement dans la dynamique de collaboration entre chercheurs de TSE et professionnels avec pour objectif le développement de la recherche dans un domaine, la finance du développement durable, porteur tant sur le plan scientifique que sur le plan sociétal.

Le parlement portugais a adopté mardi le projet de budget 2014, le dernier élaboré sous la contrainte du plan d’aide de l’Union européenne et du FMI, qui prévoit de ramener le déficit de 5,5% cette année à 4% du PIB l’an prochain. Mais l’opposition s’apprête à contester des éléments clés du texte devant la Cour constitutionnelle, qui pourrait remettre en cause certaines mesures d’austérité comme elle l’a déjà fait ces derniers mois.

Les prix des maisons individuelles aux Etats-Unis ont poursuivi leur remontée en septembre, avec une progression sur un an qui a été la plus forte depuis février 2006. L’indice S&P/Case Shiller publié mardi et qui mesure les prix de l’immobilier dans les 20 plus grande métropoles américaines a augmenté de 1,0% sur un mois en données corrigées des variations saisonnières, après une hausse de 0,9% en août, dépassant le consensus qui était de +0,8%. Par rapport à septembre 2012, les prix ont augmenté de 13,3%, soit légèrement plus qu’attendu par les économistes (13,0%). Les économistes s’attendent toutefois à une décélération dans la hausse des prix fin 2013 et en 2014, les indicateurs avancés montrant un ralentissement du marché.

Le gouvernement espagnol approuvera vendredi un décret permettant aux banques de convertir de 25 à 30 milliards d’euros d’actifs d’impôt différé en crédits d’impôt, a déclaré mardi le ministre de l’Economie Luis de Guindos. Ces crédits d’impôt, garantis par l’Etat, compteront comme fonds propres suivant les normes de Bâle 3, à la différence des actifs d’impôt différé.

Axa Investment Managers a annoncé mardi la nomination de John Porter au poste de responsable mondial de la gestion obligataire. Cette nomination est à effet immédiat. Il remplace Theodora Zemek «qui a décidé de quitter l’entreprise», selon le communiqué du gestionnaire d’actifs. John Porter aura sous sa responsabilité 380 milliards d’euros d’encours. Ancien de la Banque mondiale, il travaillait depuis 1998 chez Barclays en tant que global head of portfolio and liquidity management. Il sera basé à Londres.

In a wave of foreign investment in Spanish listed businesses, there are four big names: BlackRock, Vanguard, NBIM and BNP Paribas, Expansión reports. These four asset management firms hold stakes representing a total of EUR26.18bn, which corresponds to 5.1% of companies of the Ibex 35 index, and 60% of their investments are allocated to four companies: Santander, BBVA, Telefónica and Grifols. However, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund [GPFG, managed by NBIM -ed.], BlackRock and Vanguard are present in 30, 25, and 21 of the companies of the Spanish flagship index, respectively.

CPR Asset Management is going on the offensive. By the end of the year, the asset management firm is preparing to launch an international equity fund which will be anything but a “lukewarm water” product, in the words of Arnaud Faller, chief investment officer at the Amundi affiliate. The multi-style type mutual fund will allow the manager to adopt a “deep value” profile, or to invest in defensive shares, or to bet on geographical allocation.The Silver Age thematic fund from CPR AM, which invests in consumer sector shares related to an ageing population, with assets that have risen since September 2012 from EUR35m to EUR280m, will in a few weeks become eligible for investment from PEA retirement savings.This being said, CPR’s main objective is now to target the international market, with the objective of doubling AUM. year to date, CPR has experienced net inflows of EUR220m from abroad, explains CEO Jean-Eric Mercier. Totals assets managed for foreign customers presently amoint to 4.2% of total AUM, i.e. more than EUR1bn.In order to prop up foreign sales, CPR teams bet on the Silver Age fund as well as the soon-to-be-launched global equity funds. The company also has asset allocation products to help customers to invest step by step in more risky areas.

The historic hard core of private equity investment at the Rothschild group in Paris has chosen to go independent, Les Echos reports. The three partners who had made up R Capital Management for more than 10 years have renamed the structure “Keensight Capital.” “For several years, the Rothschidl group has invested in a completely integrated private equity platform. We have been offered either to join this firm, a 100% owned subsidiary of the group, or to become independent. We chose the entrepreneurial future,” explains Jean-Michel Beghin, one of the partners. Keensight Capital will not alter its strategy: allocate tickets of EUR5m to EUR30m to nich companies earning EUR10m to EUR150m in earnings and with strong growth.

On 15 November, the CNMV registered the Amundi ETF Govt Bond Lowest Rated Euromts Investment Grade UCITS ETF, which may thus be sold in Spain, Funds People reports.The fund, which charges fees of 0.14%, has posted net inflows of voer EUR500m since the beginning of the year, and its assets total EUR825m. It offers exposure to government bonds in euro zone peripheral countries which are investment grade.

The asset management firm Value Partners, based in Hong Kong, is setting up shop in Singapore, Asian Investor reports. The office will be led by Chuck Ng Chek Siang, who previously worked at Credit Suisse. Initially, he will place the emphasis on sales.

The Chinese broker Founder Securities is planning to sell its stake in the joint venture with Credit Suisse due to its plans to merge with the Chinese company China Minzu, which may create a conflict of interest, Founder Seucitites has told the Reuters news agency. This presents a real problem for Credit Suisse insofar as foreign companies are not authorised to hold majority stakes in a Chinese onshore brokerage firm.

The British agency EIRIS has announced that it has been selected by Borsa Istanbul as the provider for the future BIST Sustainability index, which will be launched at the beginning of 2014 (see Newsmanagers of 22 May). The securities will be selected on the basis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria concerning corruption, governance, human rights, biodiversity, health, safety and climate change.The securities of the BIST 30 index will be analysed in a first pass, while the BIST 50 will be done in a second. The objective is to select businesses for the BIST Sustainability index which have the best ESG results, possibly well above the required minimum prerequisites. EIRIS will be asisted in research by the Corporate Governance Forum from the Turkish Sabanci University.

In a new bi-monthly publication aimed at credit risk professionals, S&P Capital IQ confirms that risk levels overall have fallen in the past 12 months, while some secotrs anre regions remain highly risky (Credit Market Pulse : www.spcapitaliq-credit.com/credit-market-pulse -november-2013).

After several tumultuous years, global sovereign creditworthiness is likely to continue stablizing in 2014, says Moody’s Investors Service in its just-published «2014 Outlook - Global Sovereigns: Credit Quality Stabilizing After Several Tumultuous Years». As of 25 November, nearly three quarters (85) of the 124 Moody’s-rated sovereigns carry stable rating outlooks, compared with fewer than two thirds (77/120) at the start of 2013. This stabilization in rating outlooks over the course of 2013 reflects divergent trends between advanced and emerging economies.Among advanced economies, many rating outlooks have moved to stable from negative, as in the case of the US and several euro area countries. Among emerging economies, some outlooks moved to stable from positive, as in the case of China and Brazil. Moody’s believes that credit trends among advanced economies will be driven by improving growth prospects, stabilizing debt dynamics, more resilient banking systems and receding region-specific contagion risks.Emerging economies will face a continuation of the less favourable shift in credit quality that began in 2013. The rating agency believes that cyclical factors and emerging structural constraints in large emerging economies will continue to drive below-average-trend growth, weighing on commodities demand and government revenues.

97% of financial services professionals feel that not enough has been done to prevent a future market crash, despite numerous reforms, Financial Times fund management reports, citing a survey by Kinetic Partners. 52% of those surveyed feel that regulatory changes have not created adequate protections.

A group of seven major British asset management firms have decided to initiate in inquiry into the needs of end investors, Investment Week reports. The seven asset management firms which have joined forces, Aberdeen, henderson, Investec, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Old Mutual Global Investors, Schroders and Threadneedle, are proposing to investigate comprehension by the general public of the asset management sector, its products and terminology. “We have created a syndicate of seven asset management firms with the objective of having better understaning of the motives of end clients when they but investment products on the basis of a detailed research project,” explains Nick Ring, head of distribution at Threadneedle. “We will also focus on knowledge of the investment universe by clients, as well as their attitude on risk,” he adds. The initiative may also be related to renewed attention by the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to products sold by managers. “We would like companies to take the needs of investors into account when they develop and distribute products and we would also like them to take measures to take the needs of their target markets into account,” William Amos, director of wholesale banking and investment management at the FCA, explains.

On 21 November, the CNMV registered a new product of the Eurovalor range, offered by Allianz Popular Asset Mnagement, the Eurovalor Garantizado Telecommunicaciones.At maturity (5 February 2018), the fund guarantees capital subscribed until 14 Janyary 2013, plus 3% of the sum retained in the fund until 15 January 2014 (in the form of a mandatory share redemption).In addition to this a supplement of 17.5% is paid if, at maturity, the value of four shares from the telecommunications sector (Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone) is equal to or higher than their initial share price, which corresponds to an effective maximal annual rate of return of 4.83% for subscriptions maintained between 13 January 2014 and 5 February 2018. CharacteristicsName: Eurovalor Garantizado Telecomunicaciones, FIIsin code: ES0170262002Front-end fee: 5%AMC: 1,27 %Depository bank fee: 0,08%Early redemption penalty: 5 %Minimum initial subscription: EUR600

The asset management group Fidelity has written to the boards of director of more than 400 businesses to alert them to its intention to vote against proposed management pay scales from the month of January 2014 if no changes are made, as an incentive to promote long-term vision, Investment Week reports. In a letter seen by the Sunday Times, the global CEO of Fidelity, Dominic Rossi, says that incentive programmes affecting directors are still far too complex and do not require directors to hold onto shares for a sufficiently long time. According to Fidelity, shares awarded to directors as part of bonus programmes should have to be held for at least three years. In the longer term, Fidelity, which is campaigning against short-termism, is militating for share awards to directors to be subject to a five-year lock-in clause. According to a survey carried out recently by Fidelity of practices on the FTSE 350 concerning remuneration, only 14 companies (compared with 6 in 2012) have incentive plans which extend for as much as five years. And 53 companies (compared with 25 previously) are in an intermediate position, with plans that run for 3 to 5 years.

Banco Popular on 25 November announced the sale of its real estate affiliate, in a transaction valued at nearly EUR800m. The bank has signed an agreement in principle with the US investment funds Varde Partners and Kennedy Wilson to sell them the affiliate, a statement says. The real estate activity of the bank will now be managed via a company controlled by these two funds, and in which Banco Popular will hodl a stake. “The net book value of credit which the new firm will manage will be about EUR9.35bn, while real estate assets will total about EUR6.5bn,” says Banco Popular in a statement. The operation is expected to be completed it he next few weeks. Several banks in the country have already sold all or part of their real estate management affiliates. Last week, Santander announced that it has signed an “agreement in principle” with the US investment fund Apollo, to sell it the Altamira affiliate. At the end of September, the La Caixa group, the parent company of CaixaBank, sold 51% of its affiliate Servihabitat to its US investment fund TPG.

Manulife Asset Management has recruited James Wheeler as head of sales for institutional clients in Europe and the Middle East based in Hong Kong, Investment Europe reports. In the past nine years, he worked at Legal & General Investment Management in London, and was responsible in particular for relationships with European institutional clients. At the same time, Manulife AM has promoted James Chen to head of the instituitional and international client relationship activity. He had been responsible for the same area solely for Asia.

Vanguard expects 30 recruitments in Europe by the end of the year, Ignites Europe reports (article reproduced in the Internet edition of Financial Times fund management). According to Tom Ranpulla, head of the European activity at Vanguard staff at the firm will increase from 170 to 200.

For about EUR57m, Henderson Global Investors has sold two shopping centres located in Switzerland to individual investors in the Middle East, which had been part of the portfolio of its Luxembourg-registered real estate FCP Herald, specialised in distribution. They are the Champs Fleuris centre (12,000 square metres) located in Matran in the canton of Fribourg, and the Les Grosses Terres shopping centres (7,000 square metres), located in Étoy in the canton of Vaud.The Herald FCP is aimed at German and internatinoal institutional investors.

Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has recruited Alex Wharton as manager in the institutional client development team in the United Kingdom, and Fred McNeill as manager in the consultant relationship team in the United Kingdom, Investment Europe reports. Wharton worked previously at Capita Employee Benefits, while McNeill worked at Neptune Investment Management. They will both be based in London. Laura Devoucoux will also join the consultant relationship team as a manager. She joins from Natixis Asset Management in Paris.

Matthew Wright, who had been head of distribution for the United Kingdom, is joining the hedge fund boutique NewSmith Asset Management, as a partner in charge of British and European distribution, fundweb reports. Wright joined Carmignac in October 2011 [ed].

Two of the most influential women in the asset management sector are leaving their jobs, Financial News observes. Anne Healy is resigning from her position as senior managing director for the United Kingdom and Ireland at MFS Investment Management, while Penny Green will leave the general management of the Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London.

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, acting on behalf of AXA France Insurance Companies, and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, have acquired the SZ Tower in Munich for an anticipated price of EUR164.1 million from Prime Office REIT-AG.The SZ Tower is a 62,200 m², 28 storey, prime office building in Munich which is fully let to, and serves as, the headquarters of a German publishing group (Süddeutsche Zeitung). The transaction, which is expected to complete before the year-end, gives each partner in the joint venture a 50 percent stake in the building.