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27/09/2013

Caceis retained by the German fund promoter reconcept

reconcept GmbH, a promoter of closed funds which invest in renewable energies, has selected Caceis in Germany as its depository, according to a statement released on 26 September. Since the beginning of July 2013, Caceis has been the depository controller for actively-managed funds from the firm which invest in wind energy. With the introduction of the AIFM directive and the German Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch, Caceis has extended the perimeter of the services it offers to reconcept and helped it to adhere to the deadline to comply with legislation. Caceis has EUR2.5vn in assets under custody, and EUR1.25bn in assets under administration.
27/09/2013

BMO GAM installs a team in Hong Kong

The Canadian asset management firm BMO Global Asset Management is in the process of recruiting a team to manage a fund platform domiciled in Hong Kong, with the objective of selling the funds in China once the project has received permission to sell open-ended mutual funds, Asian Investor reports. The products available for the platform may be ETFs, it is said. BMO already offers 60 ETFs listed on the Toronto stock exchange, totalling about USD11.5bn. BMO is also planning to add to its distribution capacities in Asia.
27/09/2013

Nordea launches actively-managed ETFs in Sweden and Finland

Nordea has launched two actively-managed ETFs on the Stockholm and Helsinki stock exchanges: Nordea Global Emerging Market Equities UCITS ETF and Nordea Stable Equities UCITS ETF, realtid.se reports. They are the first actively-managed ETFs from these countries, according to the Swedish newspaper.
27/09/2013

Safra Sarasin recruits for its sustainable analysis unit

On 26 September, the J. Safra Sarasin Bank announced the appointment of Pierin Menzli as director of its sustainable analysis department. He will begin on 1 November 2013. Menzli is co-founder of Contrast Capital and the former head of the analysis department at SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG.He will be joined by Philipp Mettler, a specialist in sustainable development previously responsible for financial analysis at ALNUA Investment Managers, and a senior equity analyst at SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG.Sarasin has also announced that it has signed a long-term contract with Contrast Capital, an invesment adviser specialised in sustainable investment solutions. According to a statement, “the objective with these appointments and this strategic mandate is to consolidate its dominant position in investment banking in the sustainable area and to develop key competences, while raising its investment philosophy to a higher level in order to satisfy the ever-more exacting requirements of clients.”
27/09/2013

Cost of settling lawsuits against JP Morgan may run to USD11bn

The cost of settling the multiple lawsuits opposing the bank JPMorgan Chase and US regulators may total USD11bn, several English-language newspapers estimate, citing sources close to the negotiations. The payment of such a fine, by far the largest ever paid by a business in the United States, would allow the New York bank to settle several civil and criminal charges. According to the Financial Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, JPMorgan may be fined USD7bn in case, and required to modify the terms of poorly-designed real estate loans subscribed to by troubled families to the tune of USD4bn. The US attorney general, eric Holder, refused to make an initial offer to JP Morgan of USD3bn, according to the Wall Street Journal, and the talks still remain highly uncertain, without a guarantee of success. The bank is primarily hoping to avoid a criminal case, which would complicate talks, and has been highly reticent to admit that its behaviour may have been at fault in the various cases. In addition to the attorney general, the talks involve the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the New York state prosecutor, as the bank is based in that state. JPMorgan, which has long appeared to be the US bank that best overcame the sub-prime crisis, has already paid USD5.3bn in penalties to settle various lawsuits related to its real estate credit sales policies, the Financial Times reports.
27/09/2013

Former Madoff accountant indicted

Paul Konigsberg, who was the accountant for Bernard Madoff for a long time, was indicted on Thursday for keeping false books, which allowed Madoff to cover up his fraud for decades, the Wall Street Journal reports. Konigsberg pleaded not guilty.
27/09/2013

Schroders welcomes Avoca fund on its GAIA platform

In November, the Schroder GAIA (Global Alternative Investor Access EUR1.8bn in assets) platform will gain a sixth UCITS-compliant hedge fund, the Schroder GAIA Avoca Credit fund, from Avoca Capital Management LLP (EUR6bn), managed by Simon Thorp and James Sclater, who have been responsible for the strategy for 13 years. The UCITS-compliant Avoca Credit Absolute Return Fund will at that time be absorbed into the new Schroder GAIA Avoca Credit fund.The return objective is 7-10% per year, excluding fees. The fund, with no benchmark index, will focus on corporate and financial sector bonds from the entire world, including emerging markets. The long/short credit team at Avoca will use the same strategy as for the Avoca fund, whose net returns since 2002 have been 9.8% per year. In other words, the management team will invest in corporate bonds, CDS, credit indices, options on investment-grade indices and high yield, as well as sovereign debt.
27/09/2013

Lazard Frères Gestion bets on recovery

Expansión reports that Lazard Frères Gestion has launched the Objectif Recovery Eurozone fund, which invests in businesses with over EUR100m in capitalisation, and which have the highest potential for revalutation in the event of a recovery in the euro zone. As of 30 August, it was 27% invested in 13 Spanish equities, such as Atresmedia and Iberdrola. Among the other positions are Unicredito, Enel and Peugeot.
27/09/2013

Neuberger Berman launches an absolute return bond fund

Neuberger Berman has mandated Jon Jonsson to manage a global absolute return bond fund, Neuberger Berman Global Bond Absolute Return, Citywire Global reports. Jonsson, who joined the firm in London from JP Morgan at the end of August, will manage the new fund with Andy Johnson. The fund will have seed capital of USD42m.
27/09/2013

Nearly one out of three new German funds survive for less than five years

Of 9,928 funds launched n Germany from 1 January 2000 until the end of 2012, 14.7% did not make it to their third birthday, 21.8% were closed in four years, and 28.7% had to be liquidated without being able to complete their fith year. The main reason for these high attrition rates calculated by the Berlin-based ratings agency Scope is inadequate performance.The newly-created funds only very rarely offer results higher than those of already existing products, which is often due to a lack of genuine innovation in the concepts, and also to a high level of cost compared with the limited volume of assets in the new funds.The categories of funds most severely affected by liquidations are money markets and equities, with attrition rates of 38.1% and 29.8% after five years, respectively.
27/09/2013

FinanceCom AM launches an African equity fund

FinanceCom Asset Management has launched the FCOM Africa fund, managed under an outsourcing mndate to RMA Capital, a local player whose assets under managemen total USD5bn. The French-registered, UCITS IV fund is invested in shares in African companies and international businesses which operate primarily in Africa, and which cover a large part of the continent (Nigeria, Souuth Africa, Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, etc.). “With initial assets of EUR20m, the fund is expected to soon see its assets increase due to the rising interest of investors in this geographical region,” according to FinanceCom.
27/09/2013

Franklin Templeton launches a bond fund

Franklin Templeton has launched an investment-grade bond fund,, which will be managed by Sonal Desai, portfolio manager and also director of research in the international bonds department, Citywire Global reports. The Templeton Constrained Bond Fund will be co-managed by Christine Zu. Desi will concentrate primarily on fixed or variable rate debt securities, including bonds from outside the investment grade category, as well as debt issued by government or semi-government agencies worldwide. Desai will also be able to invets in bonds issued by supra-national organisations such as the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the European Investment Bank. Investment grade bonds will represent most of the portfolio, but up to 15% of assets may be invested in securities outside investment grade.
27/09/2013

Prudential issues infrastructure fund

Prudential Investments, an affiliate of Prudential Financial, has announced the launch of the Prudential Jennison Global Infrastrucure Fund (NASDAQ ticker: PGJAX), a fund which invests primarily in global listed equity of companies active in infrastructure and associated sectors.The product is managed by Shaun Hong and Bobby Edmeka, portfolio managers at Jennison Associates, with the assistance of three analysts. The portfolio will include 70 to 90 positions, and the benchmark index is the S&P Global Infrastructure, but the managers use an absolute return strategy which allows them to include shares which are from outside this perimeter.The fund carries a front-end fee of 5.5%, and a total expense ratio capped to 1.50%.
27/09/2013

Parametric issues balanced risk allocation fund

Jack Hansen, CIO, and Thomas Lee, portfolio manager at The Clifton group, are the managers of the new Parametric Balanced Risk Fund (tickers, EAPBX, for investor shares, and EIPBX for institutional shares), a mutual fund from Eaton Vance, the parent company of Parametric (USD107.2bn), of which Clifton is an affiliate.The absolute return product uses a risk parity strategy to allocate to the main asset classes of global equities, global real estate, global credit spreads, commodities, global bonds, inflation-linked bonds, precious metals, and volatility.Allocation is steered according to the volatility anticipated over the long term for each asset class, with the management team working to preserve a level of contribution to portfolio risk which is measurably equal between the various asset classes.
27/09/2013

Departure of an emerging markets equity manager from ING IM

ING Investment Managers has seen the departure of Gus Robertson, who will be returning to South Africa for family reasons, and has consequently had to overhaul its emerging markets equity team, Citywire Global reports. Nathan Griffiths becomes principal manager of the ING Global Emerging Markets and ING (L) Invest Emerging Europe funds. Ivo Luiten will assist with the fund, while ING IM is in the process of recruiting a full-time co-manager for the Emerging Europe fund.
27/09/2013

HSBC GAM releases ETF dedicated to Asia ex Japan

HSBC Global Asset Management will launch an ETF dedicated to Asia ex Japan with a total expense ratio of 0.6%, Investment Week reports. The HSBC MSCI AC Far East ex-Japan ETF will replicate the performance of the corresponding MSCI index, which includes mid- to large-sized businesses in developed and emerging Asia. The ETF, which is expected to be launched on Friday, will be domiciled in Ireland, and listed on the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse. It will be registered in several European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Austria.
27/09/2013

F&C appoints a new head of governance and sustainable development

F&C Investments has announced the appointment of Vicki Bakhshi as head of governance and sustainable investment (GSI). Her appointment comes almost a year after the departure of Karina Litvack who had this position.Vicki Bakhshi joined F&C in 2006 and has been a senior member of the GSI team for a number of years, including most recently as head of engagement. Prior to joining F&C, she spent five years in the UK government. She has also worked as a writer at the Financial Times, and as an economist at the Bank of England.
27/09/2013

Assets and inflows up at Liontrust

In its half year trading update, Liontrust Asset Management plc reports that as of 24 Septemer, its assets totalled GBP3.413bn, compared with GBP3.265bn as of 1 July, and GBP3.039bn as of 1 April. One year previously, Liontrust had GBP2.364bn in assets under management.In the first half of its fiscal year, net subscriptions totalled GBP312m, of which GBP10m were in July-September, while market effects were positive to the tune of GBP62m (they were GBP138m in July-September). In April-September 2012, net subscriptions totalled GBP151m.Figures released by Liontrust reveal that net subscriptions in the first half of the fiscal year to the end of March 2014 came from offshore funds (GBP178m0 and retail funds (GBP146m), while institutional funds had outflows of GBP12m.As of 24 September, institutional funds had assets of GBP513m, while retail products had GBP2.487bn, and offshore funds had GBP413m.
27/09/2013

JPMorgan AM recruits from the BBC

Investment Week reports that JPMorgan Asset Management has recruited the economic editorialist Sophie Flanders from the BBC as its chief market strategist for the United Kingdom and Europe. She will be based in London, and will report to David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds.
27/09/2013
Fonds

Lazard Frères Gestion mise sur la reprise de l'économie

Expansión rapporte que Lazard Frères Gestion a lancé le fonds Objectif Recovery Eurozone investissant dans les entreprises de plus de 100 millions d’euros de capitalisation qui affichent le potentiel le plus élevé de revalorisation en cas de sortie de crise de la zone euro. Au 30 août, il était investi à 27 % dans 13 valeurs espagnoles comme Atresmedia et Iberdrola. Parmi les autres lignes figurent Unicredito, Enel et Peugeot.
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27/09/2013
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Neuberger Berman lance un fonds obligataire à rendement absolu

Neuberger Berman a confié au gérant Jon Jonsson un fonds obligataire mondial à rendement absolu, Neuberger Berman Global Bond Absolute Return, rapporte Citywire Global. L’intéressé, qui a rejoint la société à Londres en provenance de JP Morgan fin août, gérera le nouveau fonds avec Andy Johnson. Le fonds bénéficiera d’un capital d’amorçage de 42 millions de dollars.
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27/09/2013
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Schroders accueille un fonds Avoca sur sa plate-forme GAIA

En novembre, la plate-forme Schroder GAIA (Global Alternative Investor Access, 1,8 milliard d’euros d’encours) s’enrichira d’un sixième fonds alternatif coordonné, le Schroder GAIA Avoca Credit d’Avoca Capital Management LLP (6 milliards d’euros) géré par Simon Thorp et James Sclater, qui sont responsables de cette stratégie depuis 13 ans. Le fonds coordonné Avoca Credit Absolute Return Fund sera à cette occasion absorbé par le nouveau Schroder GAIA Avoca Credit.L’objectif de rendement se situe à 7-10 % par an, net de frais. Ce fonds sans indice de référence se focalisera sur les obligations d’entreprises et de financières du monde entier, y compris des pays émergents. L'équipe long/short crédit d’Avoca utilisera en fait la même stratégie que celle mise en œuvre pour le fonds Avoca, dont la performance nette depuis 2002 se situe à 9,8 % annuels. Autrement dit, l'équipe de gestion investira en obligations d’entreprises, en CDS, en indices de crédit, en options sur indices catégorie investissement et haut rendement ainsi qu’en dette souveraine.
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27/09/2013

Safra Sarasin renforce son pôle analyse durable

Le 26 septembre, la Banque J. Safra Sarasin a annoncé la nomination de Pierin Menzli à la direction de son service d’analyse durable. Il prendra ses fonctions le 1er novembre 2013. L’intéressé est cofondateur de Contrast Capital et ancien responsable du service d’analyse de SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG.Il sera rejoint par Philipp Mettler, spécialiste du développement durable précédemment responsable de l’analyse financière chez ALNUA Investment Managers et analyste actions senior chez SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG.En outre, J. Safra Sarasin indique avoir conclu un mandat de long terme avec Contrast Capital, un conseiller en placement spécialiste des solutions de placement durables.Selon un communiqué «l’objectif de ces nominations et de ce mandat stratégique est de consolider la position dominante de la banque dans le domaine de l’investissement durable et de développer ses compétences clés en élevant sa philosophie d’investissement à un niveau supérieur afin de satisfaire les exigences toujours plus pointues des clients». Les principales activités de ce partenariat seront les suivantes :- Intégrer les principes du développement durable dans toutes les étapes du processus de placement- Renforcer le lien entre la démarche durable et la méthodologie de l’analyse financière- Proposer des solutions d’investissement durable sur mesure aux clients.En Suisse, le volume des investissements durables est passé de 10,7 milliards de francs à 48,5 milliards entre 2005 et 2012 ; la part de marché de la Banque J. Safra Sarasin atteint 38% (source: FNG 2012).
27/09/2013

Fidelity ouvre une agence de la plate-forme FFB à Vienne

A compter de novembre 2013, les comptes des clients autrichiens de Fidelity seront transférés de Luxembourg à Vienne, auprès de la succursale que Fidelity Worldwide Investment vient d’ouvrir en Autriche avec le lancement de la plate-forme de fonds FFB (FIL Fondsbank GmbH) dont la direction a été confiée à Ronald Holzmann.Les frais de tenue de compte se monteront à compter du 1er janvier 2014 à 0,25 % du montant moyen des actifs, avec un minimum de 25 euros et un maximum de 45 euros par an. Les transactions sont facturées 2 euros à l’unité, qu’il s’agisse d’un achat ou d’une vente. Les transferts d’un compte à l’autre, les comptes d'épargne ainsi que le réinvestissement automatique des distributions de dividendes sont gratuits.
27/09/2013
Fonds

Prudential propose un fonds d'infrastructures

Filiale de Prudential Financial, Prudential Investments a annoncé le lancement du Prudential Jennison Global Infrastructure Fund (code ménmonique sur le NASDAQ : PGJAX), un fonds investissant principalement en valeurs cotées du monde entier actives dans les infrastructures et les secteurs connexes.Ce produit est confié à Shaun Hong et Bobby Edemeka, gérants de portefeuille chez Jennison Associates, assistés de trois analystes. Le portefeuille comprendra entre 70 et 90 lignes et l’indice de reference est le S&P Global Infrastructure, mais les gérants mettent en oeuvre une stratégie de performance absolue qui les autorise à intégrer des valeurs qui se trouvent à l’extérieur de ce périmètre.Le fonds comporte un droit d’entrée de 5,5 % et un taux de frais sur encours plafonné à 1,50 %.
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27/09/2013
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Franklin Templeton lance un fonds obligataire

Franklin Templeton vient de lancer un fonds obligataire investment grade qui sera géré par Sonal Desai, gérante de portefeuille et aussi directrice de la recherche au sein du département obligations internationales, rapporte Citywire Global.Le Templeton Constrained Bond fund sera co-géré par Christine Zu. Sonal Desai se concentrera principalement sur les titres de dette à taux fixes ou variables, y compris les obligations hors catégorie d’investissement, ainsi que la dette émise par les entités gouvernementales ou semi-gouvernementales à travers le monde.Sonal Desai pourra aussi investir dans les obligations émises par des organismes supranationaux comme la Banque internationale pour la reconstruction et le développement (BIRD) ou la Banque européenne d’investissement.Les obligations en catégorie d’investissement constitueront l’essentiel du portefeuille mais jusqu'à 15% des actifs pourront être investis dans des titres hors catégorie d’investissement.
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27/09/2013

GSAM acquiert un portefeuille auprès de DeAWM

L’activité «stable value» de Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) aux Etats-Unis, avec un encours sous administration de 21,6 milliards de dollars au 30 juin, a été achetée par Goldman Sachs Asset management (GSAM) pour un montant non divulgué.Le «stable value» correspond à une niche du segment obligataire qui est utilisée pour les plans d'épargne retraite du type 401(k). GSAM a annoncé en juillet son intention de mettre sur pied un collective trust pour le stable value.Les fonds stable value sont des instruments de préservation du capital investis dans des portefeuilles obligataires diversifiés et de haute qualité qui sont protégés de la volatilité des taux d’intérêt par des contrats «wrap contracts» conclus avec des banques et des compagnies d’assurances.
27/09/2013
Fonds

Parametric propose un fonds d'allocation à risque équilibré

Jack Hansen, CIO, et Thomas Lee, gérant de portefeuille de The Clifton Group, sont les gérants du nouveau Parametric Balanced Risk Fund*, un mutual fund d’Eaton Vance (la maison-mère de Parametric (107,2 milliards de dollars), dont Clifton est une filiale).Ce produit de performance absolue met en œuvre une stratégie de parité de risque en allouant des poches aux principales classes d’actifs que sont les actions mondiales, l’immobilier mondial, les spreads de crédit mondial, les matières premières, les obligations mondiales, les obligations indexées sur l’inflation, les métaux précieux et la volatilité.L’allocation est pilotée en fonction de la volatilité anticipée sur le long terme pour chaque classe d’actifs, l'équipe de gestion veillant à préserver un niveau de contribution au risque du portefeuille sensiblement égal entre les diverses classes d’actifs.* codes mnémoniques : EAPBX (parts investor) EIPBX (parts institutionnelles)
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27/09/2013

BNY Mellon recrute un dirigeant d’Eaton Vance

Paul Nobile, chief marketing officer d’Eaton Vance, a été nommé chief marketing officer du pôle investment management de BNY Mellon. Il sera basé à New York et subordonné à PeterPaul Pardi, global head of distribution, ainsi qu’à R. Jeep Bryant, executive vice president for marketing & corporate affairs.De 1997 à 2009, Paul Nobile avait travaillé pour Barclays Global Investors à San Francisco, en dernier lieu comme managing director et head of brand marketing pour les ETF de la marque iShares.
27/09/2013

Salaires : BNP Paribas veut des coups de pouce individuels pour 2014

L’Agefi rapporte qu’en ouverture de ses négociations salariales annuelles, BNP Paribas a proposé hier une enveloppe de 600 euros par collaborateur en 2014, à ventiler entre prime salariale et complément d’intéressement, mais aucune augmentation pérenne, annoncent des sources syndicales. Les élus du personnel plaident au contraire pour une hausse générale. Pour l’année 2013, la direction avait revalorisé les salaires de 0,5% et octroyé un complément d’intéressement de 730 euros par personne, après avoir démarré les discussions sur un socle de 0,3% d’augmentation et 300 euros de prime. Cette fois, elle mise sur les coups de pouce individuels, qui pourraient représenter 1,8% de la masse salariale 2014 contre 1,6% en 2013.

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