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21/08/2013

Golden Tree recruits from Paulson

The asset management firm Golden Tree Asset Management has announced the recruitment of James Clarke as managing director – business development. Clarke had previously worked at Paulson and Co. as senior vice president in charge of development for activities serving major institutional investors (pension funds, charities, endowments). Clarke will be based at the Golden Tree headquarters in New York, and will report to Thomas Humphrey, a partner in chareg of development for activities of the traditional and alternative asset management firm serving sophisticated institutional investors and high net worth (HNW) investors. Assets under management at Golden Tree total about USD18bn, invested in absolute return, long-only and opportunistic strategies.
21/08/2013

AMG Wealth Partners buys a stake in Clarfeld Financial Advisors

AMG Wealth Partners, an affiliate of the Affiliated Managers (AMG) group, has announced that it has acquired a minority stake in the specialist boutique Clarfeld Financial Advisors. Management and employees at Clarfeld will retain the majority of capital in the firm, and will continue to benefit from genuine operational autonomy in the management of the firm. Clarfeld Financial Advisors, based in New York, is an advising boutique which offers a range of investment and financial planning products, as well as fiscal, legal, risk management and family office services aimed at directors of companies and other high net worth professionals. Assets advised by Clarfeld total about USD4bn. With the support of AMG, whose network of companies and asset management boutiques represents total assets under management of over USD470bn, Clarfeld plans to develop its international advising activities, particularly in the United Kingdom, where the firm is already present.
21/08/2013

ETF activity remains at the centre of Lyxor AM strategy

ETF activities at Lyxor Asset Management are not for sale, and remain at the core of the firm’s strategy, Inès de Dinechin, chairwoman of the board at Lyxor AM, has told FTfm, providing formal denial of rumours on the market of a potential sale of its ETF actvities. This rumour gained some momentum after the departure of several Lyxor executives, including former chairman of the board Alain Dubois, an emblematic figure at the Société Générale affiliate, who has joined the ETF specialist firm MSCI. “ETFs are at the heart of our strategy today, and they will remain there for the next five years,” says de Dinechin, adding that marketing and sales teams have been reinforced and that Lyxor has some wild cards to play in the consolidation process which is now taking its course in the sector, while its declared priority continues to be organic growth. Lyxor is prepared to react to opportunities that may present themselves, but the success of an acquisition operation is never an easy thing, de Dinechin claims.
21/08/2013

Cramer Bank acquires Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion

Norinvest Holding SA (NIH) has announced that its affiliate, Banque Cramer & Cie SA (BCC), has signed an agreement with Unione di Banche Italiane S.c.p.a. (UBI), one of the largest banking groups in Italy, by which it will acquire all capital in the Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion SA (BDG), one of the oldest banks in the Lausanne market. The transaction, whose total price has not been disclosed, and which remains subject to approval by Finma, will result in the merger of the two firms, under the name Banque Cramer & Cie SA, during fourth quarter 2013. Banque Cramer, a specialist in private management and trade finance, has about CHF2bn in assets under management, while BDG has about CHF1.1bn in assets under management, and a considerable mortgage activity. “This acquisition comes as part of the development plan at the Norinvest group, which is active in investments in stakes in companies in the banking and financial domain. Through this acquisition, its affiliate BCC will be able to extend its client based and diversify the nature of its revenues through the mortgage activities at BDG. In addition, following the merger, Banque Cramer & Cie SA will have a new branch in Lausanne,” a statement says.
21/08/2013

Assets under management up 3.9% at the Cantonal Bank of Lucerne

The Cantonal Bank of Lucerne has posted net inflows in first half of EUR578m, according to a statement released on 20 August. This development, with positive market effects, has contributed to an increase of 3.9% (or CHF1bn) since the end of 2012 in assets under management, which as of the end of June totalled CHF26.8bn.
21/08/2013

Eric Knight recommends a more pronounced wealth management positioning for UBS

The US investors Eric Knight, founder of the activist asset management firm Knight Vinke Asset management, and now a shareholder in UBS, with a stake of slightly under 3%, claims that the group should sell off its investment banking division, or failing that, reduce it to a minimum. “UBS should clearly position itself as a wealth manager, and further reduce its investment banking activities,” he has told Tages-Anzeiger. Knight claims that the non-essential areas of the investment bank should be eliminated. “We have held meetings with shareholders and we know that there is a large consensus in favour of such measures,” Knight claims. Everyone has enormous respect for Axel Weber, the chairman of the board of directors. But many feel that the board is too weak compared with CEO Sergio Ermotti. “We have the impression that it is the board which wears the trousers at UBS, and the CEO who makes decisions on questions of structure and strategy.” A majority of shareholders feel that the changes that have been made so far are merely cosmetic, he says. “Some assets hae been transferred from one sector to another, but the risk remains.” UBS is now composed of a “good” bank and a “bad” bank, and the latter makes three times as much as the former. “Nobody is interested in the new face of the good bank. What counts is results, and on the whole, those are hardly attractive.”
21/08/2013

US mutual funds post inflows of nearly USD16bn in July

In the United States, long-term mutual funds in July 2013 posted net inflwos of USD15.9bn, according to statistics released by Morningstar. This development has been driven largely by international equity funds, which finished the month with net inflows of USD7.9bn, while US equities have posted inflows of USD5.7bn. However, the bankruptcy of the city of Detroit has contributed to outflows of over USD10bn from municipal bonds. Since the beginning of the year, this asset class has posted outflows of slightly over USD20bn. Outflows from taxable bonds have fallen to USD1.3bn, after redemptions in June totalling a record USD43.7bn. Money market funds, for their part, have attracetd a net USD27.7bn, but since the beginning of the year, they have seen outflows of USD78.47bn. Among providers, JP Morgan tops the rankings, with inflows of USD3.4bn, followed by Vanguard (USD2.65bn) and Dimensional Fund Advisors 9USD2.24bn). However, PIMCO has seen outflows of USD7.5bn from the PIMCO Total Return fund, bringing outflows in the past three months of USD18.4bn.
21/08/2013

Expedition Advisors shuts down an Asian volatility strategy

The alternative asset management firm Expedition Advisors, which in May 2012 launched an Asian volatility strategy with the support of the New York-based Protege Partners, has decided to refund money invested by investors after losses at the hedge fund, Bloomberg reports. The hedge fund, which had proposed to play on movements on Asia ex Japan equities, has seen losses of 14% since its launch, the most recent letter sent to investors, obtained by Bloomberg, indicates. At its launch, assets in the fund totalled about USD50m, Bloomberg states.
21/08/2013

Barack Obama seeks to accelerate reforms of the US financial system

In a meeting with all regulators involved in reforms of the financial system, including the SEC, CFTC (commodities) and FDIC (deposit guarantees), Barack Obama has emphasized the importance of carrying through with the application of rules set out in the famous Dodd-Frank legislation of 2010, Les Echos reports. This is to “ensure that we are able to prevent the type of financial disaster which led to the recession from recurring,” he says. According to the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, only 40% of the law has been applied to date. Among the rules which have not yet been applied are the important “Volcker” rule, which would very strictly limit proprietary speculative activities at banks, and their investments in speculative and private equity funds.
21/08/2013

RDR regulation favour strong inflows at RLAM

The asset management firm Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has posted net inflows in first half of GBP308m, at a time, whereas it had seen net outflows of GBP210m in the first six months of 2012, according to semiannual results published on 20 August. According to the CEO of the Royal London group, Phil Loney, this development is largely due to the implementation of RDR regulations since the beginning of this year, which “has fundamentally altered the terrain for advisers in savings and investment activities. The commission levels no longer have the potential to bias advising on new products, and our efforts with the quality of our offerings and serivces is the source of the growth in our inflows” in first half, he says. Assets under management and administration at RLAM as of 30 June total GBP5.1bn, compared with GBP49.8bn as of the end of 2012. Pre-tax profits at the asset management unit totalled GBP8bn in first half 2013, compared with GBP18m in second half 2012, but first half 2012 brought losses of GBP2m.
21/08/2013

Brevan Howard loses currency specialist Luke Ding

The currency specialist Luke Ding, who joined the alternative asset management firm Brevan Howard six years ago, has left the firm, Citywire reports. Ding becomes one of a number of traders to have left the firm this summer. The departure of Ding has been confirmed by a spokesperson at Brevan Howard. The Brevan Howard Maco FX L EUR fund, managed by Ding, has earned returns of 3.17% in the three years to the end of July 2013, compared with losses of 3.62% for the Citiwire Alternative Ucits EUR: Currency Sector.
21/08/2013

M&G Investments appoints a new fund manager for its US value fund

M&G Investments has announced that from 1 September 2013 Daniel White will become manager of the EUR 140 mn M&G North American Value Fund. He will be supported by deputy manager Richard Halle, who manages the EUR 590 mn M&G European Strategic Value Fund. Daniel White has worked very closely with Richard Halle on the M&G European Strategic Value Fund since its launch in 2008. He will become deputy fund manager on the fund.Daniel White is taking over the management of the M&G North American Value Fund from Richard Brody, who will concentrate on his wider responsibility and other portfolios at PPM America. The fund’s investment objective and philosophy will remain unchanged. The M&G North American Value Fund will continue to invest in listed North American companies, focusing on stocks that are inexpensive when compared with the market as a whole.
21/08/2013

Joint Forum publishes recommendations on mortgage insurance

The Joint Forum, which unites supervisory authorities overseeing banks, markets and insurance, on 20 August published its final report on mortgage insurance. This general document, a preliminary draft of which had been proposed earlier in the year, and in the wake of the 2007 crisis proposes stricter regulation of mortgage insurance activities. The document lays out a series of recommendations, which largely call fro the alignment of interests between originators and subscribers, with strict respect for rigorous subscription criteria and a need for insurers to form long-term capital reserves throughout the cycle. The Joint Forum was founded in 1996 by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). It aims to coordinate work in shared areas between the banking, securities and insurance sectors, including regulation of financial conglomerates.
21/08/2013

Fidelity develops in Asia

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has introduced a new fee scheme for its open-ended products on Fundsnetwork which is aimed at clients based in Hong Kong, but the firm is studying the possibility of extending the scheme to other Asian markets, Asian Investor reports. The new scheme offers billing on the basis of a monthly commission and not on the number of trades made on the platform. Fidelity is also considering increasing the number of external asset management firms on the platform to 15 by the end of the year, from 10 currently. Investors are now able to trae 380 funds from 10 providers on the platform, including funds from Axa Investment Managers, BNP Paribas, Ivestment Partners, Franklin Templeton Investments, Henderson Global Investors, Janus Capital Group, Old Mutual Global Investors, Pimco, Robeco, Schroders IM, and of course Fidelity.
21/08/2013

Vontobel veteran joins Kairos

Livjo Dalle has joined the Italian asset management firm Kairos as a senior portfolio manager. He had previously been head of the Multi Asset Class unit for Italy at Vontobel.
21/08/2013

New head for Scandinavia at HSBC GAM

Sten Ankarcrona has been appointed as the new CEO for the Nordic branch of HSBC Global Asset Management in Stockholm, Fondbranschen reports. This represents a return to service for the man who founded the firm’s office in the Swedish capital in 2004, when he joined the group. Ankarcrona was previously CEO of HSBC GAM in Singapore.
21/08/2013
Gestion d'actifs

La Fondation Médéric Alzheimer retient un gérant diversifié à l'issue d'un appel d'offres

D’après nos informations, la Fondation Médéric Alzeimer a retenu Lazard Frères Gestion pour la gestion d’un fonds diversifié suite à un appel d’offres avec l’aide du consultant Alpha Institutionnels Conseil. La gestion des Fonds Communs de Placement était jusqu'à présent déléguée à deux partenaires financiers : Natixis Asset Management et Allianz Global Investors France.
Gestion d'actifs
21/08/2013

Ralentissement de la croissance norvégienne

Le PIB norvégien, hors secteur pétrolier et transport maritime, a progressé de 0,2% au deuxième trimestre, alors que le consensus Reuters prévoyait en moyenne une croissance de 0,7% après celle de 0,6% enregistrée entre janvier et mars. La couronne norvégienne cédait 1% face à l’euro suite à cette annonce. La banque centrale prévoyait aussi une croissance de 0,7% au deuxième trimestre et pourrait revoir à la baisse sa prévision de 2,5% sur l’ensemble de l’année.
21/08/2013

Les BRICS relancent leur projet de banque commune

Des acteurs économiques des Brics se sont réunis hier à Johannesburg autour du thème du commerce avec l’Afrique, et ont insisté sur le fait que leur projet de banque de développement n'était pas abandonné. «Nos gouvernements sont toujours attachés à l’idée de cette banque, nous sommes convaincus qu’elle va se concrétiser», a ainsi dit Ma Zehua, représentant de la Chine. Et d’ajouter qu’elle permettra de «soutenir le commerce et les investissements entre Etats membres».
21/08/2013

La Nouvelle-Zélande poursuit ses privatisations

Dans le cadre de son programme de privatisations destiné à redresser les comptes publics, le premier ministre néo-zélandais, John Key, a indiqué que le pays allait introduire en Bourse en novembre 49% de Meridian Energy, sa plus grande compagnie électrique, dont il conservera 51%, sur le modèle de l’IPO de Mighty River Power. Meridian Energy est valorisée à quelque 6,5 milliards de dollars locaux (4 milliards d’euros) par les analystes.
21/08/2013

Crise politique en République tchèque

Les députés tchèques ont voté hier, à 140 voix sur 200, en faveur de l’autodissolution de la Chambre basse, ouvrant la voie à l’organisation à l’automne d'élections législatives anticipées censées mettre un terme à la crise politique provoquée par la chute en juin du gouvernement de centre droit de Petr Necas. Selon les sondages, les sociaux-démocrates du CSSD sont largement favoris du prochain scrutin.
21/08/2013

La Pologne creuse son déficit budgétaire

Le gouvernement polonais a adopté hier un projet de collectif budgétaire qui augmente le déficit de 16 milliards de zlotys (3,76 milliards euros). Le projet fait en effet état de recettes fiscales inférieures de 23,7 milliards à ce qui était prévu dans la loi de finances pour 2013. En réponse, le gouvernement propose de procéder à des coupes dans ses dépenses de 7,7 milliards, pour limiter l’augmentation du déficit à 16 milliards de zlotys.
21/08/2013

Nasdaq OMX est numéro deux de la compensation de taux en Europe

En atteignant un volume de compensation de swaps de taux d’intérêt en couronnes suédoises (SEK) de 100 milliards (12 milliards d’euros), Nasdaq OMX Clearing devient la deuxième plus importante chambre de compensation en matière de contrat d’échange de taux d’intérêt en Europe. Les swaps de taux d’intérêt en SEK ont été introduits en 2012 et les premiers échanges interbanques réalisés le 22 avril 2013.
21/08/2013

Hausse des encours de crédit aux TPE

Selon les statistiques de la Banque de France, les encours de crédit aux micro-entreprises ont crû de 2,6% sur un an à fin juin 2013. L’encours s’élève à 227,1 milliards d’euros. Sur le seul deuxième trimestre, les établissements de crédit ont accordé 14,1 milliards de crédits nouveaux, contre 12,5 milliards au premier trimestre. Le taux d’intérêt moyen pour les crédits inférieurs à 250.000 euros atteint 3,02% fin juin, un taux inférieur à ceux pratiqués dans le reste de la zone euro.
21/08/2013

Pierre Moscovici comprend la grogne fiscale

Le ministre des Finances s’est dit hier matin très sensible au «ras-le-bol fiscal» ressenti par les citoyens et les entreprises françaises, en confirmant l’objectif de stabilisation des prélèvements obligatoires en 2015. «Dans le redressement nécessaire, nous inverserons les proportions par rapport à 2013 entre les économies qui doivent être prioritaires et les prélèvements obligatoires qui doivent être aussi peu importants, aussi faibles que possible», a-t-il ajouté.
21/08/2013

La Grèce n’est pas au bout de ses peines

Le ministre allemand des Finances a pour la première fois publiquement reconnu hier que la Grèce aura besoin d’un troisième plan d’aide international, conduisant même un responsable grec à réagir en précisant que les sommes nécessaires seraient beaucoup moins importantes que celles des deux précédents plans. De quoi faire bondir hier de 27 points de base le rendement des obligations à 10 ans de l’Etat grec qui a ainsi atteint un plus haut de trois semaines, se tendant à 10,066%. «La Grèce et ses créanciers passent en revue les différentes manières de boucher les éventuels trous dans les besoins de financement auxquels la Grèce pourrait être confrontée au cours des prochaines années», a indiqué à Reuters un responsable du ministère grec des Finances. Le mois dernier, le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) a estimé à quelque 10,9 milliards d’euros les trous dans le plan de financement de la Grèce sur 2014-2015.
21/08/2013

La RBI injecte des liquidités

La banque centrale indienne a indiqué hier soir qu’elle comptait racheter vendredi pour 80 milliards de roupies (940 millions d’euros) d’obligations d’Etat. D’autres rachats éventuels pourront intervenir en fonction de l’évolution des marchés, a précisé la RBI. Une mesure qui vise à ce que les taux et les flux de crédits distribués dans les secteurs productifs de l'économie ne soient pas trop atteints par les dispositions prises ces derniers jours pour resserrer les conditions monétaires.
21/08/2013

Erreur d'ordres sur les options américaines

Les opérateurs américains d’options sur actions (NYSE Amex, le Nasdaq et le CBOE) ont passé en revue toute une série d’erreurs d’ordres qui se seraient déroulées hier, juste après la clôture des marchés, dont une bonne partie aurait d’ailleurs été annulés, indique le Wall Street Journal. Une erreur de saisie dans les symboles des options traitées serait à l’origine de cet incident.
21/08/2013

NYSE choisit ses banques pour l’IPO d’Euronext

NYSE Euronext, l’opérateur boursier racheté par IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) aurait choisi JPMorgan Chase et la Société Générale pour gérer l’introduction en Bourse de sa filiale européenne, indique Bloomberg. Une part d’Euronext pourrait être cédée dès cette année et rapporter environ 750 millions d’euros au groupe, même si sa taille n’a pas encore été fixée.

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