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22/03/2013

BNP Paribas Cardif franchit le cap du milliard d’euros de résultat net avant impôt en 2012

BNP Paribas Cardif qui a publié hier ses résultats annuels 2012 a fait état d’un chiffre d’affaires de 24,3 milliards d’euros, en hausse de 5% par rapport à 2011. Cette hausse s’explique notamment par une bonne tenue de l’activité en France et une forte croissance en Asie et en Amérique latine. Par ailleurs, le résultat net avant impôt dépasse le milliard d’euros, indique un communiqué.La collecte nette Epargne a été positive, à 3 milliards d’euros, et les actifs gérés ont progressé de 13% pour s’élever à 170 milliards d’euros en fin d’année."En France,» précise BNP Paribas Cardif, «le chiffre d’affaires Epargne atteint 9,4 milliards d’euros, enregistrant une baisse contenue de 2% par rapport à 2011, une évolution plus favorable que celle du marché (-8%) et des bancassureurs (-7%)». 6,5 milliards d’euros (-7%) ont été totalisés au sein des réseaux Banque de Détail et Banque Privée de BNP Paribas et 1,3 milliard (-4%) dans le réseau des CGPI, auprès des courtiers et sous la marque Assurance Epargne Pension (AEP), indique également l'établissement.L’activité Epargne de BNP Paribas Cardif se caractérise par une proportion élevée de contrats en unités de compte et diversifiés, à hauteur de 22% contre 20% en 2011 (13% pour le marché).
22/03/2013

Départ d’un spécialiste des changes de BNP Paribas

James Davison, head of interest rate and FX structuring pour les Amériques de BNP Paribas à New York, a quitté la banque française, a appris Financial News. Une porte- parole de la banque a confirmé l’information.
22/03/2013
Fonds

Le fonds M&G UK Growth sera bientôt éligible au PEA

M&G Investments a annoncé le 21 mars l’éligibilité au PEA (Plan d’Epargne en Actions) à compter du 25 mars du fonds M&G UK Growth géré par Mike Felton et disposant de près de 667 millions d’euros sous gestion. L’éligibilité au PEA de ce fonds permet à M&G de proposer à la clientèle française un placement attractif dans le contexte actuel de durcissement de la fiscalité de l’épargne. Ce fonds de gestion active est investi en actions d’entreprises britanniques présentant un potentiel de croissance élevé, une classe d’actifs structurellement sous-représentée dans les PEA alors qu’elle dispose d’un potentiel attractif. L’éligibilité de ce fonds au PEA est en adéquation avec la stratégie de M&G de poursuivre son développement auprès des grands distributeurs de fonds en France, notamment au sein de l’enveloppe PEA qui représente une part importante du marché français.
Fonds
22/03/2013

Euro zone mutual funds post EUR54bn in inflows in January

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets in shares in non-money market mutual funds in the euro zone were up to EUR6.622trn as of January 2013, from EUR6.560trn in December 2012, according to statistics from the European Central Bank. This increase of EUR62bn is largely due to net issues. In the same period, assets in shares in money market mutual funds in the euro zone declined to EUR895bn, from EUR911bn. Net subscription to non-money market mutual funds in the euro zone totalled EUR54bn in January 2013, while net redemptions from money market mutual funds totalled EUR3bn. In terms of ventilation by investment strategy, the annual pace of growth for shares in bond funds came to 11.9% in January 2013, and net subscriptions totalled EUR19bn. For equity funds, the annual growth rate was 1.2%, and net subscriptions totalled EUR15bn. For mixed funds, the growth rate was 5.1%, and net subscriptions totalled EUR19bn.
22/03/2013

Union Investment acquires a Holiday Inn under construction in Frankfurt

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Talanx Immobilienmanagement GmbH/A+S Rückverischerung has sold a Holiday Inn building project (249 rooms) in Frankfurt, slated for completion in first quarter 2015, for an undisclosed amount to Union Investment Real Estate, for its open-ended real estate fund UniImmo: Deutschland. The property will be constructed by the Austrian firm UBM Realitätsentwicklung, which will then manage it.
22/03/2013

ETF Securities lists gold ETC in Frankfurt

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As planned (see Newsmanagers of 21 March), the British firm ETFS Hedged Metal Securities Limited has listed a physical gold ETC for trading on the ETC segment of the Xetra electonic platform, Deutsche Börse reports.The ETFS EUR Daily Hedged Physical Gold becomes the 270th ETC to be listed in Frankfurt. The product replicates the MS Long Gold Euro Hedged Index, and is hedged for currency risks in euros. Name: ETFS EUR Daily Hedged Physical GoldISIN code: DE000A1RX996TER: 0.39%
22/03/2013

European Parliament votes to cap fund managers' bonuses

Investment fund managers’ bonuses must be capped, their salaries must be linked to their funds’ performance said Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs in a draft law voted on Thursday. Individual investors’ money must also be better protected, they added. «The UCITS bonus cap will help strengthen investor protection and reduce risky speculation. It will also complement the recently-adopted EU rules capping bankers’ bonuses, ensuring these rules cannot be circumvented and providing for a level playing field» said lead MEP Sven Giegold. The European Parliament plenary will vote in April on whether to give a mandate for three-party negotiations with EU member states and the European Commission.
22/03/2013

Record inflows to BSI

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BSI, a Ticino-based affiliate of the Generali group, last year posted net inflows of CHF7.5bn, Agefi Switzerland reports. Assets under management rose 11%, to CHF86.3bn. Net profits rose 22%, to CHF71m. This means that Generali’s declared intentions to sell its affiliate had little effect on the confidence of clients.
22/03/2013

Sabadell launches a guaranty fund linked to the Euro Stoxx 50

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } With the Sabadell BS Garantía Extra 12 (ES0175090002), Sabadell Inversión has launched a guaranteed fund for a period of four years and three months (31 July 2017), which will allow subscribers to receive a return at maturity, in addition to initial capital, corresponding to 60% of gains on the Euro Stoxx 50 index.Subscriptions are open until 3 May, and investors will receive an immediate return of 3% at the time of subscription, “as a reward for their trust.”Front-end fee will be 5% from 6 May 2013, and there will be a penalty of 5% for withdrawal between 35 April 2013 and 30 July 2017. Management commission is set at 1.60%.
22/03/2013

Rajaratnam’s younger brother charged

The younger brother of Raj Rajaratnam, the convicted co-founder of Galleon Group, was charged with conspiracy and securities fraud for his alleged role in an insider trading scheme that toppled the hedge fund, according to the Financial Times.Rengan Rajaratnam was charged with allegedly trading ahead of corporate transactions that generated USD1.2m in gains for him and Galleon.
22/03/2013

Credit Suisse Real Estate Fund Global distributes its first dividend

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Credit Suisse Real Estate Fund Global, the largest Swiss publicly-traded real estate fund, which allows investors to place their investments in a diversified, international real estate portfolio, has been fully invested since last summer. On 28 March, it will distribute its first dividend to shareholders. The net distribution rate is 1.7%, of CHF1.80 per share, finews reports. The publicly-traded fund may then undertake a capital increase in the second half of 2013, Credit Suisse has announced.
22/03/2013

Access Capital plans to focus on Europe and Australia

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Wall Street Journal reports that the Australian firm Access Capital Advisers, a private investor in infrastructure with assets of USD10bn, is closing down its New York office next week. The two partners based in New York will be transferred, one to the Philippines, and the other to London, from where he will continue to manage the firm’s four properties in the United States, including a toll road in Texas.Interim CEO Graham Matthews explains that an expected wave of privatisations did not take place. That is the reason that Access Capital is now seeking to increase its position in growth markets in Europe and Australia.
22/03/2013

Private Client Resources signs a partnership with HFR

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The wealth management service provider Private Client Resources (PCR) has signed a strategic agreement with the hedge fund index and research provider Hedge Fund Research (HFR). Through the partnership, PCR will achieve greater transparency about hedge fund investments, and in particular will have access to details of the underlying assets in their portfolios.
22/03/2013

Wide dispersion of performance for EME funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } A study by the Berlin-based agency Scope Ratings has found a very wide range of results for emerging market equity funds, depending on differences between global regions and different managers in the emerging market categories for Europe (38 funds), Asia (3 funds) and Latin America (15 funds), over ten years.Overall, Latin American emerging market equity funds have an average performance of 498.3% for the period, putting them ahead of emerging Europe and Asia equity funds, with respective gains of 208.1% and 196.7%.In terms of maximum drawdown, Latin American emerging market equity funds show the best results, with -54.9% over ten years, followed by emerging Asia equity funds (-59.8%) and their European counterparts (-71.8%).The table below presents the best and worst three funds in each category.
22/03/2013

Assets at LBBW Asset Management double in 2012

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Achim Koch, chairman of the board at LBBW Asset Management, the asset management affiliate of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), has announced in an interview with the Börsen-Zeitung that assets more than doubled last year, to EUR48bn as of the end of December, compared with EUR21.5bn at the end of 2011, and that net inflows have totalled EUR22.7bn.This rise is the result of a new unit which was opened in April, for proprietary portfolio management for insurers, which brought in EUR19bn. In January 2013, LBBW AM posted a further EUR165m in net subscriptions.Assets as of the end of December included EUR4.5bn in open-ended funds, and EUR23.3bn in institutional funds. The insurance unit had a total of EUR20.2bn in assets under management in 10 mandates.
22/03/2013

M&G welcomes 2013 budget options for asset management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The budget presented on 20 March by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been received positively by M&G Investments, as the British government is pledging to preserve the status of the United Kingdom as a global leader in investment management.The measures announced include a tax reduction for British mutual funds, a consultation on additional fiscal and regulatory changes, and a commitment to launch a complete international marketing campaign to support the British asset management sector.According to the budget document accompanying the Chanellor’s presentation, the British asset management sector contributes about 1% of the country’s GDP. It has lost ground in recent years compared with other countries, particularly Luxembourg and Ireland, as a preferred country for fund domiciles.
22/03/2013

BT recruits a new CEO from ICI

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British pension fund for the BT group, the BT Pension Scheme, with assets under management of about GBP38bn, has announced the appointment of Eileen Haughet as chief executive officer. Haughey, who had previously worked for the chemical group ICI, will begin in her new role this summer.
22/03/2013

Jupiter CEO positive on employee shareholding

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The CEO of Jupiter, Edward Bonham Carter, has announced at an event for private clients that employee shareholding is a part of remuneration, and is viewed positively by employees, Investment Week reports. Employee shareholding, which accounts for about 35% of capital in Jupiter shares, has been subject to a three-year lock-in, which will be ending in three months. Bonham Carter predicts that employees will remain as shareholders.
22/03/2013

Threadneedle promotes Nick Ring to head of distribution

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nick Ring was on 21 March promoted to the position of head of distribution, effective immediately, replacing Campbell Fleming, who on 1 March became CEO, and had served in the role in the interim since December 2009, when Christian Pellis left the firm for LGT Capital Management (he has since moved on to Amundi). As head of distribution, Ring has also been appointed to the company’s business executive committee, and will report to Fleming. Ring joined Threadneedle in 2008 as global head of product, with responsibility for the product development, product management and investment specialist functions. Prior to joining Threadneedle he spent nine years at Northern Trust where he held several senior roles including Head of Wealth Management. He has also worked at KPMG, Gartmore and Prudential.
22/03/2013

Germans don't want RDR-like fee structure

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } A survey by TNS Infratest on behalf of Axa Investment Managers Germany has found that as of the end of 2012, one third of Germans were in favour of commissions to reward independent financial advisers, compared with over 50% two years previously.Meanwhile, 42% of respondents say they prefer the traditional commission system, in which the adviser received a commission from the fund at the time of subscription.
22/03/2013

Collecte record pour BSI

BSI, la filiale tessinoise du groupe Generali, a enregistré l’an dernier une collecte nette record de 7,5 milliards de francs suisses, rapporte L’Agefi suisse. Les actifs sous gestion ont ainsi progressé de 11% à 86,3 milliards de francs. Le bénéfice net a fait un bond de 22% à 71 millions de francs. C’est dire que l’intention manifestée par Generali de céder sa filiale n’a guère pesé sur la confiance des clients.
22/03/2013
Fonds

Credit Suisse Real Estate Fund Global distribue son premier dividende

Credit Suisse Real Estate Fund Global, premier fonds immobilier suisse coté à la Bourse qui permette aux investisseurs d’investir dans un portefeuille immobilier diversifié et international, est pleinement investi depuis l'été dernier. Il distribuera le 28 mars son premier dividende aux actionnaires. Le taux de distribution est de 1,7 %, soit 1,80 franc suisses par action, note finews. Le fonds coté pourrait procéder à une augmentation de capital au cours du second semestre 2013, a indiqué Credit Suisse.
Fonds
22/03/2013

La surperformance des gérants actions françaises se poursuit

Les tableaux ci-contre présentent les meilleures et plus mauvaises performances en euros des fonds sur le marché des fonds actions américaines et le marché des fonds actions françaises au cours du mois de février 2013. Ces performances sont mises en perspective par le calcul de la volatilité, du ratio de Sharpe sur trois ans d’historique, ainsi que du rendement depuis un an.
22/03/2013

Nelson Peltz fait ses emplettes dans l’agroalimentaire

Le quotidien britannique relève que l’investisseur activiste américain a au cours des dernières semaines bâti des positions au capital de PepsiCo et de Mondelez International, par le biais de son fonds Trian Fund Management. Les participations acquises ne sont pas précisées, mais une source évoque un investissement cumulé d’au moins 2 milliards de dollars.

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