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31/01/2013

Inversis entrusts KPMG with the search of a buyer

Shareholders in Inversis Banco at the end of last week rejected a bid of EUR100m from Andorra’s BPA, and the Madrid-based firm has instead retained KPMG to undertake an audit and valuation of the firm, Funds People reports. The objective is clearly to find a buyer.As of 30 September, assets under custory at Inversis totalled EUR38bn. Its investment funds represent EUR2bn.
31/01/2013

F&C suffers nearly GBP5bn in net redemptions in fourth quarter 2012

out In the fourth quarter of 2012, F&C Investments underwent net outflows of GBP4.9bn. These outflows are largely the result of the withdrawal of GBP2.4bn in fixed income assets by Friends Life, which is internalising its management, and will recall a further GBP6.2bn in bond assets over the course of the year. The consumer and institutional unit (which includes wholesale, retail trusts and third-party institutionals) has posted net outflows of GBP1.3bn, including GBP956m for third-party institutional investors alone. For the year as a whole, F&C has seen net redemptions of GBP13.3bn, of which GBP1.9bn are for the consumer and institutional unit. As of the end of 2012, assets at F&C totalled GBP95.2bn (or EUR117.5bn), down from GBP100.1bn (EUR119.9bn) one year previously.
31/01/2013

Acquisitions and sales of properties for Union in Germany

For an undisclosed amount, Union Investment Real Estate has acquired the Bülow Carrée office and commercial complex in Stuttgart, which is slated for completion in mid-2013. The property will be added to the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund UniImmo: Deutschland.The asset management firm has also sold the Bei dem Neuen Krahn 2 property in Hamburg to a pension fund. The property had been part of the portfolio of the institutional real estate fund DIFA-Fonds Nr. 3. Liquidity from the sale will allow Union to acquire other properties at a rate of EUR20m each.
31/01/2013

Natixis GAM launches a retail fund in the United Kingdom

Fundweb reports that Natixis Global Asset Management has entered the British market, with the Loomis Sayles Strategic Income fund, managed by the multi-sector bond team led by Dan Fuss, Elaine Stokes and Matt Eagan. The fund will invest in corporate, convertible and government bonds.The fund is the first sub-fund of a British-registered OEIC vehicle.
31/01/2013

Russell launches a range of defensive fundamental indices

As a complement to the Russell Defensive indices, which are cap-weighted, Russell Indexes is launching the Russell High Efficiency Defensive Indexes™, which integrate a range of economic and market risk factors, to create a stability score which is intended to help investors to identify high quality and low volatility equities and to over- or underweight their exposures in line with their stability score, rather than their capitalisation size.Russell Indexes also announces that the new High Efficiency Defensive indices represent the first and only range of Russell low volatility indices to offer a low tracking error, which is important for retirement savings plans and foundations. This characteristic is the result of a cooperation with Westpeak Global Advisors, with the new Russell indices based on its ActiveBet® portfolio construction methodology.Initially, the High Efficiency Defensive Indexes range will include 22 indices, which will be derived from the Russell US and Global indices.
31/01/2013

BNP Paribas holds onto lead in rankings of French treasury specialists in 2012

BNP Paribas bank has held onto its top spot in the 2012 rankings of specialists (or primary dealers) in French treasury securities (SVT), the French Agence France Trésor (AFT) has announced in a statement released on 30 January.BNP Paribas takes first place, followed by Société Générale and the US bank Morgan Stanley. Barclays Bank takes fourth place, followed by HSBC in fifth, Natixis in sixth, Crédit Agricole in seventh, Royal Bank of Scotland in eighth, and UBS in ninth place.For the 20 SVTs overall, 100 points were awarded, with a weighting of 40 for participation in offerings, 30 for presence in the secondary market, and 30 for qualitative aspects.For participation in offerings and acquisitions of bonds, Morgan Stanley finishes ahead of BNP Paribas. On the secondary market, Société Générale takes first place, followed by Barclays Bank. Lastly, for the quality of its service, Société Générale takes first place, followed by BNP Paribas.
31/01/2013

Amundi opens an affiliate in Taiwan

Amundi, which has been present in Asia for 30 years, with assets of USD70bn for Asian investors, has officially opened the office of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Taipei, Amundi Taiwan, whose chairman is Jean-Paul Mazoyer, deputy head of Amundi.The new affiliate was founded in December, and has received a license from Securities Investment Consulting Enterprise (SICE) from the Securities & Futures Bureau (SFB). The objective is to forge closer and more lasting ties with Taiwanese investors.Mazoyer points out that the new office comes in addition to Amundi’s offices in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Brunei.Yves Perrier, CEO of Amundi and a member of the executive board at Crédit Agricole SA, says Asia is a growth region, with favourable demographics, an enormous pool of savings and pension funds with highly significant assets. Amundi is highly positive about the future of Taiwan, which explains the creation of the local affiliate.
31/01/2013

Foreign asset managers gain ground in Spain

At a time when Spanish funds lost assets last year because redemptions were so high, foreign asset managers have seen an increase in their assets of 17.8% to USD53bn, the Inverco association of asset management firms estimates on the basis of data from 22 firms, with total assets of EUR37.65bn. Funds People reports that these 22 firms had net subscriptions of EUR4.7bn, meaning that the volume of net inflows may be valued at EUR6bn for foreign firms overall.JPMorgan remains the largest foreign player, with nearly EUR6bn in assets (+10.6% in one year), followed by BlackRock (EUR5.03bn, +54.7%) and Amundi (EUR3.3bn, +20.5%). BNP Paribas IP, however, has seen a decline of 9.7%, to EUR2.03bn. The strongest increases in assets under management were at Pictet (+78.7% to EUR1.59bn) and M&G Investments (+77.3% o EUR1.74bn).
31/01/2013

Axa Wealth lays off sales staff

According to Investment Week, Axa Wealth has reduced its sales personnel by 30, or about 10%. The firm is parting with 10 front-line individuals and 20 in support functions.The layoffs follow the completion of preparations for the rollout of RDR regulations, and the separation of Axa Wealth from Friends Life, which took three years. In addition, the Elevate platform has now reached maturity.Axa Wealth has meanwhile recruited five tax wrapper specialists.
31/01/2013

Man Group hopes to launch a hedge fund dedicated to Japan

The alternative management firm Man Group is planning to launch a hedge fund dedicated to Japan, led by Tony Bartlett, a former Citadel manager, the news agency Bloomberg reports.FRM Capital Advisors, a firm which was acquired by Man Group in May 2012, will make a significant investment in the fund, which will be managed by Arena Capital Management, which also provides capital to young hedge funds.
31/01/2013

Legal & General to acquire Cofunds

Following months of negotiations, Legal & General will soon acquire Cofunds, according to Fundweb. L&G already holds a 25% stake in the business, while other major shareholders include International Financial Data Services, Threadneedle, Newhouse Capital Partners and Jupter. Assets under administration at Cofunds total GBP45bn as of 30 September 2012.
31/01/2013

BBVA negotiating sale of a Chilean affiliate to Metlife

In a stock exchange announcement, the BBVA on 29 January notified the Spanish securities commission (CNMV) that it is in “advanced negotiations” with the US firm Metlife Inc. over a potential sale of its stake in Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Provida S.A. in Chile to the firm. The Chilean business is a manager of pension and retirement savings plans, with assets of EUR30.16bn.According to Funds People, on the basis of similar operations completed in Mexico and Colombia at a price of 14 times projected profits, the transaction, if it were to take place, may bring in as much as EUR1.5bn for BBVA.
31/01/2013

Unigestion recruits a director for Asia

Unigestion (EUR10.2bn in assets under management) has announced the appointment of Aje Kumas Saigal as non-executive director of its board of directors in Singapore. Saigal has worked for Unigestion since 7 December 2012, and was formerly CEO and head of strategy at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). He has over 30 years of experience in investment in Asia. Unigestion now has seven full-time employees at its Singapore offices, led by Bernard Sabrier, chairman of the Unigestion group. In November last year, the private equity investor Robert Collan, previously based in Geneva, was added to personnel in Singapore, to provide closer ties with funds.
31/01/2013

BlackRock grows in northern Asia

The BlackRock group has announced the recruitment of Lee Jeong Hoon as head of alternative investment strategy for northern Asia, Asian Investor reports.Lee, based in Seoul, joined the firm on 8 January in the newly-created position, and will assist in the development of the alternative platform in Asia. He will report directly to Joseph Pacini, head of alternative strategy for the Asia-Pacific region.Assets under management at BlackRock in the alternative sector total USD113bn, slightly over 20% of which come from the Asia-Pacific region.Lee previously worked at Fortress Investment Group in Seoul.
31/01/2013

New execs of private banking at Crédit Agricole in Asia

The CEO of Asian private banking at Crédit Agricole (Switzerland), Roland Feser, will be leaving the position he has held since 2008 in March this year, which has led to a series of promotions within the Singapore affiliate, Asian Investor reports.Sen Sui, currently based in Hong Kong as head of markets and investment solutions, will succeed Feser. Sen is himself replaced by Dong Sinh Ngo, who has been recruited from BNP Paribas Asset Management, where he had been chief strategist for emerging markets and Asia.Victor Choi, who had previously been head of advisory for forex and precious metals in Asia, will take over as head of all product teams in Asia.
31/01/2013

Two Scandinavian funds blacklist a Volvo partner

The seventh Swedish AP fund and the Norwegian oil fund have blacklisted Dong Feng, the owner of a Chinese truck maker in which Volvo has acquired a 45% stake, as the firm has sold military equipment to countries that are currently subject to UN embargoes, The Local.se reports, citing Swedish television. The Swedish fund will not be allowed to acquire shares in Dong Feng. However, it has no plans to revise its stake in Volvo.
31/01/2013

Lyxor opens a new share class to institutionals

IPE reports that Lyxor Asset Management has created a share class for commingled investors on its hedge fund managed accounts platform.The product is aimed at institutionals, whose minimal investment levels are high, which will allow these investors to trade at lower commissions with underlying hedge fund managers.
31/01/2013

Collective management in France: Better, but not perfect

First impressions can be deceptive. Due to positive market effects, 2012 appears to have been a far more favourable year for asset management in France than the year before. According to a study by EuroPerformance – a SIX Company, overall assets of EUR763bn as of the end of December mean growth of EUR33bn in assets under management by French-registered funds. This is an increase of 4.5% in twelve months. However, for the third consecutive year, the market shows net outflows. These outflows may total only EUR13.3bn, far from the level of net inflows of EUR83bn recorded one year earlier, but overall assets remain 13% lower than they were three years ago, and 27% lower than they were in 2007.In its analysis, Europerformance attributes this loss of momentum for management in France to several factors. Difficulty in capturing the savings of households rendered cautious by the volatility of markets, competition from bank savings accounts and real estate investments, high taxes and the fact that short-term assets are trapped by investment flows, even in long-term savings products such as employee savings plans, are some of these factors. Additionally, an offensive by foreign investment firms appears to be becoming more marked. The survey finds that the number of foreign funds authorised for sale in France rose 15% in 2012, and assets totalled roughly EUR205bn, according to estimates by AFG.The full study is available at www.europerformance.fr The following URL leads to its most recent address at that site: http://www.europerformance.fr/publications/bilan-annuel/16.html
31/01/2013

Madoff victim seeks reimbursement from SocGen for lost savings

A former flight attendant on Wednesday asked a court to require Société Générale to reimburse her EUR110,000 in savings which she lost in a fund which had invested in Bernard Madoff companies, and to require the bank to pay EUR10,000 in damages and interest. The plaintiff, Isabelle de la Seiglière, had invested the damages and interest she received from Air France after a work accident in the Luxalpha fund, in the hopes of building savings for her retirement. The plaintiff was advised by one of her childhood friends, Patrick Littaye, co-founder of Access International Advisors. Littaye himself suggested that she subscribe to shares in the Luxalpha fund via Société Générale, which she did in June and November 2006. A verdict has been scheduled for 29 March.
31/01/2013

Man Group soutient le lancement d'un hedge fund dédié au Japon

Le groupe de gestion alternative Man Group soutient le lancement d’un hedge fund dédié au Japon sous la houlette de Toby Bartlett, un ancien gérant de Citadel, rapporte l’agence Bloomberg.FRM Capital Advisors, une société rachetée par Man Group en mai 2012, fera un investissement significatif dans le fonds qui sera géré par Arena Capital Management, qui fournit également des capitaux aux jeunes hedge funds.
31/01/2013

Legal & General sur le point d'acquérir Cofunds

Après des mois de négociation, Legal & General est sur le point d’acquérir Cofunds, selon Fundweb. L&G détient déjà une participation de 25%, les autres actionnaires significatifs étant International Financial Data Services, Threadneedle, Newhouse Capital Partners et Jupiter.Les actifs sous administration de Cofunds s’élevaient à 45 milliards de livres au 30 septembre 2012.
31/01/2013
Fonds

Natixis GAM lance un fonds retail au Royaume-Uni

Fundweb rapporte que Natixis global Asset Management s’est lancé sur le marché retail britannique avec le Loomis Sayles Strategic Income fund géré par l’équipe obligations multi-secteurs composée de Dan Fuss, Elaine Stokes et Matt Eagan. Il sera investi en obligations d’entreprises, convertibles et souveraines.C’est le premier compartiment d’un OEIC de droit britannique.
Fonds
31/01/2013

F&C accuse près de 5 milliards de livres de rachats nets au dernier trimestre 2012

F&C Investments a accusé au dernier trimestre 2012 des rachats nets de 4,9 milliards de livres. Cette décollecte s’explique notamment par le retrait par Friends Life de 2,4 milliards de livres d’actifs obligataires. Ce dernier internalise sa gestion et devrait d’ailleurs rapatrier 6,2 milliards de livres d’actifs obligataires supplémentaires dans le courant de l’année.Le pôle consommateurs et institutionnels (regroupant le wholesale, le retail, les trusts et les institutionnels tiers) affiche des sorties nettes de 1,3 milliard de livres, dont 956 millions pour les seuls institutionnels tiers.Sur l’ensemble de l’année, F&C accuse des rachats nets de 13,3 milliards de livres, dont 1,9 milliard pour le pôle consommateurs et institutionnels.A la fin 2012, les encours de F&C ressortaient à 95,2 milliards de livres (ou 117,5 milliards d’euros), en repli par rapport à 100,1 milliards de livres (119,9 milliards d’euros) un an plus tôt.
31/01/2013

L’OPV de LEG serait déjà sursouscrite

Selon les informations de la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, l’offre publique de vente prévue pour le 1er février de 57,5 % du capital de la société immobilière LEG lancée par les fonds Whitehall de Goldman Sachs et le capital-investisseur Perry Capital serait d’ores et déjà sur-souscrite.Cela ne signifie pas pour autant que l’émission se fera dans le haut de la fourchette annoncée de 41-47 euros : sur le marché gris organisé par le courtier Schnigge, les actions se traitent à 44-45 euros.De la sorte, les vendeurs pourraient encaisser environ 1,35 milliard d’euros alors qu’ils ont payé LEG 800 millions en 2008, tout en reprenant, il est vrai, 2,6 milliards d’euros de dette.
31/01/2013
Fonds

Acquisition et vente d'immeubles pour Union en Allemagne

Pour un montant non divulgué, Union Investment Real Estate a acheté le complexe de bureaux et de commerces Bülow Carrée de Stuttgart, livrable à la mi 2013. Cet actif sera versé au portefeuille du fonds immobilier offert au public UniImmo: Deutschland.D’autre part, le gestionnaire a vendu l’immeuble «Bei dem Neuen Krahn 2" de Hambourg à une caisse de retraite. Cet actif figurait dans le portefeuille du fonds immobilier institutionnel DIFA-Fonds Nr. 3. Les liquidités tirées de cette cession permettront à Union d’acquérir d’autres immeubles d’un prix unitaire de 20 millions d’euros.
Fonds
31/01/2013

Inversis s'adresse à KPMG pour trouver un acquéreur

Les actionnaires d’Inversis Banco ayant rejeté en fin de semaine dernière l’offre de 100 millions d’euros soumise par l’andorran BPA, la maison madrilène a donné mandat à KPMG pour réaliser un audit et une estimation de l'établissement, rapporte Funds People. L’objectif est évidemment de trouver un repreneur.Au 30 septembre, les encours sous conservation d’Inversis ressortaient à 38 milliards d’euros. Ses fonds d’investissement représentent 2 milliards d’euros.
31/01/2013

Axa Wealth taille dans sa force de vente

D’après Investment Week, Axa Wealth a réduit de 30 personnes, soit d’environ 10 %, l’effectif de son équipe de ventes. La société se sépare de 10 personnes de «front line» et de 20 collaborateurs dans les fonctions support.Ces licenciements font suite à l’achèvement de la préparation de l’application du règlement RDR et de la séparation entre Axa Wealth et Friends Life, qui a pris trois ans. De plus, la plate-forme Elevate est maintenant parvenue à maturité.Parallèlement, Axa Wealth a recruté cinq spécialistes de la fiscalité (tax wrapper specialists).
31/01/2013

BlackRock se développe en Asie septentrionale

Le groupe BlackRock a annoncé le recrutement de Lee Jeong Hoon en qualité de responsable de la stratégie d’investissement alternatif pour l’Asie septentrionale, rapporte Asian Investor.Basé à Séoul, Lee Jeong Hoon a rejoint la société le 8 janvier dernier afin d’occuper cette fonction nouvellement créée et destinée à accompagner le développement de la plate-forme alternative en Asie. Il est rattaché directement à Joseph Pacini, responsable de la stratégie alternative pour la région Asie-Pacifique. Les actifs sous gestion de BlackRock dans le secteur alternatif s'élèvent à 113 milliards de dollars, dont un peu plus de 20% issus de la région Asie-Pacifique. . Lee Jeong Hoon travaillait précédemment ches Fortress Investment Group à Séoul.
31/01/2013

Le BBVA négocie la cession d'une filiale chilienne à Metlife

Dans un communiqué boursier, le BBVA a notifié le 29 janvier à la Commission des valeurs espagnole (CNMV) être en «négociations avancées» avec l’américain Metlife Inc sur une possible cession à ce dernier de sa participation dans Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Provida S.A au Chili. Il s’agit d’un gestionnaire de fonds de pension et plans d'épargne retraite, dont l’encours se situe à 30,16 milliards d’euros.Selon Funds People, en se fondant sur les opérations similaires réalisées au Mexique et en Colombie sur la base de 14 fois le bénéfice escompté, la transaction -si elle se concrétisait- pourrait rapporter environ 1,5 milliard d’euros au BBVA.
31/01/2013

Nouveaux dirigeants à la banque privée du Crédit Agricole en Asie

Le CEO de la banque privée asiatique de Crédit Agricole (Suisse), Roland Feser, va quitter ses fonctions qu’il occupe depuis 2008 en mars prochain, ce qui a donné lieu à une série de promotions au sein de la filiale basée à Singapour, rapporte Asian Investor.Sen Sui, actuellement basé à Hong Kong et responsable des «markets and investment solutions», devrait prendre la succession de Roland Feser. Sen Sui est lui-même remplacé par Dong Sinh Ngo, recruté chez BNP Paribas Asset Management où il était stratégiste en chef pour les marchés émergents et l’Asie. Victor Choi, jusqu’ici responsable du conseil sur les devises et les métaux précieux en Asie, va prendre la responsabilité de l’ensemble des équipes produits en Asie.

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