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20/08/2012

Former top dog at Deutsche Bank to head Russian sovereign fund?

According to the Russian newspaper Wedomosti, relayed by finews.ch, Josef Ackermann, former chairman of the managing board at Deutsche Bank (until last May), and currencly chairman of the board of directors at Zurich Insurance, has accepted a position on the board of directors of the future official Russian agency Rosfinagenstva, which will be given responsibility by the Russian finance ministry for managing the various Russian sovereign funds. The banker is also rumoured to be up for the position of chairman of the board of Rosfinagentstva, a body which is expected to be founded by the end of this year.
20/08/2012

BlackRock boosts exposure to Spanish and Italian bonds

The chief investment for fixed income and fundamental portfolios at BlackRock, Rick Rieder, has told the Wall Street Journal that BlackRock has bought up Spanish and Italian short-term government bonds in recent weeks. These assets nonetheless represent only a very modest portion of bond assets at BlackRock, which total about USD620bn. The decision to return to peripheral euro zone debt is related to efforts on the part of European political leaders to manage the euro zone crisis, which are considered more credible than in the past.
20/08/2012

HSBC GAM launches an Indian bond fund

HSBC Global Asset Management has announced the launch of a UCITS format Indian bond fund, which will give British retail investors investors access to the Indian market for the first time. The new fund, HSBC GIF India Fixed Income fund, will be integrated into the Luxembourg-registered Global Investment Fund (GIF) range from HSBC. It will invest in government and corporate bonds denominated in Indian rupees, but may also invest in bonds denominated in other currencies closely tied to India. The minimal investment is USD5,000, and management fees have been set at 1.1% per year. HSBC claims that the Indian market is underdeveloped considering the growth the Indian economy has undergone, but adds that it has potential to develop considerably in the next decade. However, the Indian bond market has earned returns averaging 7.5% per year since 2000.
20/08/2012

Adveq opens an office in Hong Kong

Following openings in Beijing in 2008 and Shanghai in 2011, the Swiss asset management firm Adveq, a specialist in private equity fund of funds (USD4.5bn), has opened an office in Hong Kong. The office will be led by David Seex, a specialist in alternative investments in Asia. He had previously been CEO of RAB Capital for Asia, after serving as head of alternative investments for Asia at Citigroup.
20/08/2012

Financial sector fires a barrage against MiFID directive

In their responses to a proposed transposition of the European MiFID directive submitted to the German federal finance ministry on Friday, banking and asset management associations suggest that it should remain possible to launch open-ended real estate funds. They also claim that rules regulating products which will continue to be available to retail investors, including an increase in minimal subscription levels, are not appropriate and are discriminatory, and carry additional risks for retail investors. The associations claim that the proposed transposition significantly toughens the measures set out in the directive, and run the risk of penalising Germany as a financial centre against Luxembourg and Ireland.
20/08/2012

Swiss banks to emphasize asset management

As offshore business from tax dodgers dries up, Swiss banks are seeking areas for growth in investment funds and institutional clients, Handelsblatt reports. These areas are less profitable than other areas of banking activity, but also less risky. Trade bodies and political leaders have seen the writing on the wall and are now planning an offensive: they are planning to seek to prevent excessive regulation in a misguided effort to protect investors. Switzerland is also benefiting from the fact that London no longer has as much support from the British government as in the past.
20/08/2012

Price war in ETF market

Since February, Vanguard has been aggressively lowering its TER rates for its ETFs, which has allowed it to gain market share on the US market. The Börsen-Zeitung reports that that the market is now expecting the leader, iShares, to be obliged to lower its prices in retaliation. Smaller producers are withdrawing some of their ETFs from the market, when they do not completely liquidate the activity (as Scottrade is doing with its MocusShares line, or as Russell is considering doing). This will be a cause for concern for European providers too, as Vanguard arrived in May in London with five products.
20/08/2012

Seven new iShares ETFs listed in Zurich

SIX Swiss Exchange has announced that it has admitted seven new ETFs from iShares (BlackRock group) to trading. They are Irish-registered physical replication funds for which the market maker is Susquehanna; TERs range from 0.20% to 0.65%. ETF ISIN code TER iShares Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Govt Bond IE00B5M4WH52 0.50% iShares Barclays Capital Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials IE00B4L5ZG21 0.20% iShares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Select Dividend IE00B652H904 0.65% iShares Markit iBoxx $ High Yield Capped Bond IE00B4PY7Y77 0.50% iShares MSCI Japan Monthly EUR Hedged IE00B42Z5J44 0.64% iShares MSCI World Monthly EUR Hedged IE00B441G979 0.55% iShares S&P500 Monthly EUR Hedged IE00B3ZW0K18 0.45%
20/08/2012

Strong increase in net inflows at Rothschild Bank Zurich

The private bank Rothschild Bank Zurich has posted a net inflows in the 2011/2012 fiscal year ending on 31 March of CHF971m, up 36% year on year, the website finews reports. Its assets under management increased over the past year by 4%, to a total of CHF13.3bn. Unlike most of its rivals, the Zurich-based bank has recruited staff in the past fiscal year, with a 13% increase in its personnel in Switzerland alone to 452. This policy of recruitment and investment in IT has dragged down profits, which fell 41% in the past fiscal year, to CHF19.6m.
20/08/2012

Assets up despite a decline in inflows for RLAM

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has reported a net outflow in first half of GBP310m, due to a reduction by three clients of their exposure to bonds. Assets under management have nonetheless increased by GBP900m, to GBP44.9bn as of 30 June 2012, according to interim results published on 17 August. RLAM has also announced that its assets under administration on the Ascentric platform increased 16% in the period under review, to GBP4.3bn.
20/08/2012

Outflows from hedge funds in June

According to a monthly survey by TrimTabs and BarclayHedge, hedge funds worldwide in June saw net redemptions of USD4.9bn, representing 0.3% of their assets, following net subscriptions of USD1.1bn in May. The 3,012 funds concerned as of 30 June posted assets of USD1.710bn, compared with USD1.730bn as of 31 May (-1.3%). This figure is 29.5% lower than the peak of USD2.4trn recorded at the end of June 2008.The BarclayHedge hedge fund index, meanwhile, on the basis of results released by 1,797 funds as of 17 August, gained 0.80% in July, compared with 0.66% in June. In the first seven months of the year, the index is up 3.13%. Of the 17 sub-indices, only the 51 equity funds of the Asia-Pacific region show losses last month (-0.24%). In January-July, the only strategy that shows losses is equity short bias (-7.33%). The strongest gains in the period were 6.06% for 27 convertible arbitrage funds.
20/08/2012

Sunny month in July for hedge funds

The 13 hedge fund strategies regularly monitored by the Edhec Risk Institute in July have posted positive results, with the best result for CTA Global (+3.05%) and global macro (+1.51%). Since the beginning of this year, 12 strategies show gains, including convertible arbitrage (+6%) and fixed income arbitrage (+5.1%). while short selling showed losses of 7.4%.No strategy shows excess returns as compared to risk: all Sharpe ratios are lower than 1. Only distressed securities comes near with 0.96, while short-selling and funds of funds have negative Sharpe ratios of 0.26 and 0.11. The BarclayHedge hedge fund index, meanwhile, on the basis of results released by 1,797 funds as of 17 August, gained 0.80% in July, compared with 0.66% in June. In the first seven months of the year, the index is up 3.13%. Of the 17 sub-indices, only the 51 equity funds of the Asia-Pacific region show losses last month (-0.24%). In January-July, the only strategy that shows losses is equity short bias (-7.33%). The strongest gains in the period were 6.06% for 27 convertible arbitrage funds. According to a monthly survey by TrimTabs and BarclayHedge, hedge funds worldwide in June saw net redemptions of USD4.9bn, representing 0.3% of their assets, following net subscriptions of USD1.1bn in May. The 3,012 funds concerned as of 30 June posted assets of USD1.710bn, compared with USD1.730bn as of 31 May (-1.3%). This figure is 29.5% lower than the peak of USD2.4trn recorded at the end of June 2008.
20/08/2012

Varengold names a chairman for its board

The supervisory board at the German investment bank Varengold Wertpapierhandelsbank, a specialist in asset management (managed futures) and brokerage, has appointed one of its founders and a member of its managing board, yasin Sebastian Qureshi, as its chairman.The managing board remains unchanged in its overall composition, with Steffen Fix, who created a quantitative trading technique, and Mohammad-Hans Dalmatschi (managed futures), who joined the board on 6 March. The three men are founders of Varengold, a stock-exchange filing says.Meanwhile, Willi Müller is stepping down as chairman of the supervisory board, a position which will now be occupied by Hans J. M. Manteuffel. Müller remains a member of the supervisory board, along with Peter Andree.
20/08/2012

Mercer recruits in Asia

The regional director of Russell Investments in charge of structured investment solutions, Edmund Teo, has recently been recruited by the consulting firm Mercer as an addition to the 17-member team based in Singapore specialised in wealth management in Asia. Teo will report to Cara Williams, global head of wealth management in London, Investment Europe states. Teo will be assisted by Pierre DeGagne, who had previously been in charge of fund selection at Standard Chartered Bank.
20/08/2012

Ignis Advisers recruits a head for credit strategies

The alternative management division fo Ignis Asset Management, Ignis Advisers, has recruited Ingrid Neitsch as head of credit strategies, FundWeb reports. She will join the firm at the beginning of September, and will be responsible for hedge fund and private equity investments in credit markets, as Ignis Advisers is planning to launch a credit strategy fund in fourth quarter. Neitsch joins the firm from the institutional fund management firm Financial Risk Management (FRM), which has recently been acquired by Man Group, where she had been sector head in charge of credit and manager of the FRM Long-Short Credit Fund.
20/08/2012

RBC Investor Services makes a recruitment

RBC Investor Services on 20 August announced the appointment of Kevin Hogan as director, Client Operations for Australia. In his new role, Hogan, who previously worked at Macquarie Investment Management, will be in charge of all client operations (custody, fund administration and all associated services).
20/08/2012

Forte croissance de la collecte nette chez Rothschild Bank Zurich

La banque privée Rothschild Bank Zurich a enregistré durant l’exercice 2011/2012 au 31 mars une collecte nette de 971 millions de francs suisses, en progression de 36% d’une année sur l’autre, selon le site finews. Les actifs sous gestion se sont accrus durant l’année écoulée de 4% pour atteindre 13,3 milliards de francs suisses. A la différence de la plupart de ses concurrentes, la banque zurichoise a renforcé ses effectifs durant l’exercice écoulé avec une augmentation du personnel de 13% -exclusivement en Suisse- à 452 personnes.Cette politique de recrutement et des investissements informatiques ont pesé sur le bénéfice qui a chuté de 41% durant l’exercice écoulé, à 19,6 millions de francs suisses.
20/08/2012
Fonds

Sept nouveaux ETF iShares cotés à Zurich

SIX Swiss Exchange a annoncé l’admission à la négociation de sept nouveaux ETF de iShares (groupe Blackrock). Il s’agit de fonds de droit irlandais à réplication physique pour lesquels le teneur de marché est Susquehanna ; les taux de frais sur encours s'échelonnent entre 0,20 % et 0,65 %. ETF Code Isin TFR iShares Barclays Capital Emerging Markets Local Govt Bond IE00B5M4WH52 0.50% iShares Barclays Capital Euro Corporate Bond ex-Financials IE00B4L5ZG21 0.20% iShares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Select Dividend IE00B652H904 0.65% iShares Markit iBoxx $ High Yield Capped Bond IE00B4PY7Y77 0.50% iShares MSCI Japan Monthly EUR Hedged IE00B42Z5J44 0.64% iShares MSCI World Monthly EUR Hedged IE00B441G979 0.55% iShares S&P500 Monthly EUR Hedged IE00B3ZW0K18 0.45%
Fonds
20/08/2012

L'ex-n°1 de la Deutsche Bank à la tête de fonds souverains russes ?

D’après le journal russe Wedomosti relayé par finews.ch, Josef Ackermann, l’ancien président du directoire de la Deutsche Bank (jusqu'à mai dernier) et actuel président du conseil d’administration de Zurich Insurance, aurait accepté un poste au conseil d’administration de la future agence officielle russe Rosfinagentstva qui doit être chargée par le ministère des Finances russe de gérer les différents fonds souverains russes. Il serait même question que le banquier accepte la présidence de ce conseil, Rosfinagentstva devant voir le jour en principe d’ici à la fin de l’année.
20/08/2012

Nomination chez RBC Investor Services

RBC Investor Services a annoncé le 20 août la nomination de Kevin Hogan en qualité de director, Clients Operations, pour l’Australie.Dans ses nouvelles fonctions, Kevin Hogan, qui travaillait précédemment chez Macquarie Investment Management, sera responsable de l’ensemble des opérations avec la clientèle (conservation, administration de fonds et tous les services annexes).
20/08/2012

Western AM double ses capacités obligataires asiatiques

L'équipe obligations asiatiques de Western Asset Management (groupe Legg Mason) à Singapour, dirigée depuis 2011 par Chia-Liang Lian (lire Newsmanagers du 29 mai), passe de trois à sept personnes avec quatre recrutements, dont celui de Desmond Soon (ex ST Asset Management) comme gérant de portefeuille, rapporte Investment Week.Les trois autres arrivants sont des analystes. Swee Ching Lim (ex Barclays Capital à Londres) devient analyste recherche crédit tandis que Wontae Kim est nommé analyste de portefeuille pour la gestion du risque et que Desmond Fu (ex APS Komaba) rejoint comme analyste de portefeuille. Il est également prévu de recruter un analyste crédit senior.Western AM affiche à Singapour un encours en obligations asiatiques hors Japon de 3,8 milliards de dollars.
20/08/2012

Mercer se renforce en Asie

Directeur régional de Russell Investments responsable des solutions d’investissement structuré, Edmund Teo a été recruté par le cabinet de consultants Mercer pour renforcer l'équipe de 17 personnes basée à Singapour et spécialiste de la gestion de fortune en Asie. L’intéressé sera subordonné à Cara Williams, global head of wealth management à Londres, précise Investment Europe.Edmund Teo sera secondé par Pierre DeGagne, qui était jusqu'à présent responsable de la sélection de fonds chez Standard Chartered Bank.
20/08/2012

Le moral des ménages américains à un plus haut de trois mois

Selon l’enquête mensuelle Reuters-Université du Michigan, l’indice du sentiment des consommateurs a grimpé à 73,6 en première estimation début août contre 72,3 en juillet et alors que les économistes interrogés par Reuters l’attendaient en légère hausse à 72,4. Le moral des ménages américains s’est ainsi amélioré pour atteindre un plus haut de trois mois, les promotions consenties dans les magasins et les faibles taux des crédits immobiliers ayant favorisé la consommation.
20/08/2012

Les prix de l'immobilier remontent en Chine

Selon des données officielles, les prix des maisons neuves en Chine ont grimpé en juillet par rapport au mois précédent dans 49 des 70 villes suivies par le gouvernement. Il s’agit du nombre le plus important depuis mai. Les acheteurs sont revenus sur le marché après deux baisses de taux depuis juin. Les restrictions sur les achats immobiliers sont toutefois maintenues, ce qui devrait empêcher tout rebond prononcé.
20/08/2012

Pas de répit contre l'évasion fiscale en Allemagne

Dans un entretien à Bild, le ministre-président du Land de Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie, Hannelore Kraft, assure que son administration continuera à acheter des CD contenant des données sur les Allemands cherchant à échapper à l’impôt en plaçant leurs avoirs sur des comptes suisses. Le responsable estime que l’acquisition de ces disques est parfaitement légale.
20/08/2012

Un sursis pour la Grèce lié au rapport de la Troïka

Les pays de l’Union européenne attendront le rapport de la «Troïka» et une demande officielle grecque pour se prononcer sur un éventuel sursis accordé à Athènes pour assainir ses finances, a déclaré samedi le ministre des Affaires européennes Bernard Cazeneuve. La Grèce s’apprête à demander à ses partenaires deux ans de plus pour atteindre l'équilibre budgétaire, en 2016, a affirmé mercredi dernier le Financial Times. Selon le quotidien, le Premier ministre grec, Antonis Samaras, formulera cette demande au cours d’entretiens avec Angela Merkel le 24 août à Berlin et François Hollande le 25 à Paris. Le ministre allemand des Finances, Wolfgang Schäuble, a affirmé pour sa part samedi que l’aide allouée à la Grèce n'était pas illimitée et qu’Athènes ne devait pas compter sur un nouveau plan de sauvetage. Le président de l’Eurogroupe, Jean-Claude Juncker, a déclaré samedi que cet éventuel sursis de deux ans n'était pas pour le moment une nécessité urgente.
20/08/2012

Pierre Moscovici voit un «réel potentiel de croissance en 2013»

Dans un entretien au Journal du Dimanche, le ministre français de l’Economie et des Finances ajoute qu’une révision de la prévision de croissance pour 2013, établie pour l’heure à 1,2% dans la perspective de la préparation de la loi de Finances, «n’est pas d’actualité». Pour Pierre Moscovici, la croissance faible n’est «pas une fatalité».
20/08/2012

Mario Monti entrevoit la sortie de crise

«Il y a un an, nous pensions moins que nous ne le faisons aujourd’hui que nous étions dans une crise mais je crois que nous y étions encore davantage», a déclaré hier le président du Conseil italien lors d’une conférence de presse. Mario Monti a ajouté qu’il voyait la fin de la crise «se profiler d’une certaine manière».

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