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29/05/2012

IOSCO launches a consultation on ratings agencies

The technical committee of the international organisation of securities commissions (IOSCO) on 25 May published a consultation document on ratings agencies, Credit Rating Agencies: Internal Controls Designed to Ensure the Integrity of the Credit Rating Process and Procedures to Manage Conflicts of Interest. The document treats internal controls and procedures which agencies use to promote the integrity of the ratings process and avoid conflicts of interest. The consultation will be open until 9 July.
29/05/2012

Sustainable development fund for German foundations

Wilhelm von Finck Deutsche Family Office AG has launched a sustainable development institutional fund for German foundations (minimal subscription: EUR0.5m). The WvF Performance und Sicherheit fund includes “additional protection” of assets against sudden turbulence on the financial markets.This protection is generated through the use of risk management by the wealth management unit at Deutsche Bank. This results in an additional risk budget of 5% per year on a month-to-month rolling basis (which is not guaranteed). Allocation to bonds and money markets is expected to represent at least 70% of assets, while exposure to more volatile assets such as equities or themed funds will be more limited.Meanwhile, respect for environmental, social and ethical criteria is assured by the Munich-based firm oekom research.Investors seeking to subscribe to the fund in large volumes will have access to the investment committee and will pay a reduced front-end fee. Management commission is 0.65%.
29/05/2012

VSP launches a wealth management fund

The wealth management firm VSP of Wiesbaden on 24 May announced that on 16 April it launched an asset allocation fund, the VSP Sachwertfonds, a Luxembourg-registered product which complies with the UCITS directive and which follows an absolute return strategy. The portfolio may be invested in equities, convertible bonds, commodities, real estate and/or precious metals.Initially, the management team will make a functional allocation on the basis of the macroeconomic scenario, with investments partly to protect against inflation and crises, and to hedge portfolio risks. Then, after quantitative filtering, VSP will set the allocation of the fund to each asset class, totally excluding government bonds, but investing in future volatility via ETFs.The final decision on the composition of the portfolio will be made by the investment committee. VSP states that with a minimal investment of EUR1,000, retail investors will have access to institutional-type management.CharacteristicsName: VSP SachwertfondsISIN code: LU074881707 (R share class)Front-end fee: maximum 5%Management commission: 0.90%
29/05/2012

Vanguard closes its high yield fund to new subscriptions

Vanguard has announced the provisional closure of its High-Yield Corporate fund to new subscriptions. This will aim to limit an excessive increase in assets. In the past six moths, the fund has attracted USD2bn in assets, and now has USD16.9bn in assets.
29/05/2012

Greek crisis keeps pressure on all asset classes

Since tension over Greece has picked up again, the Ro-Ro (risk-on, risk-off) risk indicator again shows disoriented and worried markets, Les Echos reports. The index, which measures the correlation between asset classes, has gone haywire in the face of risks of a Greek exit from teh euro. According to the Ro-Ro, all assets, or at any rate many of them, are in the same boat. What’s happening in Greece will have globla repercussions (growth, systemic risks, etc.) and impact on many markets, many of them far away, due to the danger of a domino effect. In the eyes of operators, few markets are protected from the danger of a global collapse.
29/05/2012

UBS Wealth Management recruits in Russia

The Swiss firm UBS Wealth Management has increased its presence in Russia with the recruitment of Marco Pavoncelli as senior client adviser, Wealthbriefing reports. He will be based in Moscow, and will dedicate most of his energy to the monitoring and development of activities serving ultra-high net worth clients in the region. Pavoncello previously worked at Credit Suisse, also in Moscow, where he was in charge of relationships with major clients.
29/05/2012

Barclays launches a structured product platform for wealth managers

The British firm Barclays has launched a transaction valuation and execution platform for structured products, Comet, aimed at British wealth managers, Money Marketing reports. Lisa Chaudhuri, a member of the UK investor solutions unit, says structured product represent a market segment with high potential for development.
29/05/2012

Co-head of multi-management distribution leaves SWIP

Stephen Packter, co-head of multi-management distribution at SWIP, will be leaving the firm on 8 June, following a discontinuation of his position, which will be absorbed into that of the head for strategic alliances and multi-management, Bernard Henshall, Money Marketing reports.
29/05/2012

British pension funds face diversification crunch time

A growing number of British pension funds are diversifying their assets to protect themselves against market volatility, according to a survey by Baring Asset Management. The survey was undertaken between mid-April and mid-May, and covered a sample of 99 fund managers or public or private British pension programmes. Nearly 64% of respondents said they were interested in asset diversification strategies to combat volatility, compared with only 47.6% six months earlier.They survey also finds that 51.1% of respondents revise their portfolios more regularly, compared with 42.9% at the last half-yearly survey.34% of respondents also rely on multi-asset class products, compared with 26.2% previously. But the most significant change, at four fifths of respondents, has been an increase in exposure to alternative management, including real estate. One investor in three, however, has reduced exposure to equities.
29/05/2012

L’ex CEO de Deutsche AM devient président de Prudential

Paul Manduca, qui a occupé plusieurs positions importantes dans la gestion d’actifs, a été nommé président (chairman) de Prudential. Il prendra ses fonctions le 2 juillet. L’intéressé a notamment fondé Threadneedle Asset Management en 1994, puis été directeur général de Rotschild Asset Management et de Deutsche Asset Management. Depuis octobre 2010, il était administrateur indépendant non exécutif de Prudential et depuis janvier 2011 administrateur indépendant senior.
29/05/2012

Threadneedle recruits for bonds

Clifford Lau (ex Pramerica Fixed Income) and Zara Kazaryan (ex G2 Capital Partners) have been recruited by Threadneedle, one for the newly-created position of head of Asia Pacific fixed income in Singapore, the other as manager of an emerging market debt fund in London, Fundweb reports. [According to information obtained by Newsmanagers, Lau will join the firm on 18 June, and Kazaryan on 2 July.]
29/05/2012

Paul Manduca to become chairman of the Pru in July

Prudential Plc (The Pru) on 28 Mauy announced that Paul Manduca, founder of Threadneedle (Ameriprise group) in 1994, has been appointed chairman of the insurance and asset management group, effective from 2 July 2012, after serving as non-executive independent director since October 2010, and senior independent director since January 2011. He succeeds Harvey McGrath (see Newsmanagers of 22 May). His appointment has been approved by the FSA.The CEO of the firm remains Tidjane Thiam.Manduca, who in the past has served as CEO of Rothschild Asset Management and Deutsche Asset Management, will have to resign from his position as chairman of Aon UK Ltd as soon as possible.
29/05/2012

Rabobank chooses Barclays for Robeco sale

Rabobank has selected Barclays to advise it on a potential sale of its asset management activity, Robeco, the Financial Times reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. Among the suitors is the British firm Resolution. These reports appeared first in the Sunday Times, the FT reports.
29/05/2012

Standard Life launches an emerging markets OEIC fund

On 28 May, Standard Life Investments (SLI) announced the launch of an OEIC fund specialised in emerging markets equities, the Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund, whose manager is Alistair Way, and whose portfolio will include 60 to 100 holdings, with limits per share, per sector, per country and per tracking error.The fund will invest in shares in companies domiciled in emerging markets worldwide, or which earn a significant part of their revenues and profits in Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa or Latin America.
29/05/2012

Novitas Loans launches a divorce fund

Fundweb reports that Novitas Loans has launched a fund which aims to become a source of replacement financing for retail investors who need help to bear the financial burden of a divorce.The Novitas Divorce Litigation Fund, managed by Jason Reeve, will lend up to GBP250,000 to clients of approved solicitor firms, with repayment to come after the conclusion of legal proceedings, from matrimonial assets.Minimal subscription is set at GBP20,000, and the annual coupon will be 8%.
29/05/2012

SSgA lists four SPDR funds on LSE

Investment Europe reports that State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has added four SPDR-branded funds to trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) based on British indices, which were launched in Frankfurt the previous week (see Newsmanagers of 21 May). The products include the following funds: SPDR Barclays Capital Sterling Corporate Bond ETF, SPDR Barclays Capital UK Gilt ETF, SPDR Barclays Capital 1-5 Year Gilt ETF and SPDR Barclays Capital 15+ Year Gilt ETF.
29/05/2012

Foreign funds more active at general shareholders' meetings in Italy

Foreign funds have not abandoned the Milan stock exchange, Il Sole – 24 Ore reports. The season of general shareholders’ meetings has concluded with the participation of two thirds of international investors present in Italian firms, up compared with 2011, according to statistics from the law firm Trevisan. In 2012, participation of foreign funds increased at Fiat, Lottomanica, Prysmian and Azimut, but fell at Finmeccanica, Mediaset and Autogrill. In the majority of cases, international investors voted in favour of accounts, but were more selective about pay scales.
29/05/2012

La gestion d’actifs asiatique d’ING suscite l’intérêt

Reuters croit savoir que le japonais Nikko Asset Management et l’américain Principal Financial font partie des prétendants sélectionnés pour participer à un second tour concernant la vente de l’activité de gestion d’actifs en Asie du groupe néerlandais de services financiers. Reuters souligne que le montant de la transaction pourrait avoisiner 600 millions de dollars.
29/05/2012

Les fonds monétaires américains ont le vent en poupe

Les craintes entourant la zone euro ont conduit les investisseurs à injecter 11,45 milliards de dollars dans les fonds monétaires américains lors de la semaine close le 23 mai, selon les données d’EPFR Global. Même les fonds monétaires européens, impopulaires auprès des investisseurs la semaine précédente, ont attiré 2,31 milliards de dollars.
29/05/2012

Newedge délaisse la Grèce

Selon un mémo obtenu par le Financial Times, la coentreprise de courtage entre la Société Générale et Crédit Agricole a décidé de quitter le marché boursier grec. Il a prévenu ses clients qu’il n’accepterait plus que des ordres de vente et cesserait de prolonger les appels de marge pour des positions existantes.
29/05/2012

Marubeni en passe de croquer Gavilon

La transaction serait cette fois imminente, elle pourrait être annoncée aujourd’hui selon Reuters. Le groupe de négoce japonais serait sur le point de conclure l’acquisition de son concurrent américain pour plus de 5 milliards de dollars, y compris une dette voisine de 1,7 milliard. Les deux groupes sont en négociations avancées depuis le début du mois.
29/05/2012

Simon Associés se développe au Brésil

Le cabinet d’avocats d’affaires vient de signer une convention organique internationale avec son confrère ASGV Advogados. Un comité de pilotage mixte a été mis en place afin d’assurer la mise en œuvre, l’animation, et la coordination, notamment stratégique et opérationnelle, du partenariat. D’autres accords sont actuellement en cours de négociation dans d’autres régions du monde.
29/05/2012

Deutsche Wohnen rachète des appartements à Barclays

Le groupe immobilier allemand reprend auprès de la banque britannique un portefeuille immobilier représentant 1,24 milliard d’euros. Dans ce portefeuille figurent environ 23.000 appartements situés dans ou à proximité de villes telles que Hanovre, Berlin et Magdebourg.

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