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23/04/2012

Citi wins a mandate from Guggenheim

The Citi group has been awarded a mandate by Guggenheim Investment Advisory, a division of Guggenheim Partners, to provide middle office, administration and custody services for the hedge fund platform of Guggenheim, Hedgeweek reports.
23/04/2012

ORSE publishes a guide to integration of the social and environmental responsibility into operational risk control frameworks

The Study Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (ORSE) has published a practical guide laying out the interactions between operational risks in the Basel II referential and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks under ISO 26000 standards, and their embodiment in the form of indicators, by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the European federation of financial analyst associations (EFFAS). Daniel Lebègue, chairman of ORSE, says “this guide enriches in two ways. Firstly, it adds to referentials for direction of risks, by throwing additional light via the prisim of ESG. It also provides an addition to the extra-financial analysis approach, and extra-financial ratings agencies which do not systematically cover questions related to operational risks.”
23/04/2012

Henderson and Investire Immobiliare SGR team up for Italian partnership

Henderson Global Investors’ EUR16 billion property business and Investire Immobiliare SGR, the property funds asset management company belonging to Banca Finnat Euroamerica Group, have signed a joint venture agreement for the development and distribution of property funds. The partnership will focus on funds structured around two different premises: Italian real estate funds targeting Italian investors, predominantly investing directly or indirectly in international real estate which will be set up and managed by Investire Immobiliare with the assistance of Henderson SGR as Fund adviser for the identification of investment opportunities and management of assets directly or indirectly owned;Real estate funds developed for international investors, predominantly investing directly or indirectly in Italian real estate, which will be set up and managed by Henderson SGR with the assistance of Investire Immobiliare as Fund adviser for the identification of investment opportunities and management of assets directly or indirectly owned. Henderson Property can boost its strategic positioning within the Italian market, which it targets through its dedicated Milan-based team, with an increased Italian product offering for its extensive network of international institutional clients. It is hoped that the platform will launch its first Fund – a Core + pan-European fund – before Summer 2012.
23/04/2012

Major increase in euro zone mutual fund assets in February

In February 2012, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds was EUR137 billion higher than in January 2012. This increase was due mainly to increases in share/unit prices, according to statistics from the European Central Bank. The amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds increased to EUR6,021 billion in February 2012, from EUR5,884 billion in January 2012. Over the same period, the amount outstanding of shares/units issued by euro area money market funds decreased to EUR924 billion, from EUR938 billion. Net subscriptions to in shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds amounted to EUR25 billion in February 2012, while transactions in shares/units issued by money market funds amounted to EUR3 billion. The annual growth rate of shares/units issued by euro area investment funds other than money market funds, calculated on the basis of transactions, was 0.7% in February 2012, while the annual growth rate of shares/units issued by euro area money market funds was -0.7%. In terms of the breakdown by investment policy, the annual growth rate of shares/units issued by bond funds was 1.6% in February 2012. Transactions in shares/units issued by bond funds amounted to EUR8 billion in February 2012. The annual growth rate and transactions of equity funds were -1.5% and EUR3 billion respectively. For mixed funds, the corresponding figures were 0.5% and EUR10 billion.
23/04/2012

Jérôme Kerviel sues SocGen ahead of his appeal hearing

Les Echos reports that Jérôme Kerviel on Friday filed a lawsuit against Société Générale, his former employer, for “fraudulent judgement.” The bank has announced that it will be suing the former trader for “calumnious denunciation,” and has also announced that it “will be making its arguments as part of the appeals process,” which will take place from 4 to 28 June. Kerviel accuses Société Générale of concealing form a Paris correctional court that through a fiscal disposition it had been able to recuperate EUR1.7bn of the EUR4.9bn that it claims to have lost due to fraud.
23/04/2012

Leveraged ETFs targeted by FINRA

The US financial industry watchdog authority, FINRA, will soon take a position on the use of inverse and leveraged ETFs, the news agency Reuters reports. “We don’t have a problem with these products. We simply want to make sure that the vendors of these products understand them well,” the head of deontology, Bardley Bennett, tells the news agency. According to statistics from Lipper, inverse and leveraged ETFs total USD29.3bn in assets, 2.55% of total ETF assets in the United States of about USD1.15trn.
23/04/2012

Renaissance launches a new USD3.5bn hedge fund

The investment firm Renaissance on 1 March launched a hedge fund with USD3.5bn in assets under management, mostly funds invested by employees of the firm, but also capital from outside clients, the news agency Bloomberg reports. The Renaissance Institutional Diversified Alpha Fund (RIDA) is the first fund to be launched by Renaissance in five years. The new vehicle gained 3% in March and the first 13 days of April. The fund, which initially invests in equities listed on the US stock markets and on futures contracts and forwards, will not have a benchmark index. Renaissance also manages the Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF), whose assets under management total USD7bn, and the Renaissance Institutional Futures Fund (USD4bn), which is reserved for employees of the firm. The RIEF fund has gained 11% since the beginning of the year, following 35% gains in 2011.
23/04/2012

“We need to embark on an information crusade”

Newsmanagers has met the brand new head of retail distribution at BlackRock, a few weeks after the firm's CEO, Laurence D. Fink, kicked off the “Investing for a New World” initiative, with which the US asset management firm hopes to incite “managers, businesses and public powers to transform short-term savers into long-term investors.”
23/04/2012

DWS offers an equity fund from Winton

DWS Investments on 20 April announced that it is releasing the Winton Global Equity fund, a sub-fund of the Luxembourg Sicav DWS Concept, in Germany. The product will apply the scientific and risk management approach of Winton Capital Management (USD28bn in assets as of the end of January), with a 100% long exposure an a portfolio of about 1,000 holdings from the universes of the S&P 1200 and the MSCI World. The objective is to generate outperformance of 200-300 basis points compared with the MSCI World, after fees, in US dollars. To summarize the concept of the fund, DWS explains that “Winton does not believe in market efficiency.” Characteristics Name: DWS Concept Winton Global Equity ISIN code: LU0708390678 Front-end fee: 0% Management company fee: 0.7%
23/04/2012

UK regulator loses a case against UBS

The Financial Services Authority has lost a lawsuit against John Pottage, former CEO of the wealth management division of UBS in the United Kingdom, the Financial Times reports. The regulator had been seeking a fine of GBP100,000 for inappropriate conduct in a series of compliance issues which did not personally implicate Pottage. It was the first time that the FSA had sought a penalty against a director for inadequate oversight, rather than for direct responsibility for wrongdoing.
23/04/2012

Pension funds to give more powers to their investment committees

Pension funds are increasingly delegating their decision-making, according to the 2012 governance survey undertaken by Russell Investments, which considered the points of view of 300 UK defined benefit pension schemes. The trend reflects more specialist roles and the additional skill sets required to manage portfolios dynamically. It highlights a busy Trustee agenda and the need for an increasing fiduciary reach. Governance extends beyond strategy and hiring managers, to aspects of implementation such as foreign exchange exposure, and derivatives and overlay management. The research also shows opportunity for further improvement in the extend of decision-making delegation to investment committees and levels of execution. Time spent on investment issues also comes under scrutiny. The largest schemes spend on average 25.7 hours a year on investment issues, while this time is reduced to 7.5 hours per year for smaller funds (less than GBP100m in assets). And only around a quarter of investment committees actually «execute», i.e. review investments or make specific investment decisions.
23/04/2012

Assets under administration at Hargreaves Lansdown up 11%

Assets under administration by the British firm Hargreaves Lansdown have increased 11% in first quarter 2012 compared with the end of 2011 to a total of GBP26bn as of the end of March. This development is due to a net inflows of GBP974m, and a positive market effect totalling GBP1.6bn.
23/04/2012

New rules for specialised investment funds

The Luxembourg financial regulator (CSSF) has announced in a statement published on 20 April that the law of 26 March 2012, modifying the law of 13 February 2007, on specialised investment funds (FIS) came into force on 1 April 2012. The modifications involve deployment of appropriate management of risks and risks of conflicts of interest. Pending further clarifications which will be made to the rules, the CSSF wishes to communicate some points that it now requires from specialised investment funds.
23/04/2012
Gestion d'actifs

Le fonds de pension Amonis a réalloué un mandat sur les actions internationales

Le fonds de pension des médecins de Belgique, Amonis gère au total 1.3 milliards d’euros d’actifs. Récemment, il a été décidé de transférer la gestion d’un mandat sur les actions internationales de la société Alliance Bernstein au profit du britannique Henderson Global Investors. Alliance Bernstein continue de gérer pour Amonis un mandat sur les actions émergentes monde. L’allocation d’actifs du fonds de pension est la suivante: 55% d’actions et de gestion alternative, 40% d’obligations et 5% d’immobilier. Amonis travaille avec les sociétés de gestion suivantes: Amphiko sur les taux, Axa IM sur les matières premières, Cohen & Steers sur l’immobilier, Martin Currie Investment Management sur les actions japonaises, UBS Global Asset Management sur les actions européennes et William Blair & Co pour les actions US. Le Comité d’Asset Allocation détermine la stratégie d’investissement à long terme et sélectionne les gestionnaires de fonds les plus spécialisés pour leur confier la gestion journalière des fonds. La majorité des actifs d’Amonis sont placés dans les 10 compartiments de la sicav Amonis S.A. Ces compartiments offrent une diversité optimale en termes de classes d’actifs, de zones géographiques, de types de capitalisation et de modes de gestion. Fastnet Belgium S.A. assure la gestion administrative et financière de la sicav. J.P. Morgan Europe Ltd fait office de dépositaire pour l’OFP Amonis.
Gestion d'actifs
23/04/2012

Le premier syndicat irlandais contre le pacte budgétaire européen

Le SIPTU, le premier syndicat irlandais, a indiqué vendredi qu’il n’appellerait pas à voter pour le nouveau pacte budgétaire européen, que Dublin soumettra à référendum le 31 mai, s’il n’inclut pas la mention d’un soutien à la croissance. Selon un sondage publié la semaine dernière, le pacte budgétaire est actuellement soutenu par une courte majorité d’Irlandais, mais 40% des personnes sondées restent indécises.
23/04/2012

La zone euro sur le bon chemin

L’Europe n’a pas encore surmonté la crise de la dette mais les dernières décisions prises par la zone euro la placent sur le bon chemin, a déclaré le ministre allemand de l’Economie Wolfgang Schäuble. Mais selon lui, il lui faudra encore du temps pour que la zone euro regagne la confiance des marchés. Evoquant le cas de l’Espagne, il a estimé que les réformes déployées étaient vraiment impressionnantes.
23/04/2012

Les dirigeants de Wendel sous la menace de poursuites pénales

La Commission des infractions fiscales (CIF), une instance du fisc, a informé mi-avril 14 dirigeants et anciens dirigeants de Wendel de l’éventualité de poursuites pénales pour fraude fiscale, a rapporté le Journal du Dimanche. C’est le prochain ministre du Budget qui devra prendre la décision formelle de dépôt d’une plainte pénale. Un redressement fiscal de 240 millions d’euros touche déjà ces 14 personnes.
23/04/2012

Vers des coupes dans le budget de la santé et l'éducation en Espagne

Le gouvernement espagnol a présenté vendredi de nouvelles réformes dans les secteurs de la santé et de l'éducation destinées à réduire les dépenses publiques de dix milliards d’euros par an, au moment où le président du gouvernement Mariano Rajoy cherche à rassurer les marchés. Les onze régions dirigées par le Parti populaire (PP) de Mariano Rajoy ont déjà signé les mesures.
23/04/2012

François Hollande favori pour le second tour de l’élection présidentielle

Le second tour de l'élection présidentielle française opposera le 6 mai le socialiste François Hollande, arrivé en tête du premier tour avec 28,63% des suffrages exprimés, au président actuel, Nicolas Sarkozy, qui a rassemblé 27,08% des votes, selon les chiffres du ministère de l’Intérieur. Fait marquant du scrutin : la candidate du Front national, Marine Le Pen, signe le meilleur score présidentiel de l’extrême droite sous la Ve République avec 18,01% des suffrages. Pour le second tour de l'élection présidentielle, le candidat socialiste remporterait une victoire nette sur son adversaire, d’après les résultats de trois sondages réalisés hier après l’annonce des premières estimations des résultats. François Hollande est en effet crédité de 54,5% par l’Ifop, de 54,0% par Ipsos, et de 56,0% par CSA. Nicolas Sarkozy a appelé hier à trois débats avec son adversaire entre les deux tours.
23/04/2012

Le secteur manufacturier chinois se redresse

L’indice PMI préliminaire calculé par HSBC traduisant l’activité du secteur manufacturier en Chine s’est légèrement redressé au mois d’avril mais reste en zone de contraction pour le sixième mois consécutif, à 49,1 points après 48,3 points en mars. «Le ralentissement économique en Chine s’est stabilisé» estime Citigroup qui table sur une croissance de 7,9% au deuxième trimestre.
23/04/2012

Georges Soros prône pour une politique de croissance en Europe

Tout en s’inquiétant de la «renationalisation des marchés de dette» qui «pourrait potentiellement faire exploser l’euro», le financier américain estime dans un entretien au quotidien que l’Europe doit mettre en place une véritable politique de croissance. «On ne sort pas d’une situation de dette excessive en pratiquant seulement l’austérité». Et d’ajouter que «si l’Europe prend les bonnes décisions, elle pourra se sauver seule».
23/04/2012

La croissance chinoise ne devrait pas beaucoup faiblir

Selon le quotidien qui cite Pan Jiancheng, directeur général adjoint du Bureau National d’Observation de l’Economie, la croissance chinoise pourrait rebondir au deuxième ou au troisième trimestre de cette année. Le ralentissement modéré de l’économie aiderait à amoindrir les pressions inflationnistes, ajoute le responsable.

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