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28/02/2012

BNP Paribas Securities Services wins a mandate from Harvest

BNP Paribas Securities Services has announced that it has been awarded a mandate by the Chinese asset management firm Harvest Global Investments, which manages USD37bn in assets. BNPSS has been selected to provide custody and fund administration services, and forex services for a fund which invests in Mongolia.
28/02/2012

GAM acquires Arkos Capital

GAM Group AG (GAM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAM Holding AG, announced on 28 February that it will soon be acquiring Arkos Capital SA, a Swiss independent wealth management firm, whose assets under management total CHF664m. The transaction will be completed by the end of second quarter 2012, pending approval from regulatory authorities. All key employees will be retained, including fund managers. They will continue to be based in Lugano, Switzerland. By the terms of the agreement, GAM will acquire 74.95% of share capital, once approval from the relevant regulatory authorities has been obtained, likely by the end of second quarter 2012. The remaining 25.05% stake, currently held by the management of Arkos, will be acquired via payments in various forms, depending on the future development of activities. The acquisition will have the effect of increasing profits at GAM from day one.
28/02/2012

CITIC launches fund selection platform

China’s CITIC bank has recently launched a fund portfolio selection platform entitled Fund Portfolio N Plan in cooperation with Morningstar.According to Z-Ben Advisors, the online platform aims to provide retail investors with mutual fund portfolios that each offer exposure to four or five different products.The bank will offer portfolios for various risk profiles.
28/02/2012

KPMG recruits for alternative funds team

KPMG, the audit, tax and advisory firm, has named John Budzyna and Maurice Holmes to key posts in its alternative funds team.Budzyna has been named KPMG’s national leader, market development for alternative investments. Holmes has been named managing director, market development for alternative investments. Budzyna served most recently as CEO of Cutting Hedge Consulting Co. LLC, an advisory firm to the hedge fund industry, and also serves as the chairman of the board of Hedge Funds Care, one of the charitable organizations supported by the hedge fund community. Holmes most recently served as a director in the Credit Suisse Investment Banking Division, where he oversaw prime services sales for emerging markets, and served as global leader of its hedge fund consulting services.
28/02/2012

Wells Fargo sells its majority stake in a hedge fund

The US banking group Wells Fargo has agreed to sell off its majority stake in the alternative management firm Overland Advisors, the news agency Bloomberg reports.Wells Fargo’s stake will be sold to a new firm controlled by Gordy Holterman, the CEO of Overland, and Derek Dunn, its chief investment officer. The San Francisco-based bank will retain a minority stake in the firm.Wells Fargo created Overland in January 2010, to put in place a dedicated independent entity for proprietary activities on behalf of the bank, which at the time represented assets of about USD4.3bn.Assets under management at Overland Advisors currently total about USD2.2bn, of which a total of USD1.6bn are from Wells Fargo.
28/02/2012

Wells Fargo sells majority stake in Overland Advisors

The asset management unit of Wells Fargo & Co has sold a majority stake in the hedge fund manager Overland Advisors LLC (USD2.2bn in assets) to a new firm, which will be controlled by Gordy Holterman, CEO of Overland Advisors, and Derek Dunn, CIO of the firm, Bloomberg reports.The terms of the sale have not been disclosed. Wells Fargo will retain a minority stake in Overland, which it founded in January 2010 and in which it has invested USD1.6bn.
28/02/2012

Wells Fargo interested in DWS

The CEO of Wells Fargo, John Stumpf, has told the Financial Times that his group is planning to develop its wealth management activities through acquisitions or purchases of assets from European banks which are trimming back their activities. Stumpf says that he has looked at the asset management activities of Deutsche Bank, which in November last year announced that it had begun exploring all strategic options for its asset management activities, including the activities of DWS in the United States. Among the other candidates rumoured to be interested are Ameriprise, Guggenheim Partners, Macquarie, Power Financial and State Street.
28/02/2012

Fitch affirms and withdraws M2- rating for ERAAM

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Europanel Research and Alternative Asset Management’s (ERAAM) Asset Manager Rating at ‘M2-' for its fund of hedge funds (FoHF) investment activities and withdrawn the ratings.Fitch has withdrawn the rating as ERAAM has chosen to stop participating in the rating process.
28/02/2012

CalPERS adopts a standard reporting format for private equity

The Californian pension fund CalPERS on 27 February announced that it has created a standard reporting structure for its private equity activities, inspired by the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), for all general partners of the fund. The new format will allow private equity activities undertaken within CalPERS Alternative Investment Management (AIM) to better account for risk management, transparency and good governance, CalPERS says in a statement. All general partners and fund of fund managers will be required to apply the new rules by 1 March 2012. As of 30 June 2011, CalPERS’ engagements in private equity totalled USD49.5bn.
28/02/2012

iShares offers two high yield emerging markets ETFs

BlackRock has announced that its affiliate iShares on 24 February launched two emerging markets ETFs relying on high yield strategies on NYSE Arca.The two products, both of which charge 0.49%, are the iShares Emerging Markets Dividend Index Fund (acronym: DVYE) and the iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend 30 Index Fund (DVYA).The two new products replicate the Dow Jones Emerging Market Select Dividend Index and the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index, respectively.
28/02/2012

BlackRock seeking a new head of ETFs for Asia

BlackRock is seeking a new head for iShares in Asia-Pacific, after appointing Nick Good, who had previously served in this role, to the newly-created position of head of strategy and development for the region, Asian Investor reports.
28/02/2012

Profits up by 11% in 2011 for Retail Banking and Wealth Management unit at HSBC

The Retail Banking and Wealth Management unit of the HSBC group, which includes Global Asset Management activities, last year earned pre-tax profits of USD4.3bn, up 11% year on year. The Global Private Banking unit, for its part, earned pre-tax profits of USD944m, compared with USD1.05bn in 2010. The group overall earned pre-tax profits of USD21.9bn, up 15% compared with 2010. The group says in a statement that in Wealth Management, modest progress has been made towards the mid-term objective of a further USD4bn in growth in revenues, with an increase last year of USD300m. Revenues from Global Asset Management have remained virtually unchanged, due to difficult market conditions, particularly in second half.
28/02/2012

Joachim Faber and John Lipsky join the board at HSBC

The HSBC group announced at a presentation of its annual results that two new members have joined its board of directors, Joachim Faber and John Lipsky, who replace two outgoing members, Sir Brian Williamson and Gwyn Morgan. Faber resigned in late 2011 from the board at Allianz, where he had most recently been CEO of Allianz Global Investors. Lipsky is a widely known and respected economist, who recently, in November 2011, left his position as first deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
28/02/2012

Proposed law on the composition of boards at pension funds unveiled

The Dutch minister of social affairs, Henk Kamp, claims in a bill proposed to parliament that pension funds need to be able to set up boards of trustees composed exclusively of external professionals, the website IPE reports. However, every board of experts would be required to be approved by employers, employees and beneficiaries of the pension programme. Another model would have boards including social partners on the one hand, and beneficiaries of pension funds on the other, with the latter not allowed to occupy more than one quarter of the seats on the board.
28/02/2012

Spanish managers hoping for net subscriptions

According to the most recent edition of the Observatorio Inverco, five out of ten Spanish asset management firms are expecting net subscriptions of less than EUR5bn for the profession in 2012, while three out of ten are hoping for net inflows of more than EUR5bn, Funds People reports.The survey took in asset management firms representing about 80% of total assets in Spanish funds.Meanwhile, 85% of asset management firms surveyed are planning to launch new products, and 78% are expecting the UCITS IV directive to have a positive effect or no effect on the Spanish fund sector.
28/02/2012

Léger rebond du yen

La devise japonaise reprenait cette nuit 0,4% au dollar, à 80,24 après un plus bas de 81,66 atteint hier. Le ministre des finances, Jun Azumi, a indiqué ce matin avoir prévenu ses homologues durant le sommet du G20 ce week-end que le Japon restait prêt à une intervention sur les changes dans le cas d’une appréciation trop forte du yen.
28/02/2012

L’Union européenne émet à 20 ans

D’après des sources citées par Bloomberg, l’Union Européenne émet 3 milliards d’euros d’obligations à 20 ans via le Mécanisme européen de stabilité (MES). Le rendement ressort à 78 points de base au-dessus du taux mid-swap.
28/02/2012

L’Espagne rate son objectif de déficit en 2011

Le ministre du budget espagnol, Cristobal Montoro, a annoncé hier que le deficit public espagnol s’était réduit à 8,5% du PIB en 2011, après 9,3% en 2010. Un chiffre néanmoins supérieur à l’objectif initial du gouvernement qui s'était fixé 8%, alors que l’Union européenne attendait 6%. «Nous sommes en récession et cela doit être reconnu» a insisté Cristobal Montoro.
28/02/2012

Le FMI verse à l’Irlande sa dernière tranche de prêt

Le Fonds monétaire international a annoncé hier le versement à l’Irlande de 4,3 milliards de dollars (3,2 milliards d’euros) correspondant à la dernière tranche du programme d’aide de 30,2 milliards de dollars approuvé en décembre 2010. Le premier directeur général adjoint du Fonds David Lipton a souligné «la mise en œuvre efficace» du programme d’assainissement du pays.
28/02/2012

L’endettement des ménages américains en recul

Selon les données publiées par la Fed de New York, la dette des ménages américains a reculé de 1,1% au quatrième trimestre pour s’établir à 11.530 milliards de dollars. Ce déclin traduit une baisse des emprunts liés à l’immobilier.
28/02/2012

Les promesses de ventes de logements grimpent aux Etats-Unis

Selon l’Association nationale des agents immobiliers (NAR), les promesses de ventes de logements anciens ont progressé de 2% en janvier, soit deux fois plus que prévu, nouveau signe d’une possible reprise du marché immobilier américain. L’indice de la NAR a grimpé le mois dernier à 97, son plus haut niveau depuis avril 2010.
28/02/2012

La BCE n’a racheté aucun titre souverain la semaine dernière

L’institut d'émission européenne n’a racheté aucune obligation d’Etat au cours de la semaine au 24 février, rééditant la situation de la semaine précédente. La BCE précise que le montant total de ses rachats d’obligations souveraines reste donc stable à 219,5 milliards d’euros.
28/02/2012

Les banques centrales toujours friandes d'or

La plupart des banques centrales des pays émergents sont encore sous-investies en or, montrent les données du FMI. La Biélorussie a accru ses réserves de 5 tonnes en janvier à 42,6 tonnes, tandis que le Kazakhstan les a relevées de 7,6 tonnes à 89,6 tonnes. La Turquie a suivi une voie similaire en augmentant ses réserves de 4,1 tonnes à 199,4 tonnes. En revanche, la Suède les a maintenues inchangées à 125,7 tonnes, contrairement à ce qui était indiqué dans un premier temps sur le site du FMI.
28/02/2012

La gestion monétaire craint la taxe «Tobin»

Le lobby européen de la gestion, l’Efama, assure que les fonds monétaires en seraient réduits à mettre la clé sous la porte si la taxe sur les transactions financières proposée par la Commission européenne en septembre dernier leur était appliquée en l'état.

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