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05/09/2011

Grèce : l'Europe cible le verrou finlandais

Directeurs du Trésor des Vingt-Sept et banquiers centraux se réunissent aujourd’hui à Bruxelles pour concrétiser les décisions prises le 21 juillet. Une solution devrait être trouvée pour éviter de privilégier la Finlande dans le cadre du deuxième plan d’aide à Athènes.
05/09/2011

Les autorités britanniques enquêtent sur les ventes d’ABS

Les services des fraudes britanniques seraient en train de se pencher sur les ventes d’ABS (Asset-Backed Securities) afin de déterminer si les institutions financières ont présenté de manière captieuse ces opérations à leurs clients et contreparties au Royaume-Uni, indique le quotidien. Cette enquête, qui reste officieuse, impliquerait des produits présentés notamment par Deutsche Bank.
02/09/2011

L’Italie doit mettre en œuvre ses engagements, rappelle Jean-Claude Trichet

L’Italie doit accomplir des réformes structurelles et respecter l’engagement pris le mois dernier de réduire le déficit et de rendre l'économie plus flexible, souhaite le président de la Banque centrale européenne Jean-Claude Trichet. Dans un entretien publié par Il Sole 24 Ore, le président de la BCE estime que les mesures annoncées par Rome le 5 août sont «extrêmement importantes». Le président du Conseil Silvio Berlusconi avait alors promis de ramener le budget italien à l'équilibre pour 2013. «Il est par conséquent essentiel que les objectifs annoncés pour l’amélioration des finances publiques soient pleinement confirmés et mis en œuvre», a déclaré Jean-Claude Trichet. Ce dernier n’a pas fait de commentaire direct sur le plan d'économie de 45,5 milliards d’euros actuellement débattu au parlement italien. Il a également réitéré son appel aux gouvernements de la zone euro à remédier aux faiblesses de leurs économies et à renforcer la surveillance mutuelle et la gouvernance.
02/09/2011

Le franc suisse progresse à la faveur des craintes en Europe

Le franc suisse progresse à nouveau nettement vendredi, les marchés recherchant des valeurs refuges dans un contexte de regain d’inquiétudes sur la crise de la dette dans la zone euro. Le franc suisse s’engage ainsi dans une troisième séance de forte hausse, la Banque nationale suisse n’ayant pas pris de nouvelles mesures ces derniers jours pour contenir la hausse de la monnaie helvétique. Vers 11 heures, le franc s'étoffe de plus de 2% face à l’euro à 1,1097 et de 2% face au dollar à 0,7795.
02/09/2011

La mission de l’UE, la BCE et du FMI en Grèce suspendue pour dix jours

Les autorités grecques et les inspecteurs de l’Union européenne, du FMI et de la BCE ont suspendu leurs pourparlers pour dix jours, indique Reuters. Les deux parties sont en désaccord sur les raisons et l’ampleur du retard pris par Athènes dans la réduction de son déficit budgétaire. Jeudi, la Grèce et ses créanciers internationaux ont annoncé que l’objectif de réduction du déficit ne serait pas atteint cette année. Le ministre des Finances Evangelos Venizelos a démenti que les pourparlers aient été suspendus et indiqué qu’ils reprendraient le 14 septembre, le temps d'étudier les données économiques au niveau technique.
02/09/2011

Le LSE confirme discuter du rachat de LCH.Clearnet

Le London Stock Exchange a confirmé discuter de l’achat de la chambre de compensation LCH.Clearnet, laquelle est convoitée aussi bien par le prestataire de services britannique Markit que par son concurrent Nasdaq OMX. Le LSE n’avait pu, voici deux mois, mettre la main sur l’opérateur boursier canadien TMX Group. Il a ajouté que les discussions en étaient au stade préliminaire. LCH.Clearnet, dont la majorité du capital est détenue par ses clients, avait dit, il y a trois mois, qu’elle avait eu des contacts à propos de sa vente éventuelle. Pour sa part, le Financial Times écrit vendredi que le LSE a soumis une offre sur la majorité du capital de LCH.Clearnet qui valorise l’entreprise autour d’un milliard d’euros. Une OPA du LSE sur LCH.Clearnet serait logique dans la mesure où, à la différence de la plupart de ses concurrents, il n’est pas propriétaire de sa principale chambre de compensation. Le LSE est déjà propriétaire de la chambre de compensation italienne CC&G, dont il hérita lorsqu’il racheta Borsa Italiana en 2007. L’action LSE perdait 2,03% à 913 pence, vers midi.
Le London Stock Exchange (photo Bloomberg)
02/09/2011

Hausse de 0,5% des prix à la production en juillet dans la zone euro

La hausse des coûts de l'énergie a provoqué une hausse de 0,5% des prix à la production en juillet dans la zone euro, conforme aux attentes, mais globalement les pressions inflationnistes s’apaisent dans la mesure où l'économie de la zone patine. Annuellement, ces prix ont augmenté de 6,1% en juillet, là encore comme prévu, contre 5,9% en juin, a précisé Eurostat. Hors énergie et construction, la hausse des prix à la production est de 0,1% sur le mois et de 4,1% sur un an.
02/09/2011

Frank Rudert rejoins Threadneedle Germany

Four years after quitting the business and moving to cominvest (which has since become Allianz Global Investors), Frank Rudert is returning to Threadneedle Germany. He will be operational manager, a position midway between distribution and back-office. He will report to the Austrian Werner Kolitsch, head of Germany and Austria.
02/09/2011

Franklin Templeton recruits for German distribution

Sabine Stöhr has been appointed as head of wealth management clients for Germany at Franklin Templeton Germany. The asset management firm is now seeking a replacement for Stöhr as head of IFA clients, savings banks and co-operative banks for Bavaria. The distribution team at Franklin Templeton includes 24 members.
02/09/2011

Changes at the top at AWD Germany

Following the departure of Rolf Wiswesser, who will be moving to the insurer Ergo to restore order in its distribution division (see Newsmanagers of 23 August), Swiss Life has opted for an internal promotion for its financial services affiliate AWD Germany. Götz Wenker, 60, director of distribution, has been appointed as chairman of the board. He will be responsible for strategy, distribution, training, press and public relations, as well as client services and assistance. Thomas Bilitewski, 48, becomes head of the products professional areas, and of relations with partners and advising activities. He is also CEO of Horback, an AWD affiliate specialised in advising university graduates.
02/09/2011

David Loggia leaves Carmignac Gestion

According to information received by Newsmanagers, David Loggia, one of the star managers at the management firm Carmignac Gestion, who took a six-month leave of absence last year, and whose contract expired this May, has left the management firm based in the place Vendôme in Paris. Loggia had been co-manager of the Carmignac Grande Europe fund.
02/09/2011

Partners Group opens an office in Paris

The Swiss Partners Group has announced the opening of an office in Paris (10 rue Labie, 75017), which will be led by Gilbert de la Ferrière. France is an important market for Partners Group, which has already invested EUR800m in the country (including 10 direct investments), and the group is clearly planning to increase its activity there further. The private equity investors, which says that it already has several French institutional investors among its clients, is planning to extend its client base by highlighting the promising potential of private investment.
02/09/2011

Ben Clissold joins State Street Global Advisors

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) on 1 September announced the appointment of Ben Clissold as a senior liability-driven investment (LDI) portfolio manager in the Investment Solutions Group. Clissold will be based in London, and will report to Raymond Haynes, head of LDI for Europe. Clissold previously worked at P-Solve Asset Solutions, where he served as deputy chief investment officer, and spent more than four years developing, deploying and managing LDI solutions for 70 clients. SSgA has been managing custom LDI solutions for a large number of clients since 2005, and currently has USD201bn in assets under management (as of 30 June) in its various multi-asset class allocation strategies.
02/09/2011

Axa IM appoints Katrin Boström as head of distribution for Scandinavia

AXA Investment Managers on September 1 announced the appointment of Katrin Boström as head of Nordic Sales. Reporting to Irshaad Ahmad, head of UK and Nordics, she will be responsible for building on AXA IM’s presence in the region. Katrin Boström, who will be based in the region, working from AXA IM’s office in Stockholm, commences her role on 1 September 2011. Katrin Boström joins from Morgan Stanley Investment Management where she was executive director, head of sales and business development, Nordic Region. Before that, she was executive director, institutional sales and business development, Nordic region for Goldman Sachs Asset Management, London.
02/09/2011

Sycomore AM hires a portfolio manager

French boutique Sycomore Asset Management has announced the recruitment of Arnaud d’Aligny as analyst-portfolio manager for European equities. He will assist with the Sycomore Eurocap fund (EUR555m as of 31 July), alongside Emeric Préaubert and Frédéric Ponchon. After three years at HSBC – CCF Charterhouse as assistant vice president in the structured finance department, d’Aligny joined the Goldman Sachs investment bank in 2002 as executive director in charge of the Building & Construction and Business Services sectors. Sycomore AM has nearly EUR2bn in assets under management.
02/09/2011

UBS has already recruited more than 300 people this year for wealth management activities in Asia

Since the beginning of this year, UBS has recruited more than 300 people in the Asia-Pacific region for its wealth management activities, according to Kathryn Shih, director of the UBS wealth management division for Asia-Pacific, Asian Investor reports. The recruitments are continuing. UBS has also recruited Alan Branigan, previously head of a consulting firm he founded, as head of the corporate advisory group in Singapore.
02/09/2011

Regulatory approval in Germany for Delta Lloyd Asian Participation Fund

BaFin on Thursday issued a sales license for Germany to the Delta Lloyd Asian Participation Fund, launched in May in the Netherlands (EUR57m in assets), the Börsen-Zeitung reports. The fund, like its Netherlands and European counterparts, invests in stakes of at least 5% in Asian small and midcaps which are currently underpriced and which pay high dividends.
02/09/2011

Henderson releases its first German-registered institutional real estate fund

One year after its release for sale, the British management firm Herderson Global Investors on 1 September announced the official launch of its German-registered institutional real estate fund, the Henderson German Retail Income Fund (HGRIF). The manager has already collected about EUR85m in investments from German insurers and pension funds, and from one Austrian institutional investor. That gives the fund an investment capacity of EUR170m, with leverage. The objective is to raise EUR150m in subscriptions, to invest EUR300m, largely in shopping centres. The objective is to generate a return on investment of at least 6% per year, with a portfolio which would include 10 to 15 properties. Meanwhile, Henderson has announced that it has acquired the Tuna Park Shopping Centre (126,400 square metres) in Eskiltuna, Sweden, for SEK558m, or EUR61m, from Alecta Pensionsförsäkring Ömsesidigt. The property will be added to the portfolio of the European Core Property Fund No. 1 from its German affiliate Warburg-Henderson.
02/09/2011

Union launches a residential real estate fund for institutionals

The central management firm for the German co-operative banks, Union Investment, on 1 September announced that its Hamburg-based affiliate Union Investment Institutional Property on 30 June launched the institutional real estate fund Residential Value, for which it primarily provides administration, as management has been outsourced to the Berlin-based Dupuis GmbH & Co. Asset-Management KG. The fund has recently acquired a 223-unit residential complex (18,313 square metres), the Ortlegarten, located in Berlin-Steglitz, as an initial investment, for an undisclosed amount, “from a publicly-traded French real estate company.” Union is targeting assets of EUR250m in the long term. The fund will be managed with a “conservative” bias.
02/09/2011

German asset management association creates mediation framework

The German asset management association (BVI) on 1 September announced that it has created a mediation framework for investment funds. The framework includes a mediation office, located in Berlin, with two independent lawyerrs. The choice of Berlin is a sign of the will on the part of the professional association to have a larger presence in the German capital, the BVI says in a statement.
02/09/2011

Five consecutive months of net outflows for Spanish funds

As of the end of August, assets under management in Spanish securities funds totalled slightly over EUR130.9bn, EUR3.25bn or 2.42% less than at the end of July. As of the end of December, assets totalled EUR138.08bn. This decline is partly due to new net outflows of EUR699m, for the fifth consecutive month, following net redemptions of EUR570m in July, and EUR1.19bn in June. Every month of 2010 was marked by net outflows, while in 2011, net inflows were observed in February and March. The heaviest net redemptions were from Mutuactivos (EUR230.94m), Santander Asset Management (EUR148.77m), and Invercaixa Gestión (EUR105.97m), followed by BBVA Asset Management (EUR85m). However, the only two management firms to post net subscriptions out of the top nine by assets are Bankia Fondos, with EUR23.84m, and Bansabadell Inversion, with EUR38.5m. The top three management firms by assets under management, Santander AM (EUR21.92bn), BBVA AM (EUR20.23bn), and Invercaixa Gestión (EUR15.92bn) alone account for 44.4% of total assets in securities funds as of the end of August.
02/09/2011

Family offices invest 26% of their portfolios in hedge funds

Family offices don’t like funds of funds much. They invest 26% of their portfolios in hedge funds, but only 1% in funds of funds, according to a survey by Infovest21 of a sample of family offices, mostly based in the United States, during July. Fees have not a demonstrable influence on the opinions of family offices about funds of funds, which nonetheless charge lower commissions than hedge funds (management commissions of 1%, instead of 1.6% for hedge funds, and performance commissions of 7.8% rather than 18.9%). Nearly 60% of family offices say that their commissions have held stable since last year, while 20% say that commissions have been lowered, and 20% that outperformance commissions have fallen. On average, family office managers have stakes in 23 hedge funds. Though they differ as to the primary purpose of these funds (absolute returns, risk reduction, diversification), family offices generally have a highly favourable opinion of hedge funds (two thirds). Only 4% have a negative opinion of them. The preferred products of family offices are long/short equities and event-driven products, as well as emerging markets strategies.
02/09/2011

Eden Financial launches a fund dedicated to British equities

Eden Financial on 1 September announced the launch of a conviction-based fund dedicated to UK equities, the CF Eden UK select opportunities fund, which will be managed by Leigh Himsworth, who joined the firm in July this year, and previously worked at Gartmore. The fund will hold about one third of its assets in shares in companies of the FTSE 100, one third in the FTSE mid 250, and one third in small caps. The portfolio will have 40 to 60 positions, none of which are to exceed 5%. Minimal investment is set at GBP1,000 for retail investors, and GBP1m for institutionals; front-end fee is % and management commission is 1.5% per year for retail investors, and 1% for institutionals. The fund aims for returns of 2.66%.
02/09/2011

Securities lending called into question in UK

Several of the largest British management firms are making tens of millions of pounds from using their clients’ capital for securities lending, according to a study by the wealth management firm SCM Private, the Guardian newspaper reports. The SCM study finds that 19 of the 20 companies studied had terms and conditions in place which allow them to lend out up to 100% of their clients’ equities, and half of the sample had participated in securities lending. According to the research firm Data Explorers, global earnings from securities lending operations last year totalled about GBP4.5bn, of which about GBP850m were in the United Kingdom. Of this latter total, a considerable but unknown proportion involved retail funds. The co-founder of SCM, Gina Miller, tells the newspaper that many investors are not aware that management firms are legally authorised to put 100% of their capital at risk for these securities lending operations. “Complete and comprehensive information should be required in order to protect investors. From our point of view, the minimal levels of information and protection for retail investors under British legislation are completely unsuitable,” Miller says.

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