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16/09/2010

CamGestion veut se développer à l'étranger

CamGestion, filiale du groupe BNP Paribas qui a changé de nom il y a un peu plus d’un an, a l’intention de se développer à l'étranger, et notamment en Italie, en Espagne, en Suisse et au Bénélux. Le spécialiste de la gestion de patrimoine au sein de BNP Paribas Investment Partners a collecté environ 500 millions d’euros depuis le début de l’année, après 2,6 milliards en 2009. Ses encours ressortaient au 31 mars à 12,6 milliards d’euros.
16/09/2010

La Banque Sarasin projette d'émettre son premier emprunt

Dans un communiqué publié le 15 septembre, la Banque Sarasin a annoncé qu’elle envisageait de tirer parti des conditions favorables qui prévalent actuellement sur le marché suisse des capitaux pour émettre un emprunt à moyen terme avec l’objectif de «diversifier sa stratégie de financement».La Banque Sarasin a chargé l’UBS de jouer le rôle de chef de file.
16/09/2010
Fonds

La vente des fonds émergents de Natixis prend du retard

Bien que le groupe Louis Dreyfus soit considéré comme le mieux placé pour racheter les fonds au Brésil, en Inde et en Chine de Natixis, le dossier patine, rapporte la Tribune qui cite plusieurs sources proches de la banque. Pourtant, pour le géant des matières premières, un pays comme le Brésil est stratégique. Ce sont les fonds indiens et chinois qui posent problèmes. Ils sont récents et ne disposent pas d’historique de performance suffisant, ce qui rend leur valorisation difficile. Leur structure est également complexe puisqu’ils sont logés par groupe, au sein d’un holding. Natixis compte pourtant vendre les fonds ensemble et non par appartements, note le quotidien.Natixis pourrait lancer dans la foulée la cession de ses fonds européens pour compte de tiers en Espagne, en Italie, en Pologne et en Allemagne. De leur côté, les fonds suédois et néerlandais sont gérés pour le compte propre de la banque mais n’ont quasiment pas réalisé d’investissements, ce qui faciliterait leur liquidation.
Fonds
16/09/2010

Raiffeisen CM gagne du terrain sur le marché retail

Le 15 septembre, le bureau parisien de l’autrichien Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM) a obtenu le référencement par la plate-forme Generali du fonds Raiffeisen-EmergingMarkets-Aktien (AT0000497268, plus de 200 millions d’euros d’encours), qui a aussi été retenu par Cardif en août.Deux ans après le démarrage de l’activité retail en France, un ou plusieurs fonds RCM sont déjà accessibles sur les plates-formes suivantes, hors Generali et Cardif : Finaveo, ACMN Vie, Orelis, Natixis Life, HSBC Assurance-vie, Cholet Dupont Partenaires, Cortal Consors, Altaprofits, Linxea.Des partenariats sont en cours de négociation avec deux autres plates-formes et pourraient être annoncés durant le salon Patrimonia (30 septembre, 1er octobre à Lyon) où Jean-Paul Juquin, directeur distribution et partenariats, participera à la table-ronde sur l’investissement dans les marchés émergents aux côtés de Brice Anger, directeur du développement de M&G France et Nuno Teixeira, directeur général adjoint de Schroders.
16/09/2010
Fonds

Meeschaert met le cap sur l'Afrique

Meeschaert Gestion Privée, qui ne cache pas sa préférence actuelle pour les actions, a récemment lancé un FCP dédié à l’Afrique, MAM Actions Afrique dont l’objectif de gestion est d’offrir une croissance du capital à long terme à travers l’exposition sur des actions d’entreprises des marchés internationaux dont l’activité principale est située en Afrique. Pour le gérant du fonds, Guillaume Chaloin, de multiples facteurs militent pour l’Afrique. Outre que les ingrédients sont réunis pour un décollage économique du continent africain avec une croissance moyenne de 5% par an depuis 2000, la région est encore peu travaillée par les investisseurs en tant que zone d’investissement. MAM Actions Afrique a choisi une approche d’investissement tournée vers l'éveil de la consommation, à travers notamment les biens de consommation, les services, les télécoms. Les zones géographiques retenues sont l’Afrique du Nord, l’Afrique subsaharienne ainsi que l’Afrique du Sud. Le portefeuille devrait comporter une quarantaine de valeurs «buy and hold». Principales caractéristiques Code ISIN : FR0010916171Frais d’entrée : aucun jusqu’au 30 septembre 2010Frais de gestion : 2% TTC maximum
Fonds
16/09/2010
Fonds

Premier AM propose une stratégie multi-classes d’actifs

Premier Asset Management, dont les actifs sous gestion s’élèvent à quelque 2,5 milliards de livres, vient de lancer un portefeuille multi-classes d’actifs, qui comprend cinq fonds - UK Money Market, Conservative Growth, Multi-Asset Distribution, Multi-Asset Growth et Enterprise Funds - qui offrent des possibilités multiples d’investir dans le monétaire, les actions, le fixed income, les produits structurés et l’immobilier.
Fonds
16/09/2010

F&C renomme ses fonds après la fusion avec Thames River

F&C Investments renomme sa gamme dédiée aux investisseurs particuliers britanniques avec la marque Thames River, rapporte Money Marketing. La société de gestion va garder la marque F&C pour la clientèle institutionnelle britannique et adopter celle de F&C Thames River dans le reste de l’Europe.
16/09/2010
Fonds

Simon Somerville va co-gérer le Jupiter Global Managed Fund

Jupiter AM a nommé Simon Somerville en tant que vice-gérant du Jupiter Global Managed Fund (275 millions de livres d’encours), géré par John Chatfeild-Roberts. Ce dernier assure l’allocation d’actifs du portefeuille, sachant que la sélection des valeurs est réalisée par huit gérants régionaux de Jupiter.
Fonds
16/09/2010

Chris McGolpin rejoint Schroders

Associate director de KPMG au Royaume-Uni, Chris Mc Golpin vient de rejoindre Schroders comme head of client service & business management pour l’activité institutionnelle. Il s’agit d’un poste nouvellement créé.L’intéressé sera directement subordonné à Miles O’Connor, head of UK institutional.
16/09/2010

Axa finalise la cession d'une partie de ses activités vie, épargne, retraite au Royaume-Uni

Axa a annoncé le 15 septembre la finalisation de la cession à Resolution des activités suivantes basées au Royaume-Uni : vie et retraite traditionnelles, prévoyance et retraite collectives distribuées par des conseillers financiers indépendants, et annuités ; le tout pour un prix global de vente de 2,75 milliards de livres (soit environ 3,3 milliards d’euros).Le montant net reçu en numéraire pour le groupe est de 1,7 milliard d’euros, précise le groupe dans un communiqué. « Cette opération est un élément clé de notre stratégie visant à optimiser davantage l’allocation du capital au sein du groupe, tout en se concentrant sur les opérations à plus forte croissance et rentabilité du marché britannique de l’assurance vie, épargne, retraite», indique le directeur général délégué d’Axa, cité dans le communiqué.
16/09/2010
Fonds

Rydex fait enregistrer 19 ETF

Le 13 septembre, Rydex ETF Trust a fait enregistrer par la SEC une série de 19 nouveaux ETF sans effet de levier répliquant 16 indices Russell et 3 indices MSCI. Tous comportent le suffixe «equal weight» signifiant que les titres des sociétés composant l’indice considéré sont équipondérés. Les commissions de gestion s'échelonnent entre 0,55 % et 0,90 %.
Fonds
16/09/2010

Frankie Lee leaves Henderson

Frankie Lee has decided to leave Henderson to join another asset manager based in Hong Kong. He has been managing the USD355 million Henderson HF Asia-Pacific Property Equities Fund since 2008. Henderson is currently in the market to hire an equal replacement for Frankie Lee but until it has done so, Patrick Sumner, head of property equities, will be responsible for the management for the USD800 million Asian property equities assets the asset manager manages on behalf of its clients on a segregated and pooled basis, including the Henderson HF Asia-Pacific Property Equities Fund. In addition, to ensure the smooth management and running of the Fund and to assist in finding a replacement Patrick Sumner will move to Singapore in October until such a time as Henderson feel is appropriate following the recruitment of a replacement, says Henderson. Frankie Lee will continue his involvement in the fund until his day of departure on the 1st of December 2010 or until his replacement arrives.
16/09/2010

CIC and Exim Bank invest in infrastructure via private equity

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Agefi reports that Export-Import Bank of China and the Chinese sovereign fund CIC have invested USD300m each in a fund which will finance projects in energy and infrastructure in South-East Asia. The fund will have USD10bn in assets in eight years’ time.
16/09/2010

Axa finalises sale of part of its UK life, savings, and retirement activities

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Axa announced on 15 September that it has finalised its sale of the following activities based in the United Kingdom: traditional life insurance and retirement; collective retirement planning and pensions distributed by independent financial advisers; and annuities, all for an overall sale price of GBP2.75bn (about EUR3.3bn). The amount received in cash by the group is EUR1.7bn, the group says in a statement. “The operation is a key element in our strategy to better optimise the allocation of capital within the group, while concentrating on higher growth and profit operations on the British life insurance, savings, and retirement market,” Denis Duverne, the deputy CEO of Axa says in a statement.
16/09/2010

F&C rebrands funds following merger with Thames River

F&C Investments is rebranding its UK retail range to Thames River following the merger of the two companies, writes Money Marketing. The fund manager is going to retain the F&C brand for the UK institutional side and switch to F&C Thames River in the rest of Europe.
16/09/2010

Schroders adds to international equities team

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Sam Catalano, who was head of the equities research team specialised in metals and mining in Europe for Macquarie in London, has joined the global equities team at Schroders, led by Virgini Maisonneuve, head of global and international equities, as a portfolio manager specialised in the global materials sector. Giles Money, a recent university graduate, has also been recruited as a portfolio manager and analyst specialised in climate change. He will report to Simon Webber, co-manager of the Schroder Global Climate Change Fund.
16/09/2010

Chris McGolpin joins Schroders

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Chris McGolpin, associate director of KPMG in the United Kingdom, has joined Schroders as head of client service & business management for institutional activities. The position is newly-created. McGolpin will report directly to Miles O’Connor, head of UK institutional.
16/09/2010

Intervention in Japanese Yen market caught hedge funds off guard

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The intervention of the Bank of Japan on Wednesday to weaken the Yen (which fell 3%) was a hard hit for hedge fund specialists in fast-trading who had accumulated profits through betting on rises in the Japanese currency, the Wall Street Journal reports. John Taylor at FX Concepts (USD7.8bn), for example, has stated that several funds from his firm lost about 2% on Wednesday. According to financial industry sources, Aspect Capital and Winton Capital Management, among others, were also affected.
16/09/2010

Raiffeisen CM launches a Luxembourg Sicav

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 15 September, the Austrian management firm Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM) launched its new Luxembourg Sicav container for several sub-funds which are clones of Austrian-registered funds: Raiffeisen Emerging European Equities, Raiffeisen Russian Equities, Raiffeisen Emerging Markets Equities and Raiffeisen Emerging Markets Local Bonds. The products will initially be registered in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Singapore, the main countries where RCM products are sold. Registration in other countries is planned. Aside from the Russian Equities fund, which is denominated in US dollars, all other funds are denominated in Euros. Shares in pounds Sterling, US dollars and Euros are planned for a later date. For retail investors, minimal subscription is set at EUR2,500. Management commission is 1.75% for equities funds, and 1% for bond products. The choice of a Sicav wrapper for the fund is due to the fact that about three quarters of cross-border sales are of products in this legal format. The Luxembourg Sicav vehicle will allow the firm to improve its access to major opportunities in Europe and Asia and to develop international distribution. RCM states that its assets increased by EUR1.6bn, or 6% in the first eight months of the year, to EUR28.5bn as of the end of August. Including advisory mandates, the total comes to EUR30.7bn. Profits are slightly superior to expectations.
16/09/2010

5.3% increase in assets in Austrian funds in January-August

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to statistics from the Austrian VÖIG association of management firms, assets in funds as of the end of August totalled EUR143.9bn, compared with EUR142.1bn as of the end of July. Compared with 31 December 2009 (EUR136.7bn), this represents an increase of 5.27%.
16/09/2010

CalPERS recruits a head of risk management

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Californian pension fund CalPERS, with about USD208bn in assets under management, on 15 September announced two “significant reforms,” which will aim to restore investor confidence. Firstly, a position has been created for a senior chief risk officer, who will concentrate on risk management; and secondly, an ethics helpline has been created, which will identify fraud, conflicts of interest, and all other types of abuse. These new efforts come in addition to those already engaged in by the pension fund in the past 12 months to “restore confidence, integrity, and accountability in everything we do,” CalPERS says in a statement.
16/09/2010

Rydex registers 19 ETFs

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 13 September, Rydex ETF Trust registered a series of 19 new ETF funds which do not rely on leverage, replicating 16 Russell indices and 3 MSCI indices, with the SEC. All the products carry the suffix “equal weight,” indicating that the securities in the index are considered equally weighted. Management commissions range from 0.55% to 0.90%.
16/09/2010

Capital Investments chief pleads guilty

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nevin Shapiro, the former owner and CEO of Capital Investments USA, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and money-laundering, over charges that he orchestrated a USD880m Ponzi scheme related to his grocery wholesale business, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shapiro admits that the fraud damaged 50 investors, who lost a total of USD50m to USD100m. A verdict in the case will be delivered on 4 January.
16/09/2010

Credit Suisse lists 45 ETF funds in London, and 13 also in Milan

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 15 September, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) admitted 45 ETF funds from Credit Suisse to trading, 13 of which were also admitted to the ETFPlus market at Borsa Italiana in Milan (see list below). The London Stock Exchange now lists 327 ETF funds from 11 providers, while the Milan stock exchange had 478 products from 11 issuers.
16/09/2010

Sparinvest launches an emerging markets corporate value bond fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } With the Luxembourg-registered fund Emerging Markets Corporate Value Bonds, the Danish Sparinvest is extending its range of typically value funds, with a product which will invest exclusively in corporate bonds from firms with low levels of debt in emerging markets, with no supplemental exposure to government debt, which differentiates the product from many competing products. The fund is also available in Germany and France from 15 September. Sparinvest has already obtained EUR45m in subscriptions from Danish institutional investors for the fund, managed by Sune Jensen and Toke Hjortshøj, with the method which has also been successful for the Sparinvest High Yield Value Bonds fund. Characteristics Name: Sparinvest Emerging Markets Corporate Value Bonds ISIN code: LU0519053697 Management commission: 1.25% Front-end fee: 2%
16/09/2010

Feri Family Trust recruits a director from Merck Finck

On 15 September, Feri Finance Group announced that it has recruited Wilfried Hoffmann as director of the activities fo Feri Family Trust (which manages the assets of 250 families) for southern Germany. Hoffmann has spent more than six years as head of Merck Finck Treuhand. Merck Finck & Co was acquired in May by the Indien Hinduja group when the latter bought KBL European Private Bankers.
16/09/2010

IC Immobilien acquires Property One

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } IC Immobilien Holoding (EUR5bn in assets under management) has acquired PropertyOne (EUR2.8bn), financing the acquisition through a capital increase via an injection of capital. The merged entity will become a new firm, IC PropertyOne Asset und Real Estate Management GmbH, with assets of EUR7.8bn, according to a statement to the market dated 15 September. The business will have total staff of about 7,000, and the total area of properties will add up to about 3.7 million square metres, including about 700 properties. Shareholders in PropertyOne will control about 7% of the new entity, including a 4.8% stake for the US private equity investor Cerberus. The objective of IC Immobilien is to reach EUR10bn in assets under management by the end of 2011.
16/09/2010

Jupiter recruits for Munich office

Jupiter is expanding its continental Europe sales team in Munich, Germany, to facilitate the company’s continued sales drive in the German, Swiss and Austrian markets. The office, managed by Martina Guenzl, sales director, Europe, will soon be joined by Daniel Blum, sales manager, Europe, who has worked for Jupiter since September 2005, and a dedicated sales support assistant.The local office has been expanded to address the growing demand for Jupiter’s funds from professional buyers including private banks, fund of funds, family offices and wealth managers, says a press release.
16/09/2010

CamGestion plans growth abroad

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } CamGestion, an affiliate of BNP Paribas which changed its name slightly over one year ago, is planning to develop abroad, particularly in Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Benelux. The wealth management specialist of the BNP Paribas Investment Partners group has seen inflows of about EUR500m since the beginning of the year, following EUR2.6bn in inflows in 2009. Assets as of 31 March totalled EUR12.6bn.
16/09/2010

Pimco reduces exposure to US government bonds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } For the second consecutive month, Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco, Allianz group) has reduced its allocation to US government debt, as returns on Treasuries has fallen to historic all-time lows, the Wall Street Journal reports. US public debt in the portfolio of the Pimco Total Return Fund (USD247.9bn), managed by Bill Gross, were down to 36% as of the end of August, compared with 54% in July, and 63% in June, while mortgage-backed securities (MBS) totalled 21%, compared with 18% in July and 16% in June.

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