Recherche
S'abonner
Connexion
Asset Management
Accueil Asset Management Actualités
15/09/2010

TPG s’intéresse à la banque publique russe VTB

Selon L’Agefi suisse qui cite le quotidien russe Kommersant, le fonds d’investissement américain TPG envisage d’acquérir des parts dans la banque publique russe VTB, deuxième du pays en terme d’actifs.
15/09/2010
Fonds

RWC va lancer deux fonds d'actions

Les 29 septembre et 13 octobre, RWC Partners lancera le RWC Income Oppotunities, un fonds d’actions britanniques principalement britanniques qui pourra également investir en obligations d’entreprises et en numéraire, et le RWC Enhanced Income, qui utilisera la sélection de valeurs du Income Opportunities agrémenté d’un programme de covered calls pour atteindre une performance constante de 7 %. La commission de gestion sera de 1,5 % pour les parts A et de 0,8 % pour les parts B (institutionnelles) et les fonds verseront un dividende trimestriel, précise RWC le 14 septembre.Le premier des deux fonds sera confié à Nick Purves et Ian Lance, qui ont été recrutés en août et qui géraient le Schroder UK Equity Income Fund. John Teahan, qui avait quitté Schroders en avril 2009, et qui a rejoint RWC début septembre 2010, sera chargé du second.
Fonds
15/09/2010

Russell Chaplin devient CIO Property d'Aberdeen AM

Le patron de l'équipe mondiale des études chez UBS Global Asset Management, Russell Chaplin, rejoint Aberdeen Asset Management comme CIO Property sous l’autorité d’Andrew Smith, global head of property du groupe Aberdeen. Il fera partie du management board pour le secteur de l’immobilier. Il dirigera l'équipe mondiale de stratégie d’investissement comprenant des représentants de neuf pays.
15/09/2010
Fonds

Avec cinq fonds Amundi, Francfort cote plus de 700 ETF

La Deutsche Börse a indiqué le 14 septembre avoir admis à la négociation sur le segment XTF de sa plate-forme électronique Xetra cinq ETF de droit français d’Amundi, ce qui porte à 702 le nombre d’ETF cotés à Francfort.Les produits nouvellement traités sont les Amundi ETF ex AAA Govt Bond EuroMTS, CAC 40, S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 et EURO STOXX Small Cap. De la sorte, 63 ETF d’Amundi sont cotés à Francfort.
Fonds
15/09/2010

DBAG affiche un bénéfice net

Pour le troisième trimestre (au 31 juillet), le bénéfice net du capital-investisseur Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) est ressorti à 4 millions d’euros contre 12,1 millions pour la période correspondante de 2008-2009. Toutefois, pour les trois premiers trimestres de l’exercice au 31 octobre, il ressort à 21,7 millions d’euros contre une perte de 0,3 million pour la période correspondante de 2008-2009, a indiqué la société le 14 septembre.La DBAG dispose actuellement de plus de 150 millions d’euros de liquidités ainsi que de 240 millions mobilisables rapidement à partir de son fonds parallèle.Sous réserve que l’environnement ne se détériore pas sensiblement d’ici à fin octobre, le capital-investisseur compte terminer l’exercice avec un rendement des fonds propres supérieur au coût de ces fonds propres.
15/09/2010

Arques va augmenter son capital de moitié

Par un avis boursier, le capital-investisseur Arques Industries a annoncé le 14 septembre son intention d’augmenter son capital de moitié par l'émission en numéraire de près de 13,22 millions d’actions au porteur sur la base de 1,10 euro par titre. En clôture sur Xetra, Arques cotait mardi 1,92 euro (- 5,42 %).
15/09/2010

Credit Suisse AM prend une participation minoritaire dans York Capital

La division Asset Management du Credit Suisse a pris une participation minoritaire dans York Capital Management, une société de gestion alternative basée à New York. York continuera d’agir de manière indépendante à l’avenir, sous la direction du CEO et fondateur Jamie Dinan, de Dan Schwartz, Chief Investment Officer, a indiqué le groupe suisse le 14 septembre dans un communiqué.Aux termes du contrat, Credit Suisse versera un paiement initial de 425 millions de dollars pour la prise de participation minoritaire. Par la suite, des versements dépendants des performances et de l’engagement à long terme du management seront effectués durant les cinq prochaines années. L’acquisition concerne une participation minoritaire dans la société de management et non un investissement dans les fonds de York, précise Credit Suisse. Cette participation constitue un nouveau pas important dans la stratégie de croissance de la division Asset Management et permettra à la banque d’occuper une position dominante dans le secteur des instruments alternatifs globaux, selon le CEO de la division Rob Shafir, cité dans le communiqué. Fondé en 1991, York Capital gère environ 14 milliards de dollars d’actifs.
15/09/2010

Un nouveau conseiller senior pour JP Morgan en Suisse

Selon L’Agefi suisse, Romain Pasche rejoint la banque privée de JP Morgan en Suisse en tant que senior investment advisor. Basé à Zurich, il travaillera en relation avec Kristoffer Jonsson, le responsable des investissements de la banque privée et Andrea Tardy, responsable pays pour la Suisse. Romain Pasche a auparavant dirigé la recherche actions globales chez Vontobel Asset Management, où il a également été responsable du secteur de la santé.
15/09/2010
Fonds

UBS lance un ETF sur le platine physique

Depuis le 10 septembre, la Bourse suisse (SIX) cote en francs suisses et en dollars l’UBS Index Solutions Platinum ETF, un produit de droit helvétique qui investit exclusivement en platine physique sous forme de lingots d’au moins 1 kilo et d’au maximum 6 kilos qui sont stockés dans des coffres de l’UBS en Suisse. La commission de gestion est de 0,50 % pour les parts A et de 0,35 % pour les parts I.Parallèlement UBS Index Solutions a aussi fait admettre à la négociation les parts A et I du CMCI Oil ETF (CHF) SF dont le sous-jacent est le CMCI WTI Crude Oil hedged CHF Total Return. La commission de gestion ressort à 0,45 % pour les parts A et à 0,26 % pour les parts I.
Fonds
15/09/2010

UBS launches a physical platinum ETF

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } From 10 September, the Swiss stock exchange (SIX) is listing shares in Swiss francs and US dollars in the UBS Index Solutions Platinum ETF, a Swiss-registered product which invests exclusively in physical platinum in the form of ingots of at least 1 kilo and at most 6 kilos, which will be stored in the UBS vaults in Switzerland. Management commission is 0.50% for A-class shares, and 0.35% for I-class shares. UBS Index Solutions has also listed A and I-class shares in the CMCI Oil ETF (CHF) SF, whose underlying is the CMCI WTI Crude Oil hedged CHF Total Return. Management commission is 0.45% for A-class and 0.26% for I-class shares.
15/09/2010

Worldwide total ETF assets down in August

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of August, assets under management in ETFs worldwide totalled USD1.0644trn, compared with USD1.0952trn as of the end of July, and USD1.0259trn at the end of June. The total remains 2.7% higher than the USD1.036trn recorded at the end of 2009, iShares points out. The number of ETFs has increased 18.7% since the beginning of the year, with 401 new products and 38 products removed from trading. Of the 2.038 ETFs now available, the top 100 represent 63.3% of total assets. Currently, 944 new ETFs are planned. The top three providers of ETFs remain unchanged: iShares (453 ETFs, unchanged from the end of July) has assets of USD492.7bn, compared with USD506.8bn one month earlier, for an unchanged market share of 46.3%; State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is in second plave, with 110 products (unchanged) and USD139.6bn, or 13.1% of the market, while Vanguard (47 products, unchanged) is in third place, with USD113.3bn, compared with USD113.1bn, which represents 10.6% of the market, compared with 10.3% one month earlier.
15/09/2010

New head of institutional markets at Eaton Vance

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Eaton Vance announced at the beginning of this week that it has appointed Scott P. Ruddick as head of institutional clients, in charge of development of business and relations with clients in the US and Canada. Before joining Eaton Vance, Ruddick spent 13 years at Mellon Capital Management, most recently as managing director in charge of North American distribution. Eaton Vance has also announced that it has extended the responsibilities of Matthew Witkos, who will now be in charge of distribution of all of the group’s products and services aimed at retail and institutional markets worldwide. Assets under management at Eaton Vance and its affiliates as of 31 July this year totalled USD173.3bn.
15/09/2010

CPR AM becomes the IFA portal for the Amundi group

CPR Asset Management and its parent company Amundi on Tuesday announced the launch of a new brand aimed at independent financial advisers,entitled “Le Comptoir par CPR”.CPR AM has assembled aneight-member sales and marketing team, some of whom come from Amundi,which will be wholly dedicated to this client segment, and will offerthem funds both from the provider’s own range, and from the Amundigroup, with a focus on emerging markets, diversified management, andreal estate.The wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi CPR AM thusbecomes the single point of access for all asset classes and expertiseat the group for independent financial advisers, a class of client thatCrédit Agricole Asset Management and Société Générale Asset Managementdid not cover intensively.CPR AM, for its part, currentlymanages an amount “in the hundreds of millions of Euros” for theseclients, according to Jean-Eric Mercier, CEO of CPR AM, out of currenttotal assets of EUR19.6bn.The goal of Comptoir is to “become one of the top 3 management firm partners for IFAs by 2012, in terms of net inflows.” To be more precise, this means a market share of 10-15% interms of net sales, says Mercier.p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }
15/09/2010

CS Asset Management buys a minority stake in York Capital

The Asset Management division of Credit Suisse has bought a minority stake in York Capital Management, an alternative management firm based in New York. York will continue to operate independently in the future, led by CEO and founder Jamie Dinan, and Dan Schwartz, chief investment officer, the Swiss group announced in a statement on 14 September. By the terms of the contract, Credit Suisse will pay an initial USD425m for a minority stake. Subsequent payments depending on the performance of the firm and the long-term engagement of the management will follow over the next five years. The acquisition involves a minority stake in the management firm, and not an investment in York’s funds, Credit Suisse says. The stake represents an important step in the Asset Management division’s growth strategy, and will allow the bank to assume a dominant position in the global alternative instrument sector, according to the division’s CEO Rob Shafir, cited in the statement. York Capital, founded in 1991, manages about USD14bn in assets.p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }
15/09/2010

Permira takes control of Asia Broadcast Satellite

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The private equity firm Permira is supporting a management buyout of the Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) company from a consortium of private equity firms led by CVC. The acquisition price is said to be above USD200m. Permira will acquire Kingsbridge, the holding company of ABS, from its current shareholders, including CVC and ADM Capital. Permira will then become the majority shareholder in ABS, while the ABS management will control a significant minority stake in the capital.
15/09/2010

Madoff's trustee gets approval for legal fees

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Federal judge Burton Lifland, at a bankruptcy court in Manhattan, on Tuesday approved legal fees of USD34.6m for Irving Picard, the liquidator for the business operations of Bernard Madoff, and his law firm, Baker & Hostetler, the Wall Street Journal reports. The judge also approved a USD3m invoice for 10 other law firms in the United States and elsewhere.
15/09/2010

Benefits of UCITS IV directive threatened by tax burden

An industry research report which will be published jointly on Wednesday by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) and KPMG’s European Investment Management practice shows that there are significant tax complications in the new Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS IV) Directive that prevent the achievement of a harmonised European funds industry. The report identifies critical tax issues and numerous examples of discrimination and inefficiencies across the 27 European Union (EU) Member States. The report, entitled Analysis of the tax implications of UCITS IV, recognises that the UCITS IV Directive to be implemented by Member States by July 2011 offers considerable scope for re-structuring fund management operations in the EU. The directive introduces six efficiency measures, which could make the European fund industry more competitive and attractive to investors. However, the directive does not deal with critical tax reforms required to enable effective use of the efficiency measures of the directive. EFAMA and KPMG’s European Investment Management practice recommend the adoption of a tax Directive at EU level that would remove the tax barriers of UCITS IV being fully effective. In particular, it should provide for: tax neutrality of fund mergers; uniform rules governing the tax residency of funds and the place of incorporation and registration; tax neutrality on the flow of cash between master and feeder funds. In the meantime, in the absence of a directive, EFAMA and KPMG’s European Investment Management practice encourage each Member State to take the appropriate measures at national level in order to resolve the remaining tax obstacles.
15/09/2010

Frankfurt tops 700 ETFs with addition of five Amundi funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Deutsche Börse announced on 14 September that it has added five French-registered ETF funds from Amundi to trading on the XTF segment of its Xetra electronic trading platform, bringing the number of ETF products listed in Frankfurt to 702. The newly-added products are the Amundi ETF ex AAA Govt Bond EuroMTS, CAC 40, S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and EURO STOXX Small Cap. 63 Amundi ETF products are now listed in Frankfurt.
15/09/2010

Number of ETFs in Europe continues to increase

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Between the end of July and the end of August, the number of ETFs in Europe increased from 969 to 985, with 3,140 product listings, up from 3,117, and total assets of USD230.9bn, up from USD236.8bn. The number of providers increased from 35 to 37, and the number of stock markets where ETFs are listed increased to 19 from 18, iShares reports. Assets as of the end of December 2009 totalled USD226.9bn, while the total eight months later is another 1.7% higher. iShares also states that net subscriptions to ETFs and ETPs domiciled in Europe totalled USD2.2bn in August (of which USD1.6bn went to ETFs, compared with USD2.4bn in July), while in the first eight months of the year, net inflows represented USD29.3bn (of which USD26bn went to ETFs, compared with USD24.2bn as of 31 July). iShares captured the majority of subscriptions in January-August, with USD6.6bn, followed by db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) with USD3.1bn, and Lyxor Asset Management (Société Générale) with USD3bn. In terms of assets, iShares remains the top provider, with USD83.8bn, or 36.3% of the market (compared with 36.1% as of the end of July), followed by Lyxor (USD43.1bn and 18.7%) and db x-trackers (USD37.4bn and 16.2%).
15/09/2010

Aversion to risk on the rise

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the Global Wealth Report from Allianz, the financial crisis has caused an increase in aversion to risk. Since 2000, securities have lost 6 percentage points as a part of the composition of global investments, while bank savings accounts have gained 5 percent, and insurance policies have gained 1. Allianz also points out that the wealth of households plays an important role in softening the inevitable impact of demographic changes related to an ageing population. Nonetheless, currently, financial planning for old age is not one of the major motivations behind capital formation. An increase in the percentage of savings accounts as a proportion of financial assets reveals that aversion to risk is gaining ground over desire for long-term returns.
15/09/2010

Oddo Services Luxembourg offers back-office outsourcing services

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to Paperjam.lu, the Luxembourg-based consulting firm from NGR Consulting and Oddo Services control one third and two thirds, respectively, of the new Oddo Services Luxembourg (OSL), a joint venture which offers private banks an outsourcing solution for the back-office. The first client of OSL is Nord Europe Private Bank (NEPB), the Luxembourg affiliate of the French bank Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe and its asset management affiliate UFG-LFP. The structure is starting up with staff of 15, but the managing partner of NGR, Nordine Garrouche, envisions staff of 70 in the mid-term, if sales expectations are met.
15/09/2010

SEB launches a Newcits platform

SEB Enskilda has announced the launch of SEB Prime Solutions, a one stop shop offering for alternative investment managers’ UCITS funds. SEB Prime Solutions is an umbrella Sicav and Newcits platform, offering the necessary legal structure, risk management and administration services for a UCITS fund, says a press release. Two funds will be launched via SEB Prime Solutions and a further five are expected to be added by the end of 2010 with an anticipated size in excess of EUR100 million.
15/09/2010

DZ Bank and WGZ Bank merge private banking activities

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } By the end of first half 2011, the merger of private banking activities of the German DZ Bank (Frankfurt) and WGZ Bank (Düsseldorf) and the Swiss DZ Privatbank (Schweiz) in Luxembourg will be completed. The new DZ Privatbank SA will also include the private banking activities of WGZ Bank, the two central German co-operative banks announced on 14 September. The chairman of the board at DZ Privatbank SA will be Stefan Schwab, who is already head of DZ PB SA, the Luxembourg holding company for DZ Privatbank in Luxembourg. The new entity will have about 1,000 employees, over EUR12bn in assets, and locations in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Singapore, and Germany.
15/09/2010

RWC to launch two equities funds

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 29 September and 13 October, RWC Partners will launch the RWC Income Opportunities fund, a primarily UK equities fund which will also invest in corporate bonds and cash, as well as the RWC Enhanced Income, which will use the selections of the Income Opportunities fund, with the addition of a covered calls programme, to achieve consistent returns of 7%. Management commission will be 1.5% for A-class shares, and 0.8% for B-class (institutional) shares. The funds will pay quarterly dividends, RWC announced on 14 September. The first of the two funds will be managed by Nick Purves and Ian Lance, who were recruited in August, and who previously managed the Schroder UK Equity Income Fund. John Teahan, who left Schroders in April 2009 and joined RWC in early September 2010, will be in charge of the second fund.
15/09/2010

Bache Commodities obtains “primary participant” carbon trading license

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } An affiliate of the US firm Prudential Financial, Bache Commodities Limited, based in London, announced on 14 September that it has obtained the status of “primary partipant” on the European carbon emissions quota trading market, centred in the United Kingdom. Bache becomes the first non-banking establishment to obtain such a license.
15/09/2010

Nearly half of British women have no pension

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to an ICM survey undertaken for Barings Asset Management, 47% of active women in Great Britain (8.7 million) have no pension, compared with 40% in 2009 and 39% in 2008. In addition, the survey finds that 22% of those aged 55 to 64 have no pension. Meanwhile, the number of people aged 65 or over who are still working is over 1 million. Barings points out that about 40% of those aged 25-34 have no retirement savings plan, while the percentage is 32% for those aged 35-44.
15/09/2010

Russell Chaplin becomes CIO Property at Aberdeen AM

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The head of the global research team at UBS Global Asset Management, Russell Chaplin, is joining Aberdeen Asset Management as CIO Property, and will report to Andrew Smith, global head of property for the Aberdeen group. He will join the management board for the real estate sector, and will direct the global investment strategy team, with representatives in nine countries.
15/09/2010

Euronext Brussels “cross-lists” 22 Lyxor ETFs

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } From 14 September, Euronext Brussels has added 22 ETF funds from Lyxor Asset Mangement to its listings, 20 of them French and 2 Luxembourg-registered. The funds were launched between 22 January 2001 and 16 November 2009; the primary listing for 20 of them is on Euronext Paris, while 2 are on Euronext Amsterdam. With the 22 cross-listings, NYSE Euronext now has a total of 559 listings of 489 ETFs based on over 300 indices. As of the end of August, the total was 553 listings of 485 ETFs from 17 issuers. The 22 ETFs newly listed in Brussels are the EuroMTS AAA Government Bond, Leverage AEX, Leverage CAC 40, Leveraged Euro Stoxx 50, MSCI Emerging Markets, XBear Euro Stoxx 50, Dax, LevDax Brazil (Bovespa), XBear CAC 40, India, russia, MSCI World, Commodities CRB, MSCI Europe, EruoMTS 1-3 Y, China enterprise, EuroMTS 3-5Y, EuroMTS Global, Euro Stoxx 50 and CAC 40.

Sujets d'actualité

Tous les sujets