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17/02/2010

Guggenheim Partners achète Security Benefit

Pour 400 millions de dollars Guggenheim Partners (100 milliards de dollars) achète Security Benefit Corp qui coiffe quatre divisions dont les gestionnaires Security Global Investors et Rydex, qui affichent environ 22 milliards de dollars d’encours.
17/02/2010
Fonds

Morgan Stanley rétrocède le portefeuille "Pegasus" à la RBS

On vient seulement d’apprendre que, fin 2009, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (MSREF) a rétrocédé à la Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) le portefeuille Pegasus dont cette banque avait co-financé l’acquisition pour 2,1 milliards d’euros en mai 2007 auprès d’Union Investment Real Estate, indique la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Le Pegasus comporte 29 actifs, dont l’immeuble de bureaux Frankfurter Welle qui vaudrait à lui seul 703 millions d’euros. A l'époque de la transaction, les prix de l’immobilier étaient en fait au plus haut et MSREF comptait sur une poursuite de la hausse des loyers et des prix.Avant la crise, MSREF a acheté pour 10 milliards d’euros d’actifs immobiliers en Allemagne. Le patron des achats, James Lapsuhner, quittera l’entreprise fin mars.
Fonds
17/02/2010
Fonds

Le DEGI Global Business risque la liquidation

Hartmut Leser, directeur général d’Aberdeen Asset Management Deutschland, a indiqué au Handelsblatt que s’il ne parvient pas à convaincre les nombreux investisseurs institutionnels du fonds immobilier DEGI Global Business qu’il est possible d’escompter des performances maintenant que la valeur des actifs a été révisée à la baisse de 21,6 %, le fonds sera liquidé et l’argent rendu aux clients. Tous les investisseurs devraient avoir pu être contactés d’ici à fin mars (lire notre article du 11 février).
Fonds
17/02/2010

Fidelity se renforce dans Qiagen

Par un avis boursier, Qiagen indique que Fidelity (FMR LLC) lui a notifié le 12 février avoir franchi la veille le seuil des 10 % de son capital et détenir désormais 10,09 % des droits de vote. Cela posé, Fidelity était déjà le plus important actionnaire de la société de biotechnologie.
17/02/2010

Chute du bénéfice de la Deutsche Börse

Mardi soir, la Deutsche Börse a annoncé que sur une base provisoire son chiffre d’affaires a diminué en 2009 de 16 % à 2.016,7 millions d’euros contre 2.455,1 millions, tandis que son bénéfice avant impôt et charges financières (EBIT) plongeait de 58 % à 637,8 millions d’euros contre 1.508,4 millions.Quant au bénéfice net, il s’est contracté de 52 % pour revenir à 496,1 millions contre 1.033,3 millions. Le directoire propose le versement au titre de 2009 d’un dividende inchangé de 2,10 euros par action.On notera en outre que, pour la première fois depuis l’introduction en Bourse de l’entreprise de marché (en 2001), le résultat avant impôt et charges financières a été négatif (de 166,3 millions d’euros) en octobre-décembre, contre un bénéfice de 322,5 millions d’euros pour la période correspondante de 2008.Par ailleurs, le directoire a décidé mardi de dégraisser les instances de direction du groupe et d’adopter des mesures d'économie supplémentaires pour réduire les coûts durablement de 50 millions d’euros par an, ce qui représentera dans un premier temps une charge de 40 millions d’euros qui sera comptablisée pour l’essentiel au premier semestre de cette année. D’autre part, la Deutsche Börse compte augmenter de plus de 50 % cette année le budget des «initiatives de croissance» à environ 100 millions d’euros.
17/02/2010

JPMorgan double le nombre de ses clients dans les matières premières

En acquérant RBS Sempra, joint-venture entre Royal Bank of Scotland et Sempra Energy pour 1,7 milliard de dollars, JP Morgan reprend les actifs dans l’or et les métaux au niveau international (hors Etats-Unis), ainsi que dans le gaz et l'électricité en Europe, rapporte la Tribune. Elle double ainsi le nombre de ses clients dans ce secteur. Les actifs acquis rejoindront la division Global Commodities, dirigée par Blythe Masters.Devant les risques planant sur les activités de trading pour compte propre des banques aux Etats-Unis - que l’administration Obama souhaite interdire aux banques commerciales - JP Morgan n’a en revanche pas souhaité acheter l’ensemble la société, contrairement à ce qu’elle avait envisagé au départ, ajoute le quotidien.
17/02/2010
Fonds

Les gérants perdent l'argent des clients mais empochent des millions

Le fonds Tetragon Financial Group, coté à Amsterdam, distribue à ses gérants des dizaines voire des centaines de millions de dollars, alors qu’il a accusé des pertes colossales, rapporte le Wall Street Journal. Lancé au printemps 2007, le fonds a vite accumulé 1,5 milliard de dollars et constitué un portefeuille de prêts bancaires. Puis il a perdu environ les deux tiers de sa valeur au pire de 2009. Mais maintenant la valeur de ses actifs remonte. Et le fonds empoche un quart des «gains» enregistrés chaque trimestre, alors qu’il ne fait que regagner les 767 millions de dollars perdues l’année passée, commente le WSJ.
Fonds
17/02/2010
Fonds

Revers pour l’un des fonds de Renaissance

Le Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (Rief), lancé par Renaissance Technologies il y a cinq ans, a terminé l’année 2009 en baisse de 6 %, selon des investisseurs cités par le Financial Times. Le fonds qui investit sur toutes les classes d’actifs en utilisant des programmes informatiques a ainsi raté l’une des meilleures années pour les hedge funds. Ses difficultés sont plus profondes, puisque depuis son lancement en 2005 le fonds perd 4,42 %.
Fonds
17/02/2010

Fortress achète Logan Circle

Spécialiste du private equity et des hedge funds, Fortress Investment Group (32 milliards de dollars) a annoncé mardi avoir acheté pour 21 millions de dollars en numéraire Logan Circle Partners, un gestionnaire traditionnel qui appartenait à Guggenheim Partners, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. Cette transaction apporte à Fortress environ 12 milliards de dollars de fonds obligataires.
17/02/2010

Barclays realise une plus-value de 6,3 milliards de livres sur la vente de BGI

La banque britannique a dégagé l’an dernier un résultat avant impôts de 11,6 milliards de livres, qui a été gonflé par une plus-value de 6,3 milliards de livres liée à la cession de sa filiale de gestion d’actifs, BGI (Barclays Global Investors) à BlackRock.Le résultat imposable de BGI hors plus-value a progressé de 26 % à 748 millions de livres.Par ailleurs, Barclays Wealth a terminé l’année sur un bénéfice avant impôts en baisse de 78 % à 145 millions de livres. Une évolution due pour l’essentiel à la vente des activités d’assurance vie. Les résultats de Barclays Wealth ont également été affectés par l’intégration de Barclays Wealth Americas, qui accuse une perte de 39 millions de livres. Les actifs de la clientèle s'élevaient à 151,3 milliards de livres au 31 décembre 2009, contre 145,1 milliards un an plus tôt.
17/02/2010

Liontrust sur le point de lancer un fonds value

La société de gestion britannique Liontrust Asset Management devrait lancer le mois prochain un fonds value européen, le European Value fund, qui sera conforme à la directive OPCVM III.Selon Investment Week, le fonds sera géré par deux anciens de GAM, Ross Hollyman et Rob Cornish, qui ont rejoint Liontrust en octobre dernier.A l’occasion du lancement, le fonds devrait comporter environ 70 titres, sélectionnés dans un univers de 1.300 valeurs. Les gérants recherchent en priorité des valeurs paneuropéennes de qualité, liquides et bon marché.
17/02/2010

Nomination chez Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking a annoncé mardi 16 février la nomination de Mario Cortesi au poste de responsable des marchés primaires, financements et couvertures pour l’Italie. Il travaillera à Milan sous la responsabilité de Jean-Luc Parer, directeur global finance, ses adjoints Jean-François Mazaud, Pierre Palmieri et David Coxon ainsi que Giovanni Ortolani, responsable pays banque de financement et d’investissement pour l’Italie.Avant de rejoindre Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, Mario Cortesi a exercé différentes fonctions au sein de la banque d’investissement à Londres chez Morgan Stanley et Citigroup dans les activités de marchés de capitaux et financements structurés, précise le communiqué de SGCIB.
17/02/2010
Fonds

HSBC lance son fonds MENA en Italie

Selon Bluerating, HSBC lance en Italie son fonds Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord, HSBC GIF Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Le compartiment, qui fait partie de la Sicav luxembourgeoise HSBC Global Investment Funds, est géré par Andrea Nannini.
Fonds
17/02/2010

Hausse du bénéfice net de Clariden Leu

Au titre de 2009, le bénéfice net de Clariden Leu a bondi de 67 % sur un an, à 353 millions de francs suisses, pour un coefficient d’exploitation de 67 %, contre 56 % en 2008. A fin décembre, les encours sont en hausse de 9 % à 102 milliards de francs, contre 94 milliards sur l’année précédente. La filiale du Credit Suisse a accusé une sortie nette de 0,5 milliard de francs, contre 1,1 milliard.
16/02/2010

Bellevue acquires 10% of Auerbach Grayson

Bellevue Group announced on 12 February that it has acquired a 10% stake in the US brokerage firm Auerbach Grayson & Co. The transaction is estimated at USD2.5m. Bellevue has already been involved in a collaboration with the New York-based firm for three years, which allowed it to breach the American market without needing to set up its own infrastructure, Bellevue points out in a statement. The Auerbach Grayson company, founded in 1993 and led by its two co-founders, Jonathan Auerbach and David Grayson, has a network of nearly 480 analysts throughout the world, covering 127 markets.
16/02/2010

HSBC adds to prime brokerage services

Chris Barrow, previously of Nomura, where he was head of international sales of prime brokerage services, has joined HSBC as global head of sales for the group’s prime services team. Barrow will report directly to Clan Burke, head of HSBC Prime Services; Brian Heyworth, head of sales for the international market division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and to Paul Stillibower, international head of development for activities of HSBC Securities Services.
16/02/2010

T. Rowe Price launches an infrastructure fund

T. Rowe Price has announced the launch of an infrastructure fund, the Global Infrastructure Fund, which offers a long-term strategy based on investment in equities related to the infrastructure sector worldwide, including the United States. The fund will also be available to retail investors. The fund will seek to invest in 60 to 90 businesses of all cap sizes in numerous regions of the world, and expects to be able to offer some protection against inflation by taking positions on firms whose cash flows are inflation-linked. Exposure to emerging markets will be significant, in light of infrastructure needs in these regions. Minimal investment for the fund is USD2,500 for institutionals, and USD1,000 for retail investors. The net expense ratio has been set at 1.10% for institutionals, and 1.20% for retail investors.
16/02/2010

Single hedge funds have double the asset volumes of funds of hedge funds

According to statistics compiled by Lipper for Funds People, Spanish single hedge funds (FIL) as of the end of December had assets of EUR588m, nearly the same volume as in July 2008, compared with EUR400m in March 2009. However, assets in funds of hedge funds have fallen from EUR1bn in July 2008 to EUR400m as of March 2009, and finished last year with only EUR310m.
16/02/2010

IASB: Trustees overhaul governance

The trustees of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation, the organisation which oversees the work of the IASB, which establishes international accounting standards, on 15 February announced a series of improvements to its governance principles. The modifications, which are intended to increase responsibility at the IASB, the engagement of participants and operational effectiveness, is part of a revision of the IASC’s Constitution undertaken every five years. The changes approved by the trustees include the introduction of public consultations every three years on the IASB’s technical program, the adoption fo IFRS accounting standards through a convergence process which is not an objective in itself, and an engagement to establish an approach based on principles. The trustees also approved the introduction of a clause allowing urgent procedures, “only in the most exceptional circumstances and only with the approval of at least 79% of the trustees.” This procedure was already used by the IASB in October 2008, when it made rapid and unprecedented revisions to the IAS39 and IFRS 7 standards. The organisation, which represents all entities involved in theoretical and practical work to normalize international accounting standards, will also be revised to provide increased transparency. The IASC Foundation has been renamed as the IFRS Foundation, while the committee in charge of interpretations (IFRIC), and the consulting council, have been renamed, respectively, as IFRS Interpretations Committee and IFRS Advisory Council. The new Constitution will take effect on 1 March 2010. The trustees will soon publish a full and exhaustive report explaining their conclusions.
16/02/2010

Inflows rebounded in 2009

In 2009, funds on sale in Europe posted total net inflows of EUR190bn, whereas they underwent net redemptions of EUR298bn the previous year, according to the most recent statistics from Lipper FMI. Inflows were driven by equities funds, which attracted EUR112bn, exactly the same amount that flowed out of funds in 2008, Lipper FMI notes. Bond funds were also successful in attracting inflows, with EUR86bn in net inflows, nearly half of which were invested in investment grade corporate bond funds (EUR36bn). This sector was the most dynamic of the year, Lipper FMI observes.
16/02/2010

Crisis eliminates chaff from fund market

According to statistics from Morningstar and Lipper, reported in Handelsblatt, 2009 was the first year when the number of funds launched in Germany and Europe was smaller than the number of funds closed or merged. In Europe, there were 2,262 new funds launched last year, while 2,973 funds were closed, and 1,389 were merged, while these respective totals were 3,787, 2,154 and 1,079 in 2008. In Germany, 591 newly-created funds did not make up for 410 closures and 329 mergers.
16/02/2010

Warren Buffett becomes largest shareholder in Munich Re

In a statement to the market on Friday, Munich Re announced that Warren E. Buffett had notified it that his stake in the firm’s capital on 4 February passed the 5% threshold. On that date he held 5.073% of capital, via Berkshire Hathaway and its affiliate OBH Inc. On 11 March, the investor known as the “Oracle of Omaha” may also exercise options on nearly 2% of the firm’s capital, which would bring the value of his exposure to the German reinsurer to about EUR1.5bn. The second-largest shareholder in Munich Re is BlackRock, with about 4.6% of capital. Das Investment reports, citing Bloomberg, that Carla Goldenberg, a hedge fund manager at Highbridge (an affiliate of JPMorgan AM), has been invited to lunch with Buffett, apparently without having to pay the USD2m price tag ordinarily associated with such an appointment.
16/02/2010

M&G releases details of “Club Med” portfolio

Concerns about countries on the periphery of the Euro Zone have led M&G Investments to release details of its pan-European funds’ exposure to markets such as Greece, Ireland, Italy and Spain. The M&G Pan European fund has 15.9% of its assets invested in these countries, of which 5.9% are in Ireland, 4.4% in Greece, and 5% in Spain, Expansión reports. In Spain, the fund is 1.9% invested in Telefónica and Grifols, and 1.2% invested in Santander. For the M&G European Strategic Value Fund, total exposure to peripheral markets is only 8.5%, of which 4.4% is invested in Italy, and 2.3% in Spain, via Repsol.
16/02/2010

East Capital on the comeback trail

The Swedish asset management firm East Capital, a specialist in Eastern European markets, was not spared when the markets crashed. Its assets fell from a peak of EUR5.7bn at the end of 2007, to EUR1.8bn as of the end of 2008. “This decline was primarily related to a fall in valuations,” says Karine Hirn, CEO and co-founder of East Capital, adding that net redemptions accounted for about 15% of the fall in assets. This situation led to fears at the independent management firm of an operating loss for 2009, and led it to close its Milan office, as well as 45 job cuts worldwide. But in 2009, assets began to climb again, as the markets turned around and net subscriptions of about EUR180m came in, largely from Scandinavian markets. As of the end of 2009, assets totalled EUR3.3bn, and with the combined effect of this and the austerity measures taken, the firm was able to remain profitable in 2009.
16/02/2010

Goldman Sachs recruits for sales teams

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has recruited four people as additions to its deams dedicated to sales in Europe. Europe. Martijn Hoogendijk and Brittne-Aspen Whitelaw, formerly of BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, respectively, will be in charge of the Benelux region. In Italy, Loredana La Pace, who joins the firm from Allianz Global Investors, and Giancarlo Fonseca, from Alico Wealth Management, have been recruited, Citywire reports.
16/02/2010

Steep decline in the number of vulnerable debt issuers worldwide

According to a recently-published study by Standard & Poor’s, the number of vulnerable debt issuers worldwide has fallen significantly from its peak in April 2009 (300 businesses). As of 8 February, Standard & Poor’s found a total of 213 firms (including 141 in the United States) in this category, which includes issuers rated B- or lower, with a negative orientation to ratings, either because the firm is affected by a negative outlook, or because it is subject to a negative ratings watch. One year previously, the number of vulnerable businesses totaled 265. The cumulative debt of these 213 firms as of the beginning of February totaled USD197.53bn. The ratings agency also points out that from the beginning of the year to 8 February, it has counted 13 defaults by issuers, representing USD5.9bn in debt. For the year 2009 as a whole, it counted 264 issuers in default, with total debt of USD627.7bn. Most of the defaults observed since the beginning of this year have been in the United States (12). Meanwhile, after 19 consecutive months of increase, the default rate on speculative category corporate debt has fallen for the second consecutive month, to 9.22% worldwide in January, compared with 9.23% in December 2009. In the United States, this rate has fallen to 10.89%, from 10.92% in December. However, the default rate increased in Europe,. From 7.5% in December to 8.27% in January of this year. The same trend may be seen in emerging markets, where the default rate is up to 5.94% from 5.91%.
16/02/2010

AMF warns investors against Global International Trading

The French regulator AMF issued a statement on February 15 drawing the attention of the public to the activities of Global International Trading, a firm headquartered in Japan. The firm operates by telephone, contacting investors largely resident in France, to offer them shares issued by mining companies which it claims have a high potential for growth. The AMF states that the firm is not licensed “either to operate, or to conduct activities as a provider of investment services, or to receive funds, in France.” However, it has already been the subject of a warning from the Dutch counterpart of the AMF, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The AMF consequently recommends that investors ignore solicitations from this firm. The AMF has handed over information in its possession about this firm to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
16/02/2010

LaCrosse Global signs partnership with RiskMetrics

The hedge fund administrator LaCrosse Global Fund Services announced just before the weekend that it has signed a partnership agreement with the RiskMetrics group, by which its clients will be allowed to use tools from the data provider for risk reporting and other purposes. LaCrosse says in a statement that the RiskMetrics platform HedgePlatform Community allows hedge funds and funds of funds to offer transparency on the subject of risk without giving details of its positions if it prefers not to do so. “In a secure environment, hedge funds control the granularity level and the statistics which they choose to make available to investors,” says LaCrosse.

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