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29/05/2013

IndexIQ renforce son équipe de commerciaux

La société spécialisée dans les ETF IndexIQ recrute pour son équipe commerciale, en interne comme en externe, rapporte Mutual Fund Wire. Les postes en interne seront basés à New York, les postes externes dans d’autres régions des Etats-Unis.
29/05/2013

Nouveau directeur pour Chausson Finance

Romain Dehaussy devient directeur de Chausson Finance. Il a commencé sa carrière en 2005 chez HSBC en tant que chargé d’affaires entreprises. Il a ensuite travaillé pour Aelios Finance puis Pax Corporate Finance. Chausson Finance est spécialiste en placements privés en capital-risque pour les entreprises de croissance. La société a plus de 160 levées de fonds réussies à son actif et plus de 500 millions d’euros levés.
29/05/2013

Arkéa Banque Entreprises et Institutionnels lance une gamme solidaire

Arkéa Banque Entreprises et Institutionnels, filiale du groupe Crédit Mutuel Arkéa dédiée aux marchés des entreprises et des acteurs publics et institutionnels locaux, vient de lancer Kerea, une gamme de produits d’épargne solidaire. L’offre doit répondre aux entreprises implantées en région soucieuses de leur impact social et environnemental, aux sociétés d’aménagement attentives à la lutte contre la pauvreté, aux grands distributeurs souhaitant soutenir une cause humanitaire, indique un communiqué. Le premier support de placement de la gamme permet à l’épargnant de reverser directement une partie de son épargne à des acteurs à forte utilité sociale ou environnementale. L’épargnant investissant sur un dépôt ou un bon à moyen terme négociable (BMTN) a la possibilité de reverser 25% à 100% de la rémunération perçue à une association reconnue d’utilité publique, partenaire de l’opération. En retour, ce placement ouvre droit à un crédit d’impôt pour l’investisseur.
29/05/2013

Franklin Templeton collecte fortement en Italie

En avril, Franklin Templeton a enregistré en Italie des souscriptions nettes de 1,056 milliard d’euros, se plaçant dans le « top 3 » des sociétés de gestion ayant le plus fortement collecté sur le mois derrière Generali et Intesa qui jouent à domicile, selon les chiffres d’Assogestioni, l’association italienne des professionnels de la gestion.La société de gestion américaine s’était déjà distinguée les mois précédents, avec une collecte de 1,041 milliard en mars, de 786,3 millions en février et de 720,9 millions en janvier.Franklin Templeton gérait à fin mars 27,4 milliards d’euros en Italie, d’après les derniers chiffres disponibles. La société de gestion vient d’ailleurs d’ouvrir trois bureaux en Italie, à Rome, Florence et Padoue. Ces implantations locales viendront s’ajouter à celle de Milan.
29/05/2013
Fonds

Les fonds italiens continuent de collecter

Les fonds ouverts commercialisés en Italie ont enregistré en avril des souscriptions nettes de 5,4 milliards d’euros, soit le même niveau qu’en mars, rapporte l’association italienne des professionnels de la gestion Assogestioni. Depuis le début de l’année, ils ont engrangé un total de 19,3 milliards d’euros.La collecte en avril a été alimentée par les fonds obligataires (3 milliards d’euros) et les fonds flexibles (2,8 milliards d’euros). Les fonds diversifiés ont aussi drainé 985 millions d’euros. En revanche, les autres catégories de fonds sont dans le rouge. Les fonds actions voient ainsi sortir 68 millions d’euros.Depuis le début de l’année, ce sont également les fonds obligataires et flexibles qui dopent l’activité.A fin avril, les encours des fonds ressortaient à 516,9 milliards d’euros.En ajoutant fonds fermés et gestions sous mandats, le secteur de la gestion a enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 6,9 milliards d’euros en avril et de 27,1 milliards d’euros sur les quatre premiers mois de l’année. Les encours totaux s’élevaient à 1.256 milliards d’euros.
Fonds
29/05/2013

La banque privée Sal. Oppenheim va réduire d'un tiers ses effectifs

La banque privée germano-luxembourgeoise Sal. Oppenheim, filiale de Deutsche Bank depuis le premier trimestre 2010, a annoncé le 28 mai la suppression de quelque 330 postes au maximum d’ici à fin 2014 en vue d’améliorer sa rentabilité et son souhait de se concentrer sur ses activités de gestion de patrimoine. La direction et le comité d’entreprise ont abouti à un accord concernant la mise en oeuvre d’une restructuration qui va permettre de supprimer certaines fonctions redondantes chez Sal. Oppenheim et Deutsche Bank, précise la banque dans un communiqué. Les suppressions toucheront principalement les services informatiques et de traitement des ordres, selon le communiqué. Sal. Oppenheim espère ainsi réduire sa base de coûts. «Ces mesures sont nécessaires pour nous permettre d’assurer la rentabilité à long terme de notre maison dans le domaine de la gestion de patrimoine», a déclaré Wolfgang Leoni, patron de la banque, cité dans le communiqué.La banque, qui emploie au total 870 salariés dont environ 700 en Allemagne, entend se concentrer sur la gestion de patrimoine pour des clients privés et pour des clients institutionnels choisis et a également annoncé une réorganisation régionale de ses activités.
29/05/2013
Fonds

UBS GAM tente de sauver son fonds Triton

UBS Global Asset Management se bat pour sauver son fonds Triton Property (680 millions de livres d’encours) de la liquidation, rapporte Financial News. Environ 40 % des investisseurs réclament le remboursement de leur argent en raison de piètres performances. Des discussions ont lieu en ce moment avec des institutionnels qui pourraient être intéressés par le rachat des parts du fonds de ceux qui veulent vendre, selon une source proche du dossier.
Fonds
29/05/2013
Fonds

Fidelity ajoute un fonds américain à sa gamme FAST

D’après les informations de Newsmanagers, Fidelity Worldwide Investment lancera le mois prochain un huitième fonds dans sa gamme FAST (Fidelity Active Strategy) focalisé sur les actions américaines.Investment Week, qui a bénéficié d’une information anticipée, indique que ce produit commercialisé à partir de la fin juin sera confié à Adrian Brass, qui est en train de mettre sur pied au Royaume-Uni une équipe d’analystes dédiée aux actions américaines «qui pourra concourir avec ce qui se fait de mieux à Londres». Depuis quelques mois, Fidelity Worldwide Investment a décidé de ne plus se reposer sur les analystes de Fidelity Management & Research (FMR) de Boston.
Fonds
29/05/2013

BlackRock recrute un ancien directeur des ventes d'UBS

BlackRock vient de recruter Daniel Whitestone pour renforcer son équipe dédiée aux petites et moyennes capitalisations britanniques, rapporte Investment Week.Daniel Whitestone, qui travaillait précédemment chez UBS en qualité de responsable des ventes pour les petites et moyennes capitalisations britanniques, sera dans un premier temps affecté à une fonction d’analyste pour le BlackRock UK Emerging Companies hedge fund dont les actifs sous gestion s'élèvent à quelque 900 millions de livres.
29/05/2013
Fonds

Credit Suisse prévoit de coter son Real Estate Fund Green

Credit Suisse souhaite que son fonds immobilier Real Estate Fund Green Property (REF Green Property) soit coté à la Bourse suisse. La cotation prévue pour le quatrième trimestre 2013 va ouvrir le fonds immobilier au public, le rendant ainsi également accessible aux investisseurs non qualifiés, a indiqué le 28 mai la banque dans un communiqué. La demande est actuellement examinée par l’Autorité fédérale de surveillance des marchés financiers (Finma).CS REF Green Property a investi dans 12 immeubles. Les deux projets «amRietpark» à Schlieren et «Reusswinkel» à Bremgarten ont été terminés cette année et «Lake Geneva Park» à Tolochenaz et «Altstattwiese» à Wil sont encore en construction.
Fonds
29/05/2013
Fonds

Vontobel lance un fonds de dette émergente

Le gestionnaire suisse Vontobel Asset Management vient de lancer un fonds de dette émergente, Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt, géré par Luc D’Hooge, qui a rejoint récemment la société en provenance de Dexia Asset Management.Le nouveau fonds, domicilié au Luxembourg, se concentrera sur la dette libellée en devises dures. Il démmarre avec un encours d’environ 160 millions de dollars. L’objectif est de surperformer l’indice JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified TR de 125 points de base par an. Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt B (LU0926439562) Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt I (LU0926439729)Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt HI CHF (LU0926440495)Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt HI EUR (LU0926440222)
Fonds
29/05/2013

Oddo AM lance quatre fonds en Belgique et au Luxembourg

Oddo Asset Management renforce sa présence en Belgique et au Luxembourg en ouvrant à la commercialisation quatre compartiments de sa Sicav luxembourgeoise, Oddo Funds, sur les classes d’actifs suivantes : - les obligations high yield, via le compartiment : Oddo Bonds High Yield Europe - les actions midcaps européennes, via les fonds nourriciers : Oddo Equity Europe Avenir (fonds maître : Oddo Avenir Europe ) Oddo Equity Euro Avenir (fonds maître : Oddo Avenir Euro ) - les obligations convertibles, via le fonds nourricier : Oddo Convertible Bonds Euro (fonds maître : Oddo Convertibles Taux ) Des parts en euros ainsi que des parts libellées en dollars (USD) et en francs suisses (CHF) ont été créées. Les parts en USD et CHF sont couvertes contre le risque de change (contre euros). Laurent Zouari, vendeur depuis 2012 au sein de l’équipe internationale dirigée par Bertrand Levavasseur, a été par ailleurs nommé country manager Belgique & Luxembourg.
29/05/2013

ESMA investigates Petercam fund in Luxembourg

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The European securities markets authority (ESMA) has launched an investigation in Luxembourg following claims that the Luxembourg Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (CSSF) did not correctly help investors in a bond fund managed by Petercam, the Financial Times reports. The move comes despite the fact that the Luxembourg regulator has admitted that the fund infringed local fund regulations. Investors in the Petercam L Bonds Eur Medium fund lost 26.67% in 2008, while the Morningstar Global bond-Euro biased index gained 0.33% in the same period.
29/05/2013

Aberdeen tops 5% in Romania's BRD

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the Bucharest stock exchange, Aberdeen Asset Management has recently become the second-largest shareholder by size in the BRD banking group, following its recent acquisition of the US firm Artio, which had held 2.6% in capital of the bank. The Scottish asset management firm now controls 5.43% of the Romanian business, which represents about EUR70m at current share prices. The largest shareholder in BRD is the French firm Société Générale, with 60%.The share price of BRD has fallen 70% from its peak in 2008, and the bank in 2012 saw its first loss (of EUR74m) since its privatisation, but Romania Insider reports that William Scholes, assistant investment manager at Aberdeen, feels that BRD is a well-managed bank with a quality network and an attractive valuation.
29/05/2013

French AM firms emphasize their connections with Switzerland

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The French financial management association (AFG) has emphasized stronger business ties between Switzerland and France in the management of assets and funds, its chairman, Paul-Henri de la Porte du Theil, has declared. About 30 Parisian businesses active in asset management are present in Switzerland, and more than 300 Parisian funds are available on the Swiss market, he says in a statement released on 28 May.In 2000, there were only 50 Parisian funds available in Switzerland .There is a trend for French asset management firms to open locations in Switzerland, the AFG points out in its statement, since an agreement signed between Switzerland and France to recognize national funds. In the other direction, Swiss asset management is “very well” developed in France: “a significant number of asset management businesses are owned by Swiss financial groups,” the statement says.The AFG in its statement highlights the expertise of French asset management firms, which “may benefit Swiss investors.” It points out that French fund management firms manage 19% of assets in Europe, compared with 7.3% for Switzerland. And about 17% of European funds are domiciled in Paris.
29/05/2013

Credit Suisse chairman wants to resolve tax dispute with United States

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The chairman of the board of directors at Credit Suisse, Urs Rohner, is calling for a resolution to the tax crisis with the United States. “The question needs to receive a global response, there is no doubt, since UBS has already reached an agreement with the US authorities,” the banker explains in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. Rohner estimates that reaching a painful solution for everyone will always be preferable to remaining stuck in the past. “It is unrealistic to think that banks can continue to avoid the problem in the long term and that it will eventually solve itself,” the chief administrator of Credit Suisse says. In addition to the aspect of conflict between the Swiss banks and Washington, Rohner points to a real rise in awareness in the sector. “Tolerance of tax crimes has taken a fundamental turn. The business model of accepting undeclared money is now economically senseless and morally unacceptable,” he added. In the event that it is impossible to reach a global solution, the chairman of Credit Suisse would not advise his colleagues to reach case-by-case agreements. “but the idea, which remains popular, that the problem is limited to 13 establishments and that the others are only marginally concerned is simply false,” he pointed out.
29/05/2013

US tax authority demands client data from Julius Baer

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US tax authorities are requiring private client data from Julius Bär, under an administrative assistance request. The clients have been informed by the bank that the tax authority, the IRS, has requested administrative assistance, the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports. The bank has confirmed receipt of the request. The request came from the Asset Forfeiture Coordinator (AFC) and affects clients of Julius Bär suspected by the IRS of “tax fraud.” Nearly 100 clients are reportedly affected by the move, the newspaper reports. After the case of UBS and the request for administrative assistance made to Credit Suisse last year, this is the third group request from the United States.
29/05/2013

SFA: ETFs have a future in retail market

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the Swiss Fund Association (SFA), which held a press conference on the subject in Zurich on 28 May, ETFs “represent a steadily-growing segment of fund volumes traded in Switzerland.” They are thought to be wideapread among institutional investors, but “they should be expected to find increased popularity in the future with private investors.”These products “combine the advantages of funds and ordinary equities. Private investors are also becoming increasingly aware in the future and will include ETFs in their portfolios. In our opinion, new distribution channels will contribute to their spread. European financial advisors will increasingly offer advising models based on commissions, which will tend to profit products which are worth the price and deliver good performance such as ETFs. This change has been driven by regulation, in Switzerland among other places,” says Christian Gast, managing director and head of iShares.Currently, eight members of the SFA are promoters of ETFs in Switzerland or members of the ETF expert commission at the SFA. They are BlackRock AM Schweiz, Commerzbank, Zurich branch, Deutsche Bank, SIX Swiss Exchange, Société Générale, Zurich branch, Swiss & Global AM, UBS Global AM and the Cantonal bank of Zurich.
29/05/2013

Investor confidence index up in May

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The State Street investor confidence index for May 2013 rose 1.8 points to 94.8 from April’s revised reading of 93.0.“The primary driver behind this gain was a shift in risk appetite among European institutions with the European ICI rising 5.6 points to 93.3 from the revised April reading of 87.7,” State Street notes.Confidence also increased slightly among Asian institutions with the Asian ICI index ticking up to 86.0 from April’s reading of 85.2. However, after April’s sizable increase, confidence among North American investors consolidated somewhat, and the North America ICI declined by 2.2 points to finish at 102.5 for the month.“Institutional investors continued to augment their allocations to risky assets this month, albeit at a slower pace than we observed in either the first quarter, or the last weeks of April,” State Street concludes, noting that institutional investors have allocated more towards emerging markets since the middle of April.
29/05/2013

Towers Watson to go into fund of hedge funds business

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Towers Watson is planning to enter the fund of hedge funds business, a sector which it has been critical of in the past, Financial News reports, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The consultant will target small institutional investors for whom direct investment in hedge funds may be difficult.
29/05/2013

Schroders: German investors vote Merkel

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In total, 87% of 1000 Germans who have at least EUR10,000 in investments who participated in the Schroders Global Investment Trends 2013 survey are planning to make investments this year equal to or higher than those in 2012, and 66% feel that Angela Merkel will be re-elected as chancellor after legislative elections in late September. Among these, 66% feel that the re-election will be positive for the Dax and Euro Stoxx 50.Only 17% of Germans surveyed feel that the SPD candidate, Peer Steinbrück, will be elected chancellor, and only 7% think that if he is elected, it will have a positive impact on the Dax and Euro Stoxx 50.The survey also finds that 76% of German investors are planning to take positions this year on equities, which may be a surprising percentage, since Germans are thought to be reticent about equities, and a higher percentage of them than the global average (68%) are preferring this asset class.However, confidence does not rule out caution: 52% of Germans are betting on lower-risk investments, although they are less profitable, while 33% prefer a moderate risk, and less than 16% are prepared to run higher risk in order to achieve higher returns.
29/05/2013

Sal. Oppenheim to lay off 330 out of 870

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The German-Luxembourg private bank Sal. Oppenheim, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank since first quarter 2010, on 28 May announced up to 330 job cuts by the end of 2014, in order to improve its profitability and in order to concentrat on wealth management activities.The management and the business committee have reached an agreement concerning the deployment of a restructuring which will remove some redundant positions at Sal. Oppenheim and Deutsche Bank, the bank says in a statement. The layoffs will primarily affect the IT and order processing departments, the statement says.Sal. Oppenheim hopes to reduce its cost base. “These measures are necessary to allow us to ensure the long-term profitability of our asset management firm in the area of wealth management,” says Wolfgang Leoni, head of the bank, in a statement.The bank, which has a total of 870 employees, about 700 of them in Germany, is planning to concentrate on wealth management for private clients and seelcted institutional clients, and has also announced a regional reorganisation of its activities.
29/05/2013

Santander makes planned sale of AM operation official

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In a filing with the CNMV on 27 May, Santander announced that,» in connection with news that has recently appeared in the press», it is considering the possibility of allowing investors to acquire a stake in its asset management division.The Spanish group states that no final agreement of this nature has been reached with third-party investors. Santander states that it will notify the market at an appropriate time once an agreement has been reached.According to Expansión, an agreement is already said to have been reached with Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic, whose stake in Santander Asset Management would be “significant, but less than 50%.”In Spain, Santander had EUR22.08bn in assets under management in investment funds as of the end of April.
29/05/2013

Biljana Persson leaves East Capital for Kungsleden

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Biljana Pehrsson has been appointed as CEO of Kungsleden, a Swedish realty firm, Realtid.se reports. She had previously worked at East Capital, where she had been head of real estate and vice-CEO of East Capital Private Equity.
29/05/2013

UBS GAM seeks to save its Triton fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UBS Global Asset Management is struggling to save its Triton Property fund (GBP680m in assets) from liquidation, Financial News reports. About 40% of investors are seeking redemption of their money due to poor performance. Talks are currently in progress with institutional invetors who may be interested in buying shares in the fund to those who want to sell them, according to a source familiar with the matter.
29/05/2013

Fidelity adds US fund to its FAST range

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to information obtained by Newsmanagers, Fidelity Worldwide Investment will next month launch an eighth fund as part of its Fidelity Active Strategy (FAST) range, focused on US equities.Investment Week, which received advance information, states that the product, on sale from the end of June, will be managed by Adrian Brass, who is in the process of setting up a team of analysts in the United Kingdom dedicated to US equities, “which will be able to compete with what can be done better in London.”In the past few months, Fidelity Worldwide Investment has decided no longer to rely on analysts at Fidelity Management & Research (FMR) in Boston.
29/05/2013

IndexIQ adds to sales team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Mutual Fund Wire reports that the ETF specialist firm IndexIQ has recruited for its sales team, for both internal and external positions. The internal positions will be based in New York, while the external posts will be in other regions of the United States.
29/05/2013

Strong inflows for Franklin Templeton in Italy

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In April, Franklin Templeton recorded net inflows in Italy of EUR1.056bn, putting it in the top 3 asset management firms for inflows last month, after Generali and Intesa, which had a home field advantage, according to figures from Assogestioni, the Italian association of asset managers. The US asset management firm had already stood out in previous months, with inflows of EUR1.041bn in March, EUR786.3m in February, and EUR720.9m in January. As of the end of March, Franklin Temlpeton had EUR27.4bn in assets under management in Italy, according to the most recent available statistics. The asset management firm has also recently opened three offices in Italy, in Rome, Florence, and Padua. These local offices come in addition to the one in Milan.
29/05/2013

Vontobel launches EMD fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Swiss asset management firm Vontobel Asset Management has launched an emerging market debt fund, Vontobel Fund – Emerging Markets Dent, managed by Luc D’Hooge, who recently joined the firm from Dexia Asset Management (Newsmanagers of 28 March 2013).The new fund, domiciled n Luxembourg, will concentrate on debt denominated in hard currencies. It will start up with assets of about USD160m. The objective is to outperform the JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified TR index by 125 basis points per year.Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt B (LU0926439562) Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt I (LU0926439729)Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt HI CHF (LU0926440495)Vontobel Fund - Emerging Markets Debt HI EUR (LU0926440222)
29/05/2013

Credit Suisse plans to list its Real Estate Fund Green

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Credit Suisse would like its Real Estate Fund Green Property (REF Green Property) to be listed on the Swiss stock exchange. The listing, planned for fourth quarter 2013, would open the real estate fund to the public, and also make it available to non-qualified investors, the bank announced in a statement on 28 May. The request is currently being examined by the Swiss Federal financial market surveillance authority (Finma). CS REF Green Property is invested in 12 properties. The two construction projects “amRietpark” in Schlieren and “Reusswinkel” in Bremgarten were completed this year, while “Lake Geneva Park” in Tolochenaz and “Alstattwiese” in Wil are still under construction.

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