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04/02/2013

Amundi se montre ambitieux en Asie

La société de gestion, qui fête ses 30 ans de présence à Hong Kong, entend porter son montant d’actifs distribués dans la région «d’environ 70 milliards de dollars, dont 30 milliards au Japon, à 100 milliards sous trois à cinq ans», indique son directeur général Yves Perrier.
04/02/2013

L’Inde poussée à réformer son système bancaire

Dans deux entretiens séparés accordés au quotidien, Cai Jinyong membre d’un organe de la Banque Mondiale, et Haruhiko Kuroda de la Banque asiatique de développement, critiquent vivement la régulation financière en Inde qui «crée tant de problèmes pour les PME», selon le premier. Et Haruhiko Kuroda d’inciter le gouvernement à une libéralisation du secteur bancaire.
04/02/2013

La libre circulation des capitaux en Europe redevient une priorité

Dans une lettre envoyée aux régulateurs des banques des 27 pays membres, l’UE aurait demandé d’expliquer l’intérêt des mouvements de capitaux intra-communautaires, selon le journal. «La Commission estime que la libre circulation des capitaux et le grand potentiel du marché unique ne doivent pas être compromis par des mesures non coordonnées et disproportionnées» indique la lettre citée par le journal.
04/02/2013
Gestion d'actifs

La CARPV s'interroge sur le maintien de ses investissements en gestion alternative

Gilles Désert, Trésorier de la Caisse Autonome de Retraite et de Prévoyance des Vétérinaires (CARPV) à la rédaction de www.institinvest.com : Nous avons introduit un peu d’alternatif dans notre gestion depuis l’année 2006, en investissant dans des véhicules relativement prudentiels. Nous souhaitions ainsi battre notre benchmark composite avec des produits déconnectés du marché actions et du marché des emprunts d’Etat. Cela aurait pu se révéler un choix payant il y a quelques années dans des environnements de marchés très chahutés. Mais, dans les faits, depuis deux ans, ces fonds n’ont pas répondu à nos attentes, avec un rendement d’environ 2 % en 2012. C’est pourquoi nous nous posons la question de maintenir cette poche, que nous avons déjà réduite à 8,5 % de notre allocation en valeurs mobilières à fin 2012, contre 12,5 % à fin 2011.
Gestion d'actifs
01/02/2013

Appointment at VP Bank

The board of directors at VP Bank has appointed Alfred Moeckli as chief executive officer (CEO) from 1 May. Moeckli takes up a position which had been shared in the interim since July 2012 by Siegbert Näscher, chief financial officer (CFO), and Juerg Sturzenegger, chief operating officer (COO), according to a statement released on 31 January. Moeckli had previously been CEO of the Zweiplus ag bank in Zurich, a position he had held since 2010. He also held various positions at Falcon Private Bank, Tradejet, INIVEST and the Swissquote bank. He also belonged to the board of directors at Zweiplus bank. Näscher and Sturzenegger will both return to their previous roles as CFO and COO.
01/02/2013

Germany to allow “pension pooling”

The German cabinet has passed a bill by the federal finance ministry which would allow centralised management in Germany of foreign pension assets of German groups, Das Investment reports.The idea is to strengthen Germany’s attractiveness as a fund management site. The bill would create a new legal status for an investment limited partnership company (Investment-Kommanditgesellschaft). The law would come into effect on 22 July.
01/02/2013

Norron hires former Catella manager

The Swedish asset management firm Norron has recruited Stefhan Klang as head of sales for its funds, Fondbranschen reports. Klang had previously been CEO of the fund activity at Catella. Norron has SEK1.8bn under management in 5 funds.
01/02/2013

Australia's Easton Investments buys stake in AAM Advisory

The Melbourne-based asset management firm Easton Investments has acquired a 19.9% stake in the Singapore-based consulting firm AAM Advisory, Asian Investor reports. Easton Investments would like to develop its activities in Singapore, and in the next twelve months is aiming for advised assets of SGD1bn, and assets under management of SGD300m. AAM Advisory, which provides advisory services to high net worth expatriate clients in Singapore, has advised assets of over SGD250m.
01/02/2013

Deutsche Bank: asset management profit collapses

For 2012 as a whole, asset and wealth management (AWM) at Deutsche Bank posted pre-tax profits of EUR160m, compared with EUR942m, while earnings were up to EUR4.466bn from EUR4.277bn.In fourth quarter, AWM posted pre-tax losses of EUR260m, compared with profits of EUR116m in July-October, and EUR211m in the corresponding period of 2011, while earnings totalled EUR1.1bn, compared with EUR1.232bn and EUR1.172bn, respectively.Losses of EUR260m in AWM are due to impairments of EUR202m for Scudder, EUR90m in write-downs related to IT, and costs associated with lawsuits.The cost-income ratio for AWM totalled 123% in October-December, which deteriorated this indicator to 96% for 2012 as a whole, from 77% for the previous year.The Deutsche Bank group, for its part, has posted net losses of EUR2.153bn in fourth quarter, which reduces its net profits to EUR665m for 2012, compared with EUR4.326bn for the previous year.
01/02/2013

Strong improvement in performance of APG

Fondsnieuws reports that the Netherlands pension fund APG has announced in an internal memo that its performance in 2012 totalled between 13.7% and 16.9%, which is considerably higher than the 3.3% in gains for ABP.APG has already announced that it will be reducing its benefits by 0.5% from April.
01/02/2013

Contrasting results for asset management at Santander

In 2012, the management of investment funds at Santander earned net profits of EUR59m, up 3.9%, while profits for pension funds were EUR10m, 3.1% less than in 2011.Groupwide, net profits last year were down 22% to EUR2.205bn, after EUR18.8bn in write-downs for real estate risks.
01/02/2013

Very good start to the year for JP Morgan AM

For JP Morgan Asset Management, the year 2012 is starting out under a good sign in Europe. Inflows in the first weeks of the year totalled about USD2bn in Euorpe, Karine Szenberg, CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management France, announced on 31 January at the asset management firm’s annual press conference.“2013 started with fanfare,” Szenberg said, adding that inflows went to credit, somewhat to emerging market equities, and the remainder to European equities. Last year, the Paris office of JP Morgan Asset Management posted net subscriptions totalling USD1.2bn.“Inflows are once again going to high-risk assets,” says David Shairp, a strategist in the Global Multi Asset Group at JP Morgan AM, who remains “prudently optimistic” about 2013. “Europe is still in intensive care, but the situation has stabilised, and we can’t rule out good surprises,” he said, observing that inflation is still far from posing a problem.In the area of emerging markets, Pierre-Yves Bareau, director of emerging market management at JPMAM, estimates that high yield should be targeted instead of investment grade, with close attention to the signatures, and local interest rates, as well as idiosyncratic issuers in frontier markets such as Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic and Nigeria.Richard Titherington, head of emerging market equity management at JPMAM, says that an examination of valuations argues in favour of an increase in exposure to emerging market equities, where profits have recovered along with outperformance. However, Titherington warns, “outlooks for better returns also present the risk of higher volatility.”
01/02/2013

Strong growth in assets and profits at Blackstone

For 2012, Blackstone has announced net economic income of USD1.9953bn, compared with USD1.5392bn the previous year (+30%). Distributable earnings increased more sharply, up 48% to USD1.0339bn, from USD696.7m.Total assets as of the end of December reached a record USD210.22bn, up from USD166.23bn one year previously. Fee-earning assets under management, for their part, totalled USD167.9bn, compared with USD136.8bn as of 31 December 2011, of which USD43.5bn, compared with USD37.8bn, were for the hedge fund solutions division, which has total assets of USD46.1bn, compared with USD40.5bn.Blackstone states that net subscriptions to fee-earning AUM totalled USD2.4bn for last year as a whole.
01/02/2013

Profits at Invesco down in 2012

Net profits at Invesco Ltd in 2012 totalled USD776.7bn, which represents a 0.6% decline compared with the previous year. The Atlanta-based asset management firm on 31 January reported assets as of 31 December up by USD62.4bn, or 10%, year on year, to USD687.7bn, while net subscriptions fell by nearly half to USD12.5bn, from USD24.5bn.
01/02/2013

Noticeable expansion for NExT AM in 2012

NExT AM, an affiliate spun off from La Française AM last year, led by Nicolas Duban, as of the end of December held 17 stakes with total assets of over EUR4bn (+10% year on year), while the contractual FCP NExT Invest, launched in March 2011, which already had assets of EUR110m, in 2012 posted returns of 5.42%; this is a seed valuation “which meets expectations by combining prudent management and a valuation of acquisitions of stakes in capital over the long term.”In 2012, NexT AM sold five stakes in Pythagore, Klimek Advisor, Debory Eres, Métropole Gestion and La Financière de la Cité. All of these were sold to management and shareholders in the businesses. Meanwhile, four asset management firms began their activities last year with the support to NExT AM: Trecento AM, Cedrus AM, Swell Am and Flornoy et associés.Lastly, NExT AM has agreed to a fee sharing partnership with Twenty First Capital, to launch the Infra Green FCPR fund.
01/02/2013

Strong growth for AMG in 2012

As of the end of December, assets at the Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) totalled USD432bn, compared with USD327.46bn declared one year previously. EUR30.1bn of the increase in assets under management is due to net subscriptions.Net profits, for their part, total USD174m, compared with USD164.9m for 2011.
01/02/2013

Amilton AM takes full control of capital at Swan Capital Management

Following an investment in Swan Capital Managment, in which it acquired a 58% stake in February 2012, the French asset management firm Amilton AM has now fully absorbed the firm. The board of directors of the new entity is chaired by Ilana Sayag, and includes Marc Favard, CEO for management, Harry Wolhander, deputy CEO, Dan Sayag, head of asset allocation, and Christophe François, head of business development and marketing. In practice, the teams have now united at Amilton Asset Management. The product range, which largely includes OPCVM and custom funds for private management, family offices and institutional investors, will soon be extended. Amilton AM will soon be launching its first OPCI product. In a statement, the asset management firm has announced combined asset of nearly EUR400m, and also declared a desire to accelerate organic growth in assets and “continue its external growth strategy, bringing asset management firms together with complementary areas of expertise.”
01/02/2013

Pimco appoints interim head of equities

The bond management giant Pimco has appointed Marc Seidner, managing director, as interim head of global equities, following the departure of Neel Kashkani a week ago, a source familiar with the matter cited by Reuters has announced. Seidner joined the firm in 2009.

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