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23/01/2013

Les exportateurs allemands craignent des dévaluations compétitives

Après l’annonce par la Banque du Japon de rachats illimités d’actifs pour sortir durablement le pays de la stagnation, les exportateurs allemands disent craindre des dévaluations compétitives. L’euro pourrait ainsi passer au-dessus du seuil de 1,40 dollar, sans cependant que cela ne mine durablement les exportations allemandes, estime Anton Börner, président de la Fédération allemande du commerce de gros et du commerce extérieur.
23/01/2013

Les Etats-Unis songent à une taxe sur les transactions

Inspirés par les Européens (lire page 4), deux élus démocrates ont décidé de présenter devant le Congrès américain une proposition de taxe sur les transactions financières. Le sénateur Tom Harkin et le représentant Peter DeFazio proposent de prélever 3 cents pour 100 dollars de transactions. Selon le comité fiscal mixte du Congrès, une telle taxe rapporterait 352 milliards de dollars sur dix ans. Les élus avaient renoncé auparavant à présenter leur proposition en raison du veto opposé à une telle idée par le secrétaire au Trésor Timothy Geithner.
23/01/2013

La collecte du Livret A augmente légèrement

Selon les données transmises par la Caisse des dépôts, la collecte du Livret A s’est élevée à 2,70 milliards d’euros en décembre après 2,40 milliards en novembre et 7,35 milliards en octobre. Compte tenu du Livret de développement durable, la collecte est positive à hauteur de 5,23 milliards d’euros le mois dernier, un chiffre inchangé par rapport à novembre. Sur l’ensemble de l’année, la collecte atteint 49,17 milliards d’euros en cumulé. « A cela s’ajoute une capitalisation annuelle des intérêts pour un montant de 6,62 milliards d’euros portant l’encours total sur les deux produits à 342,6 milliards d’euros à fin décembre 2012», souligne la Caisse des dépôts. Le relèvement au 1er octobre de 25% du plafond du livret A (à 19.125 euros) et le doublement de celui du LDD (à 12.000 euros) ont dynamisé les placements sur ces deux livrets. Ils ont bénéficié en outre de leur rémunération très attractive avec un taux de 2,25%.
23/01/2013

L'AMF rappelle à l'ordre le Mail on Sunday sur SocGen

L’Autorité des marchés financiers a interpellé le journal britannique, lui rappelant les règles de l’information sur des sociétés cotées après avoir bouclé une enquête ouverte en 2011 concernant un article disant la Société Générale au bord de la faillite. Le régulateur a renoncé à sanctionner la maison mère du Mail on Sunday, notant que le journal avait rapidement publié un démenti de la banque française.
23/01/2013

La SEC épingle Egan-Jones

L’agence de notation a l’interdiction de noter de la dette souveraine et des ABS pendant 18 mois après avoir réglé un litige portant sur la transmission de données inexactes à la SEC. Elle a affirmé noter ces deux classes d’actifs depuis 1995 lorsqu’elle a demandé le statut de «Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization» (NRSRO), ce qu’elle faisait depuis 2008 seulement.
23/01/2013

La Chine accélère la réforme des marchés de capitaux

La Chine compte accélérer la construction d’un marché des capitaux plus fort et plus mature, selon le Shanghai Securities News qui cite le président de la Commission de régulation des marchés (CSRC), Guo Shuqing. Le développement d’un marché «à plusieurs couches», et la réforme des introductions en Bourse et des sorties de la cote sont les priorités ciblées par Guo Shuqing.
23/01/2013

Les achats de logements à Singapour par les étrangers au plus bas

La part des achats de logements à Singapour réalisés par les étrangers devrait poursuivre sa chute au cours du premier semestre de l’année 2013 du fait des nouvelles contraintes imposées par les autorités locales, selon le journal qui cite des consultants. La part des étrangers dans les achats de logements locaux était de 6,3% en 2012, son plus faible niveau depuis 2003, après 17,6% en 2011.
23/01/2013

Qianhai, nouveau centre expérimental chinois

Pékin annoncera la semaine prochaine une liste de banques autorisées à réaliser des prêts transfrontaliers en yuan dans la région test de Qianhai, selon le China Securities Journal. China Merchants Bank, CCB, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Hang Seng Bank, Bank of East Asia, BoC et ICBC seraient sélectionnées. Qianhai pourrait également accueillir des coentreprises entre des sociétés de courtage hongkongaises et chinoises.
22/01/2013

Madrid émet 7 milliards d'euros à 10 ans

Le Trésor espagnol a émis mardi sept milliards d’euros dans le cadre de son nouvel emprunt syndiqué à 10 ans, sa première émission syndiquée depuis près d’un an. L’emprunt offre un coupon de 5,40% à 365 points de base au-dessus de la courbe des swaps, a déclaré un responsable de l’une des banques chefs de file. Barclays, BBVA, Citi, Goldman Sachs et Santander étaient co-chefs de file de l’opération. Selon le ministre de l’Economie Luis de Guindos, la demande a dépassé les 24 milliards d’euros.
22/01/2013

Baisse surprise des reventes de maisons aux Etats-Unis

Les reventes de logements ont accusé une baisse inattendue de 1,0% en décembre, en raison d’une baisse de l’offre qui, selon l’Association nationale des agents immobiliers (NAR), ne remet toutefois pas en cause la tendance à la reprise du marché immobilier aux Etats-Unis. Le nombre annualisé de ventes de logements existants a été de 4,94 millions le mois dernier contre 4,99 millions en novembre.
22/01/2013
Fonds

Progression de 13% en décembre des actifs des fonds suisses sur un an

Les actifs des fonds de placement suisses s’inscrivaient fin décembre 2012 à 711,9 milliards de francs suisses, en recul de 6,1 milliards de francs par rapport au mois précédent, selon les statistiques communiquées par la Swiss Funds Association (SFA). Sur un an toutefois, les fonds suisses affichent une progression de 13%, soit un peu plus de 80 milliards de dollars.En décembre 2012, la collecte des fonds obligataires s’est élevée à 1,5 milliard de francs suisses, celle des fonds actions à 344,7 millions de francs, mais dans le même temps, les fonds monétaires ont subi une décollecte de 1,9 milliard de francs suisses.En 2012, UBS (22,74% de part de marché) et Credit Suisse (16,25%) sont restés les plus grands promoteurs de fonds du marché suisse, devant Pictet (6,99%), Swisscanto (5,83%) et Banque cantonale de Zurich (5,11%).
Fonds
22/01/2013

Fifth redemption for shareholders in DEGI Europa

Aberdeen Immobilien KAG on 21 January announced that its DEGI Europa fund, which must be liquidated by 30 September 2013, will on 25 January issue its fifth redemption. It will be paid at a rate of EUR0.60 per share.The next semi-annual payment will take place in July.The decision to liquidate the open-ended real estate fund was taken on 22 October 2010.
22/01/2013

Caceis expands its range of services for AIFM managers

Caceis on 21 January announced an extension to its range of services to help fund managers comply with and take full advantage of the AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Directive, under which they will soon be regulated. Caceis is already helping some fund managers to evaluate the implications of the AIFM Directive by providing operational support for adapting their organisation and internal procedures, in particular concerning the delegation of functions, risk management and the new regulatory reporting format. These fund managers can also use the services of Luxcellence, a Luxembourg subsidiary of Caceis, to manage their risks, structuring and the domiciliation of their funds. Caceis has initiated discussions within its network with several local fund managers to help them consider the implications of the Directive, while keeping the characteristics of their market in mind. Conference debates have been organised for early this year in Germany, the UK, France and Asia to study the challenges posed by the Directive with AIFMs.
22/01/2013

Everyone wants a single market for ETFs in Europe, according to UBS

“Everyone would like a single market to trade ETFs in Europe. But we are not the United States,” said Clemens Reuter, global head of UBS ETF, in an interview with Plus, the supplement of Il Sole – 24 Ore. UBS ETF has launched 61 ETFs on the Milan stock exchange. The firm has also created a support team dedicated to Italian clients.
22/01/2013

Strong dispersion in the performance of hedge funds for 2012

Edhec on 18 January published its estimate of the performance of hedge funds and funds of hedge funds in December and 2012 as a whole. Last year, only funds specialised in short-selling showed losses, of 3.94%. For 2012 as a whole, that strategy has lost 19.3%, while CTA has lost 2.3%. The S&P 500 index posted gains of 16% last year.However, the other categories all show gains, both for December and for the year as a whole, with the best results for 2012 as a whole for distressed securities and emerging markets, with respective perforamnce of 13.2% and 9.9%, followed by event-driven (+9.6%) and relative value (+9.2%).Overall, maximal return discrepancy last year totalled 32.5 percentage points. Edhec also states that since January 2001, distressed securities and emerging markets have posted average annual gains of 10.4% and 10.1%, while only dedicated short bias showed losses (of an average of 0.8%).The only strategy which shows a Sharpe ratio of higher than 1 is distressed securities (1.03), while two categories have a negative ratio: dedicated short bias (-0.35) and funds of funds (-0.09).
22/01/2013

Hedge fund assets up by USD60bn in fourth quarter

Assets in hedge funds rose by USD60bn in fourth quarter to a record USD2.25trn, according to the most recent statistics from the HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.Net inflows totalled USD3.4bn in fourth quarter, bringing inflows for the year as a whole to USD34.4bn.The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 1.3% in fourth quarter, and 8.2% for the year as a whole.HFR also states that it has launched the HFRU indices, which track the performance of UCITS-compliant hedge funds. The HFRU Hedge Fund Composite Index gained 4.9% in 2012.
22/01/2013

ESMA seeks better information on goodwill

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has on January 21 published a review of 2011 IFRS financial statements related to impairment testing of goodwill - the value of intangible assets which has a quantifiable value - and other intangible assets. The review, which looked into the accounting practices of a sample of 235 European issuers from 23 countries, found EUR800bn (EUR790bn in 2010) worth of goodwill balances in the 2011 financial statements of issuers, with 5% (c. EUR40bn) of that amount recognised as impairment losses in 2011.The report shows that significant impairment losses of goodwill were limited to a handful of issuers, mostly in the financial services (EUR19.2bn) and telecommunication industry (EUR9.7bn). This therefore raises the question as to whether the level of impairment disclosed in 2011 financial reports appropriately reflects the difficult economic operating environment for companies. Although the major disclosures related to goodwill impairment testing were generally provided, in many cases these were of the boilerplate variety and not entity-specific. In order to improve the overall disclosure provided by issuers, ESMA recommends that issuers: • Better specify the key assumptions used in the impairment test;• Include sensitivity analyses with sufficient detail and transparency, especially in situations when indicators are present that impairment might have occurred;• Determine the growth rates used to extrapolate cash flows projections based on budgets and forecasts; and • Disclose specific discount rates for each material cash-generating unit rather than average discount.
22/01/2013

Petercam prepares an emerging markets sustainable bond fund

The Belgian asst management firm Petercam is expecting to receive a license from the CSSF for a new sub-fund of its Luxembourg Sicav, a fund of “sustainable” emerging market government bonds denominated in local currencies (at least one third in ‘hard’ currencies).Ophélie Mortier, SRI coordinator at Petercam, and Thierry Larose, portfolio manager, have explained to Newsmanagers that the universe for the new Emerging Markets Sustainable product includes 72 countries, yo which a normative filter is applied for democratic values, followed by a best-in-class allocation. By crossing data from the NGO Freedom House for liberty and the Economist democracy index, the asset management firm currently excludes 16 “not-free” and “authoritarian” countries from the initial universe, including China, the United Arab Emirates, and China.Initially, the two fund managers (Bernard Lalière is the co-manager) will retain a minimum of 40% securities issued by countries in the top quartile of the rankings produced by the filtering in the portfolio, which complicates the task of the managers, who may nonetheless also invest in securities from supranational entities to position themselves on difficult-to-access currencies (such as BIRD bonds for Colombia).The preliminary portfolio includes six countries in the top quartile, including Poland and Chile, ten issuers in the second and third quartiles (including Brazil and Turkey, and also Serbia, Ukraina, Ghana and Venezuela), and four from the bottom quartile (Indonesia, Zambia, Iraq, and Nigeria).
22/01/2013

db-X funds preparing an energies and metals fund

With the DB Platinum Energy & Metals (ISIN code: LU0820952413), db-X funds (Deutsche Bank group) has released an energy and industral metals fund whose benchmark index is the DB Platinum Energy & Metals, which reproduces the prices of underlying commodities via futures contracts. The index is 60% compose of industrial metals (aluminium, copper, zinc, nickel and lead), while the remaining 40% are distributed between Brent crude oil, petrol, diesel and natural gas. The weightings are updated on a monthly basis.The subscription period will remain open until 28 January. According to the prospectus dated September 2012, the management commission will be 1.20% per year, and the front-end fee is a maximum of 5%.db-X funds states that it already has eleven commodity funds under management, with total assets of EUR1.4bn.
22/01/2013

30% of UCITS-compliant hedge funds posted losses in 2012

According to an Absolute Report study relayed by the Börsen-Zeitung, assets in 933 UCITS-compliant hedge funds as of the end of 2012 totalled EUR148bn, compared with EUR124bn one year previously. 11 funds were created and 160 funds were liquidated or merged, and funds in the top quartile posted average returns of 12.4%, with gains of 14.7% for the best equity products. But 30% of funds posted losses, which average 5.3%.The best fund was the Antecedo CIS Strategic Invest, with returns of 76%, while the worse fund was Salus Alpha Managed Futures, with losses of 48%.
22/01/2013

db x-trackers: 4 sectoral A-class Chinese equity ETFs in Frankfurt

On 21 January, the listings on the XTF segment of the Xetra electronic platform reached 1,014, with the admission to trading of the first five sectoral ETFs in Europe of A-class Chinese equities, from db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank), Deutsche Börse reports. They are all Luxembourg-registered products, which charge 0.50%, and replicate sub-indices of the Shanghai CSI 300.db x-trackers has previously launched an ETF for the CSI 300, whose assets have increased from EUR272m at the end of June to EUR620m as of 14 January.The five new products are as follows:db X-trackers CSI300 Banks Index ETF (LU0781021877),db X-trackers CSI300 Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (LU0781021950),db X-trackers CSI300 Energy Index ETF (LU0781022172),db X-trackers CSI300 Health Care Index ETF (LU0781022339) anddb X-trackers CSI300 Real Estate Index ETF (LU0781022099)
22/01/2013

Assets in Swiss funds up by 13% yoy in December

Assets in Swiss investment funds as of the end of Dcember 2012 totalled CHF711.9bn, down by CHF6.1bn compared with the previous month, according to statistics from the Swiss Funds Association (SFA). Year on year, however, Swiss funds were up by 13%, or slightly over USD80bn.In December 2012, inflows to bond funds totalled CHF1.5bn, while equity funds were up by CHF344.7m, but at the same time, money market funds saw outflows of CHF1.9bn.In 2012, UBS (market share of 22.74%) and Credit Suisse (16.25%) remained the largest fund providers on the Swiss market, followed by Pictet (6.99%), Swisscanto (5.83%), and the Cantonal Bank of Zurich (5.11%).

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