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19/07/2011

L'AIMA crée un groupe pour les petits gérants alternatifs

L’association internationale des hedge funds, l’AIMA, annonce la création d’un groupe de travail dédié aux «petits» gérants alternatifs membres de l’association. AIMA Smaller Managers’ Group s’adresse aux sociétés de gestion alternatives totalisant moins de 250 millions de dollars sous gestion, qui représentent aujourd’hui plus de la moitié des membres de l’association. Les membres du nouveau groupe se réuniront régulièrement pour discuter de thèmes comme la règlementation, la «due diligence», les bonnes pratiques etc.
19/07/2011
Fonds

Performance record pour les investissements de Calpers

Le fonds de pension californien California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) vient de publier une performance estimée de 20,7 % pour l’année qui se termine le 30 juin. Il s’agirait de la performance annuelle la plus élevée depuis 14 ans, a indiqué l'établissement dans un communiqué. La performance des classes d’actifs a été la suivante : 7 % pour le global fixed income, 25,3 % pour le private equity, 30,2 % pour les actions, 13,6 % pour les matières premières/infrastructures/investissements forestiers/obligations indexées sur l’inflation, 10,2 % pour l’immobilier.Le fonds de pension gère plus de 237,5 milliards de dollars.
Fonds
19/07/2011

KKR et Munich Re s'unissent pour investir dans le photovoltaïque

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) et l’assureur allemand Munich Re se sont associés dans le but de faire l’acquisition d’une participation de 49 % dans un ensemble de 42 panneaux solaires du groupe espagnol T-Solar. Ces actifs, dans lesquels T-Solar a investi jusqu'à présent un milliard d’euros, ont une capacité totale de 168 mégawatts. Selon le Financial Times, qui cite des sources proches du dossier, le groupe de private equity américain et le groupe d’assurances auraient payé plus de 100 millions d’euros en numéraire pour cet investissement.
19/07/2011
Fonds

Change Capital Partners s'offre Paule Ka

Selon Les Echos, la marque de prêt-à-porter haut de gamme Paule Ka a été rachetée par Change Capital Partners. L’objectif du fonds créé en 2004 par Luc Vandevelde, ancien président de Carrefour, est d’accélérer le développement de la griffe à l’international, notamment sur un marché chinois en pleine explosion. Change Capital a d’ores et déjà investi dans le groupe allemand de prêt-porter de grande diffusion Hallhuber. Il avait aussi investi dans la griffe Jil Sander avant de la céder à des investisseurs japonais, précise le quotidien.
Fonds
19/07/2011

La surcharge systémique en bonne voie

Le Conseil de stabilité financière a entériné hier à Paris le mécanisme d’une surcharge en fonds propres pour les banques dites d’importance systémique. Il a également réalisé des progrès sur les procédures de résolution de crise bancaire.
19/07/2011

La demande intérieure, moteur de la croissance allemande

La demande intérieure soutient de plus en plus la reprise économique allemande alors que les exportations jouent un rôle moins important. C’est ce qu’a expliqué la Bundesbank dans son rapport mensuel publié hier. La banque centrale souligne dans ce cadre la nette augmentation des achats d’équipement dans le pays. La Bundesbank a également estimé que le cycle économique perdait de sa vigueur, tout en annonçant espérer une révision à la hausse de l’indicateur des ventes au détail, qui a connu une chute en mai.
19/07/2011

Les parlementaires américains envisagent un plan B

A cinq jours de la date butoir fixée par le président Barack Obama à l’obtention d’un accord sur le budget et la dette américaine, et toujours aucune avancée en vue, Républicains et Démocrates dessinaient hier les contours d’un plan B. Celui-ci donnerait directement à Barack Obama le pouvoir de relever le plafond de la dette. Une version modifiée pourrait être débattue cette semaine au sein de la chambre haute, contrôlée par les Démocrates.
18/07/2011

Eaton Vance to buy back up to 8 million shares

The board of directors at the asset management firm Eaton Vance Corp (USD200bn in assets) on 15 July decided to pay out a quarterly dividend of 18 cents per share. It has authorised the repurchase of up to 8 million shares without voting rights. Under an authorisation on 15 January 2010, Eaton Vance has already bought back 6.7 million shares.
18/07/2011

APFC chooses Russell's fundamental index

Russell Investments on July 14th announced that the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has selected the Russell Fundamental Developed Large Company Index for its new quasi-passive global mandate. APFC converted an existing market capitalization-weighted portfolio managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to this new strategy. The initial mandate, which started July 1, is approximately USD640m.The new index suite, developed by Research Affiliates and Russell Investments, has been released approximately 5 months ago (see NewsManagers of February, 28th).
18/07/2011

Petercam adjusts fee levels without raising prices

From 1 July, the Belgian management firm Petercam has modified the fee structures for institutional share classes in its Luxembourg Sicav Petercam L, in order to bring them into line with the situation that already obtains for institutional share classes of the Belgian Sicav Petercam (B). Petercam has also registered K and L shares in the Euroclear France, in order to more adequately meet the expectations of IFAs in terms of commission kickbacks. Management fees for A and B share classes (and consequently also K & L and E & F share classes) for some funds have been adjusted “in order to bring them more accurately into line with the market in strategies where Petercam’s added value is significant,” Ives Hup, sales director, tells Newsmanagers. “But, at any rate, that comes with a reduction of other fees inherent in the administration of the Sicav so that the total expense ratio (TER) for sub-funds will not be affected by the changes.” For funds on sale in France, Petercam has raised management fees for eight sub-funds of the Petercam (B) Sicav, while it has reduced them for one sub-fund, and they remain unchanged for four. For three sub-funds of the Petercam (L) sub-fund, fees have been raised, while they have been reduced for one sub-fund, and they remain unchanged for four.
18/07/2011

Turgot Asset Management manages a new global equities fund

Turgot Asset Management on Friday, 15 July announced that it has taken over management of Orelis Capital, a global equities fund which invests in large caps with the objective of outperforming a benchmark index composed 25% of the MSCI World index, 40% of the Eurostoxx 50 and 35% of the CAC40 index. According to a statement, the firm now has assets of EUR50m, and manages three other funds: Turgot Multicaps Europe, founded in January 2009, a “flexible” OPCVM fund which invests in equities of greater Europe; Turgot Asie Flexible, founded in September 2010, another “flexible” fund which invests in the entire Asia-Pacific region, and Turgot Multigest International, founded in February 2011, an international equities fund of funds which invests in 20 underlyings.
18/07/2011

Schwab launches its 14th ETF

On 8 July, Charles Schwab notified the SEC that Schwab ETFs has launched a new bond product, the Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF, which charges fees of 0.10%. It is the 14th ETF from the promoter, which as of the end of June managed USD4.4bn in this segment.
18/07/2011

ProShares launches an ETF based on a hedge fund index

Following the Credit Suisse 130/30 and the RAFI Long/Short, the US management firm ProShares (USD26bn) on 14 July announced that it is launching a third product in the Alpha ProShares range, the ProShares Hedge Replication ETF, with the acronym HDG on the NYSE Arca platform. The new product uses the hedge fund replication method adopted by Merrill Lynch, with the Merrill Lynch Factor Model – Exchange Series (MLFM-ES) as its benchmark index. The total expense ratio for the fund is 0.95%.
18/07/2011

Precidian offers first ETF based on Nikkei 225

According to Mutual Fund Wire, Precidian Investments (formerly known as Next Investments) has launched what it says is the first ETF listed in the United States to replicate the Japanese Nikkei 225 index. The Maxis Nikkei 225 Index Fund charges a TER of 0.50%. The fund is sub-advised by Northern Trust. Precidian has received exclusive rights to use the Nikkei 225 index in the United States from Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management.
18/07/2011

ESPA considers South Korea a developed country

The Austrian-registered fund ESPA Stock BRICK from ERSTE Sparinvest (EUR116.42m in assets as of the end of June) on 14 July changed its name to ESPA Stock BRIC. The strategy of the fund remains unchanged, but the management firm, Erste Sparinvest (Erste Bank, Austrian savings banks) now considers South Korea (represented by the K in the acronym) to be a developed country, although MSCI Barra has not yet approved the move, due to the fact that the Korean won lacks adequate liquidity. Management commissions are 1.80%, while front-end fees are 4% for the four share classes in euros, and 5% for share classes in Hungarian forint and Czech crowns.
18/07/2011

US pension fund coverage rates on the rise again

After a decline of 2.3 points to 86.9% in May, the coverage rate for pension funds at US businesses in June rose back to an average of 88.5%, according to statistics from BNY Mellon Asset Management, which suggest that the adjusted increase was 0.8 points last month. The average liabilities of funds fell 2.1% due to the fact that the discount rage rose to 5.53% from 5.34%. At the same time, assets fell 1.1% with the fall of US and international share prices.
18/07/2011

Assets in Austrian funds still below end December levels

As of 30 June, assets managed by Austrian funds totalled EUR142.4bn, according to the VÖIG association for the sector. That figure remains above the EUR141.5bn recorded twelve months previously, but assets have fallen from their levels at the end of May (EUR144.1bn) and at the end of December 2010 (EUR145bn).
18/07/2011

Investors flock to ETFs to the neglect of traditional funds

According to the most recent statistics from Morningstar, long-term funds (excluding money markets) in June saw net redemptions of USD4.5bn, after net inflows of USD22.6bn in May. In other words, these funds have seen their first net outflows since October 2010. In the first six months of the year, long-term funds attracted USD134.33bn, while money market funds saw net outflows of USD113.44bn. Aversion to risk led investors to withdraw about USD18bn from US equities funds in June, which represents the largest outflow from this asset class since the peak of the credit crisis in October 2008. Subscribers have also lost their appetite for credit risk, as they withdrew a net USD6.3bn from high yield funds. However, ETFs attracted USD9.8bn in June, following net outflows of USD3.1bn in May. For first half as a whole, ETFs have seen inflows of USD57.3bn. US equities ETFs in first half saw net subscriptions of USD23.6bn, while taxable bonds took on USD15.1bn, international equities funds took in USD11.4bn, and ETFs specialised in alternative assets attracted USD10.4bn. Only commodities ETFs saw net outflows, totalling USD3.91bn in first half, of which USD892m were in June.
18/07/2011

CIBC acquires 41% of American Century from JPMorgan for a price equivalent to 1.84% of assets

JPMorgan Chase on 15 July announced that it has sold its remaining 41% stake in the mutual fund management firm American Century Investments (USD112bn in assets as of the end of June) to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), for about USD848m in cash. Arithmetically, CIBC is thus paying the equivalent of 1.84% of assets for the corresponding stake that it acquires in the firm. The transaction will be completed in 60 to 90 days. The CIBC will have two representatives on the six-member board of American Century Investments. In addition to its economic participation of 41%, the Canadian group will also have 10.1% voting rights in American Century.
18/07/2011

“Relatively stable development” at Union Investment

Hans Joachim Reinke, chairman of the board at Union Investment, has announced that the central management firm for the German co-operative banks posted net subscriptions in first half of EUR498m, and that assets have increased 5.7% to EUR177bn, “a relatively stable evolution,” the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. However, the tax optimisation fund Uni Opti 4 has seen outflows of EUR800m, and may yet see outflows of EUR1bn in second half. The open-ended real estate fund UniImmo: Global, meanwhile, whose redemptions were frozen following the Fukushima disaster, has been unable to value the Japanese assets in its portfolio. Union Investment has reopened the fund, but it has been obliged to support it with a repurchase of shares redeemed by subscribers with its own money.
18/07/2011

Hauck releases two new funds of funds

On 20 June, the Luxembourg-based firm Hauck & Aufhäuser Investment Gesellschaft SA (H&A) launched two new sub-funds of its Luxembourg Sicav Structured Solutions, which have received sales licenses for Germany. The funds of funds may rely on physical replication as well as synthetic replication. The Structured Solutions Rare Earth / Strategic Metals Index Strategie Fonds (B and C share classes) will reproduce the Market Vectors Rare Earth / Strategic Metals (EUR) index, while the Structured Solutions UCITS HFS Investable Index Strategy Fund will reproduce the UCITS HFS Investable Performance-Index. Characteristics Name: Structured Solutions Rare Earth / Strategic Metals Index Strategie FondsISIN codes: B shares: LU0575319081C shares: LU0575320337 Front-end fee (B shares): 3% Management commission (B shares): 0.8% Depository banking commission (Hauck & Aufhäuser Banquiers Luxembourg S.A.), B shares: 0.1% Advising commission (Baader Bank AG): 0.1% Name: Structured Solutions UCITS HFS Investable Index Strategy FundISIN code: LU0575317382 Front-end fee: 3% Management commission: 0.8% Depository banking commission (Hauck & Aufhäuser Banquiers Luxembourg S.A.): 0.1% Advising commission (Structured Solutions AG): 0.1%
18/07/2011

Sarasin and Catella create an institutional fund focused on sustainable real estate

From 13 July to 7 October 2011, the Swiss bank Banque Sarasin and the German firm Catella Real Estate KAG are opening subscriptions to the Sarasin Sustainable Properties – European Cities, an institutional real estate fund which according to its makers will be the first in Germany to invest solely in sustainable properties located in growing European cities, initially in Germany, France and Scandinavia. The objective for the German-registered product is to generate annual performance of 5-5.5% per year, from investments primarily in commercial and office properties, with residential properties limited to 25% of the portfolio. The promoters are aiming for assets of EUR500m. IT is the first cooperation between a Swiss bank and a German management firm to create a German-registered fund. Minimal subscription is set at EUR0.5m, and front-end fees are 2.5%.
18/07/2011

Partners Group took on more than EUR2bn in January-June

The Swiss firm Partners Group in first half had net subcsriptions of EUR2.1bn, compared with CHF3bn in the corresponding period of 2010. Assets as of the end of June totalled EUR22.8bn, compared with EUR21.4bn as of the end of December, and CHF26.5bn one year previously. Assets as of 30 June were divided between EUR16.1bn in shares that are not publicly traded, compared with EUR15.2bn six months earlier, EUR2.8bn in non-publicly traded real estate, compared with EUR2.5bn, EUR1.9bn compared with EUR2bn in non-publicly traded bonds, EUR1.2bn in non-publicly traded infrastructure, and EUR0.8bn, compared with EUR0.7bn, in companies of the group.
18/07/2011

Pension funds were in positive territory in June

According to statistics from Inverco, the Spanish association of management firms, assets in 1,277 individual retirement plans (pension funds) as of the end of June totalled EUR51.53bn, in 8.4 million accounts. Year on year, due to equities products (+13.09%) and products invested primarily in equities (+7.47%), average performance came out to 2.53%. Over 15 years, the rate stands at 2.93% annually, and over 20 years, 4.61% per year. The consultant Mercer finds, for its part, that over first half as a whole, the average performance of Spanish pension funds totalled 1%, largely due to gains of 1.6% for bond products, and 0.5% for equities funds in euros, which more than offset losses of 2.6% from non-euro equities funds.
18/07/2011

Norwegian pension fund sees heavy losses on BTPs and bonos

According to the finance newspaper Finansavisen, relayed by Handelsblatt, the Government Pension Fund-Global, the Norwegian sovereign fund (formerly known as the Oil Fund, NOK3trn in assets) last year invested NOK84nb (EUR10.8bn) in Italian and Spanish government bonds, and then invested a further NOK2.9bn in first quarter 2011. According to calculations by the newspaper, the fund has already lost NOK3.3bn on these investments so far.
18/07/2011

Assets in Luxembourg funds up as of the end of May

As of 31 May 2011, according to statistics from the CSSF, assets under management in collective investment organisms and specialised investment funds totalled EUR2.2192trn, compared with EUR2.1954trn one month earlier, an increase of 1.08% in one month. Over twelve months, the increase has been 11.38%. EUR7.9bn of the EUR23.8bn increase in May (0.36%) is due to inflow effects, and EUR15.99bn (0.72%) due to market effects. The number of collective investment organisms (OPC) and specialised investment funds (FIS) taken into consideration is 3,749, compared with 3,736 the previous month. “2,374 entities have adopted a structure with multiple sub-funds, which represents 11,811 sub-funds. In addition to that, there are 1,375 traditionally structured entities, which makes a total of 13,186 entities which are active in the financial markets,” the CSSF states.

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