Global X lance un ETF sur les petites valeurs mexicaines
Le gestionnaire américain Global X Funds a lancé ce qu’il affirme être le premier ETF sur les petites valeurs mexicaines, le Global X Mexico Small-Cap ETF.
Un rééchelonnement de la dette souhaité à Dublin
Le ministre de l’Energie irlandais s’est dit personnellement favorable à ce que la dette émise dans le cadre du plan de sauvetage de l’Union européenne et du Fonds monétaire international soit rééchelonnée. «Les taux d’intérêt (du prêt accordé à l’Irlande) doivent être abaissés et, de mon point de vue, la dette doit être restructurée», a déclaré Pat Rabbitte à la chaîne RTE.
Spotless ne veut pas de l’offre de Blackstone
Le groupe de services australien a indiqué avoir rejeté une offre le valorisant à 657 millions de dollars australiens (490 millions d’euros) émanant d’une société de private equity, qu’il n’a pas nommé. Reuters croit savoir de source proche que le prétendant n’est autre que Blackstone.
Rémunération en hausse pour les gérants londoniens de KKR
130 millions de livres, c’est l’enveloppe que peuvent se partager les gérants londoniens du fonds KKR après une hausse des bénéfices. Une rémunération en hausse de 85% par rapport à celui de l’année précédente, selon le Sunday Telegraph qui rapporte l’information, et qui comprend 29,2 millions de livres en cash et 100,8 millions de livres en actions.
« Un euro/dollar jusqu’à 1,60 est le bienvenu pour la conjoncture américaine »
Sabine de Lépinay, responsable de la gestion monétaire chez Robeco Gestions
L'AMF rappelle l'urgence d'une régulation mondiale du marché des matières premières
Lors du colloque de l'AMF et de la CRE vendredi, acteurs de marché et régulateurs ont évoqué les défis à surmonter face à la financiarisation de la classe d'actifs
Euro Stoxx 50 : la configuration technique reste haussière
Après une brève phase de consolidation, l’indice devrait revenir à 3.075 points puis viser les 3.500 points
L’emploi américain est sur la bonne voie
Les chiffres publiés vendredi envoient des signaux opposés. Mais la tendance générale est positive d’après les économistes
Périlleuse glissade pour Clive Capital
Le quotidien avance que le plus important fonds alternatif au monde dédié aux matières premières a subi la semaine dernière des pertes de quelque 400 millions de dollars du fait de la décrue des prix pétroliers. L’actif total du hedge fund londonien est proche de 5 milliards. Le quotidien cite une lettre envoyée aux clients vendredi soulignant la volatilité inhabituelle des prix.
Athènes prépare le terrain à une nouvelle sollicitation de l'aide européenne
Le Premier ministre grec a évoqué ce week-end l'éventualité d'un recours au Fonds européen de stabilité financière à compter de 2012
« Les flux en faveur du marché du crédit ralentissent »
Isabelle Rome, responsable de la stratégie crédit chez Dexia AM
« A court terme, une correction des marchés actions est probable »
Christian Parisot, responsable de la recherche économique chez Aurel BGC
« L’appétit des investisseurs pour les actifs risqués pourrait être réfréné »
Malik Haddouk, responsable de la gestion diversifiée de CPR Asset Management
« Nous lancerons dans les prochains mois une consultation sur les ETF »
Steven Maijoor, le président de l’Autorité européenne des marchés financiers (Esma), détaille pour « L'Agefi » les priorités de son mandat
« La fin de l’assouplissement quantitatif de la Fed est déjà intégrée par le marché »
Benjamin Le Roux, coresponsable de la gestion taux chez Lazard Frères Gestion
Steven Maijoor, président de l’Esma
«Nous nous penchons sur le trading à haute fréquence»
L'Esma se prépare à ouvrir le dossier des ETF
Le président de l'Autorité européenne, Steven Maijoor, explique à « L'Agefi » ses priorités
La banque centrale d’Australie envisage une nouvelle hausse des taux
La banque centrale australienne a prévenu qu’une nouvelle hausse des taux d’intérêt serait nécessaire à l’avenir pour contenir la hausse des prix, après avoir relevé sa prévision d’inflation d’ici fin 2013. La Reserve Bank of Australia prévoit désormais que l’inflation sous-jacente atteindra 3% d’ici la fin de cette année, puis 3,25% d’ici fin 2013, soit au-delà de son objectif à moyen terme, compris entre 2 et 3% en rythme annuel.
Le déficit commercial trimestriel de la France en hausse de 60% sur un an
Le déficit commercial de la France s’est légèrement réduit en mars grâce à la baisse des achats de produits pétroliers mais il affiche un bond de 60% sur les trois premiers mois de l’année, à l’opposé de l’Allemagne. La balance commerciale se solde en mars par un déficit de 5,746 milliards d’euros, après 6,374 milliards (révisé) en février, selon les données CVS/CJO publiées par les Douanes.
06/05/2011
State Street analyses the impact of wave of regulations on asset management sector
MiFID II, UCITS IV, PRIP, ICSD... The European asset management sector is facing a massive wave of new regulations. In its last VISION report, entitled “The Changing Shape of Asset Management,” State Street examines the impact of regulatory changes on the asset management sector in Europe, and its consequences for competition and the performance of investments. “The challenge for asset managers, regardless of their size, will be to remain concentrated on their main activity; in other words, to construct high-performance investment portfolios. They will be easily distracted from this objective by the high volume of regulations to come,” says Marty Dobbins, CEO of State Street in Luxembourg. The report also examines how regulations may influence the future development of products. “product development teams will work in close collaboration with their counterparts in risk and compliance services, to ensure that new products comply with standards, are exploitable, and are ready for launch on the market,” says Mike Karpik, senior CEO and chief investment officer at State Street Global Advisors for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.” The study may be found at : http://www.statestreet.com/wps/portal/internet/corporate/home/thoughtle…
06/05/2011
Mirabaud releases a fund of hedge funds in Spain
On 8 April, the CNMV issued a sales license for Spain to the Luxembourg-registered fund Mirabaud Multi-Manager, whose assets already total over EUR130m. It is a multi-strategy, UCITS compliant product, launched in December 2009, which currently invests in 14 equally weighted hedge funds (up to a maximum of 15), with varying management styles (alternative or absolute returns), in various asset classes. The objective will be to earn absolute returns and liquidity on a monthly basis; as Mirabaud states, the product “has a very high capital preservation objective,” with a maximum draw-down of 4%. In 2010, performance totalled 4.05%, with volatility of 3.3%.The advisor of the fund is Prosper Professional Services (in which Mirabaud controls about 30%), and the product, which will be managed by Anne-Catherine Frogg at Mirabaud, is itself a sub-fund of the Prosper Funds Sicav. It is available in three A-class shares and 1 I-class shares, in Swiss francs, euros and US dollars; the shares of reference are the euro-denominated shares, while the other two currencies are hedged for currency risks. The fund will be available from Mirabaud Finanzas.Assets at Mirabaud as of the end of December totalled about CHF25bn.
06/05/2011
BNP Paribas to provide capital protection for a Janus fund
The first US protected capital mutual fund with daily liquidity and no set maturity date was launched on 4 May; it is the Janus Pretected Series-Growth, from Janus Capital Group. The US asset management firm has formed a partnership with BNP Paribas, by the terms of which the French group will provide capital protection for the new fund.The objective for the Janus Protected Series-Growth fund is to ensure a net asset value for subscribers which will under no curcumstances be less than 80% of the highest net asset value observed at any single time for any share class. In order to balance capital increase and protection, the fund will largely invest in US large caps, money markets, US Treasury bonds, short futures on indices, and other instruments, in order to reduce risk.
06/05/2011
BNPP IP launches an emerging markets corporate debt horizon fund
BNP Paribas Investment Partners on 5 May announced the launch of one of the first horizon (target date) funds of emerging market corporate debt, which will be available to private investors: BNPP Obli Nouveaux Marchés 2016. The French-registered fund will aim to fully participate in the growth dynamic in emerging markets, by investing primarily in corporate bonds, with limited counterparty risk. “With this new vehicle, designed specifically for the French market, we offer a transparent and simple solution: a fund denominated in euros, and hedged against USD currency risks. It allows invetors to fully profit from attractive returns on bonds held up until their maturity, while limiting portfolio risks, through high levels of diversification,” Mario Petrachi, director of external distribution for France, announced at a press conference.
06/05/2011
Pimco launches a fund of bank loans
With its new Senior Floating Rate Fund, launched on 4 May (acronym PSRIX for the institutional share class), Pimco (Allianz Global Investors group) has launched a product which will aim to provide investors with access to the attractive returns and portfolio diversification offered by the senior secured banking debt market. The fund is managed by Elizabeth MacLean.
06/05/2011
JP Morgan AM adds to real estate unit
JP Morgan Asset Management has announced the recruitment of Joe Valente as head of research and strategy for its European real estate unit. Valente had been head of investment strategy for Allianz Real Estate since 2007. He will be based in London, where his mission will be to analyse European real estate markets, and identify investment opportunities.
06/05/2011
CBE and TLG plan to invest EUR2bn in German real estate
The strategic partnership announced on 5 May by CB Equity Partners (CBE) and Topland Group of Companies (TLG) will aim to invest up to EUR2bn in German real estate. It will aim to take majority stakes in long-term projects, particularly sale & leaseback operations. As the two partners have done in the past, CBE will identify the transactions, and TLG will provide the capital, asset management and real estate expertise.
06/05/2011
Siemens and BMW hope to extend client base for in-house funds
With only 0.30% management commission, the SKAG Balanced fund may appear to be an ETF fund, but it fact it is a diversified fund which has earned annual returns of 8% since its launch in 2006, Financial Times Deutschland reports. SKAG is the asset management affiliate of Siemens, which has launched seven funds to date, solely for the use of personnel. Since last year, SKAG has introduced a front-end fee, a sign that it is planning to offer the fund more widely outside the firm.The same is true at BMW-Bank, which manages five small funds, and which is now hoping to release them to multi-managers; over three years, the funds have earned average annual returns of over 4%.However, at Mercedes-Benz Bank, there is little desire to offer the diversified funds and three in-house funds of funds to the outside world. Those funds are available only to clients of the bank.
06/05/2011
Inflows to hedge funds rise strongly
The most recent statistics available indicate that inflows to hedge funds totalled USD10.1bn in first quarter, Hedgeweek reports. If this pace keeps up, the inflows in question may double compared with their levels last year. Major hedge funds attracted over USD12bn, while more modest hedge funds underwent net redemptions. Global macro strategies posted the strongest inflows (USD3.3bn), followed by fixed income arbitrage (USD2.9bn) and managed futures (USD2.8bn). Overall, assets under management in the sector as of 31 March totalled USD1.8trn, compared with USD1.7trn as of 31 December 2010. The Dow Jones Credit Suisse index, which measures the performance of hedge funds, has posted a 2.2% increase in first quarter 2011.
06/05/2011
US prosecutors investigate “Cohen Account” at SAC Capital
The Wall Street Journal reports that US prosecutors have begun investigating transactions undertaken from an equities portfolio of about USD3bn at SAC Capital, known as the “Cohen Account,” or internally, as the “Big Book.” Prosecutors are focusing on transactions which were suggested to Steven Cohen for the portfolio by Noah Freeman and Donald Longueil, two former portfolio managers who have recently pleaded guilty to insider trading.The newspaper points out, however, that no accusations have been made against the head of the alternative management firm, or against SAC Capital. In addition, investigators don’t say that the transactions suggested by Freeman and Longueil were based on insider information, nor that Cohen knew what reasons were leading the two men to make the recommendations.
06/05/2011
Automatisation and standardisation of orders gain momentum in Europe
The European fund and asset management association (EFAMA) on 5 May published its annual report on automatisation and standardisation of order processing, in partnership with Swift. In fourth quarter 2010, the percentage of orders which were processed automatically continued to increase, for a total of 75.4%, compared with 73.6% in fourth quarter 2009, according to a survey covering 21 transfer agencies based in Luxembourg and 10 in Ireland. The adoption of ISO standards has also increased, from a percentage of 33.7% in fourth quarter 2009 to 36.5% as of fourth quarter 2010. The level of automatisation is higher in Ireland than in Luxembourg (75.7%, compared with 71.4% in fourth quarter 2010), while the reverse is the case for use of ISO standards (49.1% in Luxembourg, compared with 8.7% in Ireland).