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24/08/2010
Fonds

TPG va lancer un fonds en renminbi

TPG est la dernière société de private equity en date à lancer un fonds libellé en renminbi auprès d’investisseurs chinois, rapporte le Financial Times. La firme prévoit de lever 5 milliards de renminibi en fin d’année.
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24/08/2010
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Les obligations sont-elles surachetées ?

Le volume des capitaux prenant la direction des fonds obligataires est sur le point de dépasser le montant des liquidités qui inondèrent les fonds d’actions lors de la bulle Internet.Selon les données compilées par Bloomberg et Investment Company Institute, citées par L’Echo, les investisseurs auraient, au cours des deux dernières années (à fin juin), injecté 480,2 milliards de dollars dans les fonds axés sur la dette. Entre 1999 et 2000, les fonds d’actions avaient récolté 496,9 milliards de USD.L’histoire risque-t-elle de se répéter ? Tobias Levkovitch, le stratégiste actions US de Citigroup, le pense. Si l’affaiblissement de la reprise économique fait le jeu des emprunts publics et privés, les rendements offerts ne couvrent plus le risque encouru.
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24/08/2010
Fonds

Vanguard commercialise un fonds à horizon 2055 bon marché

Vanguard a annoncé le lancement de son douzième fonds à horizon, le Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund, qui s’adresse à la tranche d'âge des 18-22 ans. De ce fait, la commission de gestion est limitée à 0,19 % contre une moyenne de 1,17 % pour le «peer group» relevée par Lipper.Initialement, l’allocation sera de 90 % pour les actions et de 10 % pour les obligations. Ce produit sera investi comme les autres Target Retirement Funds de Vanguard dans des fonds indiciels peu onéreux de cette société de gestion (Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, Vanguard Total Bond market UU Index Fund, Vanguard European Stock Index Fund, Vanguard Pacific Stock index Fund et Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund). Au total, les souscripteurs auront accès avec le nouveau fonds à plus de 6.000 actions et obligations américaines ainsi qu'à plus de 2.000 actions étrangères.Au 31 juillet, les onze fonds à horizon de Vanguard affichaient un encours total de 67 milliards de dollars.
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24/08/2010

Mirae Asset développe son activité à l’international

La société de gestion sud-coréenne Mirae Asset Global Investments, la division internationale de Mirae Asset, poursuit sa diversification tant du côté de la fabrication que de la distribution de produits.Après le recrutement le mois dernier d’un chief marketing officer (CMO) pour la région Asie-Pacifique, Martin Gilbey, Mirae Asset GI est à la recherche d’un directeur des ventes institutionnelles pour la région, selon Asian Investor. La société développe sa présence à Hong Kong et ailleurs dans le monde (Inde, Brésil, Etats-Unis). D’ici à la fin de l’année, les effectifs devraient passer de 71 à 80 à Hong Kong et de 36 à 41 à Sao Paulo. Martin Gilbey, qui travaillait précédemment chez Insight Investment à Londres, va également superviser les équipes de vente et de marketing pour le Royaume-Uni, l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique. Mirae a lancé sa première sicav à la mi-2008. Les actifs sous gestion de Mirae Asset s’élèvent à un peu plus de 50 milliards de dollars, dont 30,4 milliards investis dans les actions émergentes.
24/08/2010

FMR (Fidelity) lance un emprunt de 250 millions de dollars

FMR LLC, la maison-mère de Fidelity, a notifié le 16 août à la SEC (form D) le projet de lancement d’un emprunt de 250 millions de dollars. A la date de la déclaration, 766 investisseurs avaient déjà souscrit pour plus de 68,2 millions de dollars. La souscription minimale est fixée à 25.000 dollars. Le formulaire ne précise pas la destination des montants collectés.
24/08/2010

Columbia élague sa gamme

Columbia Management, dont l’acquisition par Ameriprise Financial (327 milliards de dollars d’encours fin juin) a été bouclée en mai, a annoncé qu’elle propose la fusion de 62 fonds dans le cadre de son intégration avec RiverSource Investments, autre filiale d’Ameriprise (groupe qui possède également le britannique Threadneedle). Si ces fusions destinées à muscler la gamme de fonds institutionnels et retail sont validées par les conseils d’administration puis par les actionnaires, elles pourraient être bouclées dans le courant du premier semestre 2011.Cette concentration n’entraînera pas de nouvelles suppressions d’emplois, celles qui ont été effectuées jusqu’au 30 avril s’avérant suffisantes.
24/08/2010

DWS withdraws a gold fund from sale to retail investors

From 1 September, DWS Investments is ceasing sales to retail clients of its Luxembourg-registered fund DWS Gold Plus (LU0055649056), which will henceforth be available exclusively through private placement, and which will be moving to a password-protected page of the DWS website (www.dws.de/goldplus). DWS states that the fund, launched in 1994 (EUR587.39m in assets as of 20 August) has been withdrawn from the list of products open to retail clients, following the publication by BaFin of a circular on risk diversification. The question was whether products such as the Gold Plus fund, whose net asset value depends exclusively on the evolution of the price of gold, are sufficiently diversified by the requirements of the investment law. The regulator finds that gold is a precious metal and does not share the opinion of DWS that gold may also be considered a currency under the terms of the investment law. The asset management firm remains of the opinion that the DWS Gold Plus fund is sufficiently diversified in terms of risk, but in order to avoid uncertainty, is cancelling the sales license which the product had previously held.
24/08/2010

New ETF and ETC funds in Frankfurt

Deutsche Börse has announced that it has admitted the 680th ETF to trading on the XTF segment of its Xetra electronic trading platform. It is the CS ETF (Lux) on MSCI EMU Mid Cap, a Luxembourg-registered product (LU0312694234) which charges fees of 0.54%. Meanwhile, two new products from DB ETC (Deutsche Bank group), the db Physical Palladium Euro Hedged ETC and db Physical Platinum Euro Hedged ETC, have joined the ETC segment, which now lists 176 products. The new German-registered ETCs (DE000A1EK3B8 and DE000A1EK0H1) offer a way to hedge for currency risks, and charge 0.75% each. Their benchmark is the spot price of platinum in London. As of the end of July, the ETC segment for the first time admitted ETCs hedged for currency risks, also registered in Germany. They were the db Physical Silver Euro Hedged ETC (DE000A1EK0J7), whose benchmark is the spot price of silver, and the db Physical Gold Euro Hedged ETC (DE000A1EK0G3). The products from DB ETC charge 0.75% and 0.59%, respectively. The non-currency hedged versions of the funds carry respective management commissions of 0.45% and 0.29%.
24/08/2010

TPG to launch a fund in China

Agefi reports that the private equity fund TPG Capital will launch a vehicle in China, and is planning to raise CNY5bn (EUR580m) in a few months with the help of the government of the district of Pudong, in Shanghai. The fund, denominated in Yuan, TPG China Partners, will aim to invest in the consumer sectors, retail sales, and the health and financial industries in China. It will focus primarily on national mid- and large-sized businesses. Since last year, China has allowed private equity funds to invest with fewer constraints in local businesses, on the condition that they have a local partner (business or provincial government), the newspaper states.
24/08/2010

Deka Immobilien invests in Paris and London

The German asset management firm deka immobilien has announced that it has acquired the three-building Opéra Gramont complex in Paris (8,000 square metres) for about EUR75m, for its open-ended real estate fund WestInvest ImmoValue, aimed at institutional investors. The vendor is the REIS group, which is part of the Santander Real Estate Advisory Program. The sole tenant in the property is Coty Inc. Meanwhile, Deka has also acquired the office building at 14 Pier Walk in London (18,400 square metres), which is wholly leased for 20 years to Transport for London, for GBP97.1m. The property will also be added to the portfolio of the WestInvest ImmoValue fund.
24/08/2010

Nomura launches a UCITS III fund

Nomura has announced the launch of a new UCITS III fund on its Dublin platform Enovara, entitled HFRq Ucits III Fund. Hedge Fund Research, with its HFRq index, is the sponsor of the fund’s index, while Quantitative Equity Strategies (QES) is advisor to the fund. Hedge Fund Research Asset Management also contributes to the fund. In terms of strategy, the fund will use an algorythmic and rules-based methodology developed by QES to adopt long/short positions on futures contracts, with positions on up to 54 different contracts to generate absolute returns. HFR is responsible for the selection and management of the contracts.
24/08/2010

Korean pension fund NPS in talks to buy 23% of Colonial Pipeline

Agefi Switzerland reports that the South Korean state pension fund, the National Pension Service (NPS), one of the largest funds in the world, with a portfolio of EUR200bn, is in talks to acquire 23% of the US oil pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline from the oil group Chevron. The move would represent another foreign investment for NPS, which last week concluded its acquisition of a 75% stake in the French shopping centre O’parinor, the fifth-largest shopping centre in the Paris region, for EUR323m. According to the Korea Economic Daily newspaper, the fund is proposing to acquire the oil pipeline firm for KRW1trn (EUR665m).
24/08/2010

Vanguard releases a low-cost target date fund for 2055

Vanguard has announced the launch of its twelfth target date fund, the Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund, which is aimed at the 18-22 year old age range. Management commission is limited to 0.19%, compared with an average of 1.17% for its peer group, according to Lipper. Initially, allocation will be 90% to equities and 10% to bonds. The product will invest, like other Target Retirement Funds from Vanguard, in low-cost tracker in-house funds (Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, Vanguard Total Bond Market UU Index Fund, Vanguard European Stock Index Fund, Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund, and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund). In total, subscribers will have access to more than 6,000 US equities and bonds with the new fund, as well as over 2,000 international equities. As of 31 July, the 11 Vanguard target date funds had total assets of USD67bn.
24/08/2010

Skandia IG invests in DWS Global Agribusiness Fund

In the last week of July, Skandia Investment Group’s (SIG) Global Dynamic Equity Fund has taken a 1.5% position in the DWS Global Agribusiness Fund, managed by Global Thematic Partners. The purchase of DWS is the second theme added by the fund this year, after taking a position in the JPM Global Financials Fund in the first quarter.
24/08/2010

Martin Currie recruits for sectoral research

The Scottish asset management firm Martin Currie has announced the appointment of three of its interns from a graduate trainee scheme as sector managers. Amy Platts joins the financial sector research team, while Joe McGann and Robbie McNab join the natual resources team. The sectoral research team has a total of 15 people, and focuses on natural resources, the financial sector, industrials, consumer goods, and IT, media and telecommunications.
24/08/2010

LSE head leaves LCH.Clearnet

Agefi reports that Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange, has resigned from the board of LCH.Clearnet. The decision is providing added fuel to rumours that the stock market company is planning to set up its own settlement service, the newspaper notes.
24/08/2010

Cofunds head of sales quits his job

Money Marketing reports that Nick Godfrey, director of sales for Cofunds, has quit the platform following a merger of the sales and marketing departments. Godfrey, along with Paul Rose, national sales manager, have left the firm effective immediately. The group explains that the restructuring was necessary in order to adapt to the new British RDR (Retail Distribution Review) regulations.
24/08/2010

Tony Blair goes into consulting business

The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has founded his own consulting firm, which offers services to high net worth clients and international funds, the Sunday Times has revealed. Tony Blair Associates (TBA) has advised the Kuwait government and the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala. Tony Blair in January also registered a financial services business, Firerush, which may operate throughout Europe, including Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar.
24/08/2010

Deutsche Bank launches a dark pool in Hong Kong

Asian Investor reports that Deutsche Bank on 23 August launches its international dark pool, based in Hong Kong, entitled Deutsche Bank Automated Trading System (DBATS). The launch follows several months of in-house experimentation, which showed a reduction in transaction execution costs.
24/08/2010

FMR (Fidelity) borrows USD250m

FMR LLC, the parent company of Fideity, on 16 August notified the SEC (form D) that it is planning to launch a USD250m borrowing program. At the date of the filing, 766 investors had already subscribed for over USD68.2m. The minimal subscription is set at USD25,000, The form does not state the destination of the funds collected.
24/08/2010

Columbia trims its range

Columbia Management, whose acquisition by Ameriprise Financial (USD327bn in assets as of the end of June) was concluded in May, has announced that it is planning to merge 62 funds as a part of its integration with RiverSource Investments, another Ameriprise affiliate (the group which also owns the British asset management firm Threadneedle). If the mergers, which aim to atrengthen the institutional and retail fund range, are approved by the boards of directors and then shareholders in the funds, they may be concluded during second half 2011. The concentration will not lead to further job losses, as the cuts made on 30 April have been adequate.
24/08/2010

Mirae Asset adds to international activities

The South Korean management firm Mirae Asset Global Investments, the international division of Mirae Asset, is continuing its diversification both in terms of fabrication and distribution of products. Following the recruitment last month of a chief marketing officer (CMO) for the Asia-Pacific region, Martin Gilbey, Mirae Asset GI is seeking a director of institutional sales for the region, Asian Investor reports. The firm is developing its presence in Hong Kong, and elsewhere in the world (India, Brazil, the United States). By the end of the year, staff will increase from 71 to 80 in Hong Kong, and from 36 to 41 in Sao Paulo. Gilbey, who previously worked for Insight Investment in London, will also oversee sales and marketing teams for the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mirae launched its first Sicav fund in mid-2008. Assets under management at Mirae Asset Management total slightly over USD50bn, of which USD30.4bn are invested in emerging markets equities.
24/08/2010

Hedge funds specialised in emerging Asia face net outflows in second quarter

Despite considerable interest on the part of investors in emerging markets in the past few months, hedge funds specialised in emerging markets have posted net outflows of USD1.5bn in second quarter, according to statistics from HFR reported by Asian Investor. In first quarter, outflows totalled USD550m. Outflows in second quarter were largely concentrated on emerging Asia and Russia, as investors reallocated capital to Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. In light of outflows and losses related to the performance of hedge funds, capital invested in hedge funds specialised in emerging markets fell by USD3.2bn to a total as of the end of June of less than USD95bn.
24/08/2010

JPMAM, Schroders and Carmignac are top three foreign asset managers in Spain

The CNMV reports that assets under management at foreign asset management firms in Spain totalled EUR25.21bn as of the end of 2009, with eight actors responsible for local assets of over EUR1bn. JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) remains by far the top manager in this segment, with EUR4.11bn, ahead of Schroders Investment Management with nearly EUR2.25bn, and Carmignac Gestion, with EUR1.5bn. Among the other five members of the billionaire club are two other French asset management firms: Amundi (EUR1.31bn) and BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP), with EUR1.1bn. DWS Investments, BlackRock and Fidelity have EUR1.36bn, EUR1.31bn and EUR1.02bn, respectively. Dexia Asset Management is in eleventh plance, with nearly EUR755m. Axa IM ranks 28th, with EUR221.3m.
24/08/2010

HSBC wants Old Mutual's stake in South African Nedbank

Agefi Switzerland reports that the British bank HSBC on 23 August announced that it is in exclusive talks with the insurer Old Mutual about acquiring a majority stake in Nedbank, the fourth-largest bank in South Africa by asset volumes. Old Mutual has confirmed the reports. The talks are over an acquisition of a 52% stake in Nedbank, which the insurer has owned since 1986, and HSBC may make an offer to shareholders in Nedbank for a stake of up to 70% of its capital. The total potential acquisition price has not been disclosed. Nedbank had a capitalisation of USD9.25bn as of Friday night.
24/08/2010

SGSS awarded a mandate by Santander AM

Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) has been mandated by Santander Asset Management, the wealth management division of the Santander group, to provide an asset servicing range for funds based in Luxembourg, which are administered by and lodged at SGSS.
24/08/2010

Bankinter launches a campaign to promote Lyxor ETFs

In all its branches in Spain, Bankinter will promote Lyxor ETFs, making it the first bank in the country to offer products of this type to retail investors, Funds People reports. Previously, only independent intermediaries such as Renta 4 and Inversis offered this type of fund to retail investors. Only BBVA and Lyxor Asset Management have listed ETFs on the Spanish stock exchange.
24/08/2010

S&P launches a preferred stock index

Standard & Poor’s has announced the launch of the S&P International Preferred Stock Index, an index dedicated to providing investors with exposure to preferred stock in developed European and Asian markets.
23/08/2010
Fonds

Le nombre de fonds tombe au plus bas depuis la bulle Internet

Actuellement, note Expansión, les gestionnaires espagnols ne proposent plus que 2.492 fonds, soit marginalement plus qu’au moment de la bulle des «dot.com» et environ 500 unités ou 20 % de moins qu’avant la crise financière de l'été 2007. Ces trois dernières années, les remboursements nets ont presque atteint 105 milliards d’euros par rapport aux 260 milliards d’euros d’encours à l'époque.De ce fait, beaucoup de fonds sont tombés sous le plancher légal des 3 millions d’euros et ont été liquidés. Les deux autres raisons de la diminution du nombre des fonds sont d’une part les pertes accusées par les sociétés de gestion et de l’autre l’intensification de la concurrence émanant des grands gestionnaires étrangers.
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