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04/03/2010
Fonds

Dexia AM va faire enregistrer son Long Short Risk Arbitrage

Dexia Asset Management a l’intention de faire enregistrer en Espagne son fonds de droit français Dexia Long Short Risk Arbitrage, un produit converti au format OPCVM III en décembre dernier, annonce Funds People. Ce produit à liquidité journalière est géré par la même équipe que le Dexia Risk Arbitrage dirigée par Sophie Elkrief.
Fonds
04/03/2010

Rafael Hurtado devient CIO de Popular Gestión

Gérant du fonds de fonds d’allocation d’actifs Popular Selección et directeur de la multigestion depuis 2000, Rafael Hurtado a été nommé directeur des investissements de la division gestion d’actifs de Popular Gestión en remplacement de Miguel Colombás, qui prend la direction générale de la société en remplacement de Carmen Ortiz (lire notre dépêche du 18 février).
04/03/2010
Fonds

Sal. Openheim lance cinq barrier reverse convertibles

La banque Sal. Oppenheim complète sa gamme de produits par l’émission de cinq Barrier Reverse Convertibles avec échéance au 8 mars 2011, indique l’Agefi suisse. Les titres sous-jacents sont Actelion, Geberit, Nestlé, Swisscom et Syngenta. Grâce à leur mécanisme de protection, ces produits offrent la possibilité de réaliser des gains même sur des marchés en stagnation ou en faible baisse. Pour autant que l’action correspondante ne baisse à aucun moment de 25% ou plus, l’investisseur obtient le gain maximal.
Fonds
04/03/2010

HSBC Private Bank renforce sa présence en Suisse

Selon L’Agefi suisse, HSBC Private Bank va ouvrir une nouvelle succursale à Gstaad qui sera opérationnelle d’ici mi-2010. Cette initiative s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une stratégie visant à accroître de manière significative la présence de la banque sur le marché onshore suisse.
04/03/2010

Julius Baer prêt à faire de la croissance externe

Selon L’Agefi suisse qui cite le Handelszeitung, la banque suisse Julius Baer est prête à effectuer des acquisitions «à tout moment», non seulement en Suisse, où une dizaine de banques seraient à vendre, mais aussi ailleurs en Europe (en France notamment) et en Asie, selon son directeur général, Boris Collardi. «Nous pouvons effectuer des acquisitions à tout moment, du moment que la cible correspond à nos attentes», a déclaré M. Collardi dans un entretien. L’établissement zurichois, qui a finalisé en début d’année l’intégration des activités suisses du bancassureur néerlandais ING, avait déjà affirmé en février étudier de possibles acquisitions en Chine, en Amérique latine et au Moyen-Orient.
03/03/2010

Market surveillance becomes a good thing

The enactment of the MiFID directive will make market surveillance a competitive advantage, though this activity has traditionally been regarded as a source of cost. According to a study undertaken by the consulting firm Tabb Group, spending by brokers and trading plartforms in Europe will increase 13% between 2009 and 2012, to a total of EUR185m by 2012. “Evolving needs in terms of market surveillance looks more like a revolution than an evolution,” says Miranda Mizen, principal at TABB and co-author of the study, along with analyst Will Rhode. Mizen says that a single share, which was previously traded on three markets, will now be eligible to be traded on 15 trading floors.
03/03/2010

Catella launches real estate fund focused on Munich

The Catella MAX fund, launched by Catella Real Estate AG KAG (an affiliate of the Swedish Catella group), will be the first German-registered open-ended real estate fund to be focused exclusively on a single city or region. The city will be Munich and its adjacent Landkreise or districts. The product will have a highly diversified sectoral portfolio, which will include a high proportion of residential properties, and will be aimed at retail as well as smaller institutional investors.
03/03/2010

Barings recruits a head for Latin American equity management

Roberto Lampl, senior investment manager at ING Investment Management, has been recruited by Baring Asset Mangement as head of Latin America equity (a newly-created position) from 1 March. He will be based in London, and will report to Tim Scholefield, head of equities. Currently (as of 31 January), Barings has assets of GBP11.6bn on emerging markets, of which GBP1.1bn are in Latin American equities. With his team, Lampl with be in charge of managing Latin American allocations for all segregated and pooled products from the British group, including the Baring Latin America Fund (USD836m).
03/03/2010

Record net inflows for M&G in 2009

The earliest initial estimates had already suggested that 2009 would be a very strong year for the management firm M&G. Inflows last year are estimated to have totalled EUR15bn, a 296% increase year on year. For retail activities, net sales totalled EUR8.3bn, a new record, and 259% higher than the previous year. Activities were particularly dynamic on the British market, with net inflows of EUR6.7bn. Bond funds accounted for the lion’s share of inflows throughout the year. For institutional products, net sales totalled EUR6.7bn, a 354% increase year on year, including a fixed income mandate totalling EUR4.4bn. Gross sales also set a new record, at EUR27.7bn, of which EUR15.1bn were for retail products. M&G points out in a statement that the exceptional performance observed last year will not be reproducible in 2010. Inflows are expected to return to their previous usual levels. For 2009 overall, assets under management are up 23% to EUR193bn, thanks to exceptional inflows but also to positive market effects. Assets for external clients totalled EUR77.8bn as of the end of 2009, 40% of total assets. Operating profits totalled EUR197m, 22% down year on year. But excluding exceptional elements, underlying profits are up 14% to EUR202m.
03/03/2010

Bedrock launches a fund of hedge funds dedicated to Brazil

The Geneva-based management firm Bedrock Group has launched a fund of hedge funds, Bedrock Brazil, which will be wholly dedicated to Brazil, Hedge Week reports. The vehicle is a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds (macro, equity long/short bias, equity long only and multi strategy), which will offer investors low-cost access to the major Brazilian funds, which are largely closed to new investors. The fund will be advised by Bedrock Advisors, in partnership with the Brazilian firm JGP.
03/03/2010

Aladdin Credit Partners closes two opportunity-driven funds

Aladdin Credit Partners, a joint venture born of the partnership of co-founders Luke Gosselin and Victor Russo, and Aladdin Capital Holdings, on 1 March announced the closure of its two opportunity-driven funds, Aladdin Credit Partners and Aladdin Credit Offshore Fund, with USD573m in assets.
03/03/2010

CAAM and CAAM Funds product ranges change names

Amundi announced on 2 March that the French-registered CAAM mutual fund range and the Luxembourg-registered Sicav CAAM Funds will be renamed as Amundi nd Amundi Funds, respectively. For French-registered OPCVM mutual funds whose names begin with CAAM, only products which are aimed at all Amundi clients will adopt the Amundi prefix instead of CAAM. Other French-registered mutual funds bearing the CAAM name specially designed for the Crédit Agricole network will also be changing names, and will now be known simply as CA. The name changes took effect on 2 March 2010, and are already reflected on the websites amundi.com and amundi-funds.com, as well as in the legal and sales documentation (prospectus, reporting, product summary, etc), where the group’s visual identity is also deployed. The management process for the funds will remain unchanged, as will their ISIN codes, says Amundi.
03/03/2010

Natixis Global Associates launches an Asia fund

Natixis Global Associates has announced the forthcoming launch, in partnership with Absolute Asia Asset Management, of a multi-cap equities fund. The new vehicle, Absolute Asia Dynamic Equity Fund, will invest in Asian markets outside Japan through a US mutual fund. The product will be the first fund distributed in the United States by the management team which has been based in Singapore for ten years. The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in 30 to 40 businesses which are based in or operate in Asia. The minimal initial investment in the product has been set at USD2,500 for A and C share classes, and USD100,000 for Y shares.
03/03/2010

SPGB Hambros recruits two private bankers and opens an office

Société Générale Private Banking Hambros (SGPB Hambros) on 2 March announced the recruitment of two senior private bankers, Rebecca Constable and Andrew Wimble, who will be based in the new Newbury regional office, and will provide wealth management services to high net worth clients. QAGPB Hambros will continue its policy of regional development in the United Kingdom, following the opening last year of offices in Manchester and Yorkshire. Constable and Wimble were previously at Kleinwort Benson.
03/03/2010

Another Brevan Howard recruitment from Morgan Stanley

Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP is continuing to recruit from Morgan Stanley. According to Bloomberg, the mortgage trader Ahsim Khan is expected to join the London-based hedge fund giant next month. Since September of last year, Brevan Howard has recruited at least four people from the US bank.
03/03/2010

Schroders to launch a fund themed on demographic change

As a complement to its climate change fund (SISF Global Cimate Change Equity) and a fund focused on increasing demand for energy in emerging countries (SISF Global Energy), Schroders is planning to launch the Global Wealth Dynamics fund, which will focus on demographic change, in the next few months, Funds People reports. Gavin Marriot, international equities manager, will concentrate on businesses which respond to the needs of developing countries, such as the Mexican firm Homex, or which are in a position to profit from the new demographic configurations taking shape there. In the area of health, the manager prefers technologies which aim to identify and prevent illness, which will boost the growth of emerging countries, to investments in businesses in developed countries.
03/03/2010

Major hedge funds close out bets against sovereign debt

Many of the world’s biggest hedge funds have become increasingly concerned about fierce criticism by European politicians that their country bets have heightened the crisis of confidence in some markets, says the Financial Times. Brevan Howard – Europe’s largest hedge fund – said that it currently had no net short position against Greek debt. Paulson & Co has also closed out its positions against Greece.However, an estimated USD12.1bn of short positions are outstanding against the euro, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
03/03/2010

Merrill Lynch WM sets up a fund management firm

Funds People reports that Merrill Lynch Wealth Management is about to register a fund management firm in Spain. The objective will be to make the management entity responsible for management of mandates obtained by the private banking division, an activity which is currently provided by the group’s banking subsidiary. The move is part of a strategic initiative at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management begun in 2007. The firm is seeking to increase its presence in Spain by offering an all-in-one service which combines management and consulting, adaptation to the profile of the client and their inheritance planning needs.
03/03/2010

Foreign asset managers gain large-scale market share

Between the end of 2008 and the end of February 2010, foreign asset management firms have increased their share of the Spanish market by 2.3%, to 15.8%, according to the Inverco association. Assets at these firms now total EUR30bn, down from about EUR50bn at the end of 2007, but in 2009 these firms saw net subscriptions of EUR2.54bn, while Spanish management firms suffered net redemptions of EUR11.64bn. JPM remains by far the largest foreign asset management firm in Spain, with EUR4.81bn, in assets, even after the merger of CAAM and SGAM, which puts Amundi in second place, with EUR3.28bn. BNP Paribas and Schroders are neck-and-neck with EUR2.77bn each, while Pioneer (UniCredit) has EUR1.51bn.
03/03/2010

Maurice Wren dies

BNY Mellon Asset Management has announced that Maurice Wren, group head of investment solutions, died on Saturday. He suffered a stroke in the office last week.
03/03/2010

Economic intelligence placed in the service of sustainable development

The Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines (UVSQ) and the Ecole Européenne d’Intelligence Economique (EEIE) on 2 March announced that they have merged to create a new professional Master’s qualification in economic intelligence and sustainable development. The double diploma will be launched in September 2010.
03/03/2010

MEAG replaces local CIO

Franki Chung, who was deputy head of Asian equities at Baring Asset Management, was recruited on 25 February as chief investment officer (CIO) at the Hong Kong office of the German firm MEAG Munich Ergo, which manages USD1.1bn in assets and has ten employees in total. Chung replaces John Koh, who has left the firm.
03/03/2010

Nuveen Investments adds to UCITS product range

The US-based provider of investment services to high net worth clients Nuveen Investments has announced that it has decided to extend its range to non-American investors. Nuveen will offer two new funds, Nuveen Tradewinds Emerging Markets and Nuveen Tradewinds Global Resources, within a UCITS structure. The two new strategies will come as an addition to the range of products currently available in the Nuveen Global Investors Fund. Nuveen Investments has also launched a new website ( http://www.nuveenglobal.com/ ).
03/03/2010

Swiss private banks losing momentum

Les Echos reports that British legal consulting firms are winning over a growing number of private clients by offering to transfer their money, currently held in Swiss numbered accounts, into trusts in offshore tax havens such as Delaware or the Channel Islands. Trusts are costly vehicles, as it costs USD25,000 to open one, but they are discreet, which is important to this population.

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