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27/01/2010

Berkshire Hathaway entre dans le S&P 500

La société de portefeuille de Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, va entrer dans la composition de l’indice Standard & Poor’s 500 dont l’entrée lui était interdite parce que le cours élevé de ses actions l’empêchaient de satisfaire aux critères de liquidité. Cela a changé depuis la subdivision d’actions à 50 pour 1 des titres de classe B, dans le cadre de l’acquisition de Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Berkshire remplacera Burlington Northern dans l’indice. La capitalisation boursière de Berkshire se situe autour de 160 milliards de dollars.
27/01/2010
Fonds

Les ETF sur les banques régionales surclassent ceux sur les grandes banques

Durant les trois mois au 25 janvier, note The Wall Street Journal, le SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF a gagné 15 % pendant que le Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund perdait 5,6 % et, depuis le début de l’année, le SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF affiche une performance de 8,6 % contre une perte de 1,6 % pour le S&P 500. Cela tient au fait que les banques régionales ont pris de l’avance sur le secteur financier dans son ensemble depuis quelques mois parce qu’elles n’ont pas d’activités en compte propre ni de divisions de banque d’investissement qui risqueraient d'être touchées par un durcissement de la réglementation.Le portefeuille du SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF est équipondéré, ce qui augmente le poids des petites banques, et sa performance a été ces trois derniers mois presque le double de celle du iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks Index Fund, où les titres sont pondérés en fonction de leur capitalisation.
Fonds
27/01/2010

Russell débauche deux dirigeants de iShares

James Polisson et Andrew Arenberg, qui ont été tous deux des artisans de la mise sur pied des activités internationales d’'iShares pour Barclays Global Investors (BGI), ont rejoint à la mi-janvier Russell Investments (176 milliards de dollars d’encours), le premier comme managing director of global ETF businesse et le second comme managing director of global ETF distribution. Ils sont basés à San Francisco.Les deux hommes seront chargés de piloter la conception de produits et services de nouvelle génération liés aux ETF, souligne Andrew Doman, CEO et president de Russell, soulignant que le groupe est déjà l’un des principaux fournisseurs d’indices aux gestionnaires d’ETF.
27/01/2010

Promotions dans le pôle gestion de Northern Trust

Alan Robertson, qui était CEO et president de Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) a été promu au poste nouvellement créé de global head of sales and services de Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI), la société de gestion de Northern Trust. Il est basé à Chicago et sera subordonné à Stephen N. Potter, president de NTGI.Le successeur d’Alan Robertson à la tête de NTGA est Joseph McInerney, qui en était le COO depuis 2005. Il sera basé à Stamford dans le Connecticut et subordonné à Alan Robertson.Au 31 décembre, Northern Trust affichait 3.700 milliards de dollars d’actifs sous administration et 672,2 milliards de dollars d’encours sous gestion.
27/01/2010

Van Kampen se débat dans les affres de la transition

Le gestionnaire Van Kampen, qui va être cédé par Morgan Stanley à Invesco, est confronté à plusieurs changements dans son état-major. Mark Mc Clure et Mike Tobin reprennent la direction des ventes et des grands comptes qui était assurée par David Linton, ce dernier ayant quitté la société, rapporte Mutual Fund Wire.D’autre part, Brian Binder, le chief administrative officer, a pris la succession d’Elizabeth Hughes Eginton comme head of product and marketing. L’intéressée a en effet rejoint Morgan Stanley Smith Barney le 21 janvier comme director of marketing. Elle n’avait rejoint Van Kampen en provenance de Legg Mason Capital Management qu’en février 2009.
27/01/2010
Fonds

Macquarie lance un nouveau fonds infrastructures

A peine l’encre séchée de l’accord conclu entre la société Delaware Investments et son nouveau propriétaire, le groupe australien Macquarie, la société de gestion vient de lancer un nouveau fonds sous sa nouvelle identité, rapporte Mutual Fund Wire. Géré activement, le fonds Delaware Macaquarie Global Infrastructure est destiné aux investisseurs institutionnels et particuliers et reste investi à 80 % (dans des conditions normales), comprenant des titres d’emprunt et des actions américaines ou non intervenant dans le secteur des infrastructures. Le fonds Delaware Macaquarie Global Infrastructure est géré par Andrew Maple-Brown, senior vice president de Macquarie Funds Group.
Fonds
27/01/2010

SAM publie son annuaire du développement durable

Le gestionnaire suisse SAM Sustainable Asset Management (groupe Robeco) a annoncé mardi la publication de son annuaire 2010 de l’investissement durable élaboré en collaboration avec PricewaterhouseCoopers. Il s’agit de la onzième livraison de ce document et le nombre de sociétés analysées a été augmenté à 1.237 unités (il se limitait initialement à 468 noms en 1999).Seules les sociétés figurant dans les 15 % des meilleures de leur secteur sont intégrées dans l’annuaire, l’univers de base comportant quelque 2.500 sociétés.Pour plus d’informations consulter le site http://www.sam-group.com/htmle/yearbook
27/01/2010

Nomura renforce sa recherche "fixed income"

Le groupe Nomura poursuit le développement de son expertise Fixed Income en Europe-Afrique-Moyen Orient avec la constitution de l'équipe de recherche en macro-stratégie et les recrutements de Nick Firoozye en tant que responsable de la stratégie European Interest Rates et de Ann Wyman en tant que responsable de la recherche European Emerging Markets. Nick Firoozye était précédemment responsable chez Citadel Investment de la recherche quantitative alors que Ann Wyman occupait chez Citigroup le poste de senior economist pour les stratégies économiques et politiques du groupe.L'équipe de macro-stratégie sera dirigée par Jim McCormick, responsable de la recherche fixed income pour l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique.
27/01/2010

Sofinnova Partners boucle son sixième fonds

Le capital risqueur Sofinnova Partners a annoncé le 26 janvier la clôture de son sixième fonds, Sofinnova Capital VI, pour un montant de 260 millions d’euros. Une année «historique» pour Sofinnova qui, parallèlement à la levée de ce fonds, a réalisé trois sorties (CoreValve, Fovea et Novexel), une entrée en Bourse (Movetis) et huit nouveaux investissements.Les investisseurs de Sofinnova Capital VI comptent CDC Entreprises, au titre du programme FSI France Investissement, Industrial & Financial Investments Co., JP Morgan Asset Management, des fonds conseillés par Partners Group et Skandia Life Insurance Company.
27/01/2010
Fonds

Rapide percée du Greater China Environmental Fund de Fortis au Japon

Fortis Investments a annoncé mardi que le fonds Greater China Environmental Fund développé avec le chinois Fortis Haitong Investment Management a été lancé au Japon le 18 décembre 2009 et qu’il a déjà drainé 106 milliards de yen ou 830 millions d’euros ou encore 1,18 milliard de dollars. Ce produit offre aux souscripteurs un accès à la «révolution verte» qui se déroule actuellement en Chine.
Fonds
27/01/2010

Nouveaux tests de résistance en 2010

Selon la Tribune qui cite le président du CEBS, Giovanni Carosio, lors d’une audition devant le Parlement européen à Bruxelles, les banques européennes réaliseront de nouveaux tests de résistance en 2010. Les principaux groupes bancaires européens seront concernés, ajoute le quotidien.
27/01/2010

Metrinomics study: quality of products returns to foreground

In 2010, fund selectors will once again put the quality of products at the top of their list of product selection criteria, according to a European survey conducted by the Berlin-based firm Metrinomics. This characteristic was eclipsed in the 2007 and 2008 surveys, according to which the most important qualities of a fund were price and the quality of customer service. Selection criteria this year, in decreasing order of importance, are the quality of products, quality of customer service, price, brand loyalty, quality of marketing/communications, and management of sales and accounts. The high importance of customer service is a regional phenomenon: Metrinomics has assembled a highly-defined regional map of Europe to illustrate this. Schematically, in all the countries of Western Europe, product quality is the most important. This applies to the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, and Spain, and additionally Austria. Quality of service, meanwhile, is largely important in the East, in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.
27/01/2010

Australian hedge funds earned 1.115 in December

In December, Australian hedge funds generated returns of 1.11%, for annual performance of 17.41% in 2009, Hedgeweek reports, citing data from Australian Fund Monitors. Equity-based hedge funds gained 2.08% in December (+24.66% for 2009), while hedge funds investing in other asset classes lost 0.69%, and gained 7.94% in 2009.
27/01/2010

Oddo, State Street, and Threadneedle top Feri rankings

Only five major asset management firms (in the category of firms which offer “over 25 funds”), three of them French companies, managed to place at least 50% of their products on sale in Germany in the top two classes, those rated A or B by Feri EuroRating Services as of the end of December. In order, the companies are Oddo Asset Management, with 18 A or B-rated funds out of 31 products available in Germany, or 58.1%; State Street, with 17 funds out of 31 (54.8%); and Threadneedle, with 24 funds out of 44 (54.5%). The next two firms are Rothschild & Cie Gestion, with 17 funds out of 32 (53.1%), and Groupama AM, with 25 funds out of 50 (50%). Natixis Global Associates takes ninth place, with 39 A and B-rated funds our of 99, or 39.4%. Among firms with 25 or fewer products on sale in Germany, the top ten (out of a field of 59) all have over 50% of their products rated A or B: MFS takes first place, with 75% (9 funds out of 12); it is followed by Vanguard Investments, with 70% (7 out of 10), M&G Investments, with 64.3% (9 out of 14). CamGestion places 4th, with 60.9%, ProBTP Finance is 5th, with 58.3%, and Covea Finance is 6th, with 57.1%. Lazard Frères Gestion and Comgest are in seventh and ninth place, respectively, with 55.6% and 53.3% of funds rated A or B.
27/01/2010

Fidelity suspends two managers in Hong Kong

Fidelity International in Hong Kong has suspended two of its most experienced managers, who are accused of violating the firm’s internal code of conduct. The market regulatory authorities have been informed, and Fidelity is conducting an internal enquiry. Asian Investor reports that Fidelity has confirmed the suspension of the two managers, but has not named them. According to a source who is understood to be a Fidelity client, the investigation is focusing on two well-known managers, Kevin Chang and Wilson Wong. Chang is responsible for the South East Asia Fund and several institutional portfolios, while Wong manages one of the Greater China retail strategies. Their portfolios will reportedly be managed in the interim by members of the Asia-Pacific equities team at Fidelity.
27/01/2010

American Century recruits a former Macquarie head

The US-based asset management firm American Century has announced the recruitment of Elizabeth Trinh as vice president of its Hong Kong office, Asian Investor reports. Since December she has been head of sales to institutional clients in Australia and South Asia. Trinh was previously associate manager and head of development for the Maquarie Professional Series fund range at Macquarie Bank in Australia. Assets under management by Macquarie worldwide total USD85.8bn. American Century specialises in actively managed equity strategies. The Hong Kong office opened in May to support the delivery of American Century’s equity growth strategies -- global growth, emerging markets and US growth equities -- in the Asia-Pacific region.
27/01/2010

Strong growth at Fidelity International

As of the end of December, assets under management at Fidelity International in Germany totalled EUR10.46bn, up from EUR6.97bn one year previously, while assets under administration on the Frankfurter Fondsbank (FFB) fund platform, which the group acquired in August from BHF-Bank, represented EUR16.6bn (of which EUR2.7bn were from FundsNetwork), compared with EUR11.83bn one year previously. In total, Fidelity thus administrates or manages slightly over EUR27bn in Germany. Net subscriptions totalled EUR902m in 2009, compared with EUR60m the previous year, largely thanks to EUR525m from institutional clients (compared with EUR402m), while assets under management for institutionals as of the end of last year totalled EUR2bn, compared with EUR1.1bn the previous year. Net subscriptions from retail clients represented EUR377m, of which EUR290m were for the FAST (Fidelity Active Strategy) Europe Fund. Including FFB, personnel at Fidelity International as of the end of last year totalled 316 people, compared with 206 one year previously. The number of accounts administrated by FFB numbered 912,290 (including 153,000 from FundsNetwork), compared with 729,263 at the end of 2008.
27/01/2010

Slight rise for investor confidence index in January

Institutional investors are starting 2010 on a hesitant note. The global institutional investor confidence index has gained only 0.2 points, to 104.5 in January, from a corrected level of 104.3 for December. The mood has been optimistic in North America, however, where the regional confidence index has gained 4.4 points, from 103.5 in December to 107.9 in January. However, European institutional investors are more uncertain, and the index has fallen 5.6 point to 98.9, from a corrected level of 104.5 in December. In Asia, the level of institutional investor confidence has increased slightly, from 97.5 in December to 98.1 this month. “Although activity has recovered strongly on developed markets, some factors tend to show that it will likely be difficult to maintain the pace of growth observed recently, and all the more so when these factors are viewed in the context of uncertainty related to monetary policy and to regulatory changes more generally,” says Harvard professor Ken Froot, one of the two designers of the index. “The divergence this month between the North American and European confidence indices to a certain extent reflects the underlying fundamental data,” the other creator of the index, Paul O’Connell, adds. “Although the economic data for Europe showed some relatively positive surprises, concerns remain about the way forward to resolve fiscal difficulties in some peripheral economies, which has chilled investor enthusiasm. The improvement in confidence in Asia brought the regional index back up to the level observed last September.”
27/01/2010

Bill Gross sees danger in Britain

What are the high-risk countries that investors would do better to avoid in 2010? In the most recent issue of the publication Investment Outlook, entitled “The Ring of Fire,” Pimco strategist Bill Gross does not mince words. “Great Britain is a must to avoid. Its Gilts are lying on a bed of nitroglycerine. High debt, combined with potential for a devaluation of the currency present high risks for investors in bonds. In addition, its interest rates are already artificially influenced by accounting standards which at one point last year produced long-term interest rates of 0.5% or less,” Gross writes. Also in the Ring of Fire are Ireland and Spain. The safest countries, Gross claims, are Canada and Germany. To capture the highest and surest returns, Gross recommends that investors look to Asia and to developing countries, for both equities and bonds.
27/01/2010

Record assets for sustainable development funds

According to statistics from ECOreporter, assets in sustainable development funds in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) as of the end of December totalled EUR23.7bn, compared with EUR21.5bn one year earlier, while the number of sustainable development, ethical and renewable energies products increased in 2009 to 331, up from 279 one year previously. The best sustainable development fund, an equities product, earned returns of 122%, while on average sustainable development equities funds earned 28% compared with 25.9% for the MSCI World index. All funds combined earned an average of 22%. Germany was the largest German-speaking market, with 279 funds and total assets of EUR30.08bn as of the end of the year.
27/01/2010

Permal releases an absolute return fund

The alternative management affiliate of Legg Mason, Permal, has been granted a license by BaFin to release an Irish-registered fund denominated in US dollars, the Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Fund (IE00B465X304), an absoulte return product managed by Christopher Zuehlsdorff and Alexander Pillersdorf. The fund may invest in several asset classes. Initially, the fund will be about 35% exposed to global bonds, 20% to global equities, 20% to real estate strategies, 14% to alternative products, and 11% to cash and money markets. The goal is to generate returns of 8% to 10% over a 3-5 year cycle, with low liquidity. The fund will have share classes in Euros, pounds Sterling, Canadian dollars, and yen, hedged for currency risks, with a management commission of 1.25%. Permal will not charge a performance commission.
27/01/2010

New rules for valuation of money market funds

The five SEC commissioners were scheduled to vote on Wednesday on draft regulations which would require money market funds to declare minor fluctuations in their net asset value around USD1, once per month and with a 60-day gap, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal reports that the move is a reaction provoked by the fact that in 2008, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Reserve Primary Fund became the first to “break the buck,” as its value fell below USD1 per share.
27/01/2010

Moody's: Obama tax would threaten solvency of US banks

According to the ratings agency Moody’s, cited by Agefi, the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee, which would bring in USD90bn for the US government over the next ten years, would have a severe effect on banks. Moody’s claims that the tax would raise financing costs significantly for banks required to pay it. The maintenance of liquidity pools would also become more costly. “If a bank decides to reduce its pools due to increased costs related to the tax, its solvency would be weakened,” concludes Peter Nerby, an analyst at the ratings agency.
27/01/2010

BBVA and Lyxor to launch new ETFs

In order to maintain their lead on the Spanish ETF market as new foreign competitors arrive, BBVA and Lyxor Asset Management (Société Générale) will launch new products this year. Now that ETFs in Sicav vehicles will be allowed, iShares from BlackRock and db x-trackers from Deutsche Bank will become available in Spain. Lyxor is planning to launch 10 to 15 new products in first quarter, says Adrián Juliá, director of index products at Société Générale in Spain. Among the new ETFs, Lyxor is planning to release commodities products, “short” funds and, if the BME grants a license, a fund replicating one of the indices of the Ibex range. BBVA, for its part, is planning to extend its range largely with bond, commodity, and short ETFs. It is also planning to list its ETFs in other Latin American countries, following its entry into the Mexican market.
27/01/2010

More stress tests in 2010

La Tribune reports that, according to the chairman of CEBS, Giovanni Carosio, speaking at a hearing before the European Parliament in Brussels, European banks will undergo more stress testing in 2010. The tests will take in the major European banking groups, the newspaper adds.
27/01/2010

SAM publishes sustainable development yearbook

The Swiss asset management firm SAM Sustainable Asset Management (Robeco group) on Tuesday announced the publication of its 2010 sustainable development yearbook, assembled in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers. This is the eleventh annual yearbook, and the number of firms analysed has increased to 1,237 (in the first edition in 1999, only 468 companies were considered). Only companies that rank among the top 15% in their sector have been included in the yearbook, from a universe of approximately 2,500 companies. Further information is available on the website http://www.sam-group.com/htmle/yearbook
27/01/2010

Nomura adds to staff in fixed income research

The Nomura group is continuing to develop its Fixed Income team in Europe, Africa and the Middle East with the construction of a research team to focus on macro strategy, and the recruitments of Nick Firoozye as head of the European Interest Rates strategy, and of Ann Wyman as head of European Emerging Markets research. Firoozye was previously head of quantitative research at Citadel Investments, while Wyman was a senior economist at Citigroup, for the group’s economic strategies and policies. The macro-strategy team will be led by Jim McCormick, head of fixed income research for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
27/01/2010

Pension fund takes Petercam to court

According to the Belgian newspaper L’Echo, the Inno pension fund has filed a lawsuit in the Brussels commercial court against Petercam, which it accuses of poor management, leading to losses of about 20% for the fund, which includes a large part of the pension assets for employees belonging to the Inno labour union. The solidarity fund is seeking EUR2.3m in damages and interest from Petercam. The management firm blames the losses, however, on the poor performance of financial markets, and not on poor management.
27/01/2010

Bank of Luxembourg registers 14 funds

Allfunds Bank will be the sales platform in Spain for the first 14 funds from the Bank of Luxembourg (Crédit Mutuel-CIC group) to be registered by the CNMV, Funds People reports. The funds are the following: BL Bond Dollar, BL Bond Euro, BL Emerging Markets, BL Equities America, BL Equities Dividend, BL Equities Europe, BL Equities Horizon, BL Global 30, BL Global 50, BL Global Bond, BL Global Equities, BL Global Flexible, BL Optinvest, and lastly, BL Global 75.
27/01/2010

Berkshire Hathaway enters S&P 500

Warren Buffett’s portfolio management firm, Berkshire Hathaway, will be included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, which it was previously not allowed to join as the high price of its shares made it unable to satisfy liquidity criteria. This has changed since shares were split, with 50 new shares for every 1 B-class share, at the time of its acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Berkshire will replace Burlington Northern in the index. The market capitalisation of Berkshire is USD160bn.

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