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10/12/2013

Asset management firms anxious about Volcker rule

Asset management affiliates of European and Asian banks are nervously waiting to find out whether the US Volcker rules will impose severe restrictions on their ability to manage funds, Financial Times fund management reports. Early versions of the legislation treated European UCITS funds, Canadian funds and Japanese trusts as hedge funds.
10/12/2013

Good month of October for hedge funds

Hedge funds began fourth quarter well with gains of 1.5% in October for the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index, according to the most recent figures published by Hedge Fund Research (HFR). In the first 10 months of the year, the index is up 7.2%, its best performance since 2009, when it had gained 20%. In the month under review, all strategies had contributed to gains for the index, particularly Equity Hedge strategies, with monthly gains of 1.8%, bringing the gains since the beginning of the year to 11.3%.
10/12/2013

Real estate acquisitions for two Schroders funds

The Schroder UK Property Fund (SPF), formerly the Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust (SEPUT), has acquired two commercial properties from Corbo Properties.The first, purchased for GBP40m, is the shopping centre Lemon Quay (165,619 square feet), located in Truro, Cornwall, and the second is Holland Market and Winfreuy Avenue (84,714 square feet) in Spalding, Linconlnshire.Immobilien Europa Direkt, an investment group from the Zurich Investment foundation, which is managed and co-distributed by Schroder Property Investment Management, has invested EUR25.3m in a 10,000 square-metre office property located in Elsenheimerstraße in Munich. Immobilien Europa Direkt is aimed specifically at Swiss pension funds.As of 30 September, Schroders had real estate properties under management of about GBP10.6bn, or EUR12.7bn.
10/12/2013

Soft close for Nordic Equity Small fund from Nordea

The board of directors at Nordea has decided to soft close the Nordea 1 – Nordia Equity Small Cap Fund, due to its large volume. The stategy has EUR1.3bn in assets under management, according to Fondsweb. Shares in the following funds are affected: Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund AP-EUR (LU0878594877) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund BC-EUR (LU0841550477) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund BC-GBP (LU0841549628) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund BI-EUR (LU0351546048) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund BP-EUR (LU0278527428) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund BP-NOK (LU0278528152) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund BP-SEK (LU0278528665) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund E-EUR (LU0278528822) Nordea 1 - Nordic Equity Small Cap Fund E-PLN (LU0533599659)
10/12/2013

18 db X-trackers equity ETFs to switch replication methods

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) is expanding its direct replication platform. A total of 18 db X-trackers equity ETFs will switch replication method from indirect to direct replication. This is expected to take total assets under management in direct replication db X-trackers ETFs to approximately EUR9.5 billion, «making DeAWM the second largest provider of physical ETFs in Europe», according to a press statement. “Our direct replication platform is now well established and is delivering the same high standards of transparency and operational efficiency investors traditionally associate with db X-trackers ETFs. This, together with the fact that in some areas investors have shown a clear preference for direct replication offerings, gives us the confidence to fully realise our physical replication capability,” commented Reinhard Bellet, DeAWM’s Head of Passive Asset Management. A list of db X-trackers ETFs due to switch to a direct replication methodology is provided below. db x-trackers CAC 40 UCITS ETF db x-trackers DAX UCITS ETF db x-trackers Euro Stoxx 50 UCITS ETF db x-trackers Euro Stoxx Select Dividend 30 UCITS ETF db x-trackers FTSE 100 UCITS ETF db x-trackers FTSE 250 UCITS ETF db x-trackers FTSE All-Share UCITS ETF db x-trackers FTSE MIB UCITS ETF db x-trackers IBEX 35 UCITS ETF db x-trackers MSCI Europe Index UCITS ETF db x-trackers MSCI Europe Mid Cap Index UCITS ETF db x-trackers MSCI Europe Small Cap Index UCITS ETF db x-trackers MSCI Mexico Index UCITS ETF db x-trackers MSCI Pan-Euro Index UCITS ETF db x-trackers SMI UCITS ETF db x-trackers Stoxx Europe 600 UCITS ETF db x-trackers FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Europe Real Estate Real Estate UCITS ETF Equity db x-trackers ATX UCITS ETF Equity, Austria
10/12/2013

Italian ministers approve law to transpose AIFM directive

The Italian council of ministers has approved a draft decree which transposes the AIFM directive, Assogestioni, the Italian association of asset management professionals, reports. The text, which must now be studied by the parliamentary Commissions, accepts several proposals by the AIFMD task force of Assogetioni, including recognition for a temporary regime to allow asset management firms which are “promoted” to adapt to the new framework. There are also plans to retain the national model for harmonized UCITS funds, which allows asset management firms to contract with the depository to undertake calculation of net asset value; to introduce a new investment vehicle known as the SICAF; to provide an extended definition of the “Italian FIA reserve,” which included not only professional investors in the sense of MIFID, but also other categories of investors, who will be identified by the MEF. Asset management firms which managed Italian FIAs before 22 July will be allowed one year to adopt all necessary measures to comply with the terms of the AIFM directive.
10/12/2013

Catella establishes property asset management in France

Swedish financial group Catella will establish property asset management activities in France from spring 2014. This will take place under the leadership of François Brisset, previous managing director and co-founder of DTZ Asset Management.The new entity will focus on investment management, asset management and property management on behalf of French and foreign investors, according to a press relase.“To meet a growing demand from investors for secure and tailor-made investments, it is our intention to structure, host and manage investment vehicles on behalf of third-party investors. We will be active within commercial real estate and residential,” says François Brisset, head of property asset management in France.Catella has an asset management operation in Europe with EUR 5 billion under management, of which EUR 2 billion is within property. The property asset management mainly consists of regulated property funds managed from Munich. The French operation will complement the group’s offer within property services in Europe. The asset management platform will be independent of Catella’s property advisory services in France, with a separate office in Paris.
10/12/2013

Asset management firms want a foothold in the ETF market

Asset management firms are seeking a foothold on the ETF market, by creating their own version of these products, actively-managed ETFs, the Financial Times observes. So far, 68 ETFs of this type exists, representing over USD14bn in assets. Many think that the assets will grow and reach more than USD100bn.
10/12/2013

Hedge funds made nearly 1% in November, according to Lyxor

The Lyxor hedge fund index in November has posted returns of 0.94%, meaning that cumulative gains since the beginning of the year come to 5.79%.The three best-performing strategies last month were CTA long term (+4.2%), long/short equity market neutral (+1.7%), and CTA short-term (+1.6%). However, global macro and fixed income arbitrage have seen respective losses of 0.74% and 0.69%.In the first eleven months of the year, only two strategies out of eleven show losses. They are fixed income arbitrage (-0.45%) and CTA short-term (-3.86%). However, long/short equity long bias has posted gains of 14.56%, and special situations are up by 11.32%.
10/12/2013

Launching of the "Europlace Factbook"

Paris EUROPLACE announced yesterday the launch of the Paris financial market Factbook, openly available through the Paris Europlace website: www.paris-europlace.com . Following recommendations from the Haut Comité de Place (Paris Financial Services High-Level Committee), the «EUROPLACE Factbook» aims to make available to both European and international professionals – issuers, investors, banks, financial intermediaries, market authorities, etc. – key data concerning the activities of both the Paris financial market and other major European markets. It will thus provide a follow up tool of the Paris marketplace’s competitiveness serving the real economy in Europe. This statistical tool was put together with the support of Banque de France and the contribution of the leading professional associations of the Paris marketplace, AFG (French Asset Management Association), FBF (French Banking Federation), AFIC (French Association of Investors in Growth), FFSA (French Federation of Insurance Companies). The «EUROPLACE Factbook» will be monitored by a Steering Committee, which will regularly update the main new trends of the Paris Financial marketplace and its environment.
10/12/2013

Number of Spanish funds down by 5% in ten months

According to the Spanish association Inverco of asset management firms, Spanish funds have posted net subscriptions in January-October of EUR17.5bn, and average assets per fund are up by 47%, to EUR72.4m as of the end of October, compared with EUR49.2m as of the end of December 2012, Funds People reports. This is partly due to the fact that the number of funds has fallen from 1,450 to 1,381 in the period under review (-5%).Bestinver stands out with an average volume of EUR550.3m for each of its nine funds, followed by Santander, with EUR199.3m for each of its 85 non-guaranteed funds. BBVA takes third place, with an average of EUR130.4m for its 92 non-guranteed funds.
10/12/2013

Appointment at Threadneedle in Switzerland

Threadneedle Investments (Threadneedle) on 9 December announced the appointment of Noël Luchena as director of sales in charge of institutional clients on the Swiss team. Before joining Threadneedle on 2 December this year, Luchena was responsible for instituitonal clients at Credit Suisse, where he held a variety of responsibilities beginning in 2000, most recently as vice president in charge of institutional accounts, whose mandates under management total CHF9bn. In 2011, Luchena took an assignment at Credit Suisse Asset Management in New York, during which he specialised in alternative investments (hedge funds, commodities).
10/12/2013

Very good year for Hennessy Advisors

Assets under management at the US asset mangement firm Hennesy Advisors have increased from USD919m at the beginning of the 2012/2013 fiscal year, in September 2012, to USD4.03bn as of the end of September 2013, according to a statement released by the firm. The growth in assets was driven by the acquisition of USD2.2bn at FBR funds in October 2012, a steep rise in the market of about USD648m, and a net inflow of about USD243m. This very strong growth in assets has allowed the firm to earn record net profits of USD4.8m.
10/12/2013

Calamos Investments revises its structures

The US asset management firm Calamos Investments has announced that it is planning to revise its structures following the departure of Nick Calamos, who had initially (August 2012) stepped back from day-to-day management of the firm, and then abandoned the firm and his membership on the board of directors, Citywire reports. He has been replaced by Gary Black, who joined Calamos in summer 2012. Before his departure, Calamos sold his entire stake in Calamos Family Partners to the founder and CEO of the firm, John Calamos Senior.
10/12/2013

Amundi seeks acquisitions in Asia

Amundi is planning to strengthen its presence in Asia and is seeking acquisitions in the region, Citywire can reveal. Speaking to Citywire Asia, Pascal Blanqué, chief investment officer at the French asset management firm, announced that they are presently in the process of studying the best way of moving forward. “We are keeping an eye on targeted acquisitions in South-East Asia, particularly external acquisitions to strengthen our bond unit,” he says.
10/12/2013

ARCM raises USD1.1bn for its new hedge fund

Asia Research & Capital Management (ARCM), one of the largest hedge funds in the Asia-Pacific region, has raised USD1.1bn for its new hedge funds, the news agency Reuters reports. ARCM, founded by Alp Ercil, former head of Perry Capital for Asia, is one of the largest hedge funds in the region, since launching a USD940m hedge fund last year. Assets under management at ARCM now total over USD2bn, which puts it in the very restricted circle of fewer than 30 hedge funds of this size in Asia, according to figures from Eurekahedge. Unlike the first three-year fund, the most recent fund is a five-year fund, which makes it more similar to a private equity vehicle.
10/12/2013

Skandia brings management of Swedish equities in-house

Skandia has brought the management of its Swedish bond funds in-house, Fondbranschen reports. These represent assets of SEK10bn, which had previously been managed by DNB. The bond team at Skandia already manages SEK100bn.
10/12/2013

Azimut posts inflows of nearly EUR3bn since January

The Italian asset management firm Azimut finished the month of November with net inflows of EUR228m (including more than EUR190m for the sub-funds of the Luxembourg-registered funds AZ Fund 1 and AZ Fund Multi-Asset), Bluerating reports. Since the beginning of the year, Azimut has posted total net inflows of EUR2.95bn, of which EUR2.94bn have been for asset management products. Total assets under administration come to over EUR23.5bn, of which EUR21.1bn are under management, in increase of 20.6% since the beginning of the year. Pietro Guiliani, chairman and CEO of Azimut, says these results are expected to allow Azimut to finish the year with total profits of EUR130m to EUR160m.
10/12/2013

Zurich selects BlackRock for passive management mandates

Zurich UK group has selected BlackRock for the passive management of a portion of its unit-linked accounts, Money Marketing reports. BlackRock succeeds Threadneedle, which retains the management of the active portion of its funds.
10/12/2013

La Turquie enregistre un rebond de sa croissance

Le produit intérieur brut (PIB) turc a augmenté de 4,4% sur la période juillet-septembre par rapport au troisième trimestre 2012 alors que les économistes interrogés par Reuters avaient anticipé une progression de 4,05%. Ajusté des variations saisonnières, le PIB du troisième trimestre 2013 est en hausse de 0,9% par rapport aux trois mois précédents. La croissance du deuxième trimestre par rapport à la même période de 2012 a été relevée à 4,5% contre une estimation initiale de 4,4%.
10/12/2013

Macif Gestion nomme un nouveau directeur général

Franck Dussoge, 53 ans, prend la direction générale de Macif Gestion, en plus de ses responsabilités de président du directoire d’OFI Mandats, selon un communiqué paru ce matin. Macif Gestion, filiale du groupe OFI dédiée notamment à la gestion des mandats des sociétés d’assurance de la Macif, compte 22 collaborateurs et gère plus de 28 milliards d’euros au 31 octobre 2013. Franck Dussoge remplace Hugues Fournier.
10/12/2013

Catella s'attaque au marché immobilier français

La société de services financiers Catella va lancer au printemps 2014 des activités de gestion d’actifs immobiliers en France. C’est François Brisset, ancien managing director et co-fondateur deDTZ Asset Management, qui en prendra la direction. « Pour faire face à une demande croissante pour des investissements sûrs et sur-mesure, nous avons l’intention de structurer, d’accueillir et de gérer des véhicules d’investissement pour le compte de tiers. Nous serons actifs dans l’immobilier commercial et résidentiel », indique François Brisset dans un communiqué du groupe. Catella gère en Europe 5 milliards d’euros d’encours, dont 2 milliards dans l’immobilier.
10/12/2013

L'économie italienne cesse de se contracter

L'économie italienne a stagné au troisième trimestre, après deux années de contraction, selon l’estimation définitive de l’institut national de statistiques, publiée mardi. L’Istat a relevé, de -0,1% à inchangé, son estimation de variation de produit intérieur brut (PIB) pour la période juillet-septembre. Un porte-parole a cependant déclaré que «techniquement, cette donnée n’est pas suffisante pour dire que la récession est finie». En variation annuelle, le PIB italien a baissé de 1,8%, alors que la première estimation était à -1,9%. La contraction de l'économie pour le deuxième trimestre a été confirmée à -0,3% sur un mois et de -2,2% sur un an. Au troisième trimestre, l'économie italienne a été soutenue par l’accumulation de stocks, tandis que la balance commerciale a pesé sur la croissance, avec une progression des importations nettement plus rapide que les exportations.
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10/12/2013

Plusieurs banques suisses annoncent leur participation au programme fiscal américain

Valiant Holding, la Banque cantonale bernoise (BCBE) et Zurich Vontobel ont rendu public leur décision ce matin de participer au programme fiscal américain. Le département de justice américain avait fixé quatre catégories d’établissements, selon la probabilité avec laquelle ils auraient géré des avoirs américains non déclarés. Votonbel, qui exerce ses activités avec ses clients américains via une filiale agréée aux Etats-Unis, participe au programme dans la troisième catégorie, peu exposée. Etant donné la difficulté à justifier un classement dans cette catégorie, Valiant et la BCBE ont préférer choisir la catégorie 2 – moins contraignante mais qui implique le paiement d’amendes. Toutefois, les deux banques minimisent le poids de leur activité avec la clientèle américaine.
10/12/2013

L'Erafp attribue trois mandats actions

L’Etablissement de retraite additionnelle de la fonction publique (Erafp) vient d’attribuer 2 mandats actifs et 1 mandat stand-by de gestion de portefeuille d’actions américaines. A l’issue de la procédure de sélection, les mandats actifs ont été attribués à Natixis AM et Robeco Institutional Asset Management. La gestion financière sera respectivement déléguée à Loomis Sayles et Robeco Boston Partners. Le mandat stand-by a été attribué à Morgan Stanley IM. «A titre indicatif, les montants investis à un horizon de trois ans pourraient être de l’ordre de 300 millions d’euros», indique le comuniqué de l’Erafp.
10/12/2013

L'Eurogroupe approuve une nouvelle tranche d'aide à Chypre

Les ministres des Finances de la zone euro, rassemblés en Eurogroupe, ont approuvé hier le versement d’une nouvelle tranche d’aide à Chypre, après avoir jugé en bonne voie les réformes économiques engagées par le pays. D’ici la fin de l’année, 100 millions d’euros seront versés via le MES, tandis que le FMI versera 86 millions d’euros.
10/12/2013

Iosco s'alarme des divergences sur la régulation des dérivés

David Wright, le patron de l’Organisation internationale des commissions de valeurs (Iosco) qui regroupe les gendarmes des marchés, a demandé hier à l’Union européenne et aux Etats-Unis d’harmoniser leur approche de la réglementation des dérivés. Lors d’une conférence organisée par ICI Global, une association de gérants, il a indiqué qu’en l'état actuel des dissensions, l’industrie de l’asset management verrait sa facture gonfler pour traiter des produits dérivés.
10/12/2013

La Banque de France prévoit un rebond de la croissance

Après la contraction de 0,1% du PIB français au troisième trimestre, la Banque de France a revu en hausse à 0,5% sa prévision de croissance de l’activité au quatrième trimestre, dans sa deuxième estimation fondée sur son enquête mensuelle de conjoncture de novembre ; elle s’attendait précédemment à une progression de 0,4%. L’enquête fait d’autre part apparaître une hausse d’un point de l’indicateur du climat des affaires dans l’industrie d’un mois sur l’autre, à 101, et un recul d’un point de celui des services, à 92.
10/12/2013

Baisse inattendue de la production allemande en octobre

La production industrielle allemande a accusé en octobre une baisse inattendue de 1,2%, la plus forte depuis mai, alors que 38 économistes interrogés par Reuters prévoyaient en moyenne une hausse de 0,8%. Le ministère de l’Economie a toutefois assuré que ce revers serait rapidement surmonté, en soulignant que «les commandes à l’industrie suggèrent une dynamique haussière et les commandes dans la construction sont positives».
10/12/2013

Lloyds va céder sa part résiduelle dans St James’s Place

Lloyds Banking Group a annoncé hier soir son intention de céder sa participation résiduelle de 21% dans St James’s Place, spécialisé dans la gestion de fortune, avec une plus-value de cession de 95 millions de livres (113 millions d’euros). Cette opération devrait lui permettre d’améliorer son ratio de capital tier 1, selon les normes de Bâle 3, d’environ 670 millions de livres, soit 24 pb.

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