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25/06/2013

Three promotions within Mercer management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The consultant Mercer on 24 June announced that Andrew Kirton, global CIO since 2010, has been appointed as head of investments business for Europe, replacing Tom Geraghty, who becomes market leader and CEO for Ireland.Jeff Shutes, global leader of manager research and head of investment business, Latin America at Mercer, has been promoted to the newly-created position of head of investments business in the growth markets (Asia, Middle East, turkey, Africa and Latin America).Lastly, the newly-created position of head of retirement business, growth markets has been given to Akhil Sethi, who had been global COO, retirement business. Mercer states that, despite the euro crisis, its investment business in Europe has continued to grow and now exceeds its global investment activity in 2006 in size.
25/06/2013

Christian Dargnat takes over at EFAMA

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has elected Christian Dargnat as chairman of the professional association for a term of two years, according to a statement released on 24 June.Dargnat, CEO of BNP Paribas Asset Management and CIO of BNP Paribas Investment Partners, and vice chairman of EFAMA since June 2011, succeeds, Claude Kremer, chairman since 2011.The vice-chairmanship of the organisation goes to Alexander Schindler, a member of the executive board at Union Asset Management Holding AG.The mission of EFAMA in the next two years will be to support the confidence of investors and confidence in asset management, by promoting governance standards, integrity,professionalism and performance throughout the sector, the statement says.EFAMA will also work to improve the functioning of the single market in the asset management sector and to promote a harmonized framework for the distribution of savings and investment products, strengthen the competitiveness of the sector in terms of cost and quality, and to promote the sector and the UCITS brand throught Europe and the world.
25/06/2013

Henderson GI and TIAA-CREF merge RE operations

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Henderson Global Investors and TIAA-CREF, a provider of financial services, are joining forces in real estate investment. The two firms are merging their European and Asian real estate activities as a new asset management firm which will be known as TIAA Henderson Global Real Estate. The firm will include he European real estate activity of TIAA-CREF, the real estate activities of Henderson GI in Europe and Asia-Pacific, and a new global distribution and customer service organisation.TIAA Henderson Global Real Estate will launch a real estate investment platform which will also allow access to bond markets and “increase its capacity to develop and offer new products,” a statement says.TIAA-CREF will control 60% of the new firm, while Henderson GI will have 40%. The firm, with EUR63bn in assets under management, will officially be created in first quarter 2014, pending regulatory approval. Tom Garbutt, head of global real estate at TIAA-CREF, will become chairman of the board of directors at the new firm, while James Darkins, CEO for real estate at Henderson, will become chairman and CEO. The firm will be headquartered in London. In France, the firm will have total real estate AUM of about EUR1.7bn. “The strategy for France is to double assets under management by 2015, largely distributing investments between the office and retail sectors”, according to a press release. The French office will continue to be led by Peter Winstanley and Thibault Ancely. Alongside the merger of European and Asian activities of the two firms, TIAA-CREF is acquiring 100% of the real estate activities of Henderson in the United States.
25/06/2013

S&P Capital IQ unveils risk management offering

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As announced last week (see Newsmanagers of 18 June), S&P Capital IQ on 24 June officially unveiled its portfolio risk management system, a developed risk management resource which allows traders, portfolio managers and risk managers to take strategic decisions in real time with respect to the evaluation and management of multi-asset class portfolio risks.The resource is available on the platform and allows risk management in an integrated matter from R2 Financial Technologies, acquired in 2012, and fundamental data from S&P Capital IQ. It includes a stress testing functionality.The resource also offers users a way to view their portfolios with interactive control panels, which can group data and provide detailed financial analysis, in order to better apprehend the impacts of potential variation in the performance of portfolios.The new service covers a wide range of asset classes, from cash to bonds, including equities and exotic derivative products.
25/06/2013

BNY Mellon extends transition management offering

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 24 June, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has announced that its BNY Mellon Beta & Transition Management unit has created a registered investment advisor to offer transition management services to key investors, such as insurers, who use external management services for all or part of their investment strategies.BNY Mellon has already been offering transition management services to pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and other institutional clients since 1983.
25/06/2013

IOSCO publishes principles for ETF regulations

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on 24 June published its final report on principles for ETF regulations. The report lays out nine major principles to guide regulations of ETFs and to promote better practices in the use of these products.Assets managed in ETF structured totalled about USD1.9trn as of the end of January 2013, equivalent to roughly 7% of the global mutual fund market, IOSCO notes, adding that the growing importance of the market has drawn the attention of regulators and even raised large-scale debate in 2008-2009.IOSCO concentrated its recommendations primarily on ETFs which are structured as collective securities investment organisms. The document deals with classification of ETFs, in order to correctly evaluate similarities and differences with other products. It encourages the publication of information on fees and commissions, including the potential impact of securities lending as well as the potential use of complex strategies that may involve the use of leverage.The IOSCO document also deals with the structuring of ETFs, including potential management of conflicts of interest and counterparty risks related to the two major replication methods: physical and synthetic. IOSCO encourages regulators to impose requirements that ETFs handle risks related to exposure to counterparties and management of collateral appropriately.
25/06/2013

Tough times at Bridgewater

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Wall Street Journal reports that the hedge fund manager Bridgewater Associates, which built up an empire of USD150bn in assets with its hedge funds, has been hit by recent market reversals.The All Weather Fund (USD70bn) has lost 6% since the beginning of the month, and 8.5% since the beginning of the year, according to sources familiar with the matter. The group’s flagship product, the Pure Alpha Fund (a risk parity product with about USD80bn), has lost money in June and remains flat since 1 January, while the S&P 500 has gained 10.3%.
25/06/2013

Kempen registers seven funds in Germany

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Netherlands-based Kempen Capital Management (KCM) has obtained a sales license for Germany for seven sub-funds of its Luxembourg Sicav Kempen International.They are the Kempen (Lux) European Small Cap Fund, Kempen (Lux) Euro Credit Fund, Kempen (Lux) Euro Non-Financial Credit Fund, Kempen (Lux) European High Dividend Fund, Kempen (Lux) Global High Dividend Fund, Kempen (Lux) Global Sovereign Fundamental Index Fund and Kempen (Lux) Global Property Fundamental Index Fund.These products are available both to institutional investors (I and D share classes) and for retail investors (A, B and AD share classes).
25/06/2013

Horizons launches covered call ETF

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US-based asset management firm Horizons ETFs Management has announced that NYSE Arca has admitted the Horizons S&P 500(R) Covered Call ETF to trading with the ticker HSPX. The fund, which charges fees of 0.65%, will offer monthly liquidity. It will employ a physical replication strategy and while selling call options on the same eligible securities, a technique known as “covered call writing.”Horizons USA, which is an affiliate of the South Korean Mirae, has also announced that Adam Felesky has been promoted to head of the Americas for the group’s ETF business in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. He had previously been CEO of Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
25/06/2013

BlackRock to close 250 funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BlackRock is planning to shorten its product range by 250 funds in order to concentrate on products which represent a larger percentage of revenues, FTfm reports. BlackRock points out that the 50 largest funds at BlackRock account for 99% of revenues from funds.
25/06/2013

Aquila releases risk parity bond fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Hamburg-based Aquila Capital on 24 June announced the release in Germany of its risk parity bond fund ACQ – Risk Parity Bond Funds, whch is managed by the Luxembourg platform Alceda Fund Management (see Newsmanagers of 25 April). The fund, which aims for performance more than 300 basis points higher than the money market rate, with ex ante volatility of 3% regardless of the market environment, may invest in government bonds, corporate bonds, inflation-linked bonds and emerging market currencies. The lead manager of the fund is Torsten von Bartenwerffer, senior portfolio manager in the Aquila Capital quant team.CharacteristicsName: ACQ – Risk Parity Bond FundISIN codes:Institutional share classes: EUR A (LU0891409947) / EUR C (LU0891410101)Wholesale share classes: EUR B (LU0891410010) / EUR D (LU0891410283)Minimal subscription:EUR50,000 (institutional share classes)EUR1,000 (wholesale share classes)Ongoing fees: management 0.45% + distribution 0.30%
25/06/2013

Bedlam closes three funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Bedlam Asset Management has closed three funds in order to concentrate on its global equity strategies, which represent most mandates from its clients, Fundweb reports. The three funds concerned are the Bedlam UK, whose assets under management total GBP3.2bn, Bedlam Europe (GBP2.4m), and Bedlam Japan (GBP2.1m), totalling just 2% of total assets under management at the firm.
25/06/2013

SLI offers EMD fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As a complement to its OEIC emerging market debt fund, launched in October, Standard Life Investments (SLI) on 24 June announced the launch of the Emerging Market Local Currency Debt Fund USD, a Luxembourg-registered fund denominated in local currencies, managed by Kieran Curtis, whose benchmark index is the JPMorgan BGI EM Global Diversified. The currency of reference for the fund is the US dollar.Characteristics:Emerging Market Local Currency Debt Fund USD A AccEmerging Market Local Currency Debt Fund USD A IncISIN codes: LU0913259262 (A shares)LU0913259346 (Inc shares)Minimal subscription: GBP1,000Front-end fee: 5%Withdrawal penalty: 1%Management commission: 1.90%
25/06/2013

Turenne Capital recruits from Mandarine Gestion

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The private equity firm Turenne Capital on Monday, 24 June announced the arrival of Laurent Dumonteil as director of development and a member of the board of directors. Turenne Capital plans to develop partnerships with various banking networks, private asset management firms and independent financial advisers (IFAs) and to extend its range of investment products (FCPR, etc.). Dumonteil will focus on all institutional and retail fundraising at Turenne Capital and investor relationships, a statement says. He will be assisted by Aude Ferrien, Marketing account manager. Dumonteil, 38, began his career at Société Générale Asset Management as salesman for partnerships in France and head of the IFA unit, and then as France and Benelux partnerships salesperson for key clients at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management. He then joined Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Gestion as head of development for external distribution for France & Luxembourg, and then head of development for partnerships at Mandarine Gestion.
25/06/2013

Dominique Carrel-Billiard leaves AXA Group

AXA today announced the departure of Dominique Carrel-Billiard, Chief Executive Officer of AXA Investment Managers and a member of the AXA Group’s Executive Committee, who has decided to leave the Group. He will be replaced by Andrea Rossi, Chief Executive Officer of AXA Assicurazioni, who will also join AXA Group’s Executive Committee. Frédéric de Courtois, Chief Executive Officer of AXA MPS, will take the lead of AXA’s main insurance operations in Italy.These appointments will be effective July 22nd, 2013.
25/06/2013

Oppenheimer AM recruits from Pioneer

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Tim Pynchon has left Pioneer Investment Management, where he had worked since 2000, to join Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., an affiliate of Oppenheimer Holdings as managing director and portfolio manager for tax-exempt high yield funds. He is based in Boston.
25/06/2013

Dominique Carrel-Billiard quitte Axa IM

Axa Investments Managers (Axa IM) a annoncé, lundi 24 juin au soir, le départ de Dominique Carrel-Billiard qui, selon un communiqué, «a décidé de quitter le groupe pour d’autres projets professionnels.» A compter du 22 juillet 2013, l’actuel directeur général de la société de gestion filiale d’Axa, sera remplacé par Andrea Rossi, aujourd’hui directeur général d’AXA Assicurazioni. Ce dernier rejoindra également le comité exécutif du Groupe AXA. Frédéric de Courtois, directeur général d’AXA MPS, lui succèdera à la tête des principales filiales d’assurance d’AXA en Italie. Dominique Carrel-Billard est resté sept ans à la tête d’Axa IM. Lors de la présentation des derniers résultats trimestriels, la société de gestion a fait état d’une collecte nette de 8,4 milliards d’euros répartie entre 6,5 milliards d’euros chez AXA IM et 1,9 milliard d’euros chez AllianceBernstein. Par ailleurs, ses actifs sous gestion étaient en hausse de 2% par rapport au 31 décembre 2012.
25/06/2013

Fidelity Germany seeking head of distribution

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Klaus Mühlbauer at the end of May left Fidelity Germany after eight years, Das Investment reports. Mühlbauer had been director of distribution and the firm is looking for a successor to him.
25/06/2013

HSBC Trinkaus pulls out of Luxembourg

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Handelsblatt reports that the Düsseldorf-based private bank Trinkhaus & Burkhardt (T+B) has decided to close its two Luxembourg affiliates, one private bank and HSBC Trinkaus Investment Managers, which manages institutional funds (Spezialfonds).The managers have not yet determined whether the affiliates, which generate abut EUR20m in pre-tax profits (about one tenth of all profits at T+B) will be sold or liquidated.This will affect 200 employees, some of whom may be transferred within Germany or transferred to other HSBC affiliates.
25/06/2013

Bradesco AM registers a Luxembourg Sicav in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Brazilian asset manager Bradesco Asset Management (BRAM, USD140bn) has obtained a sales license for Spain from the CNMV for sub-funds of its Luxembourg Sicav, three equity funds and three bond products. They are all UCITS-compliant funds with daily liquidity, Funds People reports.BRAM has already registered its funds in Portugal, and has applied for a license from the Italian regulator.
25/06/2013

Guy Debelle nommé président du comité des marchés de la BRI

La Banque des règlements internationaux (BRI) a indiqué dans un communiqué publié le 24 juin avoir nommé Guy Debelle au poste de chairman du comité des marchés pour un mandat de trois ans.Guy Debelle prend la succession de Hiroshi Nakaso, gouverneur adjoint de la Banque du Japon, et président du comité des marchés depuis 2006.Guy Debelle est actuellement assistant governor de la banque centrale d’Australie, la Reserve Bank of Australia.
25/06/2013
Fonds

Horizons lance un ETF sur les options d’achat couvertes

Le gestionnaire américains Horizons ETFs Management a annoncé que NYSE Arca a admis à la négociation le Horizons S&P 500(R) Covered Call ETF sous l’acronyme de HSPX. Ce fonds, chargé à 0,65 %, procédera à des distributions mensuelles. Il mettra en œuvre une stratégie de réplication physique et vendra parallèlement des options d’achat sur ces mêmes titres, une technique appelée «covered call writing».Parallèlement, Horizons USA, qui est une filiale du sud-coréen Mirae, a indiqué qu’Adam Felesky a été promu head of the Americas pour les activités ETF du groupe aux Etats-Unis, au Canada et en Amérique latine. Il était jusqu’à présent CEO de Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
Fonds
25/06/2013
Fonds

Mauvaise passe pour Bridgewater

The Wall Street Journal rapporte que les gestionnaire alternatif Bridgewater Associates, qui a constitué un empire de 150 milliards de dollars d’encours avec ses hedge funds, est malmené par les convulsions récentes des marchés.Ainsi, le All Weather Fund (70 milliards de dollars) a perdu 6 % depuis le début du mois et 8,5 % depuis le début de l’année, selon les proches du dossier. Quant au fonds-phare du groupe, le Pure Alpha Fund (un produit à parité de risque d’environ 80 milliards de dollars), il a perdu de l’argent en juin et reste «flat» depuis le 1er janvier alors que le S&P 500 a gagné 10,3 %.
Fonds
25/06/2013

OPA sur le Club Med : l'Adam attend des réponses

Dans le cadre de l’OPA du Club Méditerranée par Axa Private Equity, le fonds chinois Fosun et le management du Club, la grogne de l’Association de défense des actionnaires minoritaires (Adam) ne cesse pas, rapporte L’Agefi. Sa présidente, Colette Neuville, conteste vivement l’absence d'égalité d’information et de traitement des actionnaires et demande à l’AMF de ne pas déclarer l’offre conforme en l'état.L’avis motivé du conseil du Club et le rapport de l’expert indépendant, Accuracy, attendus demain, devraient apporter des réponses à différentes questions posées par l’Adam. L’association s’interroge notamment sur l’intérêt de cette offre pour la société alors que les dirigeants et les principaux actionnaires demeureront en place, et que la stratégie sera maintenue. En outre, cette offre n’apportera aucun argent frais au groupe. Bien au contraire, puisqu’elle devra rembourser la dette LBO.
25/06/2013

Trois promotions à l’état-major de Mercer

Le consultant Mercer a annoncé le 24 juin qu’Andrew Kirton, global CIO depuis 2010, a été nommé head of investments business pour l’Europe, en remplacement de Tom Geraghty, qui devient market leader et CEO pour l’Irlande.Par ailleurs, Jeff Shutes, global leader of manager research et head of investment business, Latin America, de Mercer, a été promu au poste nouvellement créé de head of investments business in the growth markets (Asie, Moyen-Orient, Turquie, Afrique et Amérique latine).Enfin, le poste nouvellement crée de head of retirement business, growth markets, a été confié à Akhil Sethi, qui était global COO, retirement business.Mercer précise que, malgré la crise de l’euro, son activité investissement en Europe a continué de se développer et dépasse à présent en taille son activité mondiale dans l’investissement de 2006.
25/06/2013

Bradesco AM fait enregistrer sa sicav luxembourgeoise en Espagne

Le géant brésilien Bradesco Asset Management (BRAM, 140 milliards de dollars) a obtenu de la CNMV l’agrément de commercialisation en Espagne pour les compartiments de sa sicav luxembourgeoise, trois fonds d’actions et trois produits obligataires. Ce sont tous des fonds coordonnés à liquidité journalière, précise Funds People.BRAM a déjà fait enregistrer ses fonds au Portugal et a déjà sollicité l’agrément du régulateur italien.
25/06/2013

Oppenheimer AM recrute chez Pioneer

Tim Pynchon a quitté Pioneer Investment Management, où il travaillait depuis 2000, pour rejoindre Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc, filiale d’Oppenheimer Holdings comme managing director et gérant de portefeuille pour les fonds à haut rendement exonérés d’impôt. Il est basé à Boston.
25/06/2013

Corem réalise une collecte de plus de 200 millions d'euros en 2012

L’Union Mutualiste Retraite/ Corem a présenté lundi 24 juin ses résultats annuels 2012 faisant état d’une collecte de 207,5 millions d’euros de cotisations et 8 milliards d’euros d’actifs gérés. L’UMR représente toujours 11% de l'épargne retraite individuelle volontaire en France, indique un communiqué.Le rendement net comptable du régime Corem s’établit à 5,25% et le rendement moyen ressort à 4,90% sur les dix dernières années.
25/06/2013
Fonds

BlackRock veut supprimer 250 fonds

BlackRock envisage de supprimer 250 fonds au sein de sa gamme afin de se concentrer sur les produits rerpésentant une part plus importante de ses revenus, rapporte FTfm.BlackRock, qui a déjà fermé un nombre équivalent de fonds l’an dernier, souligne le fait que les 50 fonds les plus importants de BlackRock représentent 99% des revenus desdits fonds.
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25/06/2013

Turenne Capital recrute chez Mandarine Gestion

La société de capital investissement Turenne Capital a annoncé, lundi 24 juin, l’arrivée de Laurent Dumonteil au poste de directeur du développement et membre du comité de direction.Turenne Capital compte développer des partenariats avec différents réseaux bancaires, des sociétés de gestion privée et des Conseillers en gestion de patrimoine (CGPI) et élargir l’offre en matière de produits d’investissement (FCPR, ...). L’intéressé se focalisera sur l’ensemble des levées de fonds institutionnelles et grand public de Turenne Capital et les relations avec les investisseurs, indique un communiqué.Il sera assisté d’Aude Ferrien, chargé d’affaires Marketing.Agé de 38 ans, le nouvel arrivant a débuté sa carrière à Société Générale Asset Management en tant que Commercial des Partenariats France et Responsable du Pôle CGPI puis comme Commercial des Partenariats France et Benelux pour les Grands Comptes chez Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management. Il a rejoint ensuite Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Gestion comme responsable du développement de la Distribution Externe France & Luxembourg avant de devenir responsable du Développement des Partenariats chez Mandarine Gestion.

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