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15/02/2012

Métropole Gestion and University of Auvergne extend partnership

The asset management firm Métropole Gestion, which offers an SRI fund, Métropole Value SRI, in partnership with the University of Auvergne, has announced that it is extending the agreement in question, and has announced that two new developments will soon be unveiled in this area.The two actors have developed a ratings system which provides Métropole Gestion with internal extra-financial criteria, which managers apply before financial criteria. Ultimately, the portfolio has both best-in-class and best in effort management.Isabel Levy, CIO, says that the SRI fund has held up well in periods of crisis, as in 2011. Métropole Value SRI, which has assets of about EUR15m, had losses last year of 20.47%, compared with 22.45% for its non-SRI alter ego, Métropole Euro. Also as of 31 January 2012, in the past month, as for the past three and six-month periods, the SRI-labelled fund shows better results.
15/02/2012

iShares creates a position of head of EMEA capital markets

Leland Clemons, head of US capital markets at iShares, has been appointed with immediate effect as head of EMEA iShares Capital Markets, a newly-created position. He will report to Joe Linhares, head of iShares, EMEA. Clemons joined BlackRock in 2005.In his new role, Clemons will be director of a team in charge of assisting intermediary clients, private banks and wealth managers to make ETP transactions more efficiently.
15/02/2012

BNY Mellon recruits for bond team

Newton, an affiliate of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has announced that it has recruited Sebastien Poulin as high yield analyst. Poulin, who joined the asset management firm from Standard and Poor’s, will join the team dedicated to fixed income, led by Parmeshwar Chadha. The team manages over GBP1bn.
15/02/2012

LV= lance un plan d'épargne retraite "low cost"

L’assureur London & Victoria (LV=) a annoncé qu’il propose désormais un plan d'épargne retraite chargé à seulement 0,25 % en sus des commissions de gestion.Cette offre concerne 130 fonds de 16 gestionnaires (Artemis, BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Fidelity, Henderson, Invesco Perpetual, Investec, JPMorgan, Jupiter, Liontrust, M&G, Martin Currie, Premier, Schroders, State Street Global Advisors et Threadneedle).Elle s’applique aussi bien pour le premier montant de 75.000 livres (chargés actuellement à 0,55 %) qu’aux montants suivants juqu'à 1 million de livres, actuellement chargés à 0,35 %. Au-delà d’un million de livres, le prélèvement demeure inchangé à 0,10 %.
15/02/2012

LV= launches a low-cost retirement savings plan

The insurer London & Victoria (LV=) has announced that it will now be offering a retirement savings plan that charges only 0.25% in addition to management commissions.The offer extends to 130 funds from 16 management firms (Artemis, BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Fidelity, Henderson, Invesco Perpetual, Investec, JPMorgan, Jupiter, Liontrust, M&G, Martin Currie, Premier, Schroders, State Street Global Advisors and Threadneedle).The new offer will be applicable to initial investments of GBP75,000 (currently charged at 0.55%), and to subsequent investments up to GBP1m, which are currently charged at 0.35%. Above GBP1m, the fee remains unchanged at 0.10%.
15/02/2012

British investors unsatisfied with lack of fund transparency

According to a survey undertaken in December by SCM Private of 1,000 people, 63% of British respondents would be prepared to invest more in funds if their providers provided more information about fees, strategies and portfolios, Handelsblatt reports.89% would like to see managers publish explanations of all fees charged, while 83% would like to have more complete information about the way in which managers invest the capital entrusted to them.Only 19% know exactly what the management and administration commissions they pay are for.
15/02/2012

More than one in two acquisitions falls through in emerging markets

More than 50% of acquisitions planned in emerging markets founder on due diligence issues, according to a PwC study of mergers and acquisitions in emerging markets (“Make your acquisitions succeed in emerging countries.”) For successful acquisitions, the impact in terms of value created or destroyed is far higher than that observed on mature markets. On the basis of our sample, the most unfavourable acquisitions resulted in losses for the investors of an average of half the initially invested capital.In an analysis of over 200 transactions, PwC has identified seven areas of difficulty in the processing of transactoins in high-growth countries: lack of transparency in terms of financial information, difficulty in justifying high levels of valuation, risk associated with con-compliant commercial practices, post-acquisition integration difficulties, the emergence of conflicts between partners, and the intervention of public bodies.To confront these difficulties, PwC proposes several measures to manage risks and increase the odds of success in emerging countries. Among the measures PwC quotes are identifying a strategic rationale, upstream transactions, on-site visits and the establishment of best practices in terms of conduct in transactions, which should be adapted to the specificities of local markets, in order to confront high market risks.
15/02/2012

Deka sells a property in Milan

The German asset management firm Deka Immobilien has announced that it has sold a 16,000 square-metre office property locate din Milan to the Italian institutional real estate fund Inarcassa RE de Fabrica Immobiliare SGR. Deka acquired the property in 2004 for one of its institutional real estate funds.
15/02/2012

Janus launches an Asian fund in Italy

Janus Capital International Limited is launching the Janus Asia Fund, a sub-fund of its Irish Sicav. The fund will be available to institutional and retail investors.
15/02/2012

Schroders launches a fund dedicated to small caps

The British asset management firm Schroders has launched a fund dedicated to small caps in emerging markets of Asia ex Japan.The Schroder Small Cap Discovery Fund will invest in 70 to 100 businesses with the objective of generating returns above the index at a lower volatility level than the index.The fund will be managed by Matthew Dobbs, currently head of international and global small caps.
15/02/2012

Henderson shuts down 12 funds

Henderson will close 12 funds as part of a restructuring of its product range for British retail clients. The products will be merged into other funds. At the same time, two funds will change their investment strategy. Among the funds to be merged, the Henderson European Value Fund will be absorbed into the Henderson European Growth Fund, managed by Richard Pease and Wimon Rowe. The Henderson US Opportunities Fund will be integrated into the Henderson US Growth Fund, managed by Tom Asico, Coralie Witter and Doug Rao. The Henderson European Smaller Commpanies fund will be merged into the Henderson European Focus Fund, managed by John Bennett. In terms of strategy changes, the Henderson Diversified Absolute Return Fund will become the Henderson Multi-Manager Diversified Fund, and the Henderson Higher Income Fund will be converted into the Henderson Global Equity Income Fund. The two-stage process, which follows the acquisitions of New Star and Gartmore, will begin in May 2012. It will eliminate redundancies and concentrate on a smaller number of strategies.
15/02/2012

DWS chooses a head of sales for Chile and Peru

Jesús Martín del Burgo, director of the products department for the Iberian peninsula and Latin America, has been promoted to the position of head of sales for Chile and Peru at DWS Investments, Funds People reports.Del Burgo will be based in Santiago, Chile, and will report to Pedro Dañopbeitia, CEO of DWS Investments for Iberia and Latin America. He joined DWS in 2006 from Previgalia Gestión.
15/02/2012

FSA publishes a guide to RDR legislation

The British Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a guide aimed at financial advisors, to help them to comply with Retail Distribution Review (RDR) legislation by 31 December 2012.The FSA points out that the new rules will affect all actors, including significant changes and marginal adjustments. The guide recommends that advisers restructure their fees, so as to charge for advising without penalising clients, to whom the adviser is responsible for explaining what the various commissions are for.
15/02/2012

Le Canada se penche également sur le Libor

L’agence canadienne de la concurrence a fait savoir cette nuit qu’elle enquêtait auprès de certains établissements financiers concernant des soupçons de manipulations des taux interbancaires. L’autorité se joint ainsi au cortège déjà formé par ses homologues en Suisse, aux Etats-Unis ou au sein de l’union européenne.
15/02/2012

Les élus limitent la taxe boursière

Les députés de la Commission des finances proposent d’exempter les petites opérations et l'épargne salariale. Le texte doit encore être débattu en séance.
15/02/2012

Cantor Fitzgerald soutient les fonds alternatifs

Cantor Firtzgerald cherche à lever des fonds d’incubation destinés à fournir environ 20 à 25 gestionnaires d’actifs des marchés émergents une mise de départ de 25 à 50 millions de dollars, selon le quotidien. Ce dernier souligne que Cantor Fitzgerald a acquis il y a deux mois le gestionnaire de fonds de hedge funds Cadogan.
15/02/2012

Hermes Real Estate grandit dans l’immobilier commercial

Le directeur général d’Hermes Real Estate, Chris Taylor, souligne que le groupe vient d’acquérir auprès de l’australien Westfield sa participation à 50% dans un portefeuille de 400 millions de livres lui octroyant le contrôle notamment de deux centres commerciaux dans le Sud de l’Angleterre et à Belfast. «C’est le bon moment» de se consacrer à l’immobilier commercial selon le dirigeant.
14/02/2012

La Chine est-elle menacée par un atterrissage brutal ?

L'endettement vertigineux des municipalités et la montée des crédits non performants des entreprises exportatrices confrontées à une demande internationale en berne vont peser sur les bilans des banques. Celles-ci voient leur marge de manoeuvre réduite pour accorder de nouveaux prêts à l'économie au pire moment pour elle.
14/02/2012

Hausse moins forte que prévu des ventes au détail aux Etats-Unis

Les ventes au détail ont augmenté moins que prévu en janvier aux Etats-Unis, les achats d’automobiles ayant été moins nombreux, tout comme les dépenses sur internet. Les ventes ont augmenté de 0,4% au total, après n’avoir pas varié en décembre (+0,1% en première estimation), a annoncé le département du Commerce. Les économistes interrogés par Reuters anticipaient une hausse de 0,7%.
14/02/2012

Hausse des stocks des entreprises américaines en décembre

Les stocks des entreprises américaines ont augmenté de 0,4% en décembre, accréditant la thèse selon laquelle la reconstitution des inventaires des sociétés a nettement soutenu la croissance des Etats-Unis au dernier trimestre de 2011. Le département du Commerce a précisé mardi que les stocks avaient augmenté à 1.560 milliards de dollars.
14/02/2012

Bruxelles épingle 12 pays en déséquilibre

La Commission européenne a identifié 12 pays parmi les 27 Etats membres de l’Union comme présentant des déséquilibres macroéconomiques qui doivent être examinés plus en profondeur. La France fait partie de la liste, en raison de la dégradation de sa balance courante et de ses pertes de parts de marchés à l’export. On y trouve aussi la Belgique, l’Italie, l’Espagne, le Royaume-Uni, tandis que des pays comme la Suède ou la Finlande sont montrés du doigt pour leur risque de bulle immobilière et l’endettement élevé des ménages. L’office Eurostat a publié en parallèle la liste des dix critères utilisés. Pour évaluer les déséquilibres internes, le tableau de bord inclut des indicateurs sur la dette du secteur des administrations publiques et du secteur privé, les flux de crédits au secteur privé, les prix de l’immobilier et le chômage. Pour les déséquilibres externes, les indicateurs couvrent le solde des opérations courantes, la position extérieure nette, les taux de change effectifs réels, la part dans les exportations mondiales et les coûts unitaires nominaux de la main d’oeuvre.
Le siège de la Commission européenne. Photo: Bloomberg
14/02/2012

Les valeurs bancaires finissent la séance en nette baisse

Alors que le CAC 40 était en repli de 0,27% à 17h30, les valeurs bancaires bancaires accusaient les baisses les plus marquées au sein de l’indice. BNP Paribas, la Société Générale et le Crédit Agricole abandonnaient respectivement 2,67%, 3,7% et 5,5%.
14/02/2012

La Belgique fait le plein de bons du Trésor

La Belgique a adjugé mardi 3,21 milliards d’euros de bons du Trésor, le rendement moyen des titres à 12 mois tombant à son plus bas niveau depuis septembre 2010, à 0,892%, contre 1,162% lors de la précédente adjudication comparable il y a un mois, selon l’agence de la dette. Le montant adjugé est très légèrement supérieur à la fourchette annoncée, entre 2,5 et 3,2 milliards d’euros.

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