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21/04/2011

Generali veut croître dans la gestion d’actifs

La gestion d’actifs devient de plus en plus stratégique pour Generali, selon Il Sole – 24 Ore. En 2010, ce métier a représenté un bénéfice d’exploitation de 354 millions d’euros, soit 10 % du total, ce qui reste modeste par rapport à Axa et Allianz (20-25 %). Mais Giovanni Perissinotto, CEO de Generali, compte accroître de 25 % par an le bénéfice d’exploitation de la gestion d’actifs dans les prochaines années grâce notamment à l’Asie et à la Russie. En Chine, le groupe italien souhaiterait porter sa participation dans la société de gestion Guotai de 30 % à 50 %. Et il s’apprête à créer une joint venture avec cette même entité à Hong Kong.
21/04/2011
Fonds

Les particuliers ont retiré 965,3 millions des fonds autrichiens au premier trimestre

Sur la base des statistiques fournies par l’associaition autrichienne VÖIG des sociétés de gestion, les particuliers ont sorti 593,3 millions d’euros des fonds de valeurs mobilières offerts au public en janvier-mars pendant que les particuliers en gestion privée (clientèle «haut de gamme») se sont fait rembourser presque 372 millions d’euros par les «Großanlegerfonds». En revanche, les investisseurs insitutionnels ont souscrit des parts de Spezialfonds pour 917,8 millions d’euros. Reste que le bilan de la profession (24 sociétés de gestion) est négatif pour le premier trimestre de 47,7 millions d’euros.D’après de récentes déclarations de Hans Bednar, président du VÖIG, rapportées par le Wirtschaftblatt, ces remboursements nets ont plusieurs causes : la catastrophe au Japon, la crise de la dette des pays de la zone europe, les révolutions dans les pays arabes et aussi la perspective d’un alourdissement du prélèvement sur les revenus du capital (KESt). Cependant, Gerhard Aigner, membre de la direction générale de RCM estime qu’une bonne partie des retraits est attribuable à des prises de bénéfices.Pour sa part, l’encours total a diminué à 143,9 milliards d’euros au 31 mars contre 145,1 milliards fin février. Il s’est situé à 145 milliards au 31 décembre 2010. Les quatre premiers acteurs à la fin du premier trimestre étaient Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM) avec 29,06 milliards d’euros (20,2 % du marché), devant Erste Sparinvest (26,19 milliards et 18,2 %), Pioneer Investments Austria (18,94 milliards et 13,7 %) et enfin Allianz Invest (10,73 milliards et 7,5 %).
Fonds
21/04/2011
Fonds

Source et Nomura lancent un ETF sur la volatilité

Source et Nomura ont annoncé le 20 avril 2011 le lancement d’un ETF, le Nomura Voltage Mid-Term Source. Son objectif est de répliquer l’indice Nomura Voltage Strategy Mid-Term 30-day USD TR. L’ETF adopte une approche tactique vis-à-vis de la volatilité, afin de tirer parti des pics de volatilité, tout en atténuant les coûts de couverture liés à la détention d’une position systématiquement acheteuse de volatilité.L’ETF offre une exposition ajustée de la volatilité à l’indice S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures, en allouant ses investissements entre cet indice et des bons du Trésor américain à 3 mois. L’exposition à l’indice peut varier de 0 % à 100 % en fonction de la volatilité de ce dernier.Le lancement porte à 91 la gamme des ETF et ETC Source dédiés aux indices actions, obligataires et matières premières. Caractéristiques : Code ISIN : IE00B3LK4075Devise du fonds et de cotation : USDPlace de cotation : London Stock ExchangeFrais de gestion annuels : 0.30%
Fonds
21/04/2011
Fonds

F&C lance un fonds long/short sur les émergents

F&C va lancer un fonds Ucits III réunissant son savoir-faire sur les marches émergents et celui de Thames River, la boutique qu’il a acquise en 2010, en matière de gestion à performance absolue. Appelé Thames River Global Emerging Markets Absolute Return Fund, ce fonds à liquidité quotidienne mixera positions acheteuses et vendeuses (long/short). Lancé le 1er juin, le produit sera géré par Kristof Bulkai et Hugo Rogers, co-gérants du Thames River Water & Agriculture Absolute Return Fund et du Thames River Isis Fund. Ils rejoindront l’équipe actions émergentes de F&C dirigée par Jeff Chowdhry.
Fonds
21/04/2011

Un départ chez F&C

Paul Grice, le responsable des obligations britanniques et internationales de F&C Asset Management, a quitté la société, selon Financial News. Il y avait passé cinq ans.
21/04/2011

First State confie un mandat de conservation à State Street

First State Investments, filiale de Colonial First State Global Asset Management, a mandaté State Street Corporation pour lui fournir des services de conservation et d’administration de fonds pour sa sicav de droit britannique et ses 16 compartiments (soit un encours de 11 milliards de livres).
21/04/2011

Hausse de la marge d'exploitation et baisse du bénéfice net de Martin Currie

Le gestionnaire écossais Martin Currie a annoncé avoir réalisé pour 2010, avant impôt et prise en compte de la suspension des bonus pour 2009, un bénéfice de 14,1 millions de livres, en hausse de 25 % sur 2009 (11,3 millions). Sur cette base, la marge d’exploitation a progressé à 17 % contre 16 % un an plus tôt. Le chiffre d’affaires s’est accru à 81,6 millions de livres contre 70,3 millions. Les recettes sont provenues à 34 % du retail (contre 32 % en 2009), à 20 % des hedge funds (contre 18 %) et à 46 % de la clientèle institutionnelle (contre 50 %). Géographiquement, les Etats-Unis et le Royaume-Uni ont généré respectivement 31 % et 30 % du chiffre d’affaires contre 26 % et 34 % l’année précédente.Cependant, le bénéfice avant impôt et le bénéfice net, hors exceptionnels, ont diminué à respectivement 14,1 millions et 8,9 millions de livres contre 20,8 millions et 14,5 millions pour 2009.L’encours a diminué à 11,3 milliards de livres fin décembre contre 11,8 milliards douze mois plus tôt. La classe d’actifs la plus performante a été celle des actions chinoises A avec 28,4 % suivies des petites et moyennes capitalisations chinoises (11,11 %) et des matières premières mondiales (6,7 %). Des pertes de 4,1 % ont été en revanche constatées sur les portefeuilles monde hors Etats-Unis et EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East).
21/04/2011
Fonds

Santander Asset Management UK lance deux fonds

Santander Asset Management UK annonce le lancement de deux fonds. Le Global Emerging Equity, un fonds de fonds sera géré par l'équipe de multigestion, dirigée par Tom Caddick. Le fonds Dividend Income sera piloté par Hak Salih, également gérant du fonds Santander Equity Income, et sera investi prioritairement dans des actions britanniques et européennes.
Fonds
21/04/2011
Fonds

db-X ETC lance trois nouveaux ETC couverts du risque de change en livres

Après le lancement récent du db Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC (lire notre article du 18 avril), db X-ETC a annoncé le 20 avril l’admission à la cote du London Stock Exchange de trois autres ETC couverts du risque de change en livres sterling, le db Physical Silver GBP Hedged ETC, le db Brent Crude Oil Booster GBP Hedged ETC et le db Agriculture Booster GBP Hedged ETC.Celui sur l’or physique est chargé à 0,69 %, celui sur l’argent physique affiche un TFE de 0,85 % alors que ceux sur le pétrole et l’agriculture, qui sont en réplication synthétique, affichent 0,45 % de frais de gestion.L’encours des ETC sur la plate-forme cb X-ETC se situait au 19 avril à 1,4 milliard d’euros.
Fonds
21/04/2011
Fonds

Le nouvel ETF de Pimco sera centré sur la dette US

Bill Gross va gérer un nouvel ETF à gestion active pour Pimco, rapporte le Financial Times. Appelé Total Return ETF, ce fonds sera investi à au moins 65 % dans de la dette gouvernementale et des obligations d’entreprises américaines. Il pourra détenir 10 % de dette à haut rendement et jusqu’à un cinquième d’actifs libellés dans des devises étrangères.
Fonds
21/04/2011
Fonds

First Trust porte à 29 contre 16 le nombre de ses ETF dynamiques

Le new-yorkais First Trust Advisors, qui gère déjà 2,8 milliards de dollars dans 16 ETF dynamiques de la gamme AlphaDEX, a annoncé le lancement sur NYSE Arca de treize nouveaux produits dans cette série, neuf internationaux (FPA First Trust Asia Pacific Ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund ,FEP First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund , FLN First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund , FBZ First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund , FCA First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund, FJP First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund, FKO First Trust South Korea AlphaDEX Fund , FDT First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX Fund et FEM First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund).D’autre part, le gestionnaire fait coter quatre ETF de petites et moyennes valeurs américaines (deux growth et deux value), FNY First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund, FNK First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund, FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund et FYT First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund.Au 31 mars, la gamme complète des ETF de First Trust représentait un encours de 7,4 milliards de dollars.
Fonds
21/04/2011

BNY Mellon enregistre une hausse des actifs gérés

Pour le premier trimestre, BNY Mellon a fait état d’un bénéfice net de 625 millions de dollars contre 690 millions pour le dernier trimestre 2010 et 601 millions pour la période correspondante de l’an dernier.Les actifs sous conservation, administration et gestion ont atteint un nouveau record à fin mars. Pour la conservation et l’administration, ils sont ressortis à 25.500 milliards de dollars au 31 mars, ce qui représente une progression de 2 % par rapport à fin décembre et de 14 % sur un an. Quant à l’encours sous gestion, il s’est inscrit fin mars à 1.200 milliards de dollars, soit 5 % de plus qu'à la fin de l’année dernière, l’augmentation par rapport au 31 mars 2010 représentant 11 %.Ces augmentations résultent à la fois de souscriptions nettes et d’un effet de marché positif.
21/04/2011

BlackRock recrute un responsable pour l'immobilier

BlackRock annonce l’arrivée de Jack Chandler en tant que global head of real estate. Sous la direction de Matthew Botein, qui dirige la division alternative investors de la société de gestion américaine, il sera en charge de l’ensemble des investissements dans l’immobilier, autant sous forme d’actions que d’obligations. Auparavant, Jack Chandler était global chief investment officer et executive chairman pour l’Asie chez LaSalle Investments.
21/04/2011

Foreign asset management firms highly active in Spanish market

In first quarter, the number of funds launched in Spain by Spanish management firms increased 68%, to 46. 60% of these products are guaranteed funds, according to figures from VDOS Stochastics, reported by Expansión.However, foreign management firms in that time registered 98 funds with the CNMV. They largely added emerging markets bond funds (20), international bonds (18) and emerging markets equities (16) funds to their ranges. The most active were JP Morgan, MFS International, BNP Paribas, Schroders, and UBS.
21/04/2011

HSBC Trinkaus IM recruits Christian Klein

The Luxembourg asset management firm HSBC Trinkaus Investment Managers has announced that it has recruited Christian Klein from IP Concept Fund Management, to develop its white label fund management activities. His job title is director of the sales department for institutional clients. He will report to the two co-CEOs, Thies Clemenz and Ralf Funk.
21/04/2011

MLP confirms acquisition, Feri management

In a statement released on 20 April, the German financial services provider MLP confirmed that it has acquired the remaining 43.4% of Feri Finance for EUR50.6m. MLP first acquired 56.6% of Feri in autumn 2006.Arnd Thorn, a board member at Feri since 2005 and a member of the executive board at MLP since 2009, has been appointed as vice-chairman of the board, with an extended 5-year term. Next month, he will become chairman of the board, replacing Michael Stammler, who has announced that he wants to retire from day-to-day management of the firm, but will remain as an advisor to the management of Feri.Helmut Knepel, a board member at Feri, will retire in September, but will remain as chairman of the supervisory board at the ratings agency Feri EuroRating.The terms of the board members Heinz-Werner Rapp (asset allocation and investment strategy) and Matthias Klöpper (finance) have also been extended for five years, and “virtually all” partners at Feri have announced that they plan to stay with the company.
21/04/2011

Fitch suggests Deutsche Bank will have to clean up BHF

Now that the sale of BHF-Bank to LGT has fallen through, Deutsche Bank will have a lot of work to do, as it will need to completely restructure the affiliate, Fitch Ratings says, reported by Handelsblatt. On the one hand, Deutsche Bank already has two private banking brands; on the other, BHF also has other divisions and some inefficient structures.The ratings agency estimates, however, that BHF is well-protected within the Deutsche Bank family, as its default risk rating (IDR) has been raised to A, from A- previously.
21/04/2011

Hedge funds earned 0.33% in March, according to BarclayHedge

On the basis of results for 2,380 funds available as of 20 April, BarclayHedge calculated that hedge funds posted an average gain of 0.33% in March, and 1.94% in first quarter. Seven sub-indices out of 17 finished the month of March in the red, with the heaviest losses for the seven equity short bias funds, at 1.85%, and 1.17% for the 69 Pacific Rim funds. Emerging markets funds (373 funds) posted the strongest returns of the month, with gains of 2.33%.In January-March, equity short bias has lost 5.63%, and global macro (138 funds) has lost 0.39%. All other strategies show gains, with the largest for convertible arbitrage (29 funds) with 4.20%, and 3.58% for distressed securities (43 funds).
21/04/2011

Institutional investors plan to redeploy portfolios

Among the 150 European institutional investors with EUR926.1bn in assets in total who responded to a survey by Allianz Global Investors in March and April, 96% estimate that the increase in interest rates presents a risk to achieving their financial objectives, and nearly one quarter estimate that in the next 12 months risk will be highest. The survey was conducted before the recent increase in the interest rate by the European Central Bank last week.Insofar as a long duration in such an environment does not guarantee a satisfactory return, investment strategies need to be adapted. According to respondents to the survey, this will require more active management, with a shorter duration, and investments in equities and in commodities and real estate, says Thomas Wiesemann, chief market officer at Allianz Global Investors Europe Holding GmbH.
21/04/2011

Average correlation of funds with their benchmark index has dropped steeply since the crisis

According to a study by German Capital Management (Gecam), covering 9,404 equities, bond, money market, diversified and funds of funds distributed in Europe, only 71% of all products have a correlation of 0.7 with their benchmark index, compared with 86% in 2008. For equities funds, the average correlation has held stable since 2007, at more than 0.9 (currently 0.92), while since the crisis it has fallen to 0.68 for mixed funds, and 0.69 for bond funds, compared with levels of near 0.8 in 2007 and 2008.Gecam also notes that, despite a correlation of 0.96 with the MSCI Germany index, 87% of German equities funds have managed to outperform that index in the past three years, compared with 14% in 2007. The surprising fact is that it was mostly larger funds which beat the MSCI Germany index, while in the past that outperformance was the province of small and midcaps funds. The top five German equities funds, on average beat the index by about 9%, with lower volatility than the index.However, only 24% of global equities funds outperformed their index, compared with 33% in 2007. Among the top decile of funds with the most assets, 48% outperformed their benchmarks, compared with 70% in 2007.
21/04/2011

First Trust increases number of dynamic ETFs from 16 to 29

The New York-based First Trust Advisors, which already manages USD2.8bn in 16 dynamic ETFs of the AlphaDEX range, has announced the launch of 13 new products in the line on NYSE Arca, including nine international funds (FPA First Trust Asia Pacific Ex-Japan AlphaDEX Fund, FEP First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund, FLN First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund , FBZ First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund, FCA First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund, FJP First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund, FKO First Trust South Korea AlphaDEX Fund, FDT First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX Fund and FEM First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund). The asset management firm has also listed four ETFs of US small and midcaps (two growth and two value): FNY First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund, FNK First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund, FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund and FYT First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund. As of 31 March, the range of ETFs from First Trust represented assets of USD7.4bn.
21/04/2011

Retail investors withdrew EUR965.3m from Austrian funds in first quarter

According to statistics from the Austrian VÖIG association of asset management firms, retail investors withdrew EUR593.3m from open-ended securities funds in January-March, while high net worth private clients redeemed nearly EUR372m from “Großanlegerfonds.” However, institutional investors subscribed for EUR917.8m in shares in Speziafonds, so that the balance for businesses in the industry overall (24 asset management firms) is negative for first quarter to the tune of EUR47.7m.According to recent statements by Hans Bednar, president of the VÖIG association, reported by Wirtschaftblatt, there are several causes for these net redemptions: the disaster in Japan, the debt crisis in the European region, revolutions in Arab countries,and outlooks for an increase in capital gains tax (KESt). However, Gerhard Aigner, a board member at RCM estimates that a considerable proportion of the redemptions are due to profit-taking.Total assets, for their part, have fallen to EUR143.9m as of 31 March, compared with EUR145.1m as of the end of February. They totalled EUR145bn as of 31 December 2010. The top four actors as of the end of first quarter were Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM), with EUR29.06bn (20.2% market share), followed by Erste Sparinvest (EUR26.19bn and 18.2%), Pioneer Investments Austria (EUR18.94bn and 13.7%), and Allianz Invest (EUR10.73bn and 7.5%).
21/04/2011

New Pimco ETF will be focused on US debt

Bill Gross will manage a new actively-managed ETF for Pimco, the Financial Times reports. The fund, entitled Total Return ETF, will invest at least 65% of its assets in US government debt and corporate bonds. It may invest up to 10% in high yield debt, and up to one fifth of assets may be denominated in foreign currencies.
21/04/2011

Average size of funds of hedge funds down sharply

According to the most recent statistics from Preqin, the average size of funds of hedge funds currently comes to USD2.18bn. In 2010, the average was Usd2.75bn, while in 2009 it was USD4.78bn.Assets in funds of hedge funds saw their largest decline between 2008 and 2009 (-24%), the study notes. Prepin observes that funds of hedge funds with 2 to 5 billion dollars in assets are now rarer.However, funds of hedge funds with less than USD250m in assets in 2001 represent 35% of the total, compared with 28% at the beginning of 2010.
21/04/2011

HSBC Global AM Germany launches a multi-asset class fund

With the Luxembourg-registered, UCITS-compliant HSBC GIF Flex Allocation fund (LU0558996145), HSBC Global Asset Management (Deutschland) has launched a new fund which is authorised to invest in bonds, equities and currencies from developed and emerging countries. The manager, Gaël de la Fouchardière, and his team may allocate 50% to 100% of assets to bonds or money market products, and will focus on government bonds or European investment grade corporate bonds. They may also invest in high yield bonds or bonds from emerging markets. Allocation to equities may not exceed 50%. This allocation will be largely dedicated to shares in companies from industrialised countries, but these may be complemented by emerging markets equities.
21/04/2011

Swiss & Global AM announces an increase in its assets

Swiss & Global Asset Management as of the end of March had assets of CHF82.5bn, an increase of CHF2.1bn (2.5%) for the quarter, fundweb reports. The increase is due to rising markets as well as to subscriptions, the management firm says.
21/04/2011

Assets under management up at BNY Mellon

In first quarter, BNY Mellon earned net profits of USD625m, compared with USD690m in October-December, and USD601m in the corresponding period of last year.Assets under custody, administration and management set a new record as of the end of March. For custody and administration, assets totalled USD25.5trn as of 31 March, which represents a 2% increase since the end of December, and 14% year on year.Assets under management, for their part, totalled USD1.2trn as of the end of March, 5% more than at the end of 2010; the increase since 31 March 2010 comes to 11%. This increase is a result of both net subscriptions and market appreciation.
21/04/2011

BlackRock recruits a head for real estate

BlackRock has announced the arrival of Jack Chandler as global head of real estate. He will report to Matthew Botein, head of the alternative investors division at the US management firm, and will be in charge of all real estate investments, in the form of equities or bonds. Chandler was previously global chief investment officer and executive chairman for Asia at LaSalle Investments.
21/04/2011

Generali wants to grow in asset management

Asset management is becoming increasingly strategic for Generali, Il Sole – 24 Ore reports. In 2010, the business made operating profits of EUR354m, 10% of the total, which remains modest compared with Axa and Allianz (20-25%). But Giovanni Perissinotto, CEO of Generali, is planning to increase operating profits from asset management by 25% per year in the next few years, largely due to Asia and Russia. In China, the Italian group would like to increase its stake in the asset management firm Guotai from 30% to 50%. And it is planning to create a joint venture with the same entity in Hong Kong.
21/04/2011

First State awards a custody mandate to State Street

First State Investments, an affiliate of Colonial First State Global Asset Management, has awarded a mandate to State Street Corporation to provide custody and fund administration services for its British Sicav and its 16 sub-funds (GBP11bn in assets).

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