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17/12/2010

Armajaro hedge fund backs off its raid on cocoa

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Les Echos reports that more than 100,000 tons of cocoa, equivalent to 3% of global production, were delivered on Tuesday, 14 December, the deadline for December contracts on Nyse Liffe. Operators are convinced that the British hedge fund Armajaro, led by Anthony Ward, which met with much criticism this summer for buying USD1bn of cocoa (240,100 tonnes, equivalent to about 6% to 7% of the market), is unloading stock. Since the context is less good than it was in June – since then, cocoa prices have fallen 19% from peaks of GBP2,348 per tonne – the operation is not considered an unmitigated success.
17/12/2010

Sherborne seeks to replace F&C chairman

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Sherborne, the investment vehicle for the activist investor Edward Bramson, which has achieved a 17.5% stake in F&C, has called for an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to be held, the Financial Times reports. The goal is to replace Nick McAndrew as chairman of F&C. Sherborne would also like to replace Brian Larcombe, non-executive director, with Ian Brindle.
17/12/2010

Fitch raises Asset Manager rating for Schroder IM

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The ratings agency Fitch Ratings on 16 December announced that it has raised the Asset Manager rating for Schroder Investment Management from “M2+” to “M1.” The rating covers all investment activities at the firm, except alternative management activities. The Fitch rating reflects the firm’s long history, its independence and its solidity in difficult market conditions. The profitability and liquidity of the firm ensure it a strong financial basis, as shown by the recruitmentss made in 2010, including a chief investment officer for fixed income. Fitch has also announced that it has rebuilt its institutional activities in the past two years, and assets under management have increased 64% since the end of 2008. As of the end of September 2010, assets under management totalled GBP181.5bn (59% institutional, 41% retail, excluding private banking), of which 45% is invested in equities.
17/12/2010

LGT reaches settlement with German tax authorities

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fonds professionell reports that a spokesperson for the Bochum public prosecutor’s office on 16 December confirmed reports in the Süddeutsche Zeitung that LGT and LGT Treuhand will pay EUR46.35m to settle legal actions against them by the German tax authorities over information stored on a DVD which was stolen from LGT Treuhand in 2002, and sold in 2009 for EUR4.5m to the German intelligence service BND. LGT employees implicated in the affair will pay EUR3.65m. Neither LGT nor its employees have admitted any wrongdoing in the matter.
17/12/2010

One out of four new hedge funds complies with UCITS III directive

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nearly 25% of new hedge funds launched in third quarter were UCITS III-compliant, according to statistics from Hedge Fund Research. The most sought-after strategies were equity hedge and macro. However, Hedge Fund Research has observed few launches of event-driven strategies or funds of hedge funds. In the quarter as a whole, 260 new hedge funds were launched, compared with 201 in the previous quarter. Over 12 months, there were 945 new hedge funds launched. Liquidations totalled 168 in third quarter, compared with 177 the previous quarter.
17/12/2010

Nils Bolmstrand quits as SIG CEO

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nils Bolmstrand has resigned from his position as chief executive officer of Skandia Investment Group (SIG), and will be temporarily replaced from the end of the year by Marc Bulstrode, the current chief operating officer, until a successor can be found. Bolmstrand will remain at the Skandia group, in the insurance division, and will become head of products for Scandinavian activities. The move will allow him to be permanently based in Sweden, rather than commuting between Southampton in the UK and Stockholm.
17/12/2010

New rumours of a sale of Chi-X

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In the past few days, there has been a resurgence of rumours of a sale of the Chi-X platform by its shareholders, La Tribute reports, citing Bloomberg. Shareholders are said to have recently received offers from Nyse-Euronext, Nasdaq OMX, Bats and DirectEdge. An acquisition of Chi-X, which is currently the numbe rtwo or three player in European markets, would strongly alter the rankings, and would give its acquirer more commission-pricing power, the newspaper reports.
17/12/2010

DWS Vorsorge Dachfonds tops EUR1bn

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The fund of funds DWS Vorsorge Dachfonds, specialised in retirement planning, now has over EUR1bn in asets. The product invests contributions to Riester and Rürup retirement savings plans in DWS funds, and also up to 30% in third-party funds.
17/12/2010

2010 has been a good year for OFI so far

Thierry Callault, CEO of the OFI group, on 16 December announced that at present, assets total about EUR48bn, marking the end of an intervening slump since a total of EUR48.5bn at the end of October. This compared with EUR20.26bn as of the end of 2009, before the arrival of the asset management operations of mutual insurers Matmut and Macif, which have 66% and 34% voting rights, respectively.Of total assets under management, mandates represent about EUR30bn, and mutual funds account for about EUR18bn.Net inflows since the beginning of the year total over EUR1bn for all asset classes combined, Callault says.
17/12/2010

Pimco Total Return fund to make limited investment in equities

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US management firm Pimco (Allianz Global Investors) has announced that the guidelines for the bond fund Pimco Total Return (USD250bn) will be altered to allow the manager, Bill Gross, to invest up to 10% of the portfolio in preferred stock, convertible bonds and other assets related to equities, but not directly in equities, the Financial Times reports.The announcement provides further fuel to the current controversy over the direction bond markets are expected to take. At any rate, Lipper statistics for November show that the Total Return fund has undergone net redemptions of about USD2bn, its first net outflows for nearly two years.
17/12/2010

F&C to serve France from London

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In 2003, the British management firm F&C opened a branch office in Paris. The office, once led by Bruno Moneron, and then by Aurélien Lafaye, is now empty, following the departure of Lafaye (see Newsmanagers of 6 December 2010).F&C has told Newsmanagers that the French market will now be served from London, where all of its teams are now centralised. “We believe that our French clients can be more effectively serviced by a London-based team which will be closer to the business and the fund managers. (F&C acquired Thames River Capital in September 2010 and all their European business has been run successfully out of [London] for many years). Our clients have been informed and know the client directors who will continue to service them,” a spokesperson for the management firm says.
17/12/2010

BBVA AM plans to build presence in Asia

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Asian Investor reports that BBVA Asset Management, with assets under management of USD200bn, is seeking to sell its Latin American expertise to its Asian clients. With this in mind, BBVA AM is seeking a regional head of sales, who will be based in Hong Kong.
17/12/2010

Michael Langlois to direct wholesale distribution for Asia

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Michael Langlois, managing director and senior vice president at Permal Group, has been appointed head of wholesale distribution, Asia, from January 2011. He will assist Raymondo Yu, the new chairman for Asia Pacific, in a development offensive in Asia for the Ameriprise Financial group, of which Threadneedle is one of the asset management affiliates. Langlois’ mission will be to establish relationships with Asian financial establishments locally, as well as with mid-sized private banks present on the continent. In addition, he will work to recruit high net worth private clients for Threadneedle and Columbia, another management firm of the Ameriprise group.
17/12/2010

More than USD100bn in speculative corporate debt to mature in 2011-2015

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Companies with a high likelihood of default monitored by Moody’s (“B3 Negative and Lower Corporate Ratings”) have cumulative debt of over USD100bn that will mature between 2011 and 2015, according to a study recently published by the ratings agency. The number of companies exposed to defaults fell to 182 from a peak of nearly 300 in first half 2009. The development reflects an improvement in the quality of credit for companies in the speculative category, but many of the remaining companies will be facing significant refinancing needs. About 42% of the debt concerned has a negative outlook, while only 15% of the total has a positive outlook.
17/12/2010
Gestion d'actifs

Le FRR recherche de nouveaux gérants obligataires pays développés

Le FRR lance un appel d’offres pour sélectionner de nouveaux gestionnaires de mandats investis en obligations des pays développés de catégorie investissement. Cet appel d’offres a pour objectif d’assurer la cohérence du portefeuille du FRR avec les modalités de financement de la réforme des retraites (14 versements annuels de 2,1 Mds€ du FRR à la CADES de 2011 à 2024). Lot 1 : mandats d’adossement investis en obligations du Trésor français (OAT) Lot 2 : mandats de gestion passive multi-compartiments Appel d’Offres Restreint Télécharger les documents sur : Achat Public
Gestion d'actifs
17/12/2010

Surperformance des fonds actions françaises en novembre

Les tableaux ci-contre présentent les meilleures et plus mauvaises performances sur le marché des fonds actions américaines et le marché des fonds actions françaises au cours du mois de novembre 2010. Ces performances sont mises en perspective par le calcul de la volatilité et du ratio de Sharpe sur trois ans d’historique ainsi que du rendement depuis un an.
17/12/2010

La solidarité européenne au chevet de l’euro

Les chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement des Vingt-Sept ont entériné hier le principe d’une solidarité entre membres de la zone euro en tant qu’argument ultime face aux marchés en cas de déstabilisation de la monnaie unique. La ratification de l’amendement devra être achevée au 1er janvier 2013.
17/12/2010

Le risque extrême persiste

Le graphique ci-contre montre l’évolution de l’Expected Shortfall ou Value at Risk conditionnelle quotidienne à 95% des rendements du MSCI Europe. Cette mesure de perte extrême décrit la moyenne des pertes une fois la VaR franchie. Rappelons que la VaR mesure la perte potentielle maximale pour un horizon et un niveau de confiance donnés. La VaR conditionnelle permet de capturer les queues de distribution épaisses et donc les risques les plus extrêmes.
17/12/2010

Natixis perce en Inde

Le groupe indien IFDE (Infrastructure Development Finance Co) pourrait vendre une part de 25% au capital de son activité de gestion d’actifs à Natixis. Le quotidien, qui cite une source anonyme, évoque pour cette transaction un montant de 2,75 milliards de roupies, l’équivalent de 45,6 millions d’euros.
17/12/2010

Le Qatar intéressé par la technologie allemande

Le journal allemand Financial Times Deutschland, qui cite des propos du ministre des finances du Qatar, Yousef Hussain Kamal, indique que le pays aurait l’intention de réaliser des investissements dans des PME allemandes spécialisées dans le secteur des technologies de l’information. Des négociations seraient déjà en cours avec certaines sociétés, dont Yousef Hussain Kamal ne souhaite pas divulguer l’identité pour le moment.
17/12/2010

La BCE va doubler son capital

L’institution, dont les achats de dettes souveraines culminent désormais à 72 milliards d’euros, augmentera de 5 milliards d’euros son capital souscrit à 10,76 milliards le 29 décembre. Une décision qui peut être vue comme une mise en garde adressée aux politiques européens.
17/12/2010

La CFTC fait des propositions sur les SEF

Outre les limites fixées aux positions spéculatives sur les matières premières (lire page 20), le régulateur américain des marchés à terme a dévoilé hier des propositions visant à permettre aux «Swap Execution Facilities» (SEF) de disposer de systèmes électroniques de trading similaires aux livres d’ordres des marchés actions.
16/12/2010

L'Espagne paie le prix fort pour ses dernières levées de dette de l'année

Suite aux craintes de contagion de la crise souveraine en zone euro et aux risques de dégradation de ses notations de crédit, l’Espagne, qui a adjugé ce matin 2,39 milliards d’euros de dettes à moyen et long terme, a vu son coût de financement s’envoler par rapport aux précédentes adjudications. Le Trésor espagnol a placé 1,78 milliard d’euros à 10 ans mais à un taux de 5,446%, soit 83 pb de plus que le rendement offert aux investisseurs en novembre lors de la précédente adjudication. Il a aussi levé 618 millions de dette à 15 ans à un taux de 5,953%, un niveau supérieur de 141 pb au taux accordé au marché en octobre. Le pays n’a même pas réussi à atteindre le milieu de la fourchette indicative fixée à 2-3 milliards d’euros.

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