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02/11/2010

Fund assets down 0.3% in October

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to the Spanish Inverco association of asset management firms, assets in securities funds on sale in Spain as of 29 October totalled slightly over EUR145.34bn, which represents a decrease of EUR541m or 0.3% compared with the end of September. The decline is the result of positive market effects of nearly EUR1bn, which were not enough to offset redemptiosn of over EUR1.53bn.
02/11/2010

Mutuactivos launches a mortgage fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 28 September, Mutuactivos, the asset management affiliate of Mutua Madrileña, launched the Mutuafondo Cédulas FI fund, which was registered by the CNMV on 25 October. Under normal conditions, the portfolio will be 90% invested in cédulas hipotecarias from Spanish issuers or similar products from issuers domiciled in EU member states. The remainder will be invested in money markets (including repos of debts from EU countries), and under no circumstances will the proportion of cédulas hipotecarias fall below 50%. The benchmark index is the iboxx Euro Spain Covered. The recommended investment duration is 5 years, and subscriptions will be open until 19 November.CharacteristicsName: Mutuafondo Cédulas FIISIN code: ES017580600Minimal initial subscription: EUR10Front-end fee: 2%Management commission: 0.4%Exit fee: 2 % (from 19/11/2010 to 19/11/2015)
02/11/2010

Assets up for management firms in third quarter

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of September, assets at Chinese management firms totalled CNY2.4trn (USD358.2bn), compared with CNY2.1trn (USD313.4bn) as of 30 June, according to figures from Z-Ben Advisors, who predict that the CNY3trn barrier will be broken by the end of the year. Equities and diversified funds saw a greater increase in their assets under management than the 14% growth of the CSI 300 index, but paradoxically, it generated an increase in redemptions, as investors preferred to take their profits. In total, the increase in assets resulted in positive market effects and the launch of 33 new funds. Judging from the subscriptions attracted to these new products, it was equities and diversified funds which suffered most in terms of outflows. Soochow stood out with average performance of 22.33% in third quarter for its products as a whole. Z-Ben Advisors’ analysis shows that virtually all management firms increased their exposure to equities, for an average of 81% as of the end of September, compared with 71% as of the end of June. Bank of Communications Schroders has a particularly high allocation to equities, but KBC Goldstate, Citic Prudential and Morgan Stanley Huaxin also significantly increased their exposure to this asset class.
02/11/2010

S&P hopes to accelerate penetration of its indices in Asia

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Asian Investor reports that the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has intensified its marketing efforts in Asia, with a particular effort to increase the number of ETFs based on indices from its various ranges.
02/11/2010

Assets at F&C not only increased by Thames River deal

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In third quarter, assets at F&C Asset Management Plc increased by GBP12.9bn to GBP108.2bn, compared with GBP95.3bn as of the end of June. This is due to factors other than external growth, such as net subscriptions of GBP598m (of which GBP124m were for Thames River), GBP4.2bn from the acquisition of Thames River Capital on 1 September, and positive currency effects of GBP3.3bn due to the appreciation of the euro against the pound Sterling and market effects of GBP4.8bn, of which GBP0.7bn are unrealized gains in derivative positions for institutional clients.
02/11/2010

SWIP appoints Craig Mackenzie as head of sustainable investment

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Responsible Investor reports that Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Craig Mackenzie as head of responsible investment, a position which includes lobbying businesses to improve their practices in this area. Mackenzie, who was previously at the University of Edinburgh as director of the Centre for Business and Climate Change, will begin in his new position on 1 November. He will be responsible for strategies and performance in this area of sustainable development in all asset classes, including real estate and private equity.
02/11/2010

RFP from British Nest Corporation

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nest Corporation, a British firm which manages private complementary pensions, will this week announce a request for proposals for a series of management mandates. Applications must be announced in the official journal of the European Union, Nest Corporation said in a statement published on 1 November. Nest Corporation has also announced that it has awarded a contract to provide fund administration and custody services to State Street for a period of ten years.
02/11/2010

Ignis creates a real estate unit

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The UK asset management firm Ignis Asset Management has announced the launch of a real estate business with GBP2.6bn in assets, Fund Strategy reports. The team will include 30 people. Ignis has hired Alan Gardner, head of forecasting services from Jones Lang LaSalle, Steven Beveridge as COO, and Robert Boag as senior investment director. Daniel Baynes and Chris Brydie have been recruited as real estate managers.
02/11/2010

Appetite for equities set to rebound

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to a recent survey by Schroders of 100 clients in Europe, the Middle East and Central and South America, 89% of respondents say investors are going to come back to equity markets in the next 12 months. As of 31 July this year, net inflows to equities totalled EUR22.7bn, following a peak of over EUR110bn in 2009. The survey also shows that 72% of clients are planning to invest in hedge funds via a UCITS structure in the next two to three years, compared with 38% currently.
02/11/2010

Highbridge (JPMAM) prend la majorité chez Gávea Investimentos

Dans une lettre aux investisseurs daté du 27 octobre, le brésilien Gávea Investimentos (10,1 milliards de reals d’encours fin septembre), a annoncé que par le truchement du gestionnaire alternatif américain Highbridge Capital Management, J.P.Morgan Asset Management a pris la majorité dans son capital, mais les détails financiers de l’opération n’ont pas été dévoilés.Gávea Investimentos est une société de gestion spécialiste des hedge funds, du private equity et de la gestion de fortune. L'équipe dirigeante de Gávea restera en place. Elle se compose du président et CIO Armino Fraga, ancien président de la Banque centrale du Brésil, de son frère Luiz Fraga, co-fondateur et co CIO/private equity, de Gabriel Srour, co-CIO pour les hedge funds, de Chrys Meyn, co-CIO/private equity et de l’administrateur délégue Amaury bier, ancien secrétaire d’Etat à l’Economie au ministère des Finances du Brésil. Enfin, Marcelo Stallone restera à la tête de la division grandes fortunes (Gávea Gestão de Patrimônio).
02/11/2010

Profits and assets down at Macquarie

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } For the six months to 30 September, Macquarie Group on 29 October announced consolidated net profits of AUD403m, 16% less than for the six months to the end of September 2009, and 29% less than for the half to the end of March. However, due to the improvements observed in September and October, and barring any surprises, CEO Nicholas Moore predicts that profits for the period to 31 March 2011 may be largely in line with those for the 12 months to the end of March 2010 (AUD1.05bn). Assets under management as of the end of September totalled AUD317bn, compared with AUD326bn six months previously, largely due to the conversion of the Macquarie Cash Management Trust into the Macquarie Cash Management Account. Since its acquisition by Macquarie (see Newsmanagers of 20 August 2009), assest at Delaware Investments have increased AUD25bn to AUD152bn as of the end of September.
02/11/2010

Jupiter: Guy de Blonay and Philipp Gibbs trade jobs

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } From the beginning of 2011, Guy de Blonay will become principal manager of the Financial Opportunities fund (over GBP1bn in assets) at Jupiter, for which he has been second manager since 1 June (see Newsmanagers of 5 May), Fund Strategy reports. Philip Gibbs, who was principal manager, becomes second manager for the product, which has over 13 years of track record.
02/11/2010

RWC hands former Strategic Reserve Fund to Peter Allwright and Stuart Frost

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 1 November, RWC Partners confirmed that Peter Allwright and Stuart Frost, recently recruited fdrom Threadneedle (see Newsmanagers of 1 July) have taken over day-to-day management of the RWS Cautious Absolute Rate and Currency (ARC) fund, formerly known as the Strategic Reserve Fund, with assets of USD60m, which continues to have a performance objective of 300 basis points above cash over a market cycle. The fund offers daily liquidity, and complies with the UCITS III directive, with sales licenses in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. It is available in currency-hedged shares in euros, Swiss francs, pounds Sterling and US dollars.
02/11/2010

Soupçons de délit d’initié au Tokyo Stock Exchange

Le TSE a indiqué qu’il enquêtait actuellement sur des soupçons de délit d’initié portant sur des sociétés ayant récemment annoncé des projets d’augmentation de capital. L’enquête concerne notamment des opérations de vente à découvert. Les groupes Nippon Sheet Glass et Tokyo Electric Power seraient notamment concernés.
02/11/2010

Exco dans le viseur d’un consortium

Le directeur général du producteur de pétrole et de gaz naturel s’est associé à d’autres actionnaires, dont le magnat du pétrole T. Boone Pickens et Oaktree Capital Management, pour reprendre la société. Douglas Miller, qui possède 2,15% du capital, propose de racheter le solde pour 20,50 dollars l’unité (soit une prime de 38% sur le cours de clôture de vendredi), ce qui valorise Exco environ 4,36 milliards de dollars.
02/11/2010

China Investment Corp fait une offre sur ISS Holding

Le fonds souverain chinois aurait fait une offre de rachat en partenariat avec le fonds d’investissement Apax Partners de la société danoise de services ISS Holding, selon le quotidien qui ne cite pas ses sources. La société, qui emploie plus de 520.000 personnes de par le monde, envisage également une solution d’introduction en Bourse.
31/10/2010
Gestion d'actifs

Le Conservateur initie une exposition sur la gestion minimum variance et convertible

« L’objectif principal de nos investissements en fonds de minimum-variance est d’intégrer une gestion asymétrique dans notre allocation actions qui permette une participation importante aux cycles de hausse des indices actions et une protection lors des phases de baisse », indique à Bfinance, Thibaut Cossenet, sous-directeur de la gestion financière du groupe Le Conservateur. « Dans le même esprit, nous avons également investi dans un fonds d’obligations convertibles monde qui présente toutefois des espérances de rendement-risque moins élevées », ajoute-t-il. Groupe mutualiste gérant 4 milliards d’euros d’actifs dédiés à la tontine, l’assurance-vie et la prévoyance, le Conservateur a commencé par investir dans un fonds actions zone euro (gestion minimum variance)
Gestion d'actifs
29/10/2010

L'AFT adjugera de 7,5 à 9 milliards d'euros d'OAT jeudi

L’Agence France Trésor annonce l’adjudication, le jeudi 4 novembre, d’un montant compris entre 7,5 et 9 milliards d’euros d’obligations assimilables du Trésor (OAT). Cette opération portera sur les lignes 2,50% octobre 2020, 4,25% octobre 2023 et sur la ligne de référence à 50 ans, la 4% avril 2060.
29/10/2010

Le taux de chômage a atteint 10,1% en septembre pour la zone euro

Le taux de chômage dans la zone euro a très légèrement augmenté en septembre, montrent les statistiques publiées vendredi par Eurostat. Le taux de chômage dans les 16 pays utilisant la monnaie unique est ressorti à 10,1%, conformément aux attentes des analystes, contre un taux révisé de 10,0% en août.
29/10/2010

Légère hausse de l'inflation dans la zone euro

Les prix à la consommation ont augmenté de 1,9% en octobre sur un an dans la zone euro, soit un peu plus que prévu, selon les premières estimations publiées par Eurostat. En septembre, l’inflation avait été de 1,8%.

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