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02/06/2010

Deka launches a new range of multi-asset class profiled funds

The asset management firm for the German savings banks, DekaBank, announced on Monday that it has overhauled the Deka-Treasury Total Return fund to create the and Deka-Wertkonzept fund. The product, with a risk cushion of 5%, was launched in 2006 for the German savings banks and institutional investors, and was later opened to retail clients in September 2008. The fund will now serve as the basis for a new Deka-Wertkonzept product range, aimed at retail investors, which includes a defensive fund, Deka-Wertkonzept defensiv, with a risk cushion of 3%, and a dynamic fund, Deka-Wertkonzept offensiv, with a risk cushion of 10%. By ‘risk cushion,’ Deka means the percentage of loss compared with the previous peak level which is tolerated by the subscriber before managers should roll the portfolio over into lower-risk instruments. CharacteristicsName: Deka-WertkonzeptISIN: CF(T) shares: DE000DK1A4U6 TF(T) shares: DE000DK2CDL5Front-end fee: CF(T): 3.0%; TF(T): 0.0%Management commission: CF(T): 1.0 %; TF(T): 1.3%Other fees: 0.16%Performance commission: 10% on performance exceeding the Euribor 3 month + 100 basis pointsName: Deka-Wertkonzept defensivISIN: CF(T) shares: DE000DK2CC59TF(T) shares: DE000DK2CC67Front-end fees: CF(T): 3.0 %; TF(T): 0.0 %Management commission: CF(T): 0.85 %.; TF(T): 1.15 %Other fees: 0.16%Performance commission: 10% of performance exceeding the Euribor 3 month + 50 basis points Name: Deka-Wertkonzept offensivISIN: CF(T) shares: DE000DK2CC34TF(T) shares: DE000DK2CC42Front-end fees: CF(T): 3.0%; TF(T): 0.0%Other fees: 0.16%Performance commission: 10% of performance exceeding the Euribor 3 month + 200 basis points
02/06/2010

Fund outflows continue in May

According to provisional statistics from the Spanish Inverco association of asset management firms, Spanish securities funds in May saw outflows of EUR5.18bn from their assets, to a total of EUR153.1bn as of 31 May, with the contraction due to net redemptions totalling over EUR3.16bn. The decline in assets in May represents 3.3%, while the decline in assets since the beginning of the year is already more than the EUR5.08bn observed in all of the year 2009. Figures from Ahorro Corporación reveal that assets fell by EUR5.5bn, to EUR159.7bn, bringing the decline since the beginning of the year to 6.3%. Net outflows in May are estimated to have totalled EUR3.9bn.
02/06/2010

Japanese unions tout responsible investment

Rengo, the Japanese federation of labour unions, is currently working on a recommendation which will encourage pension funds belonging to the association to take ESG criteria into account in their investment decisions. Responsible Investor reports that the proposal now in development is slated for completion by the end of the year.
02/06/2010

Northern Trust launches a tool to monitor portfolios of UCITS funds of hedge funds

On Tuesday, Northern Trust announced the launch in London of a new UCITS-compliant model of its Hedge Fund Monitor. The tool aims to satisfy demand on the part of UCITS III-compliant fund of hedge fund managers for a tool to monitor compliance with regulations governing liquidity, risk concentration, and exposure to non-UCITS funds. The Hedge Fund Monitor already allows for customised, real-time tracking of compliance, performance, and liquidity reporting.
02/06/2010

AFG publishes proposals to increase long-term savings

The French financial management association AFG on 1 June published its proposals to promote an increase of long-term savings, as these savings finance the economy and prepare the population for retirement. “The problem is not our savings rates per se, which are at a good level compared with Europe overall. It is rather the way in which these savings are invested which is cause for concern,” the president of the AFG, Paul-Henri de la Porte du Theil, said yesterday. Less than one in four French citizens owns either publicly traded or private equities. More homegeneity in the tax rates applicable to savings could correct these anomalies. In terms of private equity, the association claims that savings investors should be encouraged to invest in FIP or FCPI funds to channel their capital towards small and mid-sized businesses. For publicly-traded equities, the AFG claims that savers should be encouraged to purchase unit-linked life insurance policies investing in equities, and that tax rates for equities OPCVM funds should be brought into line with the rates applicable to directly held equities. Meanwhile, to encourage businesses to help their employees to prepare for retirement, corporate savings products (Perco, Pere, etc.) should not be subject to 4% social security contributions.
02/06/2010

Activities of Kenneth Starr businesses to be monitored

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Starr Investment Advisors, Starr & Co, and Colcave LLC shall be placed under the surveillance of an “interim monitor,” and appointed Aurora Cassirer, of the law firm Troutman Sanders, for the job. The companies were controlled by Kenneth Starr, the financial adviser to the stars, who is accused of a USD30m fraud, the Wall Street Journal reports. The decision comes after an SEC lawyer claimed that the firms do not have enough employees to manage the wave of redemption demands triggered by the arrest of Starr on Thursday on criminal charges.
02/06/2010

Stoxx updates composition of European Christian Index

Though it has not provided exact details on its website, Stoxx Ltd announced on Tuesday that the composition of its new index of Christian shares, launched in April with Christian Brothers Investment Services, the Stoxx Europe Christian Index (see Newsmanagers of 27 April), has been revised. The index includes 545 shares of the Euro Stoxx 600, up from 534, after the removal of 11 firms and the addition of 22 others. The changes represent the normal, semiannual revision, and will be effective from the opening of the European markets on 21 June.
02/06/2010

Carmignac Gestion announces strong increase in inflows in 2009

At a general shareholders’ meeting for Carmignac Gestion, held on Monday, 31 May to approved the accounts for the year 2009, the president of the firm, Edouard Carmignac, announced inflows of EUR15.5bn, “a strong increase over the previous fiscal year.” The total amount of assets under management came to EUR32.8bn as of the end of 2009.Consolidated net profits for the year to 31 December 2009 totalled EUR318.59m. The general shareholders’ meeting approved the distribution of a dividend of EUR64 per share.
02/06/2010

Claude Tiramani leaves BNP Paribas AM

Claude Tiramani, a manager at BNP Paribas Asset Management who has been at the firm since 1990, is joining Lutetia Capital to launch a range of emerging markets products. At BNPP AM, Tiramani managed global emerging markets funds (Parvest Emerging Europe, and the China and Russia allocations of the Parvest BRIC fund), and country specialist funds (Parvest Chian, Shinhan BNP Paribas Bonjour China, Parvest Russia). Tiramani, considered one of the best French specialists in China and Eastern Europe, has won numerous awards over his career for his management, and is rated A by Citywire, putting him in the top 10% of managers in France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, for his performance in this strategy. “After 20 years at the BNP Paribas Asset Management group, where I helped to create and develop emerging markets management, I wanted to join an independent management firm which is ambitious and innovative. The choice of Lutetia Capital was fairly natural; there, I will develop an original range of emerging markets funds, and will be free to fully apply my convictions, beginning with the first: it is now shares driven by domestic demand and consumer spending in emerging markets which should form the focus of investment,” Tiramani says in a statement.
02/06/2010

Nelson Peltz increases stake in Legg Mason to about 6%

In a Form 4 notification to the SEC, the activist billionaire Nelson Peltz has announced that his firm, Trian Fund Management, on 25 May acquired about 144,600 new shares in the management firm Legg Mason, for about USD4.06m. The incrase brings Trian’s stake to over 10.08 million shares, or about 6% of all Legg Mason shares in circulation.
02/06/2010

GAIA index performs better than non-ESG counterparts

Although the time period under review remains relatively short, the Gaia index of midcaps that respect ESG criteria, created by EthiFinance and IDMidCaps earlier this year, has performed better than its non-ESG counterparts, Agefi reports. Since its inception, the Gaia Index has outperformed its benchmark index, the CMS 190. Its volatility is also lower than those of the CAC 40 and the CMS 190. While the CAC 40 gained nearly 9% one month, and then less than 1% the following month, the Gaia index earned nearly 7%, and then 4%, in the same period.
02/06/2010

Allianz RCM Europe Equity Growth Equity fund makes a comeback

At the end of September, Dirk Enderlein quit as manager of the European growth equities fund from RCM (Allianz group), which resulted in the withdrawal of 35%-40% of the EUR2.1bn in assets in the strategy, his successor, Thorsten Winkelmann, explains. Since then, he says, assets have climbed back to EUR2.2bn, due both to net subscriptions and to performance which, as of the end of May, came to about 13% over eight months. In these conditions, it is understandable that RCM is making an effort to introduce its manager to major clients, as it did earlier this week in Paris. In total, the European growth equities strategy adds up to about EUR1.6bn, subdivided into mandates and two funds (a Luxembourg-registered fund with EUR475m, and a German fund with EUR700m), while the Euro zone represents EUR600m, of which EUR200m are in a German retail fund, EUR200m in a Luxembourg institutional fund, and EUR200m in an institutional mandate. The Europe and Euro zone strategies respectively have 64 and 51 positions, with a highly reliable turnover rate (30% in 2009 for Europe). In 2010, there have been two exits and two new entries to the portfolio, while in 2009 there were six exits and six entries. The management team consists of four people, and relies on a European equities research service composed of 32 people based in Frankfurt and London. The benchmark index selected is the S&P Europe Large & Midcap Growth.
02/06/2010

Ethos buys 20% stake in Proxinvest

The Ethos Foundation in Geneva announced on Tuesday, 1 June that it has bought a 20% stake in the French firm Proxinvest. The two institutions are both specialised in the analysis of the agendas for general shareholders’ meetings, the formulation of recommendations, and assistance in the execution of voting rights, putting their expertise in voting services at the service of investors. The merger will allow the two institutions, both members of European Corporate Governance Services (ECGS), a European network of analysts of general shareholders’ meetings at European publicly-traded companies, to strengthen their positions as leaders in the Swiss and French markets for analysis of general shareholders’ meetings at publicly traded companies. “The merger will also allow the firms to realise synergies in the development of new products, and in IT, through the more effective delivery of platforms to clients,” the Ethos foundation says in a statement.
02/06/2010

New head of equities brokerage appointed at Vontobel

The Vontobel group has announced the appointment of Peter Romanzina as head of equities brokerage, effective from 1 September this year. In this position, Romanzina replaces Eugen Brenner, who announced in February that he would like to step down from his management responsibilities and reduce his professional engagements. Romanzina previously served in a comparable role at Kepler Capital Markets in Zurich.
02/06/2010

IFAs turn their backs on funds

Mutual Fund Wire reports that independent financial advisers in 3009 sold fewer shares in mutual funds than in the past, according to a survey by the Financial Research Company of 958 advisers in the United States. 17% of respondents say they have less confidence in fund managers in a difficult economic environment. Most of those surveyed preferred to invest in alternative investments or ETFs. Only 35% increased their exposure to bonds.
02/06/2010

DoubleLine launches its third mutual fund

Jeff Gundlach, former CIO of TCW (Société Générale), on Tuesday launched the third mutual fund by his new firm, DoubleLine Capital, as announced by the Wall Street Journal (see Newsmanagers of 17 May). Mutual Fund Wire reports that the DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund, a multi-sectoral fixed income product, is available in two share classes. I shares carry 0.49% fees, while N shares charge 74 basis points.
02/06/2010

Steffen Koop joins Frankfurter Fondsbank

Steffen Koop, senior sales manager at Fondsdepot Bank, has been recruited as director of distribution at Frankfurter Fondsbank (FFB). More specifically, he will be responsible for development of and assistance to the IFA client base. He will report to Stephan Sorber, director of marketing, sales and product development.
02/06/2010

Commerzbank sells Singapore affiliate to Trident Trust

Commerzbank International Trust Singapore (CITS), an affiliate of Commerzbank Singapore, was sold on Tuesday for an undisclosed amount to Trident Trust Group. CITS is a fund and fiduciary management firm for retail investors and businesses, with seven employees. Its assets under administration totalled EUR930m as of the end of 2009. The other activities of Commerzbank in Singapore are not affected by the transaction.
02/06/2010

Gartmore confirms FSA investigation of Guillaume Rambourg

Gartmore has announced that the FSA has now confirmed that it is to commence an investigation into the conduct of Guillaume Rambourg to determine whether he has met the standards required of an FSA approved person. The FSA has also confirmed that it is only investigating Guillaume Rambourg and not any other individuals or Gartmore itself. Gartmore and Guillaume Rambourg are co-operating fully with the FSA with a view to assisting it to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible. As is normal practice, the FSA has not been able to give Gartmore any firm indication on the time it expects this investigation to take. Gartmore confirms that it remains its intention to apply to the FSA to have Guillaume’s approved person status restored in order to reappoint him as a fund manager subject to a satisfactory outcome of the FSA investigation. In the meantime, the funds and portfolios run by the European Large Cap team will continue to be managed by Roger Guy and Darrell O’Dea supported by a team of investment analysts, including Guillaume Rambourg. Gartmore says it does not intend to make any further announcement about this matter until the FSA’s action has been completed. Gartmore announced on 28 April 2010 that the findings from Gartmore’s internal investigation into a possible breach by Guillaume Rambourg of internal policy regarding directed trades had been provided to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for review and that the FSA would consider and may further investigate these findings.
02/06/2010

Aberdeen reinforces its alternatives division

Aberdeen’s recent acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland’s fund of funds and hedge fund business has provided it with the elements it had been seeking to set up an alternatives division, the AIS, says Financial Times Fund Management. This alternatives division, headed by Anne Richards, also CIO at Aberdeen AM, includes a range of businesses from multi-manager to multi asset, indexed equities, and funds of hedge funds. Assets under management total GBP30bn out of a group total of GBP171bn.
01/06/2010
Fonds

Premier fonds de private equity espagnol pour l'Inde

Cinco Días rapporte qu’Axon Capital lance le premier fonds espagnol de private equity destiné à investir en Inde. Elle prévoit de lever 100 millions d’euros, dont une partie apportée par le milliardaire espagnol d’origine indienne Ram Bhavnani. Le premier bouclage est prévu pour juillet, avec 20-25 millions d’euros.
Fonds
01/06/2010

Citibank commence à distribuer les fonds de Carmignac en Espagne

A compter de ce 1er juin, Citibank España entame la distribution des fonds de Carmignac Gestion au travers de ses 56 agences en Espagne. Les équipes locales de Carmignac Gestion travailleront étroitement avec les banquiers du réseau Citibank pour faire connaître les produits et optimiser leur utlisation au profit des clients de Citibank en Espagne.L’accord de coopération s’inscrit dans la stratégie de Citibank Espagne en vue d’offrir un conseil indépendant personnalisé.Carmignac Gestion dispose d’un bureau de représentation à Madrid et l'équipe chargée du marché espagnol compte six personnes ; elle est dirigée par Yon Elosegui.
01/06/2010
Fonds

Les fonds commencent à acheter de l'immobilier espagnol

Vendredi, Metrovacesa a vendu pour 122 millions d’euros le Triángulo Princesa à Madrid au fonds français Continental Property Investment, rapporte Cotizalia. Deux jours avant, Doughty Hanson payait 120 millions d’euros pour les 180.000 mètres carrés destinés à un grand centre commercial. Et, à fin avril, le Banco Sabadell a réussi à vendre à Moorpark Capital Partners 378 actifs, principalement des bureaux, pour 403 millions d’euros. Cette dernière transaction s’est soldée pour la banque catalane par une plus-value de 265 millions d’euros.
Fonds
01/06/2010

Les nouveaux conseils d'administration du CAC 40 se féminisent

Alors que les trois quarts des AG se sont déjà déroulées, InvestorSight a dressé un premier bilan des nouveaux conseils d’administration du CAC 40, particulièrement transformés cette année, relève l’Agefi. Au total 53 nouveaux administrateurs sont entrés aux conseils, deux fois plus qu'à l’accoutumée, dont la moitié sont des femmes, et les trois quarts des indépendants. Ces 53 nouveaux administrateurs ne pèsent pas encore très lourd sur le total des 604 fauteuils du CAC 40. A ce titre, le cumul excessif des mandats reste un sujet important, comme la faible représentation des étrangers, et le rôle encore trop discret des femmes au sein des conseils. Parallèlement, les conseils cherchent à rassurer les actionnaires minoritaires en multipliant notamment les administrateurs référents et les censeurs. La moitié des sociétés du CAC ont l’un ou l’autre, parfois les deux à l’instar de la Société Générale, note le quotidien.
01/06/2010

Henri de Castries : "Les marchés ont été excessifs, je ne doute pas de la survie de l’euro"

Dans un entretien au Temps, Henri de Castries, président de la direction et du conseil d’administration d’AXA, analyse les turbulences liées à la crise grecque. Selon lui, «la réaction des marchés a été exagérée» et il ne doute pas de la survie de l’euro. La question porte plutôt sur la coordination des politiques financières en Europe. Henri de Castries estime que même si la Grèce ne remboursait rien sur sa dette, le risque pour son groupe ne correspondrait qu’à un mois de bénéfice (500 millions d’euros).
01/06/2010

Du mieux pour Oddo & Cie en 2009

L’Agefi rapporte que Oddo & Cie a dégagé en 2009 un bénéfice net de 36 millions d’euros, soit une multiplication par 3,5 en un an. Ce résultat fait ressortir une rentabilité de 11,6% sur les fonds propres moyens du groupe durant l’exercice, dont le total au 31 décembre atteignait 329 millions d’euros. La gestion d’actifs avait été très éprouvée en 2007 et 2008 par la crise du crédit. Le retournement des marchés et des reprises de provisions ont permis à l’activité de retrouver le chemin des bénéfices, passant d’une perte de 20 millions avant impôt en 2008 à un résultat de 21 millions d’euros. Oddo & Cie a également réduit de 24 millions d’euros l’exposition du groupe aux portefeuilles de titrisations qui lui avaient tant causé de soucis en 2007-2008, ajoute le quotidien.
01/06/2010
Fonds

Trois fonds Bellevue deviennent accessibles par la Bourse de Francfort

Le suisse Bellevue Asset Management a annoncé que trois de ses fonds, BB Biotech (Lux) B-USD (ISIN LU0415392322), BB Medtech (Lux) B-EUR (ISIN LU0415391431), BB African Opportunities (Lux) B-EUR (ISIN LU0433847240) sont désormais négociables sur la plate-forme Xetra de la Bourse de Francfort aux heures d’ouverture (9h-20h). Des cours d’achat et de vente seront disponibles en permanence.Ils restent évidemment accessibles directement auprès de la société de gestion.
Fonds
01/06/2010

Arques retarde à nouveau la publication de ses comptes 2009

Le capital-investisseur allemand Arques Industries a notifié lundi à la Deutsche Börse qu’il n’est toujours pas en mesure de publier ses comptes 2009, dont la publication avait déjà été reportée au 31 mai, de même que les résultats de son premier trimestre 2010. Ce report est sine die.Pour Arques, cette démarche s’explique par le fait qu’une transaction influant sur le résultat de 2009 n’est toujours par bouclée.
01/06/2010

Deux femmes entrent au conseil d'administration de l'IFA

A l’occasion de la sixième assemblée générale de l’IFA (Institut français des administrateurs) qui s’est déroulée le 27 mai dernier, les adhérents de l’IFA ont approuvé les nominations de Maryse Aulagnon et Orianne Garcia. Par ailleurs, Agnès Touraine et Jean-Claude Rérolle ont vu leurs mandats renouvellés pour une durée de trois années.Maryse Aulagnon a créé en 1990 le groupe Affine qu’elle dirige depuis lors. Elle est également administrateur de plusieurs organismes professionnels (EPRA, Club de l’Immobilier, Conseil Scientifique de l’IEIF,...) et de l’European Asset Value Fund. Elle est par ailleurs administrateur d’organisations culturelles et universitaires (French American Foundation, fondation Sasakawa, DESS de l’Immobilier de l’université Marne la Vallée…).Orianne Garcia a crée 6 “start-up” internet (dont Lokace, caramail, lentilles moins chères.com ) et fut une “pionnière de l’économie numérique” dès 1995 récompensée par plusieurs distinctions, notamment comme meilleur entrepreneur de l’année 2000.

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