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07/04/2009

Germany - Deka launches another guaranteed fund

DekaBank has announced the launch of another guaranteed fund, the Deka-CapGarant 1, which offers full participation in the performance of the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 index, up to a maximum of 37%, and a guarantee on full invested capital minus the front-end fee. The Luxembourg-registered fund has no fixed maturity date, but the counters will be reset to zero after six years, and Deka will charge a restructuring commission of 3% when that time has completed on 30 April 2015. Front-end fee and management commission are 4% and 15, respectively.
07/04/2009

Germany - Uwe Bachert moves to Neue Vermogen AM

Uwe Bachert, who was formerly director of sales for Sauren Funds Services, has been appointed director of distribution (a newly-created position) at Neue Vermögen Asset Management, Das Investment reports.
07/04/2009

United Kingdom - Trevor Green and Roger Dossett also join Henderson

The manager of the UK Growth Fund from New Star, Trevor Green, who joined New Star in June 2008 from Credit Suisse, has announced that he is planning to remain in his current position and also to join the UK equities team at Henderson Global Investors (HGI) when New Star is taken over by HGI, Investment Week reports. Roger Dossett, chief executive for real estate funds, has also decided to join HGI, where he will continue in the same position as at New Star. However, Stuart Webster, manager of the International Property fund and head of global property, has announced that he will not follow his colleagues to HGI, but will remain an advisor to the fund.
07/04/2009

United States - Mike Corbat becomes CEO of Citi Holdings

Citibank on Monday announced the appointment of Mike Corbat as CEO of Citi Holdings, a division which includes a significant proportion of the group’s activities in the areas of brokerage, asset management, consumer credit, and special assets. He had been interim CEO since 16 January.
07/04/2009

United States - Madoff case: lawsuits against J. Ezra Merkin and Fairfield

The New York state prosecutor’s office on Monday filed a lawsuit against J. Ezra Merkin for fraud, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Andrew Cuomo accuses the financier of investing USD2.4bn with Bernard Madoff without informing his clients. It is claimed that he pocketed USD470m in the deal. Meanwhile, the market regulator for the state of Connecticut has filed a civil lawsuit against the fund management firm Fairfield Greenwich Group for neglect of its fiduciary duties when it invested USD7bn with Madoff without undertaking sufficient due diligence.
07/04/2009

Germany - Deep cuts to come at DWS

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has learned that, to consolidate power in the hands of the management team at the bank, Kevin Parker, head of asset management at Deutsche Bank, is planning to impose a massive cost savings initiative. Restructuring will now also affect Europe, where the head of asset management was previously Stephan Kunze, who has recently resigned. Fund management in Europe may be concentrated in Frankfurt. The production of funds in Italy has already been abandoned, and the same may now occur in other European countries, such as Spain.
07/04/2009

Europe - ETF Securities launches ETF Exchange multi-issuer platform

ETF Securities (ETFS) on Monday announced the forthcoming launch of ETF Exchange, which aims to become the world’s first multi-issuer ETF platform. The planned platform has been joined by 15 banks and asset management firms of global size, including the largest actors in the European financial centres (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, southern Europe, Scandinavia), the United States, and Asia; it will aim to provide investors with ?highly liquid and creditworthy? exchange-traded products (ETP).
07/04/2009

Italy - Another month of redemptions from Italian funds

In March, mutual funds on sale in Italy saw net redemptions of EUR5.1bn, following redemptions of EUR2.9bn in February, according to the most recent statistics from Assogestioni, the Italian association of management professionals. All categories are in the red, particularly bond funds, which have seen outflows of EUR2.7bn for the month. Equities funds show net redemptions of EUR490m.Since the beginning of the year, mutual funds on sale in Italy have seen outflows of EUR12.4bn, confirming a trend which has continued for several months. Assets are down to EUR386bn, from EUR388bn in February.Among the leaders in the sector, Pioneer shows the heaviest net redemptions at EUR2.67bn, Mediolanum shows the largest net subscriptions at EUR145m.
07/04/2009

Germany - Meag targets external clients

At the end of 2008, assets at Meag, a management firm joint venture from Munich Ré and Ergo, had increased by 2% compared with their levels at the end of 2007, to a total of EUR184.7bn. The Börsen-Zeitung reports that this unusual development was the result of a prudent investment policy which led the firm to reduce its allocation to equities to EUR7.1bn, down from EUR24.4bn twelve months earlier. Now, says Robert Helm, CEO, Meag will work to take advantage of last year’s good results to win over new clients from outside the group.
07/04/2009

Germany - MLP: Swiss Life and Talanx adjust their participations

In a market statement to the Deutsche Börse, MLP has announced that it was informed by Swiss Life on 1 April that its participation in the firm has passed below the 20% threshold, and now totals 15.90%. Meanwhile, the insurance firm Talanx (HDI group) announced to MLP on the same day that is now controls 9.89% of its capital.
07/04/2009

Germany - Wellington controls more than 3% of Deutsche Borse

Deutsche Börse announced on Monday in a market statement that the Boston-based asset management firm Wellington Management Company informed it on 3 April that it has acquired 3.05% of its capital. Recently, the alternative managers TCI and Atticus liquidated almost all of their participations in the capital of the stock market company.
07/04/2009

EU - European Union in plans to regulate all alternative funds with assets over EUR250m

According to a draft European Union directive which has been obtained by Handelsblatt, the EU is planning to require private equity firms, hedge funds, open-ended real estate funds and institutional funds with assets of over EUR250m to register. The proposed legislation will be unveiled in Brussels on 21 April by single market commissioner Charlie McCreevy, if approved by other commissioners. The directive would come into force in early 2011.Aside from the registration requirement, the bill does not include much new regulation. The authorities will not be allowed to intervene in investment policies, and short-selling will continue to be allowed. However, sale of the products will be restricted to professional investors. The license will be issued to the fund only once the managers have provided detailed information, after the fund has amassed sufficient capital and provided details of its risk management. Rules relating to funds using high levels of leverage will be more severe. Funds which take large stakes in companies will also be required to satisfy stricter transparency requirements.
07/04/2009

Norway - Government pension fund cuts back investment in high yield and real estate

According to a survey by the Norwegian finance ministry reported in IPE, the Government Pension Fund - Global will refrain from investments in high-yield bonds and emerging market bonds which present undesired risks in times of economic downturn. Meanwhile, the fund is also giving itself a period of ?several years? to complete construction of a real estate portfolio to eventually account for 5% of assets.
07/04/2009

World - Redemptions from funds of USD60bn

Investors worldwide withdrew more than USD60bn from funds investing in developed markets in first quarter, while emerging markets saw inflows of a net total of USD3.2bn, according to statistics from Emerging Portfolio Funds Research, cited by the Financial Times.
07/04/2009

World - Managers neglect risk management

Management firms have a tendency not to place surveillance or risk management at the top of the list of priorities in their hierarchies, according to a survey by Copenhagen business school, in partnership with SimCorp StrategyLab, cited by Financial Times Fund Management. ?Risk management is considered an obstacle to be surmounted in an activity,? says Steen Thomsen, a professor at the Danish school.
07/04/2009

France - Modifications to AMF general regulations

The French minister of the Economy on 5 April published an announcement in the official journal dates on 2 April, which contains a summary of modifications to the general regulations of the AMF related to public calls for capital and prospectuses. Article 212-16 stipulates that ?when one or more investment services providers participate in an initial admission to a regulated market for the trading of capital securities and/or any public offers or the admission to trading on a regulated market for such securities in the three years after the first admission to trading of these capital securities, this provider or providers must confirm to the AMF that they have undertaken the professional diligence required and that the diligence has not found any imprecisions or significant omissions in the prospectus of a nature which would induce error in investors or mislead their judgment.?
07/04/2009

Spain - Managers holding onto more cash than equities

A monthly survey by Lipper of 14 major Spanish asset management firms reveals that in March, 53.85% of these firms were underweight in equities, compared with 61.54% the previous month, and that average investment in equities measures 32.11% of the portfolio, compared with 31.98% the previous month, Cinco Días reports. Cash allocations have decreased very slightly, from 34.65% to 33.87%.
07/04/2009

United States - Six candidates to acquire external asset management activities of AIG

The Wall Street Journal reports that at least six potential buyers have expressed interest in the USD100bn in assets that AIG Investment manages on behalf of third parties. The potential buyers include four private equity investors, Ashmore Investment Management, Hellman & Friedman, Rhône Group and TA Associates, and two asset management firms, Franklin Templeton Investments and Southgate Alternative Investments. The offers range from USD400m to USD800m, while the price would normally be about USD1bn to USD2bn. The newspaper reports that AIG is planning to complete the sale by the end of May, but that the group may have to call off plans to sell the division if the offer price is too low. Alternative assets in the portfolio up for sale totalled about USD34bn at the end of February, of which USD26bn were in private equity and USD6.8bn in hedge funds. Since then, assets in hedge funds have been reported to be closer to USD5bn.
07/04/2009

Germany - BASF raises additional capital

After already doubling the initially planned amount of its borrowing to EUR1bn last week, BASF on Monday raised a further EUR350m in capital, the Börsen-Zeitung reports.
07/04/2009

Germany - DWS takes over management of RREEF funds

DWS has announced that as of 1 April, it has taken over management of closed real estate funds from another Deutsche Bank affiliate, RREEF. The assets transferred by RREEF are valued at about EUR2.2bn. Specialist personnel from RREEF have been transferred to DWS, which, for its part, will be parting with about 50 employees (out of 1,020 in Germany as of the end of 2008), but without unilateral layoffs. The move may result in the transfer from one division to another and in reductions in working hours for elder employees. DWS will conduct mergers of open-ended funds.
07/04/2009

Germany - DWS bids farewell to Stephen Kunze

A spokesperson for DWS has confirmed to the Financial Times Deutschland that Stephan Kunze has resigned, and that a new director of distribution will be appointed in the very near future. Kunze joined the fund management affiliate of Deutsche Bank in July 2004 from ABN Amro, where he was director of products for private investors. Apparently, the FTD comments, Kunze is paying the price for the poor sales of DWS Go certificates, launched in 2006, which attracted only slightly over EUR400m.
07/04/2009

Royaume-Uni - Les gérants plus attentifs au risque, selon Sophis

Les trois quarts des gérants d"actifs jugent essentiel de modifier leur gestion, en intégrant une approche globale du risque incluant les instruments dérivés, ainsi que des tests de stress et de «value at risk» (VaR), selon une étude de Sophis, une société de management du risque. En outre 63% des gérants estiment que leurs exigences de contrôle du risque ont été modifiées en raison de la volatilité actuelle des marchés financiers. L"étude a été menée au Royaume-Uni auprès de 140 professionnels.
07/04/2009

Norvège - Le Fonds de pension du gouvernement freine sur le haut rendement et l'immobilier

Selon un rapport du ministère des Finances relayé par IPE, le Government Pension Fund ? Global renonce pour l’instant à investir dans des obligations à haut rendement ou de pays émergents qui peuvent présenter des risques non désirés en période de recul de l’activité économique. D’autre part, le fonds mettra «plusieurs années» pour constituer un portefeuille immobilier correspondant à l’objectif des 5 % de l’encours total.
07/04/2009

Royaume-Uni - 2008, une bonne année pour Prime Rate Capital Management

Prime Rate Capital Management, le premier gestionnaire indépendant de fonds monétaires au Royaume-Uni, estime avoir passé une bonne année 2008. Ses actifs sous gestion ont augmenté, atteignant le montant de 400 millions de livres. La société a également créé une gamme de fonds monétaires protégés de type «qualifying money market funds» (QMMFs), notée AAA, qui aurait «notablement surperformé le benchmark dans des conditions de marché extrêmement compétitives». Le groupe a également lancé un fonds nourricier sur l"île de Man, afin de permettre un accès offshore à ses fonds britanniques. Par ailleurs, Prime Rate CM est en train de préparer la commercialisation d"un fonds monétaire islamique, qui serait le premier à correspondre aux exigences de la Chariah tout en étant noté AAA sur le marché financier islamique.
07/04/2009

France - Cardif Asset Management devient CamGestion

Depuis le 6 avril, Cardif Asset Management est devenu CamGestion. Ce changement de nom s"inscrit dans une politique commerciale ambitieuse, désormais comme spécialiste en gestion patrimoniale de BNP Paribas Investment Partners. «CamGestion a pour ambition d"être le leader de la gestion patrimoniale et vient ainsi compléter les expertises de BNP Paribas Investment Partners», affirme Philippe Marchessaux, Directeur Général Délégué de BNP Paribas Investment Partners et Président de CamGestion.S"appuyant sur 12 ans d"expérience, 50 collaborateurs et 8 milliards d"euros d"actifs sous gestion, la société compte accroître sa base de clientèle : CGPI, banques privées et investisseurs institutionnels. Elle souhaite développer pour eux des «solutions d"investissement sur-mesure», tout en gardant le positionnement autonome «d"une boutique bénéficiant de la solidité d"un grand groupe». Couvrant les principales classes d"actifs, les gérants de CamGestion continueront de viser "à réaliser une performance récurrente, tout en protégeant au mieux le capital investi» par leurs clients. Créé en 1997 à l"initiative de Cardif Assurances, CamGestion est devenu un partenaire de BNP Paribas Investment Partners en 2006.
07/04/2009

Luxembourg - Athamas Capital redresse la tête

Selon L"Echo, ce jeune hedge fund basé au Luxembourg qui suit une stratégie long/short axée sur le secteur de l'énergie (traditionnelle et renouvelable), de l’environnement (déchets, eau et agriculture notamment) et des technologies propres, a débuté en 2008 dans la douleur, mais a redressé spectaculairement la barre cette année. Depuis janvier, le fonds est en hausse d’environ 5 % et l'écart avec le marché d’actions continue de se creuser alors qu"il a terminé l"année 2008 sur une performance négative de -19,5% contre -33% pour le MSCI Monde.
07/04/2009

France - Allianz lance Allsecur sur internet

Selon La Tribune, Allianz lancerait une marque d’assurance sur Internet en France, dénommé Allsecur. Ce site Web s’intègrerait à « un projet international du groupe Allianz », explique Jean-Marc Paroissien, directeur assurances directes et partenariats Iard d’AGF. Lancé sans publicité, il viserait les internautes de 25-45 ans dans des catégories socioprofessionnelles moyennes et supérieures.
07/04/2009

France - Arié Assayag quitte SGAM Alternative Investments

Selon la Tribune, Arié Assayag, responsable des hedge funds de Sgam Alternative Investments, filiale de gestion alternative de SGAM, part avec quinze collaborateurs, avant le transfert vers Lyxor et se met à son compte. Benoît Ruaudel, responsable adjoint, le remplacerait jusqu’au transfert vers Lyxor des activités de hedge funds (HDG) de Sgam AI.

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