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11/10/2013

Change of managers at Fidelity

Teera Chanpongsang from Fidelity will be leaving the management of the OEIC Emerging Asia fund on 1 November, in order to take over the OEIC South-East Asia fund (GBP2.1bn), Investment Week reports. The OEIC Emerging Asia fund will now be managed by Dhananjay Phadnis, who manages the Fidelity Funds Indonesia and has been working at the firm since 2004.
11/10/2013

Skandia merges two US funds

Skandia will merge the Old Mutual US Large Cap Value fund, managed by Epoch, with Old Mutual Dividend, Fondbranschen reports. The firm will offer the Skandia USA fund, managed by Goldman Sachs, to investors instead.
11/10/2013

ABN Amro organizes multi-management

The Luxembourg Sicav ABN Amro Mutli-Manager Funds now includes 45 subfunds, which are primarily funds of mandates and funds of funds selected by AAAdvisors, an affiliate based in Paris and Amsterdam, and managed by the French firm Neuflize OBC Investissements, Fonds Nieuws reports.The funds concerned, some of which (formerly from Fortis and ABN Amro AM) are still officially run by BNP Paribas, include equity and bond, absolute return, diversified, target date and profiled products for insurance policies.
11/10/2013

Record increase in assets for SWFs

Assets under management by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) worldwide increased by EUR750bn in the past 12 months, from USD4.620trn to USD5.380trn, according to statistics from Preqin. This annual increase is the largest ever retorded by the data provider since 2007, the year in which the first study on the subject was published. The reasons for this significant growth in assets is partly the creation of new SWFs in the past few months, and partly an injection of fresh capital into existing funds, Preqin notes. Since 2008, 15 new SWFs have been created, of which 8 were in the past two years alone.In detail, Asian SWFs have seen the strongest growth in their assets since 2012, at 19%, compared with growth of 6% for thier Middle Eastern counterparts.Worldwide, the largest SWF remains the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, with USD775.2bn in assets, up by USD185bn since 2012.
11/10/2013

Azimut boucle l’acquisition de Legan au Brésil

La société de gestion italienne Azimut vient de boucler l’acquisition de 50 % du brésilien Legan Administração de Recursos via AZ Brasil Holdings, une holding de droit brésilien créée par AZ International Holdings pour prendre des participations stratégiques dans la région.Legan est une société de gestion spécialisée dans les stratégies à faible volatilité et qui gérait au 4 octobre l’équivalent de 172 millions d’euros, soit 19 % de plus que le 6 septembre, date de l’annonce de l’accord.L’opération comportera une acquisition auprès des associés fondateurs, pour environ 3,3 millions d’euros, et la souscription à une augmentation de capital pour une contrevaleur d’environ 3,4 millions d’euros afin de financer le business plan. L’accord prévoit aussi des options d’achat et de vente et l’engagement de la direction de Legan à travailler avec Azimut pour faire prospérer l’activité au Brésil sur le moyen-long terme.Avec cette acquisition, l’italien Azimut tisse un peu plus sa toile internationale. La société indépendante est déjà présente au Luxembourg, en Irlande, en Chine, à Monaco, en Suisse, en Turquie et à Taïwan.
11/10/2013

US asset management firms combat toughening regulations

The largest asset management firms in the world are preparing a lobbying action in order to forestall tougher capital rules in the US and increased surveillance of their activities in the name of market stability, the Financial Times reports. They are particularly opposed to a report by the Office of Financial Research, which suggests that asset management firms with trillions of dollars in assets under management may be considered “too big to fail.”
11/10/2013

Hedge fund FX Concepts shuts down

FX Concepts, a hedge fund specialised in currencies, has announced that it will be winding down in the face of an environment if no longer understands, Les Echos reports. It has lost about 10% this year, after holding stable in 2012. It lost 19% the previous year. The hedge fund, founded in 1981, had over USD13bn in assets under management before the 2007 crisis. Since that peak, its assets have fallen off due to repeated negative performance of the hedge fund, which was largely based on models, and which now has 10 employees, down from 60 at its peak. The coffers of the fund are virtually empty, with barely USD600m. The firm may be acquired by another fund or a more generalist hedge fund.
11/10/2013

Pictet recruits for Portugal and Brazil

Tiago Forte Vaz, vice president responsible for advising at Espiritu Santo Bank Advisors (an affiliate of Espiritu Santo Bank Miami), has been recruited by Pictet Asset Management, according to Funds People.He becomes head of commercial development for the private banking unit at Pictet for Portugal and Brazil. He will report to Gonzalo Rengifo, CEO of Pictet AM for the Iberian peninsula and Latin America.Among his missions, Forte will be responsible for developing asset management for institutional investors, pension funds, banking networks, private banks, family offices, insurers and platforms.He replaces Amancio Pérez, who has been appointed as head of commercial development at the private bank for Brazil.
11/10/2013

ProShares releases "noble" ETF

ProShares, based in Bethesda, Maryland, on 10 October announcd the launch of the S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF, whose ticker on NYSE Arca is NOBL. According to the ETF provider, the fund invests in equities in highly “select” companies of the S&P 500 which have increased their dividends over at least 25 consecutive years. It is based on the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, which was launched in 2005, and which has since then outperformed the S&P 500 with lower volatility.The index is equally weighted, and currently covers 54 firms. The fund charges 0.35%.
11/10/2013

Fewer SWFs are invested in alternative assets

In the past 12 months, sovereign funds have reduced their exposure to alternative asset classes, Preqin notes in a study released on 10 October. The percentage of funds which are invested in private equity has decreased from 57% in 2012 to 45% in 2013, while funds investing in hedge funds have decreased from 38% to 31%. This decline in the percentage of sovereign funds investing in alternative assets is due to a rise in the number of funds in the past few months, as the new ones do not yet allocate assets to private equity or hedge funds in their first years of existence, Preqin notes. The appetite of sovereign funds for real estate and infrastructure remain stable, with 54% of funds exposed to real estate, and 57% to infrastructure. Private real estate has particularly attracted sovereign funds from the Middle East and North Africa region (81% of funds exposed), North America (80%) and Asia (75%).
11/10/2013

Fidelity to launch ETFs under its own brand

Handelsblatt cites reports in Bloomberg that Abigail Johnson, chairman of Fidelity, has now decided that Fidelity will launch its own ETFs and ETF funds, in cooperation with BlackRock.
11/10/2013

Integration of Roche-Brune into Primonial a success

In nine months, since Roche-Brune was taken over by Primonial as part of a transaction announced a year ago, assets at the equity management firm have increased from EUR50m to EUR120m. About EUR20m of this increase is due to market appreciation, while EUR50m correspond to net subscriptions, half of which have been attracted by the Primonial network, and membership in the group has also helped Roche-Brune to win over 25 new institutional clients, Bruno Fine, founding chairman of Roche-Brune AM, tells Newsmanagers.The integration into the multi-boutique family has been a success since in the area of asset management, Primonial has five recognized expertises: in asset allocation (Primonial AM), equities (Roche-Brune), fixed income, with AltaRocca AM, quantitative, with Quanto, and private equity with Roche Brune (through an alliance with Apicil). This has allowed the emergence of a kind of cluster with 12 talented fund managers, and the companies can draw support from the resources of the Primonial group in sales and support.
11/10/2013

Four PE investors in the running for Altamira

According to Expansión, there are only four candidates remaining to acquire the real estate affiliate of Santander, Altamira. The vendor has opened the data room to the private equity invetors Cerberus, Apollo, Centerbridge and Starwood.
11/10/2013

Regulations may cost European asset managers USD500m p.a.

The asset management sector in Europe may be facing total costs of EUR300m to EUR500m, or EUR220m to EUR360m per year, in the next three years, to meet new regulatory requirements, according to a study by BNY Mellon, in association with Ernst & Young.These additional costs will in the next three to five years result in a “conservative” increase of 3% in operating costs and a 2% increase in total expense ratio (TER), on the basis of a stabilisation of profits at their current levels.The study, entitled “The Impending Profitability Challenge for European fund Managers,” emphasizes the growing pressure on asset management firms which are facing rising costs of compliance and investors who are demanding ever less costly products.
11/10/2013

iShares signs an agreement with Italian post

iShares has signed a co-operation agreement with Poste Italiane to allow investors to purchaase iShares ETFs on the online platform BancoPosta, Bluerating reports. In addition, for 6 months, iShares ETFs listed in Milan may be traded without order receiving or sending commissions for acquisitions of at least EUR1,000. “Our agreement with Poste Italiane is strategic in the development of financial education and the promotion of knowledge of ETFs on the part of the retail public,” says Emanuele Mellingeri, head of iShares in Italy.
11/10/2013

British government plans to compensate whistleblowers

The British authorities are planning to offer financial incentives to whistleblowers, Les Echos reports. The Home Office revealed that it is considering the move as it launches the National Crome Agency (NCA) this month. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), for its part, will launch a consultation in 2014. Under the Dodd-Frank law passed after the crisis, the US legislator has extended the practice, which is common in North America: it claims that some whistleblowers may get 10% to 30% of the sums recuperated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
11/10/2013

French Riviera attracts ultra-high net worth individuals

According to the Candy GPS Report (see attachment), published on 10 October by Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM), Svills World Research and Candy & Candy, ultra-high net worth retail investors tend to choose the French Riviera as a priority for luxury homes. It is also in this region that five-bedroom villas are most expensive, with an average of USD28.5m. This type of property is worth USD24m in Monaco, and USD23m in Barbados.The CPS Report (for Global Prime Sector) finds that the increase in the number of ultra-high net worth individuals (UNHWI), which was 34% between 2009 and 2012, has driven up prices in luxury “enclaves,” and that a particuarly large number of Russian and Middle Eastern individuals are taking positions in this niche.
11/10/2013

S&P-DJ founds MOAN bond indices and sukuks

On 10 October, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the launch of the S&P MENA Bond & Sukuk Index, and its two sub-indices, S&P MENA Bond Index and S&P MENA Sukuk Index. The indices are subject to filtering for Sharia compliance. The main index includes a universe of bonds denominated in US dollars, to replicate the performance of bonds and Islamic fixed-income securities (sukuks) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), issued by companies based in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuweit, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
11/10/2013

S&P Dow Jones Indices launches Islamic bond indices

The index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices on 10 Octoebr announced the launch of the S&P Mena Bond & Sukuk Index as ell as the two sub-indices, S&P Mena Bond Index and S&P Mena Sukuk Index. With the exception of the S&P Mena Bond Index, each index on offer is Sharia-compliant. The S&P Mena Bond & Sukuk Index covers a range of bonds which are denominated in US dollars, which aim to measure the performance of Islamic bonds (sukuks) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The index measures the performance of companies based in the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
11/10/2013

Prudential Retirement adds 12 external funds to its platform

The manager of managers platform at Prudential Retirement (Prudential Financial group) now includes 78 institutional funds, sub-advised by external managers, including real estate products, which is a novelty.The firm has admitted the following 12 funds to its platform dedicated to promoters of retirement savings funds:- Large Cap Value / Becker Capital Fund (Becker Capital) - Large Cap Value / Ceredex Value Advisors Fund (Ceredex Value Advisors) - Large Cap Value / Nuveen Asset Management Fund (Nuveen Asset Management, LLC) - Large Cap Growth / Brown Fund (Brown Advisory) - Large Cap Growth / Fayez Sarofim Fund (Fayez Sarofim & Co.) - Mid Cap Value / Invesco Fund (Invesco Advisers, Inc.) - Mid Cap Value / WEDGE Fund (WEDGE Capital Management LLP) - Mid Cap Growth / American Century Fund (American Century Investment Management, Inc.) - Small Cap Growth / Palisade Capital Management Fund (Palisade Capital Management, LLC) - Real Estate / American Century Fund (American Century Investment Management, Inc.) - Real Estate / Cohen & Steers (Cohen & Steers) - International Blend / Neuberger Berman Fund (Neuberger Berman)
11/10/2013

Axiom AI sets on an integrated sales department

In order to strengthen its commercial policy, Axiom AI has announced the creation of its integrated Sales Department, to distribute its funds to client Independent Financial Adivisers, Family Offices, portfolio mangement companies and private banks, according to a statement released on 10 October. To this end, it is creating a team of experts, and appointing Bertrand Wojciechowski as Direcror, and Alexis Jarnoux as Head of Sales. Wojciechowski had previously been at Label Finance, a third-party marketer (TPM), in charge of sales and marketing development, from 2010 to 2013. He was responsbile for assisting independent asset management firms (Banque Transatlantique, Axiom-AI) to access the network of independent financial advisers (IFAs), banking-insurance platforms and mult-managers (private banking, family office, etc.) Jarnoux had previously been at Label Ifnance from February 2011 to August 2013, as representative in charge fo sale of funds form Transatlantique Gestion and Axiom AI to IFAs, family offices, portfolio management firms and private bankers.
11/10/2013

Legg Mason planning external growth in Asia

The US firm Legg Mason is planning to develop in Asia through external growth operations, Asian Investor reports. The head of Legg Mason, Joseph Sullivan, who recently completed the integration of Fauchier Partners into its affiliate Permal, is planning other transactions of this type in Asia, where in particular he hopes to increase the firm’s presence in China. Sullivan also says that he would not like to launch ETFs, except perhaps in the active ETF segment.
11/10/2013

Quatre capital-investisseurs en lice pour Altamira

Selon Expansión, il ne reste plus dans la course pour acheter la filiale immobilière du Santander, Altamria, que quatre candidats. Le vendeur a ouvert la data-room aux capital investisseurs Cerberus, Apollo, Centerbridge et Starwood.
11/10/2013

ABN Amro organise sa multigestion

La sicav luxembourgeoise ABN Amro Mutli-Manager Funds compte désormais 45 fonds, qui sont surtout des fonds de mandats et de fonds de fonds dont la sélection est assurée par AAAdvisors, une filiale établie à Paris et Amsterdam, et la gestion par le français Neuflize OBC investissements, rapporte Fonds Nieuws.Les fonds concernés, dont certains (des ex Fortis et ABN Amro AM) sont encore officiellement sous la coupe de BNP Paribas, comportent des produits actions et obligations, de performance absolue, diversifiés, à horizon et profilés pour des contrats d’assurances.
11/10/2013

Optimix prend les rênes d'Add Value Fund Management

Le gestionnaire néerlandais Optimix, dont l’encours se situe à environ 1,6 milliard d’euros, a acquis pour un montant non divulgué 45 % d’Add Value Fund Management auprès de Keijser Capital Asset Management, filiale de Keijser Capital, rapporte Fonds Nieuws.L’acquéreur possède une option pour acheter 35 % supplémentaires d’Add Value FM d’ici à deux ans. Le fonds Add Value, dont l’encours est remonté à 62 millions d’euros après avoir atteint un pic de 100 millions puis chuté considérablement, restera géré par Hilco Wiersma et Willem Burgers, qui détiendront chacun 10 % d’Add Value FM.
11/10/2013
Fonds

Les fonds souverains sont moins nombreux à être investis en actifs alternatifs

Au cours des douze derniers mois, les fonds souverains ont réduit leur exposition aux classes d’actifs alternatifs, constate Preqin dans une étude publiée jeudi 10 octobre. Le pourcentage de fonds souverains investis dans le private equity est passé de 57 % en 2012 à 45 % en 2013, celui de fonds investis en hedge funds de 38 % à 31 %. La baisse du nombre de fonds souverains investis dans les actifs alternatifs peut s’expliquer par la hausse du nombre de fonds au cours des derniers mois, les nouveaux n’allouant pas d’encours aux private equity ou aux hedge funds au cours des premières années d’existence, note Preqin. L’appétit des fonds souverains pour l’immobilier et les infrastructure est demeuré stable, avec respectivement 54 % des fonds exposés à l’immobilier, et 57 % dans les infrastructures. L’immobilier non coté attire particulièrement les fonds souverains issus de la région du Moyen Orient/Afrique du Nord (81 % des fonds exposés), d’Amérique du Nord (80%) et d’Asie (75 %).
Fonds
11/10/2013

UBS Global AM change le patron de sa gestion obligataire

Suite à la démission de Rob Gambi, qui devrait rejoindre un concurrent, UBS Global Asset Management a promu John Dugenske global head of fixed income. L’intéressé était déjà jead of North American fixed income.Dans ses nouvelles fonctions, John Dugenske sera directement surbodonné à l’Australien John Fraser, chairman & CEO. Il restera basé à Chicago.
11/10/2013

Pictet recrute pour le Portugal et le Brésil

Tiago Forte Vaz, vice président responsable du conseil chez Espiritu Santo Bank Advisors (filiale d’Espiritu Santo Bank Miami), a été recruté selon Funds People par Pictet Asset Management.Il devient responsable du développement commercial pour le pôle banque privée de Pictet pour le Portugal et le Brésil. Il sera subordonné à Gonzalo Rengifo, directeur général de Pictet AM pour la péninsule ibérique et l’Amérique latine.Parmi ses missions, Tiago Forte sera chargé de développer la gestion d’actifs auprès des investisseurs institutionnels, fonds de pension, réseaux bancaires, banques privées Family offices, compagnies d’assurances et plates-formes.Il remplace Amancio Pérez, qui a été nommé responsable du développement commercial de la banque privée pour le Brésil.
11/10/2013

L’intégration dans le dispositif Primonial réussit à Roche-Brune

En neuf mois, depuis que Roche-Brune est effectivement entré dans le giron de Primonial conformément à une transaction annoncée il y a un an, l’encours du gestionnaire actions est passé de 50 millions à 120 millions d’euros. Environ 20 millions de cette hausse sont attribuables à l’effet de marché tandis que 50 millions correspondent à des souscriptions nettes, dont la moitié drainée par le réseau Primonial, l’appartenance à ce groupe ayant par ailleur aidé Roche-Brune à conquérir 25 millions d’euros auprès de clients institutionnels, a indiqué à Newsmanagers Bruno Fine, Président fondateur de Roche-Brune AM.L’intégration au dispositif multi-boutiques est un succès parce que dans le domaine de la gestion d’actifs Primonial dispose d’expertises typées et reconnues dans l’allocation d’actifs (Primonial AM), dans les actions (Roche-Brune), dans les taux, avec AltaRocca AM, dans le quantitatif, avec Quanto, et dans le non-coté avec Roche Brune (grâce à l’alliance avec Apicil). Cela a permis de constituer un «cluster» de douze talents de la gestion, qui peuvent s’appuyer sur les ressources du groupe Primonial en matière de distribution et de support.
11/10/2013

Le hedge fund FX Concepts ferme ses portes

Fx Concepts, un « hedge fund » spécialisé dans les changes, a annoncé qu’il jetait l'éponge face à un environnement qu’il ne comprend plus, rapporte Les Echos. Il perdait autour de 10 % cette année, après avoir été stable en 2012. Il avait perdu 19 % l’année précédente. Fondé en 1981, ce hedge fund affichait, juste avant la crise de 2007, plus de 14 milliards de dollars d’actifs gérés. Depuis ce pic, ses encours ont fondu du fait des contre-performances répétées du « hedge fund », qui fonctionne essentiellement à l’aide de modèles et qui compte désormais une dizaine de personnes contre 60 à son sommet. Les coffres du « hedge fund » sont pratiquement vides, à peine 600 millions de dollars. La société pourrait ainsi être rachetée par un autre fonds ou un « hedge fund » plus généraliste.

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