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22/08/2013

Baisse des stocks de brut aux Etats-Unis

Les stocks de pétrole brut ont enregistré une baisse légèrement supérieure aux attentes la semaine dernière aux Etats-Unis, selon les chiffres du département américain de l’Energie. Les réserves de brut ont diminué de 1,4 million de barils, à 359,1 millions, lors de la semaine achevée le 16 août, soit un peu plus que le recul de 1,3 million de barils anticipé par le consensus. Ils poursuivent ainsi le recul de 2,8 millions de barils observé la semaine précédente.
22/08/2013

Le Medef met la pression sur les régimes spéciaux

Alors que le Premier ministre, Jean-Marc Ayrault, doit rencontrer lundi et mardi prochains les partenaires sociaux pour leur présenter les derniers arbitrages du gouvernement sur le texte de réforme des retraites, Pierre Gattaz, le successeur de Laurence Parisot à la tête du Medef, a estimé dans une tribune publiée hier par Le Monde que la multiplicité des régimes de retraites «génère iniquités et coûts multiples», et ajoute ainsi qu’«il est urgent de s’attaquer à leur convergence». Pierre Gattaz propose en outre la mise en œuvre d’une dose de retraite par capitalisation. Hier, le quotidien Les Echos rapportait, de source gouvernementale, que le texte devrait prévoir l’augmentation de la durée de cotisation au-delà de 2020, et que la durée nécessaire pour obtenir une pension sans décote continuerait à augmenter après cette date à peu près au rythme actuel, selon ce scénario, qualifié d'«hypothèse centrale».
22/08/2013

L’Italie pratique la méthode Coué

Les problèmes qui menacent le gouvernement italien, fragilisé par la difficile collaboration entre le Parti démocrate (PD) de gauche et le Peuple de la liberté (PDL) de droite de Silvio Berlusconi, peuvent être surmontés, a déclaré hier le président du Conseil italien Enrico Letta. Selon lui, l’Italie a besoin, pour retrouver la stabilité politique, d'être attentive aux problèmes qui pourraient freiner la reprise de la croissance, alors que le pays affronte sa plus longue récession depuis 1945.
22/08/2013

Taux à un an en baisse sur une adjudication au Portugal

Le Portugal, sous assistance financière internationale, a emprunté hier un milliard d’euros à court terme, dont 700 millions d’euros à douze mois à un taux de 1,619%, contre 1,720% le 17 juillet dernier. Il s’agit de la première émission du pays après la crise politique qui l’avait déstabilisé en juillet. Le Trésor a également levé 300 millions d’euros en bons du Trésor à trois mois, à un taux en légère hausse de 0,766%, contre 0,743% en avril.
22/08/2013

Déficit budgétaire surprise en Grande-Bretagne

Les chiffres officiels publiés hier montrent que la Grande-Bretagne a enregistré un déficit budgétaire au mois de juillet, le gouvernement rencontrant des difficultés à réduire les dépenses. Les emprunts du secteur public ont atteint 62 millions de livres (72,6 millions d’euros), contre un excédent budgétaire de 823 millions un an auparavant. Le consensus anticipait un excédent de 2,45 milliards de livres.
22/08/2013

Deutsche Börse étend ses activités sur devises

L’opérateur boursier allemand va d'étendre les activités de sa plate-forme de produits dérivés Eurex, afin de permettre l'échange de contrats à terme et d’options sur les devises. «A partir du 7 octobre, les dérivés sur devises seront également disponibles dans la liste des produits échangeables» sur Eurex, a indiqué le groupe dans un communiqué publié hier. Cette plate-forme proposera dans un premier temps des contrats à termes options sur six paires de devises comprenant l’euro, la livre britannique, le dollar et le franc suisse.
22/08/2013

La Suisse toujours en déflation

En dépit de la politique monétaire non-conventionnelle introduite en 2011 et comprenant notamment un plancher pour le taux de change avec l’euro, Fritz Zurbrügg, membre du directoire de la Banque nationale suisse (BNS) estime qu’il n’y a «pas de souci ni de risque d’inflation en vue». Il ajoute qu’une nouvelle fois, la Suisse apparaît comme un refuge fiable en dépit des difficultés de l’environnement économique et financier.
22/08/2013

L’IPO d’Euronext est sur les rails

NYSE Euronext et InterContinentalExchange (ICE) ont mandaté trois banques, Société générale, JPMorgan Chase & Co et ABN Amro, pour préparer une introduction en Bourse d’Euronext, selon Reuters qui évoque trois sources proches du dossier. La valeur d’Euronext, l’opérateur entre autres des Bourses de Paris, Bruxelles, Amsterdam et Lisbonne, est estimée à 1,5 milliard d’euros et l’introduction, prévue l’an prochain, pourrait porter sur la moitié du capital.
22/08/2013

La collecte du Livret A s’accélère

En juillet, la collecte du Livret A et du Livret de développement durable a atteint 1,23 milliard d’euros, contre 0,49 milliard en juin, selon des chiffres publiés hier par la Caisse des dépôts (CDC). Depuis le début de l’année, la collecte nette se monte à 22,8 milliards. L’encours total sur les deux produits atteint ainsi 365,4 milliards d’euros à fin juillet.
22/08/2013

Les reventes de logements au plus haut aux Etats-Unis

Les reventes de logements ont bondi de 6,5% en juillet pour atteindre 5,39 millions d’unités en rythme annualisé, leur plus haut niveau depuis trois ans, ce qui laisse entendre que la remontée des taux d’intérêt n’a qu’un impact limité sur la reprise du marché de l’immobilier. Les analystes interrogés par Reuters anticipaient en moyenne une hausse nettement plus modeste, de 1,6% à 5,15 millions.
22/08/2013

Un Français va réguler le secteur financier irlandais

Les autorités irlandaises débauchent auprès de l’Autorité de contrôle prudentiel (ACP) pour réguler leur secteur financier. La banque centrale d’Irlande a nommé Cyril Roux gouverneur adjoint, en charge de l’autorité de régulation financière. Il est depuis avril 2010 premier secrétaire adjoint de l’ACP. Il prendra ses fonctions à Dublin le 1er octobre 2013. Agé de 46 ans, Cyril Roux est un ancien élève de l’Ecole Polytechnique, docteur en finance d’Harvard University et actuaire. Il a exercé, au cours de sa carrière, des fonctions au sein du service du contrôle des assurances, à la direction du Trésor et dans le groupe Axa. Cyril Roux remplacera le Britannique Matthew Elderfield en exercice depuis janvier 2010. Il deviendra ainsi le deuxième étranger à diriger du pays depuis l’effondrement du système bancaire irlandais en 2010.
22/08/2013

Le gérant Eaton Vance vise la France

Eaton Vance s’implante en France et n’exclut pas des acquisitions pour étoffer son offre obligataire. Le gérant américain, dont les encours frôlent les 270 milliards de dollars, est séduit par les savoir-faire et le potentiel du marché hexagonal.
22/08/2013

Le dossier grec fait son grand retour

En annonçant que la Grèce aura besoin d’un nouveau plan d’aide, le ministre allemand des Finances a mis le feu aux poudres. Hier, Angela Merkel, en pleine campagne électorale, a jugé prématuré d'évoquer le sujet. Pourtant, la question ne pourra certainement pas attendre mi-2014. Le consensus sur les modalités d’un nouveau plan s’annonce compliqué à trouver.
21/08/2013

RDR regulation favour strong inflows at RLAM

The asset management firm Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has posted net inflows in first half of GBP308m, at a time, whereas it had seen net outflows of GBP210m in the first six months of 2012, according to semiannual results published on 20 August. According to the CEO of the Royal London group, Phil Loney, this development is largely due to the implementation of RDR regulations since the beginning of this year, which “has fundamentally altered the terrain for advisers in savings and investment activities. The commission levels no longer have the potential to bias advising on new products, and our efforts with the quality of our offerings and serivces is the source of the growth in our inflows” in first half, he says. Assets under management and administration at RLAM as of 30 June total GBP5.1bn, compared with GBP49.8bn as of the end of 2012. Pre-tax profits at the asset management unit totalled GBP8bn in first half 2013, compared with GBP18m in second half 2012, but first half 2012 brought losses of GBP2m.
21/08/2013

Brevan Howard loses currency specialist Luke Ding

The currency specialist Luke Ding, who joined the alternative asset management firm Brevan Howard six years ago, has left the firm, Citywire reports. Ding becomes one of a number of traders to have left the firm this summer. The departure of Ding has been confirmed by a spokesperson at Brevan Howard. The Brevan Howard Maco FX L EUR fund, managed by Ding, has earned returns of 3.17% in the three years to the end of July 2013, compared with losses of 3.62% for the Citiwire Alternative Ucits EUR: Currency Sector.
21/08/2013

M&G Investments appoints a new fund manager for its US value fund

M&G Investments has announced that from 1 September 2013 Daniel White will become manager of the EUR 140 mn M&G North American Value Fund. He will be supported by deputy manager Richard Halle, who manages the EUR 590 mn M&G European Strategic Value Fund. Daniel White has worked very closely with Richard Halle on the M&G European Strategic Value Fund since its launch in 2008. He will become deputy fund manager on the fund.Daniel White is taking over the management of the M&G North American Value Fund from Richard Brody, who will concentrate on his wider responsibility and other portfolios at PPM America. The fund’s investment objective and philosophy will remain unchanged. The M&G North American Value Fund will continue to invest in listed North American companies, focusing on stocks that are inexpensive when compared with the market as a whole.
21/08/2013

Barack Obama seeks to accelerate reforms of the US financial system

In a meeting with all regulators involved in reforms of the financial system, including the SEC, CFTC (commodities) and FDIC (deposit guarantees), Barack Obama has emphasized the importance of carrying through with the application of rules set out in the famous Dodd-Frank legislation of 2010, Les Echos reports. This is to “ensure that we are able to prevent the type of financial disaster which led to the recession from recurring,” he says. According to the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, only 40% of the law has been applied to date. Among the rules which have not yet been applied are the important “Volcker” rule, which would very strictly limit proprietary speculative activities at banks, and their investments in speculative and private equity funds.
21/08/2013

Fidelity develops in Asia

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has introduced a new fee scheme for its open-ended products on Fundsnetwork which is aimed at clients based in Hong Kong, but the firm is studying the possibility of extending the scheme to other Asian markets, Asian Investor reports. The new scheme offers billing on the basis of a monthly commission and not on the number of trades made on the platform. Fidelity is also considering increasing the number of external asset management firms on the platform to 15 by the end of the year, from 10 currently. Investors are now able to trae 380 funds from 10 providers on the platform, including funds from Axa Investment Managers, BNP Paribas, Ivestment Partners, Franklin Templeton Investments, Henderson Global Investors, Janus Capital Group, Old Mutual Global Investors, Pimco, Robeco, Schroders IM, and of course Fidelity.
21/08/2013

Vontobel veteran joins Kairos

Livjo Dalle has joined the Italian asset management firm Kairos as a senior portfolio manager. He had previously been head of the Multi Asset Class unit for Italy at Vontobel.
21/08/2013

Golden Tree recruits from Paulson

The asset management firm Golden Tree Asset Management has announced the recruitment of James Clarke as managing director – business development. Clarke had previously worked at Paulson and Co. as senior vice president in charge of development for activities serving major institutional investors (pension funds, charities, endowments). Clarke will be based at the Golden Tree headquarters in New York, and will report to Thomas Humphrey, a partner in chareg of development for activities of the traditional and alternative asset management firm serving sophisticated institutional investors and high net worth (HNW) investors. Assets under management at Golden Tree total about USD18bn, invested in absolute return, long-only and opportunistic strategies.
21/08/2013

AMG Wealth Partners buys a stake in Clarfeld Financial Advisors

AMG Wealth Partners, an affiliate of the Affiliated Managers (AMG) group, has announced that it has acquired a minority stake in the specialist boutique Clarfeld Financial Advisors. Management and employees at Clarfeld will retain the majority of capital in the firm, and will continue to benefit from genuine operational autonomy in the management of the firm. Clarfeld Financial Advisors, based in New York, is an advising boutique which offers a range of investment and financial planning products, as well as fiscal, legal, risk management and family office services aimed at directors of companies and other high net worth professionals. Assets advised by Clarfeld total about USD4bn. With the support of AMG, whose network of companies and asset management boutiques represents total assets under management of over USD470bn, Clarfeld plans to develop its international advising activities, particularly in the United Kingdom, where the firm is already present.
21/08/2013

ETF activity remains at the centre of Lyxor AM strategy

ETF activities at Lyxor Asset Management are not for sale, and remain at the core of the firm’s strategy, Inès de Dinechin, chairwoman of the board at Lyxor AM, has told FTfm, providing formal denial of rumours on the market of a potential sale of its ETF actvities. This rumour gained some momentum after the departure of several Lyxor executives, including former chairman of the board Alain Dubois, an emblematic figure at the Société Générale affiliate, who has joined the ETF specialist firm MSCI. “ETFs are at the heart of our strategy today, and they will remain there for the next five years,” says de Dinechin, adding that marketing and sales teams have been reinforced and that Lyxor has some wild cards to play in the consolidation process which is now taking its course in the sector, while its declared priority continues to be organic growth. Lyxor is prepared to react to opportunities that may present themselves, but the success of an acquisition operation is never an easy thing, de Dinechin claims.
21/08/2013

Cramer Bank acquires Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion

Norinvest Holding SA (NIH) has announced that its affiliate, Banque Cramer & Cie SA (BCC), has signed an agreement with Unione di Banche Italiane S.c.p.a. (UBI), one of the largest banking groups in Italy, by which it will acquire all capital in the Banque de Dépôts et de Gestion SA (BDG), one of the oldest banks in the Lausanne market. The transaction, whose total price has not been disclosed, and which remains subject to approval by Finma, will result in the merger of the two firms, under the name Banque Cramer & Cie SA, during fourth quarter 2013. Banque Cramer, a specialist in private management and trade finance, has about CHF2bn in assets under management, while BDG has about CHF1.1bn in assets under management, and a considerable mortgage activity. “This acquisition comes as part of the development plan at the Norinvest group, which is active in investments in stakes in companies in the banking and financial domain. Through this acquisition, its affiliate BCC will be able to extend its client based and diversify the nature of its revenues through the mortgage activities at BDG. In addition, following the merger, Banque Cramer & Cie SA will have a new branch in Lausanne,” a statement says.
21/08/2013

Assets under management up 3.9% at the Cantonal Bank of Lucerne

The Cantonal Bank of Lucerne has posted net inflows in first half of EUR578m, according to a statement released on 20 August. This development, with positive market effects, has contributed to an increase of 3.9% (or CHF1bn) since the end of 2012 in assets under management, which as of the end of June totalled CHF26.8bn.
21/08/2013

Eric Knight recommends a more pronounced wealth management positioning for UBS

The US investors Eric Knight, founder of the activist asset management firm Knight Vinke Asset management, and now a shareholder in UBS, with a stake of slightly under 3%, claims that the group should sell off its investment banking division, or failing that, reduce it to a minimum. “UBS should clearly position itself as a wealth manager, and further reduce its investment banking activities,” he has told Tages-Anzeiger. Knight claims that the non-essential areas of the investment bank should be eliminated. “We have held meetings with shareholders and we know that there is a large consensus in favour of such measures,” Knight claims. Everyone has enormous respect for Axel Weber, the chairman of the board of directors. But many feel that the board is too weak compared with CEO Sergio Ermotti. “We have the impression that it is the board which wears the trousers at UBS, and the CEO who makes decisions on questions of structure and strategy.” A majority of shareholders feel that the changes that have been made so far are merely cosmetic, he says. “Some assets hae been transferred from one sector to another, but the risk remains.” UBS is now composed of a “good” bank and a “bad” bank, and the latter makes three times as much as the former. “Nobody is interested in the new face of the good bank. What counts is results, and on the whole, those are hardly attractive.”

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