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12/06/2012

Hausse modeste des nouveaux prêts bancaires en Chine

Au mois de mai, les nouveaux prêts octroyés par les banques chinoises ont atteint 793,2 milliards de yuans, contre 681,8 milliards en avril. La proportion de prêts à moyen et long terme est passée de 28% en avril à 34% en mai, indiquant que les crédits «ont probablement un impact légèrement meilleur sur l'économie» selon Frances Cheung, économiste chez CA-CIB.
12/06/2012

La CDC réaffirme l’importance du FSI

Alors que la structure de la future Banque publique d’investissement sera précisée fin juillet, le pilier du financement en fonds propres «reposera sur le FSI et CDC Entreprises» a assuré hier une source proche de la Caisse des dépôts à L’Agefi. «Les entreprises ont besoin d’un outil du type Fonds stratégique d’investissement», poursuit-on rue de Lille. La Caisse des dépôts entend être l’actionnaire, avec l’Etat, de la holding qui coiffera la future banque publique (L’Agefi du 11 juin).
12/06/2012

Le FMI met en garde le Japon

Le gouvernement japonais doit impérativement faire voter la loi sur l’augmentation de la TVA dans le cadre de son plan de réforme fiscal afin de démontrer sa volonté de respecter ses engagements en matière budgétaire, a estimé le FMI dans un rapport rendu public ce matin. Et l’institution d’ajouter que la crise européenne devrait entrainer une appréciation du yen à un niveau qui menace les perspectives de croissance.
12/06/2012

La BoJ prône une flexibilité des changes en Asie

Le gouverneur de la Banque du Japon, Masaaki Shirakawa, a indiqué qu’il était «impératif que chaque économie influente d’Asie maintienne un niveau suffisant de flexibilité de son taux de change». Un manque de flexibilité pouvant conduire à de forts mouvements dans les flux de capitaux.
11/06/2012

La recapitalisation des banques espagnoles reste incertaine dans ses modalités

Alors que l’Allemagne préfèrerait voir une intervention du Mécanisme européen de stabilité (MES), lequel affiche un statut de créancier privilégié, l’option retenue pourrait être celle d’un appel au Fonds européen de stabilité financière (FESF), plus respectueux du sort des investisseurs privés. Selon deux sources de la zone euro citées par Reuters, le FESF pourrait transférer à l’Espagne des obligations qu’il aurait préalablement émises, plutôt que du numéraire. Celles-ci seraient ensuite injectées dans les banques du pays pour renforcer leurs fonds propres. Dans l’hypothèse où les prêts seraient accordés par le FESF, la Finlande a déclaré que l’Espagne devrait fournir des garanties pour la part des prêts revenant à Helsinki.
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11/06/2012

Chypre pourrait se tourner d’ici peu vers l'UE

«Le problème est urgent. Nous savons que la recapitalisation des banques (de l'île) doit être finalisée avant le 30 juin, et il ne reste plus que quelques jours», a déclaré le ministre chypriote des Finances, Vassos Shiarly. À la question de savoir si un éventuel soutien porterait principalement sur les banques, Vassos Shiarly a indiqué qu'à ses yeux il s’agirait plutôt d’un ensemble complet de mesures d’aides inspiré de ce qui a déjà été fait.
11/06/2012

La BCE ne reprend toujours pas ses achats de dette souveraine

La Banque centrale européenne a annoncé lundi n’avoir procédé à aucun rachat d’obligations d’Etats de la zone euro la semaine dernière, laissant en sommeil pour la treizième semaine consécutive l’un des principaux instruments dont elle dispose face à la crise de la dette. La BCE détient encore 212 milliards d’euros d’obligations émises par les Etats de la zone euro, achetés sur les marchés depuis mai 2010.
11/06/2012

Facebook sur le point de rejoindre l’indice Russell 3000

Le réseau social américain est sur une liste préliminaire en vue d’intégrer l’indice Russell 3000, a indiqué Russell Investments. Parmi les autres ajouts de société récemment introduites en Bourse figurent l’éditeur de logiciels Splunk et le fournisseur de services financiers EverBank Financial.
11/06/2012

Madrid devra se soumettre à la supervision de la «troïka»

Le renflouement des banques espagnoles par des capitaux extérieurs obligera Madrid à se soumettre à la surveillance de ses bailleurs de fonds et du FMI. Dimanche, Mariano Rajoy, le chef du gouvernement avait déclaré que l’Espagne s’était assurée l’aide de la zone euro sans avoir à se plier à un programme d’ajustement budgétaire, soulignant que cet accord n’avait «rien à voir» avec les procédures imposées à la Grèce, à l’Irlande ou au Portugal.
11/06/2012

Fraikin obtient un financement de 5 ans pour sa flotte de camions

Fraikin a conclu un nouveau programme paneuropéen de titrisation pour un montant maximum de 1,011 milliard d’euros mis en place par Crédit Agricole CIB comme chef de file et Natixis en tant que co-chef de file. La transaction est adossée aux créances de loyers et à la valeur de revente d’une flotte de camions de Fraikin en France, au Royaume-Uni et en Espagne constituée de 49 000 camions. A la signature de la transaction, le FCT Eurotruck Lease II a émis pour 577 millions d’Euros de titres Senior et pour 42 millions d’euros de titres subordonnés.
11/06/2012

Les marchés prennent du recul après l’annonce du plan espagnol

Les marchés semblaient tempérer vers 13 heures l’enthousiasme qui était le leur à l’ouverture, après l’annonce ce week-end d’un plan de sauvetage du système bancaire espagnol. Les Bourses de Paris, Francfort et Londres inscrivaient des gains variant de 1% à 1,9% à la mi-journée. La Bourse de Madrid conservait un gain de 2,5% et celle de Milan de 0,7%, là encore en retrait par rapport au début de séance. Tous les indices sectoriels restaient en hausse, avec en premier celui des bancaires (2,3%), suivi par les assurances (+2,2%) et les ressources naturelles (+2,2%). Les banques espagnoles étaient bien placées dans les scores de hausse. Bankia était en tête avec un gain de 7,6%. Bankinter avançait de 5% et BBVA de 4,4%. Les rendements des emprunts d’Etat espagnol et italien à 10 ans se détendent sensiblement, respectivement de 11 points de base à 6,13% et de six pdb à 5,71%. Toutefois, le taux espagnol se maintient au-dessus de 6%, un niveau encore très élevé. De son côté, l’euro a rétrocédé ses gains du début de journée face au dollar, repassant sous 1,26 dollar.
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11/06/2012

Amélioration de l'activité économique en avril, indique l’OCDE

Les indicateurs avancés de l’OCDE publiés lundi signalent une amélioration de l’activité économique en avril et la poursuite des tendances divergentes entre les différents espaces géographiques, la zone euro restant en particulier sous sa moyenne de long terme. L’indicateur composite pour la zone OCDE progresse légèrement à 100,5 après 100,4 en mars, l’activité progressant aux Etats-Unis (101,2, indice stable) et au Japon (101,0, stable). L’indicateur pour la zone euro est stable également à 99,6, tout comme celui de la France (99,6) et de l’Allemagne (99,4). Celui pour l’Italie poursuit sa baisse à 99,1 après 99,2.
11/06/2012

La production industrielle française en hausse de 1,5% en avril

La production industrielle de la France a augmenté de 1,5% en avril, après une baisse de 1% en mars, soutenue par la consommation d'électricité et de gaz liée aux basses températures, selon des données publiées lundi par l’Insee. La production de l’industrie manufacturière a en revanche baissé de 0,7% après une hausse de 1,4% un mois plus tôt.
11/06/2012

L'aide à l'Espagne sera probablement fournie par le MES

L’Espagne fera vraisemblablement appel au nouveau fonds de secours permanent de l’Union européenne, le Mécanisme européen de stabilité (MES), plutôt qu'à l’actuel Fonds européen de stabilité financière (FESF), a déclaré lundi un porte-parole du gouvernement allemand. Un autre porte-parole a jouté au cours du même point presse que le choix entre les deux mécanismes dépendrait de la date à laquelle l’Espagne formulerait sa demande. Le MES entrera en vigueur le 1er juillet.
11/06/2012

French regulator allows bond liquidity futures

The French financial market regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), has announced that in a decision dated 10 May 2012, it has authorised a new market practice in relartion to bond liquidity futures. The decision lays out a framework for liquidity futures, including: independent requirements which providers must observe; conditions for their interventions in markets for securities from issuers; transparency requirements to maintain, including a requirement to make monthly declarations to the AMF. The AMF decision has triggered a series of consultations, and follows a request submitted by Paris Europlace as part of work to identify ways to bring more liquidity to the secondary bond markets. Some market actors had sought to establish bond liquidity futures, inspired by the ones which already exist on equity markets, which would be handed to an intermediate to manage with the goal of enabling actors to intervene freely on the secondary markets for their securities. The declaration form for bonds under a liqudity future, is available on the AMF website, under Issuers > Forms > Bond liquidity futures declaration form. It is to be submitted to the AMF in electronic form, to the following address: ReportingCLOblig@amf-france.org.
11/06/2012

“We would like to increase our presence serving international institutional clients”

After a good year in 2011 for the Avenir Finance group, particularly for its asset management unit Avenir Finance IM, which currently has assets of EUR650m, Cyril Lureau, deputy CEO of Avernir Finance, discusses the group's various projects, in France and internationally, with Newsmanagers. Avenir Finance, which is already present in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Monaco, is now setting out to conquer new and promising markets.
11/06/2012

Facebook shares plummet

Since the IPO on 18 May, Facebook shares have fallen 29%, and shares in GSV Capital and Firsthand Technology Value, “business development companies” (publicly-traded private equity funds) which invested in Facebook ahead of the IPO, have lost 37% and 32% respectively, even though the investment represents only 7% and 3.8%, respectively, of their assets, the Wall Street Journal reports. At USD18.29, shares in Firsthand on Friday were trading at less than the cash holdings of the firm, which total USD19.33 per share. This means that by buying shares in Firsthand, investors are paying USD1 for USD1.04 in cash, and get all the companies in the portfolio for free.
11/06/2012

Reyl hires a portfolio manager for its French unit

Reyl & Cie France, the French asset management firm from the Geneva-based firm Reyl, has recruited Virginie Robert as senior portfolio manager. The former head of private asset management activities from Raymond James Asset Management will contribute to the development of an investment advising product range for entrepreneurs and high net worth clients seeking investments in non-public companies, a statement released on Friday says. Before arriving at Raymond James AM, where she managed a US equity fund, in 2008, Robert worked at Monpensier Finance, Lazard Frères Gestion and the Paribas group.
11/06/2012

Insurers remain engaged with private equity

Nearly two thirds of insurers are planning to make new invesrtments in private equity by the end of this year, according to a study undertaken by Preqin, covering a sample of 55 insurers who are already present in the asset class. At the same time, 22% of insurers are not committed to a sate, while 16% are not planning further allocations to the asset class until 2014. Despite forthcoming regulatory changes included in the Colvency 2 directive, most insurers (79%) have not modified their exposure to private equity. According to one US insurer, US regulations :have not affected our level of investment in private equity, but has affected some strategies and complicates our work.” The study also finds that nearly one third of insurers (30%) are currently below their allocation objectives for the asset class, and 88% of them are planning to maintain or increase their exposure to private equity over the longer term. 51% of insurers find that Europe, which is facing a crisis whose end is still not in sight, represents an attractive region for private equity investment, followed by the United States (45%) and Asia (16%). Preqin reports that 60% of companies have allocations to the asset class over USD250m.
11/06/2012

Fund selection expected to concentrate on quality

With the financial crisis, many actors, many of them adept on fund platforms, have had to fundamentally revise their strategies. Barclays was offering 350 funds three years ago in its long-only product ranges. Now, the bank offers only 110, Investment Europe reports. “Our strategy puts the priority on quality rather than quantity. In other words, less is more” says Jaime Arguello, head of multi-management at Barclays. In the alternative sector, the Barclays platform includes 35 single manager hedge funds, 12 UCITS funds, and two funds of funds. Assets in Barclays multi-manager funds total about GBP7bn. “There are now more than just equity funds, which makes the selection of funds a primordial activity. The concept of open architecture is based on the idea that a fund manager can’t perform well in all areas. It is important for us to be able to offer our clients the best specialists in each sector.”
11/06/2012

Mutuactivos plans to begin international development

The asset management firm Mutuactivos (EUR2.4bn), an affiliate of the insurer Mutua Madrileña, has recently obtained a license from the CNMV to offer investment services outside Spain in the European Economic Area, Funds People reports. The permit will allow the asset manager to sell its products abroad without having to open a local affiliate in each country; Mutuactivos may also offer its products to international investors, if it launches funds domiciled in Luxembourg or Ireland.Currently, Mutuactivos manages 41 funds, and 67% of its assets are in bonds. In the past few months, the Spanish asset management firm has awarded mandates to foreign asset management firms, including a mandate for the Mutuafondo Corporate ex Financials, managed by Morgan Stanley IM, and a convertible bond product managed by JPMorgan AM.
11/06/2012

Good first quarter for the Jersey fund sector

Assets under management in Jersey rose by 0.9% in first quarter, to a total of GBP21bn, according to statistics from the Jersey financial services commission. Net on-book assets under administration increased in the same period by 3.5%, or GBP6.8bn, to GBP189.4bn. The number of regulated funds rose 1.4% in first quarrter, to 1,412, their highest level since 2009. Meanwhile, the number of unregulated funds rose 8.4% to 166.
11/06/2012

Significant inflows to long/short UCITS funds from GLG

The GLG European Equity Alternative fund, which deploys a market neutral long/short strategy on European equity markets, has seen strong interest from investors. The UCITS-compliant version of the flagship GLG Euorpean Long Short index was launched in July 2011. The fund, which in August 2011 had USD80m in assets, as of the end of May 2012 had assets of USD735m, compared with USD150m at the endof December 2011. The fund, which earned returns of 7% in 2011, this year has posted returns of 7.30% as of 31 May 2012. As Olivier Dubost, managing director in charge of distribution for Man and GLG funds in France, explains: “The GLG European Equity Alternative fund is a European market neutral type long/short equity fund characterised by a low level of volatility (4.5% in 2012 and 6.7% since its launch in 2011). It remains the preferred means of access to our European long/short equity platform, composed of 30 professionals, led by Pierre Lagrange, and responds to sustained demand from institutional clients in Europe in particular.”
11/06/2012

BlackRock launches eight ETFs of European govies

iShares, the publicly-traded fund platform from BlackRock, has created a range of eight ETFs replicating iShares Barclays Treasury Bond indices from eight euro zone countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Finland, France, Italy and the Netherlands), Cinco Días reports.The iShares Barclays Spain Treasury Bond fund includes 29 of the largest issues, representing 4.78% of the total, in the form of a bond with a coupon of 4.4% which will mature on 31 January 2015.
11/06/2012

WP Stewart lists a fund on Euronext Funds Service

NYSE Euronext on 8 June announced that it has admitted the WPSH EUR fund (LU0237484448) from WP Stewart Holdings Fund to trading on the Euronext Funds Service (EFS). The product, whose underlying index is the S&P 500 Dividend Included, has a TER of 0.83%. It becomes the 182nd fund to be listed on EFS.
11/06/2012

Spanish treasury finalises bill to transpose UCITS IV directive

On Friday, the Spanish Treasury submitted a draft royal decree for approval by the Council of State, which would modify law 35 of 2003 concerning collective investment institutions, and transposing the UCITS IV directive into Spanish law, Funds People reports.
11/06/2012

M&G recruits a BlackRock veteran for risk management

M&G Investments has appointed Michelle Scrimgeour as group risk director. She has 25 years experience of the fund management industry, all of which she gained with the group now known as BlackRock. Her most recent position was as co-head of fixed income business management and a member of the executive committee leading the USD1 trillion BGI/BlackRock Fixed Income division.Michelle Scrimgeour, who joins the company on 11 June, replaces Les Scrine, who has retired from M&G after almost 30 years of service. She will report to Michael McLintock and join the M&G Board.
11/06/2012

Swip applies quantitative strategies in equity management

As part of a redeployment of its equity portfolio (GBP{54bn in assets under management), which has already resulted in more than 20 job cuts, Swip is expected to favour quantitative portfolio construction, Money Marketing reports. “A certain number of British equity funds are in the process of transitioning to a quantitative portfolio construction methodology. The transition is being driven by the international equity team,” a Swip spokesperson says.
11/06/2012

Growth shares should be sought in euro zone

In an environment in which “not everything is necessarily negative in the euro zone, although uncertainty remains high, it may not be incongruous to seek growth shares in the euro zone,” Nicolas Walewski, founder and fund manager at Alken, claimed recently on a visit to Paris. Walewski cites the Italian banking sector. “The question is how to play the reduction in risk premiums. For Italy, it is largely the perception of risk which poses a problem. If this perception of risk decreases, the cost of the risk will be re-evaluated. From my point of view, the structural problems are not insurmountable. Unlike what we may observe elsewhere in Europe, the Italian banking sector is still excessively fragmented, which results in highly mediocre profitability. Some mid-sized banks are not even earning commissions. Many mid-sized banks are earning profits of 5% to 6%. They are getting 0.3 times owners’ equity,” he explained. This situation persists, although BNP Paribas made an “excellent deal” with its acquisition of BNL. But, with the crisis, “for six months there have been changes to the scenarios. Private equity funds in particular have identified enormous potential gains in productivity. Exposure to the Italian banking sector is thus highly attractive,” he concludes. Assets under management at Alken as of the end of April totalled EUR3bn, virtually unchanged compared with the end of December 2011. “Flows have been positive since the beginning of this year, and we are not seeing any redemptions either, but for all of our funds overall, net inflows are highly limited. This stability in asset levels has at least one advantage: it facilitates our management,” says Isabel Ortega, partner and director of sales at Alken.

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