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10/11/2011

Changes at the top at Santander AM

After four years as CEO of Santander AM España, Dolores Ybarra has been appointed as global chief investment officer at Santander Asset Management, Funds People reports.Ybarra replaces Elena Eyries, who has joined the wholesale banking division of Santander. She will now direct global teams for mandate management, multi-management, and macroeconomic analysis.As a part of the changes at Santander AM, José Cuervo has been appointed as global head of Latin American equities, and Alfredo Mordezki becomes director of Latin American bond management. Agustin Carles becomes head of the global macroeconomic analysis and strategy team.Louay Mikdashi becomes global head of the multi-management team, while José María Martínez-Sanjuán takes carge of multi-management fund selection, and Tom Caddick becomes head of multi-management fund management.
10/11/2011

Groupama AM launches two Luxembourg based funds

Groupama AM has added two new sub-funds to its Luxembourg-registered Sicav G Fund. The G Fund European Equity High Conviction is a concentrated European equity fund, which aims to select the current leaders or firms which are set to become leaders in high growth sectors. G Fund Apple Equity Market Neutral is a European equity fund which aims to deliver absolute returns, with low correlation to equity markets. Overall, the Sicav from Groupama AM managed in Paris, which has EUR230m in assets under management (as of 30 September 2011), has five sub-funds, of which the first three are G Fund Euro Corporate Bonds, G Fund European Convertible Bonds and G Fund European Equity High Dividend.
10/11/2011

US pension funds sue depositories for price-fixing

US pension funds are accusing their providers, BNY Mellon and State Street, of considerably overcharging them over the past few years, and are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution, Les Echos reports. Some of the current legal actions began in October 2009, as institutional investors resolved to take back control of costs after the crisis. As a result, the major depository banks began to heavily slash their prices for currency trades in 2010, by more than 63% compared with the previous years, according to “Pensions and Investments.”
10/11/2011

BearingPoint launches a Solvency II reporting solution

The consulting firm BearingPoint has announced the launch of Abacus/Solvency II, a specialised reporting solution for European insurers, which allowed them to collect, consolidate, validate and send their reports under Solvency II regulations in a “simple, effective and cost-efficient way.” Abacus/Solvency II is based on the IT platform of the bank reporting solution Abacus/DaVinci, which is used in Europe by many banking and financial establishments. The system makes it possible to produce all quantitative reports in the structures defined by the regulator (Quantitative Reporting Templates, or QRTs), which are currently established by the European Indurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and to update thee reports to take into account future regulatory changes and new requirements in this area. “BearingPoint’s objective is to establish ABACUS/Solvency II as a standard regulatory reporting solution for the insurance sector,” Jean-Christophe Gaury, head of France for the Insurance sector at BearingPoint, explains. The agency is essentially making an easy-to-use, accessible and multilingual interface at the disposal of the widest possible number of users in Europe.
10/11/2011

SEC to revote on 2009 ruling on indemnisation of Madoff victims

The US Federal prosecutor’s office last week announced that it will not open an investigation to determine whether David Becker, former lawyer for the SEC violated conflict of interest regulations. However, the Wall Street Journal reports, the SEC is planning to put the formula selected in 2009 to indemnise victims of the Madoff scandal to a new vote, to free the matter of any bias or taint.Becker, who along with his brother was heir to a woman who has profited from the Madoff fraud, played a major role in the adoption of the reimbursement formula at the time. The ruling sets the total amount that may be claimed by victims as the amount they had invested, minus their withdrawals, adjusted for inflation.The inspector general of the SEC, David Kotz, has recommended that the ruling go to a new vote. He has already convinced the commissioners to change the system so that the SEC ethical office reports directly to the chairman, and that its recommendations be documented.
10/11/2011

Natixis asset management penalised by market effects

Profits at Natixis in third quarter 2011 show a decline in revenues for the Savings unit of 4% compared with the same period in 2010, to EUR410m. In the first nine months of 2011, however, they are up 5% compared with 2010, to EUR1.335bn. Earnings in Asset Management, meanwhile, are down 3% comapred with third quarter 2010, to EUR341m, but up 4% to EUR1.062bn in the first 9 months of the year, compared with the same period in 2010.Assets in Asset Management totalled EUR525bn as of 30 September 2011, compared with EUR533bn as of 30 June 2011. Negative market effects (-EUR28bn) outweighed positive forex effects (+EUR17bn). For their part, largely as a result of bond products and alternative management via the centralised distribution platform NGAM, net inflows were positive at EUR3.1bn.In Europe, assets total EUR309bn, down 3% since the beginning of the year. The European market remains difficult, largely due to a serious decline on the equity markets, but inflows have become positive again to money market supports (+EUR1.1bn).In the United States, assets total EUR289bn, down 0.9% year to date.
10/11/2011

DTZ AM recruits a senior analyst

Amélie Charles has joined the valuation department at DTZ Asset Management, in charge of managed assets in Germany, the asset management firm announced on 9 November. Since 2006, Charles has been employed in England, where she served as an autidor at KPMG, and then as a manager at GBR Phoenix Beard.The recruitment comes at a time when the firm is growing rapidly, and is a sign of the desire of DTZ Asset Management to consolidate its leading position on the third-party real estate asset management market.DTZ Asset Management, with 60 employees, now manages a portfolio of European assets of more than EUR3.6bn at its offices in Paris and Frankfurt.
10/11/2011

ERAFP preparing two new real estate funds

Catherine Vialonga, chief investment officer, has told IPE that the French civil servants pension fund (ERAFP) is planning to diversify its portfolio with the launch of two new real estate funds, one of which will be focused on France, and the other wiollbe a Pan-Europe vehicle.ERAFP recently awarded a EUR40m real estate asset management mandate to AEW Europe SGP (see Newsmanagers of 9 November).
10/11/2011

La chute des bonus frappe de plein fouet les traders obligataires

Cette année, les traders spécialisés dans les obligations à Wall Street verront leur bonus chuter de 35 % à 45 %, au titre de 2011, selon le cabinet Johnson Associates cité par La Tribune. La baisse pour l’ensemble de la profession est estimée entre 20 % et 30 %. La rémunération variable des traders actions subira une coupe moindre (de 30 % au maximum) que celles des courtiers en obligations, malgré la crise boursière. Selon La Tribune, les professionnels de la gestion de fortune verront au pire leurs bonus stagner, et, au mieux, augmenter de 5 %.
10/11/2011

Assets under management at AllianceBernstein up 5%

AllianceBernstein on 9 November announced that its assets under management as of 31 October totalled USD424bn, compared with USD402bn in October. This increase of 5% is due to positive market effects and a “modest” outflow, a statement from the firm states.
10/11/2011

Olympia CM's profitability is yet to be restored, says Fitch

“Relieved from its debt burden, following its acquisition by Richmond Park Capital Holding Limited (RPCHL) in April 2011, Olympia Capital Management now benefits from improved financial flexibility, although profitability is yet to be restored,” Fitch Ratings says in its most recent report of the alternative management firm based in Paris. The ratings agency has affirmed Paris-based company Asset Manager Rating of ‘M2' for its fund of hedge funds activities. Fitch finds that OCM, which manages USD2bn in assets, half of which are in funds of hedge funds, is still faced with the challenge to enlarge its operations, against a backdrop of turbulent market conditions, in order to restore the company’s financial standing. The company has continued to refine its operational efficiency while selectively expanding resources, notably in the international client relationship domain, and renewing research staff. A new CFO was appointed in October. The agency notes that cost-cutting measures implemented over the past six months should fully materialise in 2012 financials.
10/11/2011

La Banque Postale targets high net worth clients

High net worth clients are of interest to La Banque Postale (LBP), Agefi Hebdo reports, adding that in an effort to attract them, the firm is aiming to acquire a specialised IT system for handling operations for high net worth clients. LBP is also planning to internally develop free and delegated management offerings, as well as tax advising.
10/11/2011

UBS closes Asset Backed Securities unit in the United States

UBS is closing down its Asset Backed Securities unit in the United States, Handelszeitung reports on its 10 November issue, five months after recruiting a banking star to oversee the activity. UBS had hired Ken Cohen from the wealth management firm G2 Investment Group in May this year, the newspaper reports, and his team had been making a profit. UBS has declined to comment on the reports.
10/11/2011

Assets under management down at Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

Assets under management at Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) as of the end of September totalled CHF75.3bn, down 0.8%, or CHF571m, compared with the end of December 2010, due to negative market effects, the bank announced in a statement on 10 November. The effect of the consolidation of the Banque Franck Galland & Cie SA into the group brought in CHF3bn. Net inflows in the first nine months of the year totalled CHF600m.Gross profits in the first nine months of the year were down 3%, to CHF360m.
10/11/2011

Michel Juvet becomes a partner at Bordier & Cie

On 1 January 2012, Michel Juvet, head of research since 1995 and a member of the board of directors since 1998, will become a partner with unrestricted liabilities at Bordier & Cie, a Geneva-based private bank which manages CHF9.5bn in assets. Juvet was appointed to this role by the partners at the bank.
10/11/2011

Skandia IG centralises fund administration at Citi

“In order to reduce administrative costs paid by clients,” Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has announced that it has outsourced administration of all of its funds to Citi. The decision on the part of SIG, which is a part of the Long Term Savings division of the Old Mutual group, is a result of developments in the fund management sector in Europe, particularly the introduction of UCITS IV regulation. SIG had USD22.9bn in assets under management as of the end of June.The Irish range from Skandia Global Funds was already administered by Citi, while the range from Skandia Investment Management had relied on another third-party administrator (TPA).
10/11/2011

F&C Thames River recruits a manager from Deutsche Bank

Torquil Wheatley, director, GFFX global markets structuring and head of currency solutions for pension funds and insurers at Deutsche Bank in London, has been recruited as product & performance manager at F&C Thames River. He will report to Ken Kinsey-Quick, head of multi-manager alternatives.In his new role, Wheatley will be in charge of internal communications and communications to clients for the multi-alternative product range.
10/11/2011

Friends Life creates its own asset management firm

Friends Life has announced the creation of Friends Life Investments - a new in-house asset management business - which will launch in the second half of 2012. The new activity, which will be a 100% owned subsidiary of the Friends Life Group, will initially be run by the chief investment officer, Mark Versey. LFI will have initial assets under management of GBP8bn, which will be invested primarily in fixed income assets. Further investment classes will be considered as the business grows. LFI will initially employ an in-house team of 30 investment professionals, which will subsequently be enlarged. One-time costs related to the launch of the branch are estimated at GBP5m, while operating costs are estimated at GBP4m per year. Group assets managed externally currently total GBP61bn.
10/11/2011

Réorganisation à la tête de Santander AM

Après quatre ans comme administrateur délégué de Santander AM España, Dolores Ybarra vient d'être nommée directrice mondiale des investissements de Santander Asset Management, rapporte Funds People. L’intéressée remplace Elena Eyries, qui a rejoint la division banque de gros du Santander. Elle est désomais chargée de diriger les équipes mondiales pour la gestion des mandats, la multigestion et l’analyse macroéconomique.Dans le cadre de la réorganisation de Santander AM, José Cuervo a été nommé responsable mondial des actions latino-américaines et alfredo Mordezki comme directeur de la gestion obligataire Amérique latine. Agustin Carles devient responsable de l'équipe mondiale d’analyse macroéconomique et de stratégie.Pour sa part, Louay Mikdashi devient responsable mondial de l'équipe multigestion tandis que José María Martínez-Sanjuán prend en charge la sélection de fonds en multigestion et que Tom Caddik devient responsable de la gestion de ces fonds en multigestion.
10/11/2011

Nouveau directeur opérationnel pour Pictet en Espagne

Amaury von Arnim, qui a quitté Madrid pour diriger les activités de Pictet & Cie pour l’Asie du Nord, a été remplacé à la tête des activités de la succursale espagnole par José Monjardin Álvarez de Estrada. L’intéressé devient responsable de deux métiers, la gestion d’actifs (Pictet Asset Management) et la gestion de fortune (Pictet Wealth) a indiqué Pictet Genève à Newsmanagers.A ce titre, José Monjardin, qui était directeur des opérations de la Banca della Svizzera Italiana (BSI, groupe Generali) en Espagne, sera le supérieur hiérarchique de Gonzalo Rengifo Abbad (Pictet AM) et de Luis Sánchez de Lamadrid (Pictet WM).
10/11/2011

BlackRock Allemagne choisit son COO chez Allianz GI

Thomas Groffmann, qui dirigeait depuis 2009 les relations entre Allianz Global Investors et les multinationales dans le domaine des solutions de retraite à l’international, a été recruté au 1er novembre comme COO Allemagne, Autriche et Europe de l’Est chez BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland.Il sera chargé des dossiers finances, gestion du risque, ressources humaines, informatique et contrôle des sous-traitants, sous la responsabilité de Dirk Klee, directeur pays pour la région concernée. Il devrait aussi être nommé membre du directoire et faire partie du «forum des COO» de BlackRock pour l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique, instance présidée par Kevin Ironmonger.
10/11/2011
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Francfort cote 12 nouveaux ETC de Deutsche Bank

Le 7 novembre, db ETC Index Plc a fait admettre à la négociation sur la plate-forme Xetra de la Deutsche Börse 12 nouveaux ETC de droit allemand gagés sur des barres d’or physique (voir liste). Parmi les nouveaux produits figure le premier ETC sur le prix de l'électricité en Allemagne(db Strom ETC).Désormais, le segment des ETC de la Deutsche Börse comprend 202 instruments. Le volume de transactions mensuel se situe aux alentours de 900 millions d’euros.
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10/11/2011
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CortalConsors : pas de frais de transaction sur 20 db x-trackers

La Deutsche Bank et CortalConsors (groupe BNP Paribas) ont conclu un accord au terme duquel à partir d’un plancher de 25 euros les plans d'épargne en parts de 20 des ETF de db x-trackers ne supportent plus de frais de transaction depuis début novembre.Ce partenariat est initialement valable pour 5 ans et il s’applique aussi bien aux comptes existants qu’aux plans qui viendront à être ouverts à l’avenir. Les ETF servant de sous-jacent sont à réplication synthétique. Pour tous les swaps, la contrepartie est la Deutsche Bank.Parmi les 20 ETF concernés par cette mesure, figurent des produits répliquant le Dax, l’EuroStoxx 50, le MSCI World et le MSCI Emerging Markets mais aussi des indices individuels sur certains pays émergents ainsi que des indices de matières premières et de devises. La gamme comprend aussi des indices obligataires (marché monétaire, Pfandbriefe et obligations indexées sur l’inflation).
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10/11/2011
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UBS fait coter deux ETF supplémentaires à Francfort

Depuis le 9 novembre, la cote du segment XTF de la plate-forme de négociation électronique Xetra (Deutsche Börse) compte 868 références, avec l’admission de deux ETF irlandais d’UBS Global Asset Management : UBS-ETF MSCI ACWI Risk Weighted I et UBS-ETF MSCI ACWI Risk Weighted A (*).Le premier est destiné aux investisseurs institutionnels et affiche un TFE de 1,10 %, tandis que le second, conçu pour les particuliers, est assorti d’un TFE de 1,27 %. Tous deux répliquent le MSCI ACWI Risk Weighted Net Total Return Index, qui couvre des actions d’entreprises grandes et moyennes de 24 pays industrialisés et de 21 marchés émergents ; la pondération s’effectue en fonction du risque, les titres les moins volatils bénéficiant d’une pondération plus forte. La monnaie de référence de ces fonds est le dollar. (*) Code isin: UBS-ETF MSCI ACWI Risk Weighted I (IE00B6VTQH62)UBS-ETF MSCI ACWI Risk Weighted A(IE00B6VS8T94)
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10/11/2011

La Banque Postale cible les clients "haut de gamme"

st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Les clients haut de gamme intéressent La Banque Postale (LBP) rapporte L’Agefi Hebdo qui précise que, dans ce cadre, l'établissement envisage de faire l’acquisition d’un système d’information spécifique pour traiter l’ensemble des opérations dédiées à la clientèle patrimoniale. LBP entend également développer, en interne cette fois, des offres de gestion libre et déléguée, ainsi que de conseil fiscal.
10/11/2011

Olympia CM doit encore renouer avec la rentabilité, selon Fitch

«Délestée de sa dette après son acquisition par Richmond Park Capital Holding Limited en avril 2011, Olympia Capital Management bénéficie d’une plus grande flexibilité financière, mais doit encore renouer avec la rentabilité», indique Fitch Ratings dans sa dernière étude sur la société de gestion alternative basée à Paris. L’agence de notation a confirmé la note Asset Manager Rating de l’activité de fonds de hedge funds d’OCM à «M2», confortée notamment par le nouveau business plan du gestionnaire. Pour Fitch, OCM, qui gère 2 milliards de dollars d’encours dont la moitié dans des fonds de hedge funds, doit encore relever le défi de l’extension de ses activités afin de restaurer son assise financière de la société. Dans cette perspective, la société a continué à améliorer son efficience opérationnelle tout en renforçant ses ressources, notamment dans le domaine de la relation clients à l’international, et a renouvelé ses équipes de recherche. Un nouveau directeur financier a été nommé en octobre.L’agence note que les mesures de réductions des coûts mises en place ces six derniers mois devraient se matérialiser dans les comptes 2012.
10/11/2011

UBS ferme son unité Asset Backed Securities aux Etats-Unis

UBS ferme son unité Asset Backed Securities aux Etats-Unis, rapporte la Handelszeitung dans son édition du 10 novembre, cela cinq mois après avoir débauché une «star» de la banque pour s’occuper de cette activité. UBS avait recruté Ken Cohen chez le gestionnaire de fortune G2 Investment Group en mai dernier, rappelle le journal et son équipe travaillait de manière profitable. UBS s’est refusé à tout commentaire.
10/11/2011

Michel Juvet devient associé de Bordier & Cie

Au 1er janvier 2012, Michel Juvet, directeur de la recherche depuis 1995 et membre du comité de direction depuis 1998, deviendra associé indéfiniment responsable de Bordier & Cie, une banque privée genevoise qui gère 9,5 milliards de francs suisses d’encours. Il a été nommé à cette fonction par les associés de la banque.
10/11/2011

Baisse des actifs sous gestion de la Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

Les actifs sous gestion de la Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) s’élevaient à fin septembre à 75,3 milliards de francs suisses, soit un recul de 0,8% ou 571 millions de francs suisses par rapport à fin décembre 2010 dû à la baisse des marchés, a indiqué la banque le 10 novembre dans un communiqué. L’effet de la consolidation de la Banque Franck Galland & Cie SA au sein du groupe s’est traduit par un apport de 3 milliards de francs suisses. La collecte nette sur neuf mois s’est élevée à 600 millions de francs suisses.Le bénéfice brut des neuf premiers mois de l’année affiche une baisse de 3% à 360 millions de francs suisses.
10/11/2011

DTZ AM recrute une analyste senior

Amélie Charles rejoint le département valorisation de DTZ Asset Management en charge des actifs gérés en Allemagne, a annoncé le 9 novembre la société de gestion. Depuis 2006, Amélie Charles travaillait en Angleterre où elle a successivement occupé le poste d’auditrice chez KPMG puis celui de gestionnaire chez GBR Phoenix Beard.Ce recrutement s’inscrit dans le cadre du fort développement de la société et illustre la volonté de DTZ Asset Management de consolider sa position de leader sur le marché de l’asset management immobilier pour compte de tiersDTZ Asset Management, qui emploie 60 personnes, gère aujourd’hui un portefeuille d’actifs européens de plus de 3.6 milliards d’euros depuis ses bureaux de Paris et Francfort.

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