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04/10/2011

DoubleLine launches its fifth fund

DoubleLine Capital, the asset management firm founded by Jeff Gundlach and several former employees of TCW (Société Générale), has announced that DoubleLine Funds Trust on 30 September launched the bond product DoubleLine Low Duration Bond Fund, with two no-load share classes. The I share class carries a commission of 0.47%, while the N share class carries a commission of 0.72%. Minimal initial subscription is set at USD100,000 for I shares, and USD2,000 for N shares.It is the fifth fund of the DoubleLine range.The managers of the portfolio are Philip Barach, Luz Padilla and Bonnie Baha. The effective duration of the new fund will be a maximum of 3 years under ordinary conditions.
04/10/2011

AXA IM appoints Francisco Arcilla as global head of funds of hedge funds

AXA Investment Managers has announced the appointment of Francisco Arcilla as global head of AXA Funds of Hedge Funds (AXA FoHF) effective 3 October, 2011. He will be responsible for the overall leadership of AXA IM’s FoHF platform and accelerate its development as a provider of tailor made investment solutions in the hedge fund space. Francisco will be based in London and report to Thibaud de Vitry, global head of AXA IM’s Investment Solutions business and member of the AXA IM Management Board. Francisco Arcilla will be a member of the AXA IM executive committee.
04/10/2011

Alain Massiera joins Rothschild & Cie Gestion

Alain Massiera is joining the college of partners and the board at Rothschild & Cie Gestion, as head of the private banking unit at Rothschild & Cie Gestion, the firm announced in a statement on 3 October. “His exceptional expertise in private banking and investment banking and his international career will be at the core of the new responsibilities of Alain Massiera,” Jean-Louis Laurens, chairman of the board and managing partner at Rothschild & Cie Gestion, says in a statement. Massiera was appointed in December 2010 as global head of the private banking profession at the Crédit Agricole S.A. group in Paris.
04/10/2011

Mandarine has about EUR400m in international assets under management

“Assets under management related to the deployment of the international product range represent about 25% of total assets,” says Mandarine Gestion, whose total assets under management as of the end of August totalled EUR1.6bn. The firm has chosen once again this autumn to announce its exposure to international business, with an added reminder that this products are now available in five European countries outside France (see Newsmanagers of 30 August): Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Spain, and Italy.In Italy, the Mandarine Valeur and Mandarine Unique funds were registered in July. In Spain and Italy, the management firm is present through a partnership with La Française AM, which has offices in Madrid and Milan. In addition, Mandarine has an office in Frankfurt, and uses the services of First Quant in Vienna.Mandarine also manages assets from Switzerland (a market it entered in 2008), Luxembourg (2008), Ireland (2011) and the United Kingdom (2009). These markets are handled by the sales team bases in Paris.
04/10/2011

Abu Dhabi's IPIC raises stake in ÖMV

In a filing released on 3 Ocotber, the Austrian oil group ÖMV announced that it has been informed by the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC, an affiliate of the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund), that the latter firm has increased its stake in the capital of ÖMV to 24.9%, from a previous level of 20.9%. IPIC now owns 81.49 million shares in ÖMV, and its most recent acquisition is valued at EUR320m.The holding company ÖIAG, which controls the Austrian government’s investments, remains the largest shareholder in ÖMV, with about 31.5% of the firm.
04/10/2011

Investors seeking protection against extreme risk

In the context of the sovereign debt crisis and global economic recession, investors are turning to hedge funds which aim to protect them from extreme risks, the Financial Times observes. Among the funds which are benefiting from the trend are tail-risk funds from Bennelong Asset Management, 36 South and Saba. All of them have seen increases in their assets of 10% in August and September, according to JP Morgan. Funds managed by Man Group, Capula and Universa also posted subscriptions.
04/10/2011

Hedge funds will have invested USD2bn in IT stocks in 2011

In 2011, hedge funds are set to invest as much as USD2.09bn to IT stocks, equivalent to about 9 basis points as a proportion of their assets under management, according to a study by Citi Prime Finance covering hedge funds based in the United States and Europe. Hedge funds with assets under management of over USD5bn will spend an average of USD7.9m in 2011, 13 times the amount estimated for funds with assets under management of less than USD500m.
04/10/2011

High inflows to emerging market bond funds in third quarter

In third quarter overall, redemptions affected most investment categories monitored by EPFR Global. Funds dedicated to emerging market equities saw net outflows of USD23.32bn in third quarter and USD36.33bn in the first nine months of the year. Funds dedicated to equities in developed markets, for their part, saw net outflows of USD77.37bn in third quarter, and USD51.31bn over three months. For bonds, however, emerging market funds posted record inflows of USD4.83bn in third quarter, and nearly EUR20bn in nine months. US bond funds attracted USD3.57bn in third quarter and USD39.6bn in the first nine months of the year. European bond funds finished the quarter with outflows of USD5bn, and ended the nine-month period with outflows of USD21.1bn. For bond funds overall, third quarter brought net outflows of USD8.3bn, but for the nine month period, the category shows net inflows of USD77.15bn. Money market funds finished third quarter with outflows of USD51.2bn, while the outflows for the first nine months of the year totalled over USD151bn. In the same period in 2010, redemptions were close to USD508bn. In the week ending on 28 September, money market funds posted net inflows of USD8.8bn. In the same period, bond funds posted net inflows of USD4.3bn, while equity funds saw redemptions of USD8.9bn. Sectoral analysis reveals that commodity funds have posted net inflows of USD4.13bn in third quarter, and USD11.85bn over nine months. Another big winner is utilities funds, which have seen inflows of over USD1bn in third quarter, and of USD1.7bn in the first nine months of the year. However, funds dedicated to financials finished the quarter with outflows of nearly USD2bn, and the first nine months of the year with outflows of USD3.33bn.
04/10/2011

UBS to announce slight net profit for third quarter

The UBS group is expected to report a slight net profit for third quarter, and net inflows to its wealth management activities, the Swiss bank announced in a statement on 4 October. The results include a loss of USD2.3bn due to unauthorised trades previously announced, and about CHF0.4bn in restructuring costs associated with the firm’s cost reduction programme. Results were also boosted by gains for the firm’s own financial sector engagements, which at fair value made about CHF1.5bn, largely due to a narrowing of credit spreads at UBS in third quarter. In addition, UBS will announce a capital gain on its sale of cash investments, which allowed it to make nearly CHF0.7bn at the Wealth Management & Swiss Bank division. Currently, the group’s tax costs for the quarter come out to near zero. UBS will also post a net inflow to its wealth management activities at a level comparable to the previous quarter. Global Asset Management will for its part announce a limited net outflow.
04/10/2011

Unigestion appoints a chairman for Asia

The Swiss asset management firm Unigesion has appointed Bill Foo as its president for Asia and its Singapore office, Unigestion Asia, from 1 October. Since 1999, Foo had served as chairman and CEO at ANZ Bank in Singapore. He will remain as vice-chairman of ANZ South & South East Asia. In his new role, Foo will assist Bernard Sabrier, chairman of Unigestion and CEO of Unigestion Asia Pte Ltd., and Nicholas Hulme, executive director based in Singapore, to develop the activities of Unigestion in Asia.
04/10/2011

Real estate fund crisis endangering funds of funds

According to an analysis by the ratings agency Scope, open-ended real estate funds which have suspended their redemptions are endangering funds of funds, Handelsblatt reports. Once real estate funds reopen their redemption windows, there is a danger that funds of funds will call in their money immediately.Scope analysed funds of funds with assets of EUR3.1bn, and found that 60% of their portfolios are composed of shares in real estate funds. In three cases, the funds of funds themselves which were closed to redemptions had 70% to 90% of their assets frozen in closed real estate funds. Handelsblatt cites the recent case of the Premium Management Immobilien-Anlagen fund of funds, which Allianz Global Investors announced in mid-August would be liquidated (probably this month), with EUR500m, or EUR19 per share, to be paid out to subscribers. This represents a considerable loss for clients.Many funds of funds are invested in the Morgan Stanley P2 Value fund, which will be liquidated. The next funds to reopen, in mid-November, will be the Axa Immoselect and the DEGI International (Aberdeen). If the re-opening is a failure, these funds will also have to be liquidated.
04/10/2011

Martin Currie closes two funds

InvestmentEurope reports that Martin Currie has decided to close two funds, the Pan European Alpha and Global Financials. The first of these funds is to be closed due to the departure of its co-manager, Eric Woehrling, while the second is being closed because its net asset value has fallen below USD10m.
04/10/2011

Barings adds to its emerging markets team

The UK asset management firm Baring Asset Management (Barings) on 3 October announced the recruitment of William Palmer as investment director for its global emerging markets (GEM) team. Palmer, who had previously been senior asset manager and head of Asia ex-Japan equities at KBC Asset Management, will report to Roberto Lampl, head of GEM equities. The Barings Global Emerging Markets fund as of the end of August had assets of USD1.7664bn.
04/10/2011

SWIP appoints an investment director

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has announced the recruitment of James Carver as investment director for absolute return bond funds. Carver will co-manage absolute return bond funds with Juan Valenzuela. Carver previously spent ten years at Aberdeen Asset Management.
04/10/2011

BlueBay AM to lend money to European businesses

BlueBay Asset Management is planning to launch a range of funds with several billions of euros in assets, which will lend money to European businesses, to fill a gap currently left vacant by banks, the Financial Times reports. The new activity, which will start up in 2012 with a closed-end fund, will directly finance small and mid-sized businesses.
04/10/2011

Cambridge Strategy recruits a CEO for Asia

The hedge fund manager Cambridge Strategy Asset Management, a specialist in emerging markets, has recruited Adam Reynolds for the newly-created position of chief executive officer for the Asian region, Asian Investor reports. Reynolds, who will begin in January 2012, previously worked at Société Générale, where he was co-head of bonds and currencies for Asia.
04/10/2011

BlackRock releases an absolute return bond fund

BlackRock has launched the BlackRock Absolute Return Bond Fund, a UK authorised unit trust, in response to growing investor demand to add value in an environment of low interest rates and stretched valuations across many areas of fixed income investments.The BlackRock Absolute Return Bond Fund is managed by Ian Winship, a senior portfolio manager.
04/10/2011

Londres est le coeur européen de l’immobilier commercial

Londres s’est taillée la part du lion des investissements en immobilier commercial sur le territoire européen. Selon le quotidien, qui se réfère à une étude de CB Richard Ellis, les Etats non-européens, mais également des sociétés de capital-investissement, des fonds de pension et d’assurance auraient réalisé au total quelque 8 milliards de livres d’investissements dans des bureaux et boutiques londoniens sur les 18 derniers mois achevés fin juillet, soit 39% du marché total. C’est près de cinq fois plus que le montant investi à Paris (1,63 milliard de livres), la deuxième ville européenne en termes d’investissements en immobilier commercial.
04/10/2011

Le Qatar prépare sa ruée vers l’or

Qatar Holdings songe selon le quotidien britannique qui cite des sources proches à créer Qatar Gold, un véhicule d’investissement dédié à des engagements dans le secteur de l’or, par acquisitions ou prises de participation. Pas moins de 5 milliards de dollars pourraient être consacrés à ce projet croit savoir le quotidien.
04/10/2011

Reliance et Berkshire font cause commune en Inde

Le distributeur Reliance Retail, filiale du conglomérat propriété de Mukesh Ambani, et le groupe de produits laitiers surgelés Dairy Queen, détenu par Berkshire Hathaway, le véhicule d’investissement de Warren Buffett, sont en négociations en vue de la création d’une coentreprise en Inde. Dairy Queen est en quête de croissance en Asie.
04/10/2011

Le Vietnam compte limiter la rémunération de l’or

La banque centrale vietnamienne pourrait établir une limite supérieure aux taux de rémunération des dépôts en or dans l’institution à 0,5% dans le but de limiter la demande mais surtout la spéculation sur le marché local du métal précieux, affirme le journal qui cite un membre officiel de la banque centrale.
04/10/2011

Centerbridge Partners cède GSI Holdings

Des fonds affiliés à la société de private equity ont vendu le spécialiste des systèmes de stockage de céréales GSI Holdings au fabricant de matériel agricole Agco Corp. La transaction a été conclue pour un montant avoisinant les 940 millions de dollars.
04/10/2011

BNP Paribas se consolide chez Innocap

Theam, le spécialiste de la gestion indicielle, systématique active, garantie et alternative de BNP Paribas IP, a confirmé son renforcement en gestion alternative, en augmentant de 25 à 50% sa participation dans Innocap, détenue avec la Banque Nationale du Canada.

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