Recherche
S'abonner
Connexion
Asset Management
Accueil Asset Management Actualités
04/05/2010

Apax veut vendre ses parts dans Ifco

Le capital-investisseur Apax Partners compte lancer dans les prochaines semaines une OPV secondaire en Allemagne et aux Pays-Bas ainsi qu’un placement privé aux Etats-Unis pour placer les 89 % qu’il détient dans le logisticien Ifco, rapporte la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Cette société spécialiste des caisses pliantes affiche actuellement une capitalisation boursière de 550 millions d’euros. Elle compte dans le monde plus de 90 chaînes de distribution comme clientes, dont Wal Mart, Kroger, Metro, Rewe, Carrefour, Migros ou Spar, de même que quelque 5.500 producteurs. En dernier lieu, Ifco a réalisé un ebitda de 129 millions de dollars pour un chiffre d’affaires de 736 millions de dollars.
04/05/2010

Anima acquiert Etruria Fund Management

Anima Sgr, la société de gestion d’actifs italienne née le 31 décembre de la fusion d’Anima dans Bipiemme Gestioni et gérant 24 milliards d’euros, a bouclé l’acquisition d’Etruria Fund Management, société de droit luxembourgeois dédiée à la création et à la gestion de fonds qui affichait au 31 mars un encours de 318,2 millions d’euros. Concrètement, l’accord prévoit le rachat de la part d’Anima de 99,98 % du capital d’Etruria Fund Management à Banca Etruria. Dans le cadre de cette transaction, Anima devra payer 6,3 millions d’euros à Banca Etruria, qui se trouve être son actionnaire avec une participation de 2,91 %. Cette acquisition permet à Anima d’enrichir sa gamme de produits, indique son directeur général, Pietro Cirenei. «La présence au Luxembourg sera importante pour nous dans une optique de diversification de l’offre, mais l’activité de gestion restera concentrée principalement en Italie», ajoute-t-il. Les fonds d’Etruria continueront à être commercialisés par les banques du groupe Banca Etruria, précise le communiqué.
04/05/2010

Citi Private Bank se dote d'un responsable Chine

Rudolf Hitsch a quitté Goldman Sachs pour rejoindre la semaine dernière Citi Private Bank en tant que global market manager pour la Chine. Selon Asian Investor, il sera basé à Hong Kong et rattaché à Aamir Rahim, chief executive pour l’Asie-Pacifique.C’est la première fois, souligne Asian Investor, que Citi Private Bank désigne formellement un responsable pour la Chine, fonction récemment occupée sur une base intérimaire et pour une période limitée par Andrew Tung. Rudolf Hitsch travaillait précédemment chez Goldman Sachs où il était responsable en tant qu’executive director de la clientèle chinoise fortunée.
04/05/2010
Fonds

Nouveau fonds chez Banque d'Orsay

Orsay Asset Management a annoncé lundi le lancement d’Orsay Active L/S, un fonds à objectif de performance absolue dont la gestion repose sur un seul moteur de performance : l’arbitrage Long/Short actions. L’exposition nette du fonds à l’évolution des marchés actions est comprise entre -25% et +25%.Code Isin : : FR0010878116Droits d’entrée : 2% maximumFrais de gestion : 1,20% par an + 20 % de la différence positive entre le rendement du fonds sur l’exercice et l’indice EONIA capitalisé +1%.Montant de la part : 1000 €Minimum à la souscription : NonEligible à l’assurance vie
Fonds
04/05/2010

Covéa Finance compte mettre de l'ordre dans sa gamme de fonds d'investissement

Dans le sillage de la fusion entre Covéa Finance et MMA Finance, effective depuis le 1er mai, la nouvelle entité qui gère plus de 68 milliards d’euros gérés à fin 2009 dispose d’une offre de 90 OPCVM, dont une cinquantaine issus de MMA Finance, rapporte l’Agefi. La nouvelle structure entend fusionner cette année et en 2011 les fonds qui présentent des doublons. Covéa Finance ne fait pas de la gestion pour compte de tiers un développement stratégique, précise le quotidien. A terme, l'établissement pourrait envisager développer la distribution d’OPCVM, via des plates-formes de distribution et référencement, auprès d’institutionnels. Pour autant, la société de gestion ne compte pas participer à des appels d’offres faute de disposer d’une force commerciale. Son portefeuille, composé à hauteur de quelque 80% de produits de taux, n’a pas vocation à évoluer en termes de répartition. Covéa Finance mise avant tout sur la mutualisation des coûts. Comptant une centaine de collaborateurs, la société prévoit néanmoins de renforcer ses équipes de gestion en recrutant une dizaine de personnes d’ici fin 2010.
04/05/2010

La pression monte avant le procès de Jérôme Kerviel

La Tribune rapporte qu'à son tour, Maître Jean Veil, un avocat de Société générale, a promis de belles surprises à Jérôme Kerviel. L’avocat faisait référence aux récentes déclarations de l’ancien trader, dont le procès démarre le 8 juin. Jérôme Kerviel réaffirme que la banque était au courant de ses opérations et l’a laissé faire aussi longtemps qu’il gagnait de l’argent.
04/05/2010

Dieter Pfundt (ex Sal. Oppenheim) rejoint Silvia Quandt & Cie comme conseiller

Responsable de la banque d’investissement chez Sal. Oppenheim depuis fin 1996 jusqu'à janvier 2010, Dieter Pfundt est entré lundi au senior advisory board de la banque d’investissement Salvia Quandt & Cie AG, à laquelle il apportera ses compétences et son réseau de relations dans le domaine de la banque d’investissement et du merchant banking. Parallèlement, l’intéressé devient associé de la banque.
04/05/2010

max.xs recrute le patron de Threadneedle Allemagne

Oliver Roll a été recruté comme head of portfolio management et de la gestion institutionnelle par max.xs financial services AG, une société de distribution de Fonds B2B qui est filiale de cash life AG. Auparavant, l’intéressé était directeur pays pour l’Allemagne de Threadneedle.
04/05/2010

La Commerzbank cherche à se renforcer dans la gestion de fortune

Thorsten Reitmeyer, membre du directoire chargé de la gestion de fortune, annonce dans un entretien avec la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung que la Commerzbank souhaite devenir l’un des vrais leaders sur le marché allemand de la gestion de fortune, où elle est déjà le numéro deux, mais avec un encours de seulement 47 milliards d’euros contre 190 milliards dont 55 milliards en Allemagne, pour la Deutsche Bank. Metzler, Berenberg ou Merck Finck sont probablement plus connus comme banques des particuliers haut de gamme que la Commerzbank, qui conjugue à présent sa bonne pénétration dans le monde des patrons de PME aux talents reconnus de gestionnaire de la Dresdner Bank. Thorsten Reitmeyer sait par ailleurs que la Commerzbank ne pourra pas dans ce domaine réaliser d’opérations de croissance externe, à cause de la participation de l’Etat et des conditions imposées par Bruxelles.
04/05/2010

La Deutsche Bank dote Sal. Oppenheim d'un quatrième dirigeant

Josef Ackermann, président du directoire de la Deutsche Bank, a annoncé lundi que Gregor Broschinski, qui était depuis deux ans dans la division private wealth management, rejoint le directoire de Sal. Oppenheim en tant que responsable de la gestion de fortune, rapporte la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. C’est le quatrième membre du directoire de Sal. Oppenheim (sur six) désigné par la Deutsche Bank.
04/05/2010
Fonds

M&G veut lancer un fonds obligataire à haut rendement

Le britannique M&G envisage de lancer un fonds obligataire «international macro» qui investirait à la fois dans le crédit et la dette souveraine, avec un objectif de haut redement, indique Investment Week.Le fonds serait piloté par Jim Leaviss, responsable du retail fixed interest, qui a récemment confié trois de ses fonds (Index-Linked Bond -123 millions de livres, International Sovereign Bond -54 millions de livres et Emerging Markets Bond -12 millions de livres) à Mike Riddell. Jim Leaviss gère actuellement les fonds Gilt & Fixed Interest (645 millions de livres), Global Macro Bond (83 millions de livres) et High Yield Corporate Bond (1 milliard de livres). Selon le managing director de M&G, Jonathan Willcocks, le nouveau fonds devrait renforcer la présence de Jim Leaviss sur les marchés internationaux.
Fonds
04/05/2010

F&C mis sous surveillance par Standard & Poor's

Suite à l’acquisition le 28 avril (NewsManagers du 29 avril) de Thames River par F&C, Standard & Poor’s a annoncé en fin de semaine qu’il plaçait sous surveillance négative les notes de contrepartie à long et court terme de F& C («BBB-A-3»).L’agence de notation évoque le levier élevé de F&C qui dispose d’une moindre capacité à assurer le service de sa dette par rapport à d’autres sociétés de gestion notées de la même façon.
04/05/2010

Madoff investors to get some of their money back

The estate of Jeffry Picower, an investor in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme who died last fall, is expected soon to pay at least USD2 billion to other Madoff investors burned by the fraud, according to a court order filed on Monday. That is approximately the amount Mr. Picower and other entities associated with him withdrew from Mr. Madoff’s investment firm in the six years before it collapsed, says the Wall Street Journal.
04/05/2010

max.xs recruits head of Threadneedle Germany

Oliver Roll has been recruited as head of portfolio management and institutional management by max.xs financial services AG, a B2B fund distribution firm affiliated to cash life AG. Roll was previously country head for Germany at Threadneedle.
04/05/2010

Deutsche Bank appoints a fourth board member for Sal. Oppenheim

Josef Ackermann, chairman of the board at Deutsche Bank, announced on Monday that Gregor Broschinski, who for two years was head of the private wealth management division, will join the board of Sal. Oppenheim as head of wealth management, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. He becomes the fourth member of the board of directors at Sal. Oppenheim (out of six) appointed by Deutsche Bank.
04/05/2010

Commerzbank seeking to build presence in wealth management

Thorsten Reitmeyer, a member of the managing board in charge of wealth management, has announced in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Commerzbank would like to become a real leader in the German wealth management market, where it is already the second-largest firm, with assets of only EUR47bn, compared with EUR190bn, of which EUR55bn are in Germany, at Deutsche Bank. Metzler, Berenberg and Merck Finck are probably better known as high net worth retail banks than Commerzbank, which now combines good penetration in the SMB CEO market with the widely esteemed asset management talents of Dresdner Bank. Reitmeyer adds, however, that Commerzbank will not be able to undertake external growth operations in this area, due to the German government’s stake in the business and conditions imposed by the European Union.
04/05/2010

Schroders sells fund administration services to JP Morgan

Schroders has announced that it has sold its private equity fund administration services activities, currently based in Guernsey and the Bermuda islands as Schroder Administrative Services (Bermuda) and Schroder Administrative Services (C.I.) to JP Morgan International. Gross assets at the two firms are expected to total about USD1.3bn when the transaction is completed.
04/05/2010

M&G to launch a high yield bond fund

The British management firm F&C is planning to launch an “international macro” bond fund, which would invest in credit and government bonds, with high yield objectives Investment Week reports. The fund would be managed by Jim Leaviss, head of retail fixed interest, who recently placed three funds (Index-Linked Bond, GBP123m, International Sovereign Bond, GBP54m, and Emerging Markets Bond, GBP12m) under the management of Mike Riddell. Leaviss currently manages the Gilt & Fixed Interest (GBP645m), Global Macro Bond (GBP83m), and High Yield Corporate Bond (GBP1bn) funds. The managing director of M&G, Jonathan Wilcocks, says the new fund will strengthen Leaviss’ presence on global markets.
04/05/2010

German government toughens regulations for real estate funds

The new version of the draft bill on open-ended real estate funds published by the German federal finance minister includes stricter terms than the last version of the bill, among other things altering the principle of daily liquidity, which would become half-yearly or annual, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. In addition, the German government would impose a systematic 10% markdown on the estimated market value of the assets. The new bill also includes a requirement that investors remain in the fund for at least two years, and imposes an advance notice period for redemptions of six months to two years.
04/05/2010

Growth in assets under management at Eaton Vance

Total assets under management at the American management firm Eaton Vance as of 31 March this year totalled USD173.1bn, compared with USD161.6bn as of 31 March 2010, at the end of the first quarter of its 2010-2011 fiscal year.
04/05/2010

Citi Private Bank hires a head for China

Rudolf Hitsch last week left Goldman Sachs to join Citi Private Bank, as global market manager for China. According to Asian Investor, he will be based in Hong Kong, and will report to Aamir Rahim, chief executive for Asia-Pacific. Asian Investor reports that this is the first time that Citi Private Bank has officially appointed a head for China; this function has previously been served on an interim and limited basis by Andre Tung. Hitsch previously worked at Goldman Sachs, where he was an executive director responsible for Chinese high net worth clients.
04/05/2010

Pimco and Vanguard post largest inflows

In the United States, investors placed over USD395bn in bond funds between 31 March 2009 and the end of February 2010, and only USD24bn in equities funds, according to the Investment Company Institute. This has worked to the advantage of Vanguard, which has posted net subscriptions of USD96bn for its long term funds, according to Morningstar, and Pimco, which has brought in USD92bn for its long-term funds. JPMorgan Asset Management is in third place, with USD32bn.
04/05/2010

Insurers in new push in Solvency II consultations

Les Echos reports that the European Commissions will today hold a public hearing to discuss the terms of the proposed Solvency II directive, at which European federations of insurance companies will defend the modifications they have been campaigning for, which include a less restrictive definition of prudential owners’ equity and less strict calibration of capital requirements. European insurers will have until 20 May to submit their remarks to the Commission in an effort to convince them.
04/05/2010

Cayman Islands losing their cachet

The proportion of hedge funds domiciled in the Caymans has slipped from 40.1 per cent to 37.3 per cent since the end of 2008, with Ireland and Luxembourg seeing their share jump by 60 per cent to 7.3 per cent, according to figures from Hedge Fund Research. The passage of the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Manager directive is likely to accelerate this trend, says the Financial Times Fund Management.
04/05/2010

EDRIM aiming to quadruple assets in Spain

In an interview with Funds People, Guillaume Poli, chairman of the managing board at the French asset management firm Edmond de Rothschild Investment Managers (EDRIM, LCF Rothschild group) says that his objective is to achieve EUR1bn in assets in Spain, compared with EUR250m currently. He admits, however, that in the current phase, there is not much growth, and that assets under management are holding stable. The range of products on sale in Spain from EDRIM (which has had a physical presence in Madrid for four months) includes 11 funds, but five more will soon join them. These will include a UCITS hedge fund, three equities funds with respective exposures of 0-35%, 25-75%, and 60-100%. The fifth fund will be a structured product with an exposure of 70-100% to emerging markets, with a capital guarantee and low volatility.
04/05/2010

F&C put under RWN by Standard & Poor's

Following the acquisition of Thames River by F&C (see Newsmanagers of 29 April), Standard & Poor’s announced at the end of last week that it has placed its long and short-term counterparty ratings of F&C (BBB-A-3) under rating watch with negative implications. The rating agency points to high levels of leverage at F&C, which has less capacity to ensure servicing for its debt than other management firms subject to ratings of this kind.
04/05/2010

PowerShares launches a smart ETF focused on Switzerland

Agefi Switzerland reports that PowerShares Global Funds (Invesco Group) has issued a smart ETF based on the SIX Swiss Exchange for Swiss equities, entitled PowerShares FTSE RAFI Switzerland Fund (ISN IE00B23LNR19), a fund in the smart exposure ETF range, which replicates the performance of FTSE RAFI strategy indices designed by the Research Affiliates group. These indices weight shares not as a function of the market capitalisation of businesses, but instead on the basis of four fundamental criteria: sales, cash flow, dividends and book value. This approach avoids an overrepresentation of overvalued shares, and underrepresentation of undervalued shares, making the selection of shares in the index less vulnerable to bubbles and speculation. The fund, denominated in Swiss francs, carries a management fee of 0.55%.
04/05/2010

Putnam gets a new head of product development

As Chris Thompson left his job in March to become head of product management at Columbia Management (see Newsmanagers of 12 March), Putnam Investments on Monday replaced him with Kelly Marshall, who joined the asset management firm last year as director of market planning and analysis. She becomes head of investment product management, and will report to Jeffrey R. Carney, head of global marketing. She will be in charge of development for all products for retail and institutional investors and pension offerings. Putnam Investments had assets as of the end of March of USD118bn.
04/05/2010

TCW to give managers a stake in the business

In an interview with Pensions & Investments (P&I), the CEO of TCW, Marc Stern, announced that 175 investment professionals at the firm (an affiliate of Société Générale with assets of USD115bn), out of total staff of 700, will be made part of a program which will eventually grant them a 20% stake in the business. In 2007, Société Générale increased its stake in TCW from 51% to 100%, but did not keep to its pledge to gradually hand over 30% of capital in the firm to employees, instead preferring to grant them stock options in Société Générale. The managers in question will receive TCW shares which will be convertible after five years into unrestricted shares. The managers will also receive a portion of commissions. P&I states that TCW has lost more than USD18bn in assets since the dismissal of CIO Jeff Gundlach in December, as Gundlack ten days later founded the asset management firm DoubleLine Capital, and recruited 45 out of the 60 members of his former fixed income management team.
04/05/2010

Invesco retires AIM brand

As planned, Invesco on 30 April discontinued the AIM brand. Invesco AIM now becomes Invesco, to strengthen the visibility of the management firm. Funds from the management firm based in Houston, Texas, will be renamed with the Invesco name. The lists includes some new names and may be viewed at http://www.invesco.com/pdf/BRAND-FLY-1-E.pdf?contentGuid=3841df8e7fbc81…. The website of Invesco AIM will also be changing addresses, and will now become part of the larger Invesco group website.

Sujets d'actualité

Tous les sujets