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15/03/2010
Fonds

Le Fonds de l’AVS économise grâce à la gestion en interne

Le Fonds de compensation de l’AVS parvient à économiser plus de 10 millions de francs par année en rapatriant en interne des mandats de gestion. Dans un entretien au «Temps», ses responsables, Marco Netzer (président) et Eric Breval (directeur), expliquent que la part gérée en externe est passée de 75% à 50% de l’encours en deux ans. La réorganisation des mandats externes suit le constat selon lequel lorsque ceux-ci sont trop nombreux – ils étaient 50 contre moins de 30 aujourd’hui – la surveillance est difficile. Ce projet s’est accompagné d’un renforcement des effectifs de 30 %, à 30 personnes.
Fonds
15/03/2010

GAM: un nouveau membre proposé au conseil d’administration

Selon L’Agefi suisse, un nouveau membre devrait être nommé au conseil d’administration de l’ancienne filiale de Julius Bär. Diego du Monceau, de nationalité belge, sera proposé à l’élection lors de la prochaine assemblée générale du 13 avril. Diego du Monceau a occupé différentes fonctions chez White Weld, Merrill Lynch et Swiss Bank Corporation.
15/03/2010
Fonds

Les Agnelli vont souscrire au fonds Almacantar

La famille Agnelli va contribuer au fonds immobilier Almacantar (cadran solaire, en arabe) qui doit lever 500 millions de livres d’ici à fin avril pour investir dans des actifs immobiliers à Londres et Paris, rapporte The Sunday Times. Le fonds sera géré par Mike Hussey, l’ancien patron de la division londonienne de Land Securities, assisté de Neil Jones, l’ancien patron Europe de Grosvenor, la société immobilière du duc de Westminster.D’autre part, Matrix va lancer un fonds immobilier de 600 millions de livres à investir au Qatar, en Arabie saoudite et dans les Emirats arabes unis. Ce fonds sera soutenu par la famille Al Attivah du Qatar.
Fonds
15/03/2010

Le gérant de fortune Bestinvest nomme de nouveaux responsables

John Spiers, qui a fondé Bestinvest en 1986, va quitter la direction de la société. Michael Covell devient chairman de Bestinvest avec effet immédiat alors que Peter Hall prend les fonctions de chief executive à compter de juin 2010.Michael Covell, qui depuis plus de trente ans a occupé de nombreux postes dans le secteur de la gestion de fortune, remplace Ray Greenshields, qui a démissionné de la présidence de la société en octobre 2009. De son côté, Peter Hall était précédemment chez UBS où il était managing director depuis 2006.
15/03/2010
Fonds

Neuberger Berman va faire coter un fonds "distressed"

Neuberger Berman, la société de gestion américaine issue de Lehman Brothers, va coter l’un des premiers fonds de dettes «distressed» sur le London Stock Exchange, rapporte le Financial Times. Le gestionnaire cherche à lever 150 millions de dollars avec cette opération. Le fonds sera principalement investi aux Etats-Unis, mais est coté à Londres car la demande vient principalement d’Europe.
Fonds
15/03/2010

Strategic Insight s'installe à Londres

Vendredi, l’américain Strategic Insight a annoncé l’ouverture de son bureau de Londres et la nomination d’Andreas Pfunder comme managing director Europe. Il sera chargé de développer la clientèle de Strategic Insight parmi les sociétés de gestion de fonds, les gestionnaires et fortune et les réseaux de distribution au Royaume-Uni et en Europe continentale. Andreas Pfunder était jusqu'à présent consultant indépendant après avoir exercé des fonctions de direction du développement chez Fidelity International et AllianceBernstein.D’autre part, Strategic Insight a indiqué que son global business dévelopment manager, Jamie Maak, va être transféré de New York à Londres.Enfin, la société précise avoir l’intention d’ouvrir aussi un bureau à Hong Kong avant la fin de l’année.
15/03/2010
Fonds

First State lance deux nouveaux fonds offshore

First State Investments a a annoncé qu’elle commercialise désormais deux nouveaux fonds offshore destinés aux investisseurs institutionnels, le First State Asia Pacific Select et le First State Global Emerging Markets Select. Ces deux Fonds seront domiciliés en Irlande et gérés par l'équipe Asie Pacifique/Marchés émergents basée à Edimbourg et en Extrême-Orient. Ils viennent en complément du First State Asia Pacific Leaders et First State Global Emerging Market Leaders.Le fonds Asia Pacific Select sera géré par Alistair Thompson et aura un portefeuille concentré de grandes capitalisations, l’indice de référence étant le MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan. Le Global Emerging Markets Select Fund sera géré par Jonathan Asante avec le MSCI Emerging Markets comme benchmark.Les deux fonds, dont le portefeuille comportera 50 lignes environ, sont libellés en dollars et auront des parts UK distributor.Il est prévu la création ultérieure d’une part retail pour chacun de ces deux produits.
Fonds
12/03/2010

Goldman loses a hedge fund manager

Pierre-Henri Flamand, the head of Goldman Sachs’ largest internal hedge fund, is leaving the Wall Street giant to start his own hedge fund, a Goldman Sachs spokeswoman in London confirmed to the Wall Street Journal.
12/03/2010

France and Germany in favour of rapid action on CDS

Les Echos reports that Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Jean-Claude Juncker and Georges Papandréou are calling in an open letter to the European Union for the Spanish presidency to open an enquiry into the role of derivative products in the Greek crisis, and to forbid speculative transactions. They are calling for rapid action on CDS, which could involve “imposing a minimal time period for CDS to be retained by investors, and to forbid speculative transactions on CDS to ensure that the acquisition of these assets is not used as a means to hedge.” They are convinced, however, that the United Kingdom will continue to be opposed to toughening legislation.
12/03/2010

France and UK seek compromise on hedge funds

According to the Financial Times, Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy will on Friday try to hammer out a compromise deal over European Union reforms that the US and UK believe could damage the hedge fund and private equity industries.
12/03/2010

CESR publishes prospectus data

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) on 11 March released its statistics on outlooks for the second half of 2009. The total number of prospectuses approved by member nations of the CESR in the period under consideration was 1,702, of which 489 were in the United Kingdom, 535 in Italy, 356 in Luxembourg, 329 in Ireland, 237 in Germany, 161 in Spain, and 101 in France.
12/03/2010

TOBAM signs up to United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment

The asset management firm TOBAM, developer of the Anti-Benchmark strategy, has announced that it has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), to “reflect the firm’s engagement to respect the values of social responsibility and transparency in its investment process.” “Given the size of the investment universe for funds managed by TOBAM, the selection of businesses which have engaged to adhere to socially responsible conduct will have little effect on the pertinence or diversification of the Anti-Benchmark strategy,” a statement from the asset management firm says.
12/03/2010

CPR AM aims for EUR25bn in assets by 2012

One year after arriving as CEO of CPR Asset Management, Jean-Eric Mercier on Thursday unveiled the ambitions of the asset management firm, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi. Mercier announced that he is hoping to achieve EUR25bn in assets under management at the firm by 2012. This will mean returning to the levels of assets last seen in 2007, when the management firm had EUR24.2bn under management. As of the end of 2009, assets totalled EUR19.8bn, and since the beginning of this year, it has seen subscriptions of over EUR1bn. To increase assets, CPR AM is planning to develop its presence among “a limited number of clients,” defined in partnership with Yves Perrier, CEO of Amundi. This will include wealth management clients - meaning IFAs and also funds of funds and private banks - who now represent 23% of assets. The other major area of development will be “major French clients,” including institutional investors and businesses (which represent 64% and 12% of assets, respectively), with the theme of employee savings in the forefront. However, CPR AM is not planning to distribute its funds via networks. In terms of product range, the number of funds has been reduced from 75 to 50, with the elimination of products which “work less well.” Meanwhile, five funds were launched in 2009, and 5 to 7 other products are planned for this year. The asset manager is planning to develop SRI, in partnership with Ideam, the SRI research firm from Amundi. The objective is to have EUR1bn under management in this area by 2011. A fund was already launched in 2009 with this theme (CPR Progrès Durable Europe).
12/03/2010

Columbia recruits a Putnam exec

Chris Thompson, who was head of investment product management at Putnam Investments, will join Columbia Management next week as head of product management, Mutual Fund Wire reports. Thompson will report to Mike Jones, president of Columbia.
12/03/2010

Korean Investment Trust Company to return to alternative management

The Korean sovereign fund Korean Investment Trust Company (KITC), with about USD20bn in assets under management, is planning to renew its engagement to alternative management, which it abandoned due to the financial crisis, Asian Investor reports. Currently, Korean investors have about USD400m invested in hedge funds. According to Suh Jong-Doo, managing director of international activities at KITC, investment in hedge funds is expected to approach USD2bn in the next two to three years, bringing it back to its pre-crisis levels.
12/03/2010

Government borrowing approaches record levels in Europe this year

Mid- to long-term sovereign debt in Europe may total a record EUR1.446trn in Europe in 2010, an increase of EUR52bn over the previous record set in 2009 (EUR1.394trn), according to estimates from Standard & Poor’s. Analysts at the agency point out that modifications in the characteristics of sovereign debt risks, and their perception by investors, may lead to significant modifications to the cost of borrowing, as the example of Greece has recently shown. A 300 basis point increase in the yield curve could result in additional interest of 3.9% of GNP by 2015 for Greece, 2.6% for Portugal, and 2.5% for Italy and the United Kingdom.
12/03/2010

Structured financing: 0.39% default rate in Europe since the beginning of the crisis

Between mid-2007 and the end of 2009, defaults totalled EUR7bn on total borrowing of EUR1.9trn in structured financing in Europe, putting the default rate at 0.39%, according to a study published by Standard & Poor’s (“A Closer Look at European Structured Finance Reveals Low Default Rate Over the Financial Crisis.”) In the same period, the cumulative rate of ratings downgrades was 12.4%, which means that nearly 90% of ratings remained stable or were raised at the height of the crisis. By comparison, the United States in the same period had a default rate of 4.29% and a percentage of ratings downgrades of 40.6%. Standard & Poor’s emphasises that the study uses a different approach than usual to assess defaults. “Ratings performance” and default rates are calculated on the basis of amounts affected by ratings changes, and not on the basis of the number of ratings changes that have taken place. This approach better represents asset classes and large allocations in terms of the amounts invested, in more traditional products and more senior and better-rated debt.
12/03/2010

EFG International sets up shop in Florida

EFG Capital, the main affiliate of EFG International in charge of wealth management in the United States, announced on 11 March that it is setting up in Key Biscayne, in Florida. The new team will work in close collaboration with the main office of EFG Capital in Miami. EFG Capital is already present in New York and Los Angeles. The number of employees in the United States now totals 145, a 65% increase since 2007. The Key Biscayne office will be managed by Mario E. Fernández, who has over 20 years of experience in financial services, and extensive knowledge in advising international families.
12/03/2010

Slight increase in assets at Axa IM in 2009

In 2009, assets under management at AXA IM were up slightly to EUR499bn, compared with EUR485bn at the end of December 2008. The management firm saw redemptions of EUR18.5bn, due to “a fall in average volumes under management in certain asset classes which investors have move away from, and non-recurrence of one-time earnings in 2008,” Axa IM says in a statement. Results for various asset classes are contrasted. Fixed income (EUR325bn) has seen a 10% increase in assets. Net inflows are EUR2bn higher than in 2009. Equities management, for its part, has total assets of EUR81bn. Axa IM did not disclose details of subscriptions for this asset class. For alternative activities at AXA IM (EUR76bn), assets in the Funds of Hedge Funds strategies and expertise area, are up to EUR3.7bn.
12/03/2010

Philipp Hensler resurfaces at Oppenheimer Funds

The former US head of distribution at DWS Investments (see Newsmanagers of 28 August 2009), Philipp Hensler, will join Oppenheimer Funds on 1 April as head of distribution, replacing Bill Carey, who arrived at Bank of America as recently as the beginning of September (see Newsmanagers of 7 September), and who left the firm at the end of January.
12/03/2010

UBS releases 69 ETC funds on LSE

The London Stock Exchange has announced the launch by UBS of 69 ETC funds. This is the first major launch of these products in Europe outside Switzerland. The series of ETC funds replicates the performance of the UBS Bloomberg Constant Maturity Commodity (CMCI) indices. In the past few weeks, two ETF providers, Osmosis Capital and Marshall Wace Indices, have also released products on the London Stock Exchange.
12/03/2010

Lowes Wealth Management creates a distribution structure

Fund Strategy reports that Lowes Wealth Management (LWM) has created a structure dedicated to distribution, in cooperation with the financial services specialist John Walls, and is planning to make its funds available in the United Kingdom. LWM Distribution will initially offer only the East-West Value Fund and the Future LVM value funds.
12/03/2010

Large-scale data theft at HSBC Private Bank Suisse

HSBC Private Bank Suisse on Wednesday announced that it has fallen victim to a “serious data theft” affecting 15,000 accounts in Switzerland, but it thinks that the data “did not and will not allow” third parties to access client accounts. Bloomberg reports that the data was stolen by a former colleague in the IT department about three years ago. All the accounts affected were opened before October 2006. The bank has also announced that its clients last year withdrew GBP4.1bn, mostly to deposit the funds at other establishments which offer better returns.

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