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14/09/2009

10 ETFs which have yet to be invented

The ETF Database website suggests a list of ten ETF funds which do not yet exist, and which would be interesting to launch. These include products focused on Poland, Egypt and Ireland, funds specialised in corporate bonds but focused on sectors or duration, and an alternative ETF based on inflation-indexed bonds. The others are an active ETF which replicates the management of Bill Gross (Pimco), an “ultra risk, ultra-aggressive” fund, a fund focused on currencies other than the US dollar, funds focused on the automotive sector and a long-term leveraged product.
14/09/2009

Lyxor hedge fund index up less than others

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index has posted a monthly advance of 0.94% and growth of 4.21% since the beginning of the year. These results are considerably lower than those of the HFR, Hennessee or Barclay indexes, with the difference that these results include those of the Lyxor (Société Générale group) platform and the performance of “investable” funds. In the first eight months of the year, emerging markets and long-term CTAs have posted losses of 6.93% and 7.72%, respectively, with the largest net loss for dedicated short bias strategies, at -21.71%. The best results, however, have been for long/short equity (22.25%) and credit arbitrage (34.7%).
14/09/2009

Pension funds have generated 6.8% per year since 1985

The association of Belgian pension institutions (ABIP or BVPI) reports that pension funds in the country have posted annual performance of 6.79% from 1985 until the end of second quarter 2009, which corresponds to 4.59% in real terms. On the basis of results published by 50 funds with total assets of EUR7.7bn, which represents 63% of the market, the weighted average performance of Belgian pension funds in first half was 4.21%. The average portfolio was 48% invested in bonds, 30% in equities, and 8% in real estate.
14/09/2009

Catella launches a "healthcare" real estate fund

Catella Real Estate is launching the first open-ended real estate fund in Germany to be specialised in properties in the health sector (clinics, medical centres, retirement homes, offices and logistics for the health sector). The Focus HealthCare (FHC) fund will invest in Germany as its first priority, and its objective is to achieve EUR1bn by the end of 2014, with investments in properties valued at EUR5m-EUR30m. The performance objective for the fund is 5-6% per year. Minimal subscription is set at EUR20,000, and redemptions are limited to EUR50,000 per day, until the 5th month. Management commissions are 1.25%, and the withdrawal penalty is 1%. The first three investments have been made in Northern Germany, Bavaria, and Austria, for an amount totalling EUR53m.
14/09/2009

BlackRock to create a trading platform

BlackRock, which will soon become the world’s largest asset manager, with USD3,000bn under management after its acquisition of BGI, is preparing to create its own global trading platform, the Financial Times reveals, citing an internal memo. Minder Cheng has been appointed to oversee the platform. If some clients are selling a security and others are buying, BlackRock can cross these trades internally, without going through Wall Street. The service would be free of charge.
14/09/2009

Agnelli family may acquire Intesa asset management business

The Agnelli family may buy the asset management unit of Intesa Sanapolo, the Financial Times reports. Exor, the investment company which manages the family’s assets, including its 30.5% stake in Fiat, announced on Friday that an acquisition of Banca Fideuram was an option currently under study, though any deal was still a long way off. Intesa is seeking to sell Fideuram, which manages assets of EUR42bn.
14/09/2009

High net worth clients take profits on equity markets

In second quarter, the Ibex index of the Spanish stock market gained 25.24%. And high net worth investors such as Alicia Koplowitz, Ram Bhavnani and the Del Pino family took the occasion to reduce the proportion of Spanish equities in the portfolios of their 20 Sicav funds, Cinco Días reports. As of the end of June, equities represent only EUR163.4m, 20% less than at the end of March, despite gains on equities markets between the beginning of April and the end of June. Money withdrawn from equities markets has been invested either in cash or in bonds.
14/09/2009

Cosmen and CVC granted permission to conduct due diligence on National Express accounts

The board of National Express has authorised the Austrian Cosmen family and the private equity investor CVC Capital Partners to undertake due diligence on the books at the business, and the British merger and acquisition authority has extended the deadline for bids from Friday 11 September until 6:00 PM on 25 September, Cinco Días reports. In that time period, the consortium will be allowed to decide whether or not to maintain its bid of GBP5 per share for the firm. If the operation is successful, Cosmen and CVC are planning to sell off some of the assets of National Express to Stagecoach.
14/09/2009

GBP4m incentive package to bring back Candover

Malcolm Fallen, the new CEO of Candover Investments, has been granted a GBP4m incentive package to bring about a recovery at the private equity firm, the Sunday Times reports. He was previously CEO of the telecommunications operator KCOM, and began in his new position last week. He will be in charge of negotiating a solution for Candover’s 2008 fund, which will probably be closed, having been unable to meet a EUR1bn pledge in March. The partners who pledged EUR2bn for the fund will probably be allowed not to fulfil their commitments without a penalty.
14/09/2009

Simon Ellis becomes retail director at LGIM

The former head of multi-management at Fidelity between 2006 and 2009 is joining Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) as managing director for retail activities, Investment Week reports.
14/09/2009

Harvard and Yale endowments show heavy losses

In the fiscal year ending 30 June, assets in the Harvard and Yale endowments fell respectively by USD36.9bn to USD26bn, and by USD22.9bn to USD16bn, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Harvard estimates losses on its financial market operations at 27%, and the endowment has decided to maintain a liquidity reserve of 2% of its assets in future, rather than borrowing to augment its securities portfolio. Other well-known university endowments are also showing heavy losses, including the endowments of Stanford, Princeton, and MIT.
14/09/2009

Larger pension funds have withstood the shocks of 2008 better

According to a survey by the consulting firm Watson Wyatt and the specialised journal Pensions & Investments of 300 major pension funds in 30 countries, published on 7 September, the 20 largest pension funds on the planet saw a decline in their assets of 4.1% to USD4.2bn in 2008, compared with a 13% decline, to USD10.4bn, for 300 pension institutions overall. Watson Wyatt suggests that “due to their size, the very large pension funds have an advantage in terms of governance and the decision-making process, which allows them to participate in new investment ideas,” Le Temps reports.
14/09/2009

Deutsche Bank hoping to take over all of Sal. Oppenheim by 2011

Deutsche Bank and Sal. Oppenheim on Sunday declined to comment on an article in Focus magazine which claims that the former firm is planning to acquire an initial stake of 45% in Sal. Oppenheim, and then to buy up the remainder of the private bank by 2011, Die Welt am Sonntag reports. Sal. Oppenheim is now valued at EUR1.5bn-EUR1.8bn, down from the EUR2bn it was recently valued at. Sal. Oppenheim is reportedly also in exclusive negotiations to sell its investment banking operations to the Italian firm Mediobanca. Focus reports that the division also interests Barclays and Macquarie.
14/09/2009

SEC poised to impose money market fund restrictions

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is hoping to impose a requirement that money market funds be allowed to invest only in top-rated securities, in order to reduce risk. But the US Chamber of Commerce and 20 corporations have expressed reservations about the plans, arguing that the limitations may make it difficult for them to raise capital, L’Echo reports.
14/09/2009

3i sells minority stakes

The private equity investor 3i Group has sold minority stakes in small businesses in the IT telecommunications and health sectors in Europe for a total of EUR150m, Cinco Días reports. The consortium which has bought the investments includes Coller Capital, Harbour Vest and DFJ Esprit.
14/09/2009

Mediobanca studying books at Sal. Oppenheim investment bank

Mediobanca is carrying out due diligence on Sal. Oppenheim’s German investment banking and equity capital markets business. Deutsche Bank is not interested in these operations, as it focuses on the wealth management and private banking activities of the German-Luxembourg business (EUR130bn in assets), the Financial Times reports. According to sources close to the firm, Mediobanca will probably opt for hiring of teams rather than an acquisition of the entirety of the Sal. Oppenheim investment bank, which has 400 employees. The Italian bank would apparently take on board only a small number of these.
14/09/2009

Robert Helm becomes head of retail distribution at MEAG

Fondsprofessionell reports that Gerhard Rosenbauer will be quitting his position on the managing board at the asset management firm MEAG Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (MEAG), where he was head of retail distribution, for personal reasons on 30 September. He will be replaced on 1 October by Robert Helm, who is currently director of distribution to institutional investors.
14/09/2009

Alternext sets out to rescue credit-strapped businesses

In a report submitted Monday to the French minister of the economy, Christine Lagarde, and obtained by L’Agefi, there are proposals for 30 administrative, fiscal, and market measures, intended to remove obstacles standing in the way of issuers and make Alternext attractive once again for SMBs and businesses, the newspaper reports. The objective of the measures is to ease the difficulties for businesses having difficulty obtaining lending from banks.
14/09/2009

Principal GI seeks acquisitions in Europe

Principal Global Investors is seeking to acquire a European boutique specialised in global bonds, Ignites Europe reports. Jim McCaughan, CEO of Principal, would like to expand the business through acquisitions. And the market which interests him most is London.
14/09/2009

The Hartford reorganizes distribution

The Hartford Financial Services Group has announced the creation of a new structure, Hartford Life Distributors (HLD), which will handle sales and distribution for its investment and retirement products. This will result in a centralisation of internal and external sales units, marketing and support teams, and groups for strategic client assistance and the development of mutual funds, 401 (K) products and university savings programs (529). These activities represented USD25bn in deposits in the 12 months to 30 June, and currently employ a sales force of 240 focused on these areas. HLD will be headed by Kevin Connor, executive vice president, who was previously head of marketing, client assistance and development for investment and retirement products.
14/09/2009

Nils Bolmstrand takes over as head of SIG

Skandia Investment Group (SIG, about GBP50bn in assets) on Friday announced the appointment of Nils Bomstrand, who was previously head of products, distribution and international relations with managers, as VEO, effective immediately. The appointment follows the resignation of Jamie McLeod, who founded Skandia Investment Management seven years ago. SIG was created in October 2007.
11/09/2009

Martin Currie recrute chez Vanguard pour l'Asie

Le 28 septembre, Ee Fang Chen, qui était chargé du développement de l’activité institutionnelle de Vanguard en Chine à Taiwan et à Hong-Kong, rejoindra Martin Currie Investment Management comme business development director, Asia, sous la responsabilité de Kimon Kouryialas, regional head for Pan Asia. Il sera basé à Singapour et aura comme responsabilité le suivi de la clientèle et le développement en Asie.
11/09/2009

La Banque Scotia regroupe ses activités de gestion d'actifs

Mercredi, la Banque Scotia a annoncé aujourd’hui les améliorations apportées à ses activités de gestion d’actifs «en vue de soutenir le service à la clientèle et la croissance interne de sa division de gestion de patrimoine».Le nouveau centre d’excellence ainsi créé, appelé Gestion d’actifs Scotia S.E.C., regroupera les efforts de recherche, de communication et de conception de produits et les autres activités actuellement dispersés entre plusieurs unités opérationnelles. Gestion d’actifs Scotia regroupera sous un même toit les compétences en gestion d’actifs de Fonds Scotia, de ScotiaMcLeod et de Scotia Cassels. L’ensemble devrait représenter plus de 20 milliards de dollars canadiens d’encours.
11/09/2009
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SGAM lance un fonds "absolute research"

Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM) vient de lancer SGAM Invest Europe Absolute Research, un FCP diversifié de droit français, conforme aux normes UCITS III, «permettant aux investisseurs de bénéficier des opportunités des marchés actions en Europe tant en période haussière que baissière, avec une performance absolue décorrelée des marchés actions». Le fonds se compose d’une base monétaire jusqu’à 100 % du portefeuille, gérée de manière classique et d’un d’un swap de performance sur des paires d’actions européennes intra-sectorielles, avec une position acheteuse (long) sur les valeurs jugées attrayantes et une position vendeuse (short) sur celles présentant le moins de potentiel. L’exposition aux marchés des actions sera au maximum de 100 % de l’actif. Le fonds est géré par Eric Mijot, directeur adjoint des gestions actions et responsable de la recherche et de la stratégie actions de SGAM Paris. Il s’appuiera notamment sur les neuf analystes financiers de l'équipe couvrent chacun plusieurs secteurs.Caractéristiques de SGAM Invest Europe Absolute ResearchCode ISIN : FR0010771949 (tous souscripteurs) et FR0010772103 (investisseurs institutionnels)Minimum de souscriptions initiale : 100 euros (tous souscripteurs) et 1.000.000 euros (institutionnels)VL de lancement : 100 euros (tous souscripteurs) et 1.000 euros (institutionnels)Minimum de souscription ultérieure : néantCommission de souscription non acquise au FCP : 5 % maximumFrais de gestion max. : 2,40 TT max. (tous souscripteurs) et 1,20 TTC max. (institutionnels)Frais de gestion réels : 1 % (tous souscripteurs) et 0,5 % (institutionnels)Commission de surperformance : 20 % de la performance au-delà d’Eonia + 3 % (tous souscripteurs) et 20 % de la performance au-delà d’Eonia + 3 % (institutionnels)
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