La Cour de l’UE rend demain son verdict, a priori favorable, sur l’OMT, l’un des outils inventés par la BCE pour endiguer la crise des dettes souveraines.
La filiale de gestion du Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe vise 72 milliards d’euros d’encours à horizon 2020, contre 50 milliards à fin mars. La part issue de l’international a vocation à doubler, à 20% du total des actifs, avec une collecte réalisée pour moitié hors de France.
Le quiz consiste à deviner l'identité des 5 gérants d'actifs retenus par les sélectionneurs de fonds. Une personne parmi les meilleurs répondants sera tirée au sort lors de la Cérémonie des Coupoles et se verra offrir un stage de pilotage en avion !
La direction France et Benelux de Raiffeisen Capital Management démissionne conjointement. La société autrichienne a d'ores et déjà conclu un partenariat avec un TPM pour assurer la continuité de la distribution de ses fonds dans l'hexagone. Raiffeisen gère aujourd'hui 450 millions d'euros d'encours en France, dont 80% proviennent des institutionnels et 20% du marché retail.
L’indice PPI des prix à la production établi par le département du Travail américain a progressé de 0,5% le mois dernier, soit la plus forte hausse en plus de deux ans et demi. Sur un an, le PPI a reculé de 1,1%. La chute des cours du pétrole et le rebond du dollar ont pesé sur les prix des producteurs au cours de ces derniers mois. Ceux-ci devraient cependant connaître un redressement progressif, la remontée des prix de l'énergie s’accompagnant d’une vigueur persistante du dollar, ce qui devrait alimenter les anticipations d’un relèvement prochain des taux par la Réserve fédérale.
Le moment pour la Banque d’Angleterre de relever ses taux d’intérêt se rapproche et les indicateurs économiques des prochains mois aideront à en fixer la date exacte, a déclaré vendredi un responsable de la banque centrale britannique. Ian McCafferty, membre du comité de politique monétaire, qui figurait l’an dernier dans le clan minoritaire appelant à relever les taux, a ajouté qu’il surveillerait de près les indicateurs comme le chômage et l'évolution des salaires et qu’il s’attendait à ce que l’inflation revienne à 2% d’ici à fin 2017 et dépasse ce seuil par la suite.
Les actifs des marchés émergents ont subi une décollecte nette de 9,3 milliards de dollars sur la semaine écoulée jusqu’au 10 juin, selon les statistiques hebdomadaires d’EPFR. Les actions chinoises, notamment de classe A, ont contribué au gros des flux sortants en perdant 7,1 milliards de dollars sur la période. Les ETF sur actions chinoises sont coutumiers de ces grands mouvements de balancier. Les fonds globaux de dette émergente ont enregistré quant à eux une décollecte de près de 800 millions de dollars.
La société de gestion italienne Kairos, qui gère 8 milliards d’euros d’encours, a décidé de lancer ses fonds en Espagne, rapporte Funds People Italia. Toute la gamme de fonds a ainsi été enregistrée sur le marché espagnol, confie Stefano Prosperi, le directeur général de la structure transalpine. Kairos distribuera ses fonds principalement par le biais de family office et de grands établissements financiers et concentrera ses efforts sur ses fonds alternatifs et notamment Kairos Selection, Kairos Key et Kairos Italia.
The Chinese asset management industry has accelerated its growth. According to a report released by Fitch Ratings, total assets in mutual funds and mandates (excepting mandates held by affiliates of asset management firms) rose by 61% in 2014 compared with 2013, for a total of CNY6.700trn (USD1.100trn). Last year, all asset classes posted positive net inflows, with the exception of so-called Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) funds. Of this total, mutual funds account for the lion’s share, representing 68% of total assets in the sector. This is followed by mandates (18%) and pension funds (14%).In detail, money market funds have posted the strongest growth, with assets multiplied by 6 over a period of 18 months, to a total of CNY2.200trn as of the end of 2014. This large leap forward is largely due to strong demand from retail clients for this type of products, particularly via e-commerce platform, the ratings agency notes.At the end of 2014, China stood in 10th place in the global mutual fund market, and in 5th place on the global money market fund market.
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } In May, funds on sale in Sweden posted net outflows of SEK10bn, or more than EUR1bn, the most recent statistics from the Swedish investment fund association Fondbolagens Förening show. Swedish investors primarily pulled out of Swedish equity funds (-SEK4.3bn) and global equity funds (-SEK1.6bn). These monthly outflows have driven inflows to equity funds since the beginning of the year into negative territory, where it still stood at +SEK4.9bn as of the end of April, and now stands at -SEK2.1bn. However, due to the good performance of other categories of funds on sale in Sweden, global net inflows remained positive in May, to the tune of SEK1.7bn. Outflows from equity funds were offset by net inflows of SEK5.2bn to balanced funds, which have been very popular since the beginning of the year, and SEK4.5bn to money market funds. Bond funds show a slight inflow of SEK900m. As of the end of May, assets in Swedish funds set a new record, with assets of SRK3.420trn, corresponding to nearly EUR370bn.
KBL European Private Bankers (KBL epb), headquartered in Luxembourg and operating in 50 cities in Europe, announced on June 11 the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Lombard Odier, the Geneva-headquartered private bank, which will enhance KBL epb’s IT and operations activities.Under the terms of the agreement, KBL epb will leverage Lombard Odier’s existing processes and G2 platform, adapted to the specific needs of the Luxembourg-headquartered private banking group. In line with that partnership approach, Lombard Odier will establish a new company in the Grand Duchy – staffed by select KBL epb specialists and Lombard Odier employees – to provide KBL epb with best-in-class IT and operations solutions, hosted on a cutting-edge external platform. That company will reach full operational status in the course of next year, in line with overall project development. Highlighting that the signing of this agreement followed months of in-depth discussions, Marc Lauwers, Group Chief Operating Officer, KBL epb, said: “This partnership is not simply a back-office initiative. It is an integral element of a group-wide transformation process that will support the realization of our strategic objectives, including enhancing the way we serve our clients and strengthening the ties that bind us as a pan-European group.” Emphasizing the multi-year nature of this major project, he noted that it would have no material impact on employment at KBL epb in Luxembourg before 2017.Lauwers added that Lombard Odier has made a firm commitment to extend to a significant number of current KBL epb specialists the opportunity to serve at the new company that will be established in the Grand Duchy. “Our ambition is to ensure full employment for the balance of Luxembourg-based staff impacted by this agreement,” he said, “including through an increased focus on training and internal mobility.” “The signing of this agreement is a game-changing event for our group,” said Yves Stein, Group CEO, KBL epb. “Moving forward, we will be much better equipped to respond to rapidly evolving client needs, enhancing our ability to meet those requirements in a more international environment.“Consequently,” Stein added, “our group will be even more strongly positioned to achieve accelerated external growth – backed by a provider with a proven track record, pan-European presence and local awareness.”
BMO Financial Group has announced that its assets under management in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will everywhere adopt the BMO Global Asset Management brand name. The announcement follows the acquisition of F&C Asset Management Plc last year, which will form “the skeleton of the new corporate brand.” The institutional sales activities, intermediated via retail and wholesale clients at F&C, will adopt the name BMO Global Asset Management.F&C REIT, the specialist real estate activity, will become BMO Real Estate Partners. However, the F&C Trust company will undergo no changes. The names of the funds will also remain unchanged. “All changes will take effect from 6 July 2015,” the Canadian financial group has announced.Distribution teams at F&C will now use the BMO Global Asset Management brand name, and will provide complete management of the BMO Global Asset Management product range, which also includes the small specialist boutiques LGM Investments, Monegy, Pyrford, TCH and the future entity BMO Real Estate Partners.
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Growth in the Spanish asset management industry is not letting up. In May, assets in Spanish common investment funds rose by 1.36%, to a total of EUR225.44bn, compared with EUR222.42bn at the end of April, according to statistics released by the VDOS agency. This growth is exclusively driven by a solid sales dynamic, as net inflows came to EUR3.23bn last month. However, returns on portfolios have fallen into negative territory, with a loss of EUR210.5m in May. In May, the best net inflows were at Caixa Bank, which posted EUR989.89m in net subscriptions. Far behind, this is followed by Banco Sabadell (EUR457.78m in net inflows), BBVA (EUR425.74m), Ibercaja (EUR331.17m), and lastly, Bankia (EUR238.46m). Meanwhile, Ahhoro Corporacion has seen the largest net outflows in May, with EUR100.96m in net outflows. This is followed by Banca Andorra (-EUR23.3m), Bestinver (-EUR20.2m), Santander (-EUR16.5m) and lastly, BNP Paribas (-EUR13.5m). As of the end of May, Caixa Bank surrendered first place in the sector to Santander, with EUR39bn in assets under management, and a market share of 17.32%. Santander holds second place with EUR38.15bn in assets and 16.92% of the market. Lastly, BBVA takes third place, with EUR32.9bn in assets, and a market share of 14.60%.
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Intesa Sanpaolo is not studying an acquisition of Julius Baer, Bluerating reports. “It is an excellent business, but we are not interested,” said the CEO of the Italian bank, Carlo Messina, putting an end to rumours which had been circulating for several days on this subject. For the moment, Intesa is concentrating on internal growth in the areas of private banking and asset management, he added.
UBS has made several recruitments as additions to its organisation in Northern Europe, particularly in wealth management, the Swedish financial website realtid.se reports. As of the beginning of August, Måns Levin and John Whitlock will join the bank in Stockholm as wealth management client advisers. The two, who will be responsible for ultra-high net worth clients, join from Carnegie. They join Louise Granath, who was recruited late last year as a client adviser, and who had previously worked with Northern European clients at the Zurich office of Morgan Stanley. In Copenhagen, where UBS has recently opened an office, Henrik Wyrwik has been recruited as branch manager. He will work alongside Kim Høgsberg and Henning Sand. In August, they will be joined by Lars Hellum. Both are responsible for high net worth clients. At the beginning of this year, UBS lost three employees to Axa Investment Managers, realtid.se reports. These were David Ansersson, Henrik of Donner and Viktoriak Orhamn.
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) has appointed Thomas Hu as managing director and head of its global client group unit for Asia-Pacific ex japan. Hu will be based in Hong Kong, and will be responsible for distributing the complete range of products and services from Deutsche AWM to institutional clients throughout the region, with the exception of Japan. Hu will report to Ravi Raju, head of the Asia-Pacific region, and Dario Schiraldi, head of the global client group. He replaces Ken Tam, who has decided to leave the group to pursue “other opportunities,” a statement says. Hu has worked at Deutsche Bank for 19 years. Since 2012, he has been managing director and head of the institutional client group (IGC) – debt in Hong Kong, within corporate & banking securities at the banking group. In this position, he was responsible for covering multi-asset class structured products for sovereign funds, regional financial institutions and asset managers in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Brunei.
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Financière de l’Echiquier is shifting into high gear with its development in Austria. After the appointment of Jörg Ahlheid as head for Germany and Austria in October last year, the French asset management firm is now offering a part of its product range to Austrian investors. Financière de l’Echiquier has obtained sales licenses for several of its funds. These include the four equity funds Echiquier Agressor, Echiquier Global, Echiquier Major and Echiquier Agénor, as well as the diversified fund Echiquier ARTY, and its wealth fund Echiquier Patrimoine. The agreement comes as part of the European developmennt of the Paris-based structure. Financière de l’Echiquier in late 2014 opened an office in Frankfurt, and also has an office in Italy. A Swiss office is expected to be created in the next few months.
Mathieu Caillier est nommé à la direction du Business Development International. Ce poste récemment créée s’inscrit dans la volonté de la société de gestion d’étendre son développement commercial au-delà de la Suisse, la France et l’Allemagne, pays dans lesquels la société de gestion est implantée depuis de nombreuses années. Après avoir notamment renforcé sa présence en Allemagne, avec l’agrément, il y a près d’un an, d’une société de distribution à Munich et l’acquisition de Corpus Sireo, Swiss Life Asset Managers souhaite exporter plus largement son savoir-faire et ses solutions d’investissement dans des pays où la société de gestion ne dispose pas de bureau de représentation. La société de gestion compte mettre en avant ces expertises smart beta, High Yield, de gestion diversifiée et immobilière, tant auprès de clients patrimoniaux et institutionnels dans les pays européens ciblés.Agé de 37 ans, Mathieu Caillier a rejoint Swiss Life AM en 2007, où il occupe jusqu’alors les fonctions de responsable de la distribution externe et des réseaux Swiss Life.
Le mois de mai 2015 ne restera pas dans les annales pour les ténors américains de la gestion d’actifs que sont AB (anciennement AllianceBernstein), Franklin Templeton, Invesco et Legg Mason. Le mois écoulé s’est en effet soldé au mieux par une stabilité de leurs encours ou, au pire, par un léger repli. Ainsi, AB a fait d’état d’une modeste progression de 1 milliard de dollars de ses actifs sous gestion pour s’établir à 500 milliards de dollars fin mai contre 499 milliards de dollars fin avril. La situation n’est guère plus brillante chez Invesco qui annonce une progression de 0,1 % de ses encours d’un mois sur l’autre. Ainsi, ses actifs sous gestion s’établissent à 812,4 milliards de dollars à fin mai contre 811,7 milliards de dollars à fin avril. Pour sa part, Legg Mason a annoncé que ses actifs sous gestion sont ressortis à 706,8 milliards de dollars à fin mai, un chiffre identique à celui du mois d’avril. Enfin, Franklin Templeton a enregistré un léger repli de ses encours au cours du mois. Ses actifs sous gestion s’établissent en effet à 888,4 milliards de dollars contre 894,9 milliards de dollars à fin avril, soit une baisse de 0,7% d’un mois sur l’autre.
Le gestionnaire d’actifs britannique Charles Stanley a confirmé la nomination de Ben Money-Coutts au poste de directeur financier, et ce de manière permanente. L’intéressé avait repris ce poste par intérim début janvier 2015 à la suite du départ de James Rawlingson. De fait, le régulateur britannique, la Financial Conduct Authority, a définitivement donné son feu vert à la nomination de Ben Money-Coutts, précise Charles Stanley dans un communiqué. Ben Money-Coutts est également nommé avec effet immédiat administrateur («director») au conseil d’administration de Charles Stanley & Co. Limited. Ben Money-Coutts a rejoint Charles Stanley en mai 2013 en provenance de Saltus Partners LLP où, depuis 2007, il officiait en qualité d’associé, de directeur financier et de directeur des opérations. Avant cela, il a été «Head of Corporate Broking» chez Bridgewell Securities. Au cours de sa carrière, il a également travaillé chez Arthur Andersen et Charterhouse Securities.
Intesa Sanpaolo n’étudie pas l’acquisition de Julius Baer, rapporte Bluerating. « C’est une excellente entreprise, mais nous ne sommes pas intéressés », a déclaré le directeur général de la banque italienne Carlo Messina, mettant fin aux rumeurs circulant à ce sujet ces derniers jours. Pour le moment, Intesa se concentre sur la croissance interne dans les domaines de la banque privée et de la gestion d’actifs, a-t-il ajouté.