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23/01/2014

Old Mutual GI appoints a head of client relationships in Southern Europe

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The asset management firm Old Mutual Global Investors (GI) has appointed Susana Garcia has head of relationships with its clients in Southern Europe, including Spain, Italy and Portugal, Funds People reports. She will be based in London, and will travel frequently between these countries. Previously, Garcia worked for three years at Skandia. She previously officiated at American Express Funds, an entity acquired by Standard Chartered Bank. Her mission will be to strengthen existing relationships between Old Mutual GI and its clients located in Southern Europe, and to develop new relationships to promote the sale of funds in these three markets. In Spain, the asset management firm has set the objective of featuring in the Top 10 largest asset management firms.
23/01/2014

Toward a slow recovery of the European real estate market

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Real estate values may begin to stabilise this year in the euro zone, although a recovery is still far off, particularly in Spain and the Netherlands, Standard & Poor’s estimates in its most recent quarterly bulletin on the European real estate market. Standard & Poor’s predicts more modest prices than last year in Spain in 2014 (-2%), and in Italy (-1%), price increases in Ireland (+3.5%) and Portugal (+0.5%), and no growth in the Netherlands (0%). More significant price evolutions are in the United Kingdom (+5%) and Germany (+4%), due to the better economic performance of these countries. In France, the economic downturn in the past five years has only very slightly imprved the availability ratio for the market. Standard & Poor’s predicts a price correlation in 2014 of -3%, followed by a stabilization (+2.0%) in 2015. A structural deficit in supply is expected to continue on the market to a certain extent, despite a gradual increase in interest rates.
23/01/2014

Fidelity Investments' head of asset management leaves

Ronald P. O’Hanley, Fidelity Investments’ head of asset management, is stepping down after less than four years in the role, according to L’Agefi. Fidelity plans to replace O’Hanley with an internal successor, according to a note to employees. O’Hanley said he plans to spend more time with his family and nonprofit organizations.
23/01/2014

Avon pension fund awards a mandate to Unigestion

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The pension fund for the British municipal authority of Avon has selected Unigestion to manage a EUR200m mandate in emerging markets. The mandate will track the emerging market equity strategy of Unigestion, based on active risk management. Michel Bernard, director in the instituitonal clients team at Unigestion in Lodnon, says that “this decision reflect the importance of institutional demand for strategies which offer exposure to emerging market equities, while limiting the impact of the volatility inherent in this market segment.”
23/01/2014

Schroders loses its head of multi-management for Europe

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Gregor Hirt, head of multi-management activities at Schroders in continental Europe, is expected to leave the asset management firm in March next year, Citywire reports. For seven and a half years at Schroders, Hirt would like to continue other opportunities. He will at the same time be leaving his responsibilities at Multi-Asset Portfolio Solutions (MAPS) and will be taking over two diversified funds, the Schroder ISF Global Conservative and Schroder ISF Global Dynamic Balanced. Urs Duss will become principal manager of the first fund, seconded by Daniel Caderas. He will also be responsible for for the second fund, with Ugo Montrucchio, who arrived at BlackRock in October last year.
23/01/2014

Insight appoints a head of asset solutions

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Tarik Ben-Saud has been appointed as head of Asset Solutions at Insight Investment, a newly-created position, IPE.com reports. Ben-Saud previously spent 15 years at BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors as head of LDI and client strategy.
23/01/2014

Pictet AM launches an unconstrained bond fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Pictet Asset Management has launched the Pictet-Absolute Return Fixed Income fund, an unconstrained bond fund, managed by Andres Sanchez Balcazar, co-head of the unit specialised in global and regional equities, with the assistance of three managers. Investing both in developed and emerging markets, in all bond segments, without being subject to constraints related to a benchmark index, the fund aims to profit from opportunities offered by interest rates, differences in returns, and currencies. The fund aims for gross annual returns (excluding fees and commission) 3% to 4% higher than the returns earned by investments in cash, In line with the UCITS directive, it represents a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-registered Pictet Sicav. Its share classes are denominated in US dollars, euros and Swiss francs.
23/01/2014

Baillie Gifford reopens its emerging market fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Baillie Gifford will next week be discontinuing the 2% front-end fees applied to its Emerging Markets Growth fund, Investment Week reports. The fees, established in 2011, were intended to dissuade investors from returning to the fund once it reached GBP1bn in assets. Since then, the fund’s assets have fallen to GBP476m.
23/01/2014

Two analysts from Bridger found Kora Management

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Nitin Saigal, senior analyst at Bridger Management, and Dan Jacobs, analyst at the same firm, have joined forces to launch an alternative asset management firm, Kora Management, Hedge Fund Intelligence reports. The flagship fund from the new firm will take the form of a long/short equity strategy dedicated to emerging economies in Asia and Latin America. The firm is currently based on the premises of Bridger Management, which has about USD1.8bn in assets under management. Kora Management already has an analyst based in Sao Paulo.
23/01/2014

Emergence and NewAlpha AM sign a new incubation agreement

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Emergence SICAV and NewAlpha Asset Management on 22 January annoucned that they are signing a fourth incubation partnership with the firm Rcube Asset Management. With EUR30m from Emergency, the Rcube Global Macro UCITS fund will at its launch on 31 January 2014 have assets under management which will allow it to meet the requirements of institutional investors. The Rcube Global Macro UCITS fund, licensed by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), uses a global macro investment strategy for all asset classes excluding commodities, solely through liquid instruments. The investment process is based on both a quantitative and discretionary approach. The quantitative portion identifies factors that may explain assets considered, in order to model their future returns. Investment decisions are then taken on a discretionary basis. The Rcube company, founded in 2010, provides analysis and investment advising to sophisticated institutional investor clients, and North American and European hedge fund managers. At the request of many institutional clients, the founders, Cyril Castelli, Paul Buigues and Stéphane Alloiteau, in 2013 decided to transform Rcube into an asset management firm in order to implement the investment process for their own funds themselves.
23/01/2014

Poorly-run companies underperform

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Companies which are well-managed have outperformed those which were not well-managed by an average of 30 basis points per month since the beginning of 2009, according to a study by Hermes Fund Managers cited by IPE.com. More precisely, businesses with the lowest governance ratings tended to underperform on average, rather than the inverse. Geir Lode, head of quantitative equities at Hermes, comments: “our results show that it is poor governance which has led to underperformance, rather than good governance which has led to outperformance.”
23/01/2014

Investec AM recruits an Italian sales director

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Investec Asset Management has recruited Marco Orsi as Italian sales director, extending its European sales team, Investment Week reports. Orsi prevoiusly worked for Allianz Global Investors, where he was responsible for retail distribution. Before that, he was at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
23/01/2014

Three fund managers leave Union Investment

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Three fund managers will be leaving Union Investment, Citywire Global reports. They are Robert Girth and Inga Haubelt, equity managers, and Ralf Boeckel, bond manager. As a result, Gunther Kramert will take over the UniSector: HighTech fund, while Frank Thormann will manage the UniNordamerka fund. Lastly, the UniInstutional Short Term Credit fund will be taken over by Marc Hellingrath.
23/01/2014

Union Investment acquires an office complex in Munich

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Union Investment has acquired an office complex with more than 19,000 square metres in the old town of Munich, on Maximilianstrasse, according to a statement from the asset management firm. The office complex was acquires from an international asset manager, whose identity has not been divulged. The price of the transaction has not been stated.
23/01/2014

Investec closes an aviation fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Investec Aviation Finance has completed the first closing of its fund dedicated to the aviation sector, Aquila Debt Fund, with USD250m. The fund has capacity of USD500m, and Investec is also investing in the new vehicle. The fund integrates the regulatory requirements of Solvency II, and offers a way to guarantee an investment grade rating for papers issued by the fund. Assets under management at Investec Aviation Finance total about USD3bn.
23/01/2014

UBS Global AM obtains RQFII license in China

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } UBS Global Asset Management (GAM) has obtained an RQFII (Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors) license from the Chinese authorities, which are expected to allow it to invest in domestic securities markets in China, Asian Investor reports. UBS GAM joins the list of asset management firms which have gained this precious prize in the past month, with Ashmore, Guangzhou Secrities and Wing Lung AM. The website points out that UBS GAM was already the first firm to obtain a QFII license, in May 2003. The Swiss asset management firm has a solid presence in China, through its joint vebture UBS SDIC Asset Management, which received CNY800m (USD132m) as an RQFII quota in December 2012. Though present in continental China, UBS GAM now does not have a range of funds domiciled in Hong Kong, and Asian Investor suggests that it has no plans to create such a range at this time.
23/01/2014

Lombard Odier appoints Hugo Bänziger as managing partner

Lombard Odier on 22 January announced the appointment of Hugo Bänziger as managing partner. He is currently chairman of the board of directors at Eurex, and become the new managing partner of the Geneva-based firm. He has experience in risk management.Bänziger previously worked for 16 years at Deutsche Bank, where he was chief risk officer and a board member from 2006 to 2012. He will continue to teach at the University of Chicago and the National University of Singapore as a visiting professor, as well as at the London School of Economics. He is also chair of the International Committee of the Red Cross (CICR).“The very vast experience which Hugo Bänziger has, especially in the area of finance and risk management, will represent a significant advantage for our international expansion,” says Patrick Odier, senior managing partner at Lombard Odier, in a statement.
23/01/2014

Sicav creation nears pre-crisis levels in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The number of new Sicav funds in Spain reached its peak in 2013 since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007, according to data released by the CNMV, the local regulator. Last year, 127 new Sicavs were registered by 22 Spanish asset management firms, 91 more than in 2012. This figure is still far off the level in 2007, when 157 new Sicavs were launched on the market. Bankinter Gestión de Activos was particularly active in this territory in 2013, with the registration of 31 new Sicavs, or 24% of all Sicavs registered on the Spanish market. BBVA AM is in second place, with 21 new Sicavs last year, followed by UBS Gestión, which launched 17 new Sicavs in 2013.
23/01/2014

Les PMI français et allemand font le grand écart

L’activité dans le secteur privé français s’est à nouveau contractée en janvier, mais à un rythme plus modéré que les mois précédents. Selon les premières estimations de Markit, l’indice PMI composite s’est inscrit à 48,5 contre 47,3 en décembre, après être repassé en novembre sous la barre des 50 qui sépare croissance et contraction de l’activité. A l’opposée, le secteur privé allemand a connu en janvier sa plus forte croissance depuis juin 2011. L’indice PMI composite a atteint 55,9 dans sa version préliminaire pour janvier, contre 55 en décembre.
23/01/2014

Natixis AM va nommer Jean-François Baralon DG délégué

Le conseil d’administration de Natixis Asset Management (NAM) devrait nommer Jean-François Baralon directeur général délégué début février, a appris L’Agefi de sources concordantes. L’actuel directeur finances et opérations de NAM remplacera Philippe Zaouati, désormais patron de Mirova, le pôle d’investissement responsable de NAM devenu filiale à part entière le 1er janvier. Jean-François Baralon est entré au comité exécutif de NAM en 2007.
23/01/2014

Le responsable de la gestion d'actifs de Fidelity s'en va

Ron O’Hanley, qui dirigeait l’activité de gestion d’actifs de Fidelity Investments depuis 2010, quittera la société à la fin du mois de février. Selon un courrier adressé aux associés, il devrait être remplacé en interne au cours des prochaines semaines. Le document précise que Ron O’Hanley souhaite passer plus de temps avec sa famille et collaborer avec des ONG.
23/01/2014

MSU : Sabine Lautenschläger devrait seconder Danièle Nouy

La BCE a annoncé mercredi que son Conseil des gouverneurs avait proposé la désignation de Sabine Lautenschläger à la vice-présidence du Mécanisme de supervision unique (MSU), l’organisme de supervision unique des principales banques de la zone euro qui sera dirigé par Danièle Nouy. Ancienne vice-présidente de la Bundesbank, Sabine Lautenschläger fera son entrée lundi au directoire de la BCE.
23/01/2014

L'Espagne frappe fort sur les marchés

La demande pour la dette périphérique atteint des niveaux exubérants. En témoigne le livre d’ordres de 40 milliards d’euros pour l’emprunt de 10 milliards à 10 ans émis hier par l’Espagne, un record du genre seulement devancé par l'émission inaugurale du FESF, signature supranationale.
23/01/2014

La justice conforte les pouvoirs de l'Esma

La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a rejeté un recours introduit par la Grande-Bretagne contre des dispositions du règlement sur les ventes à découvert. L’arrêt conforte les pouvoirs des autorités européennes telle celle des marchés financiers (Esma) et pourrait faire jurisprudence.

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