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05/11/2013

UBS working to create a new affiliate

The UBS group is planning to create an affiliate in which several activities could be housed, including the Retail & Corporate department and wealth management in Switzerland, according to NZZ, which has detected a few entries related to the project in the latest quarterly report from the bank. This is related to a strategic decision by UBS not to be “too big to fail,” the Swiss newspaper says. However, it should be noted that final decisions concerning the contours of this new structure have not yet been taken.
05/11/2013

Euro MMFs increase their exposure to top-rated banks and quasi-sovereigns

In third quarter 2013, euro money market funds shows higher allocation towards top-held ‘F1+' banks and quasi-sovereigns, amid a portfolio rating mix dominated by ‘F1' issuers, and a lengthening of portfolios’ average maturity to compensate for low yields, according to Fitch Ratings’ 3Q13 quarterly report. Fitch-rated European MMFs denominated in euros have on average about half of their portfolio assets concentrated in 20 entities, led by Rabobank (AA/F1+) and other highly rated banks, such as Nordea Bank, HSBC, Svenska Handelsbanken, or Standard Chartered Bank (all rated AA-/F1+).. ‘F1'-rated banks, such as Barclays, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole, saw the biggest fall in fund allocation over the past year, although they remain among the top held names, notably as repurchase agreement counterparties. Yet, the average portfolio rating mix is now showing a predominance of investments rated ‘F1', or equivalent, at 54% of portfolios on average, up from 35% until June this year. This is due to the downgrade of France’s Long-term Issuer Default Rating to ‘AA+' in July, followed by the downgrade of the most widely held French banks to ‘F1' from ‘F1+'.
05/11/2013

Legal & General IM to target continental Europe

Legal & General Investment Management has obtained permission to launch a Sicav with three sub-funds in Luxembourg, Financial Times fund management reports. Five other sub-funds are expected to follow. The British firm will license the funds in 12 other European countries. This marks the first incursion by L&G IM outside the United Kingdom in 177 years. The firm will target high net worth private investors.
05/11/2013

Hedge fund salaries increased again in 2013

Salaries for junior professionals working in the hedge fund sector increased for the third consecutive year, to USD335,000 for 2013, according to the most recent edition of the Glocap Hedge Fund Compensation report, the International Business Times reports. The average salary for an analyst at a moderately-well performing hedge fund firm was inflated by bonuses equivalent to up to 10%. The most experienced professionals in the sector also received significant raises, with portfolio managers at the largest firms pocketing an average of USD2.2m per year. Bonuses for experienced professionals ranged, however, from -5% to +20%. For the hedge fund sector overall, the average income has increased by a range of 5% to 10%, in a sign of investor confidence.
05/11/2013

UBP hopes to grow in the UK

Following the integration of the private banking activities of Lloyds, as of 1 November, Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) is hoping to grow on the British market. “We don’t have any foreign acquisition plans, except perhaps in London, We are going to take advantage of the integration of Lloyds to strengthen our presence in the United Kingdom. It is currently difficult to provide growth for a Swiss bank without a presence on the European market,” the CEO of UBP, Guy de Picciotto, has told Agefi Switzerland, and has confirmed that the firm has not made a bid for BSI.
05/11/2013

Mirabaud appoints new head for Zurich branch

Mirabaud & Cie has announced the appointment of René Hermann as head of its Zurich branch, to “continue to expand and strengthen our core business lines of wealth management, asset management and intermediation.” Hermann was previously head of private banking at Valartis Bank and at Maerki Baumann & Co, where he was responsible for the development and expansion of their front office, as well as for advisory and portfolio management services. He has a Swiss Federal Diploma from the Advanced College of Business and Management (HWV) (today Graduate of University of Applied Sciences in Economic and Business Administration) and is a graduate of the Swiss Banking School. Hermann began his career as a private banker with Credit Suisse in Zurich.
05/11/2013

JP Morgan AM COO for Switzerland leaves

Miklos Vidak, COO of JP Morgan Asset Management in Switzerland, has left the firm to join another banking group, according to finews. He will not be replaced in the position. From January 2014, his operational functions will be taken over by Philipp Pfenniger, country head for Switzerland. His responsibilities in the area of marketing will be split between Nadja Huber for German-speaking Switzerland and Céline Cantatore for French-speaking Switzerland.
05/11/2013

Pimco loses largest fund title to Vanguard

The Pimco Total Return Fund, managed by Bill Gross, has lost its title as the largest fund in the world to the Total Stock Market Index Fund from Vangard, the Financial Times reports. This is a sign of the disaffection of investors with bonds in favour of equities. The Vanguard fund now has assets of USD250bn, while the Pimco flagship fund has seen its assets fall to USD248bn as of the end of October, following further redemptions.
05/11/2013

SLI preparing fund for DC plans

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has announced plans to launch a fund managed by its multi-asset class team in first quarter 2014, aimed at subscribers to defined-contribution retirement savings plans, known as the Enhanced Diversification Growth Fund (EDGF).The objective will be to generate returns similar to those from equities over a cycle, but with lower volatility. To do this, the management team will use a larger number of strategies than for traditional “growth” investment approaches.Louise Kay, head of UK institutional business, adds that SLI will launch a support service intended to help employers and consultants inform and educate members of defined-contribution savings plans about the brand.
05/11/2013

UBP replaces PM of US growth equities mandate

Union Bancaire Privée has awarded Geneva Capital Management, a firm based in Milwaukee, a US growth equities mandate, Citywire reports. The midcaps firm replaces Calmos Investment, which had managed UBAM Calamos US Equity Growth since December 2003. The fund will now be renamed as UBAM – GCM Midcap US Equity Growth.
05/11/2013

Commerz Real cède ses fonds institutionnels à Internos

Avec l’agrément de la BaFin, Commerz Real (34 milliards d’euros) a cédé pour un montant non divulgué sa filiale de fonds immobiliers institutionnels Commerz Real Spezialfondsgesellschaft mbh (CRS) à Internos Global Investors. La vente avait été conclue dans son principe 30 juin (lire Newsmanagers du 1er juillet).CRS détient un portefeuille immobilier de 68 actifs en Europe (bureaux, commerce, hôtels et bâtiments logistiques) correspondant à un volume de 1,6 milliard d’euros. La transaction s’accompagnera du transfert de 17 collaborateurs de CRS chez Internos.Andreas Muschter, président du directoire de Commerz Real a précisé que la société qu’il dirige continuera d’être présente dans l’espace institutionnel, mais sous d’autres formes, comme par exemple des «club deals» ou des investissements dans les énergies renouvelables et les infrastructures. D’autre part, la participation majoritaire dans Amprion (qui exploite le réseau haute tension de RWE) sera conservée dans le portefeuille de Commerz Real.CRS, en revanche, est spécialisée sur des actifs de petite taille qui lient beaucoup de ressources, de sorte qu’elle est moins rentable que d’autres activités de Commerz Real. Mais cette focalisation convient parfaitement pour Internos, qui se concentre déjà sur les fonds institutionnels.
05/11/2013

New head for ABN Amro MeesPierson

Jos Ter Avest, who joined ABN Amro in 1985 and is currently head of trading and compensation, will on 1 December become CEO of the private bank ABN Amro MeesPierson, Fonds Nieuws indicates.Avest will replace Frans van Lanschot, who becomes senior adviser to the board of directors, and who will concentrate on managing relationships with major bank clients.
05/11/2013

BlackRock est présent dans toutes les valeurs de l'IBEX 35

Cotizalia rapporte que BlackRock détient des actions espagnoles de l’IBEX 35 pour un montant de 9 milliards d’euros. Le gestionnaire américain est présent dans toutes les sociétés de cet indice phare, avec des participaztion supérieure à 3 % dans huit d’entre elles. Les plus importantes sont celles de 5,18 % dans Grifols et de 4,97 % dans Amadeus. Les six autres sont Dia (3,14 %), Iberdola (3,04 %) Banco Sabadell et Técnicas Reunidas (3,01 %), Telefónica (3,89 %) ainsi que Viscofan.Par ailleurs, BlackRock détient 1,55 % du BBVA, 1,92 % du Santander, 0,85 % dans Bankinter et 0,34 % dans CaixaBank.
05/11/2013

Blackstone buys a stake of 40% in a shopping centre owner

The Blackstone group has acquired a 40% stake in the SCP company, which manages shopping centres in China, Finance Asia reports. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, but a specialist in the sector values Blackstone’s stake at about USD400m. ICBC International, for its part, has acquired a 6% stake in SCP. The investment in SCP represents the largest investment by Blackstone in shopping centres in the Asia-Pacific region.
05/11/2013

Jupiter builds presence in Asia

The British asset management firm Jupiter now has a team of four people in Hong Kong, Asian Investor reports. Jupiter is seeking a fifth person, as it is preparing to occupy permanent offices in the city-state, and is preparing distribution agreements.
05/11/2013

Launch of first offshore RQFII ETF in New York

DBX Advisors, which is owned by Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM), as well as Harvest Global Investment, the Hong Kong-based firm in which DeAWM controls 30% is this week in New York expected to launch the first offshore ETF under RQFII mandates (RMB qualified foreign institutional investor), Asian Investor reports. According to a Hong Kong manager, this would be a less costly means to access the European market, since creating a London office is too expensive. According to various sources, the db x-trackers Harvest China Fund, which replicates the CSI 300 index, may be listed on the New York Stock Exchange on 6 November.
05/11/2013

Axa IM plans to grow service to third-party clients

Axa Investment Management would like to develop its activities with third-party clients clients, Joseph Pinto, global head of markets and investment strategy, stated before the weekend at a weekly press conference. Pinto did not quantify the objectives of the firm, as the developments planned will depend on the geographical situation and the structure of the markets considered. Currently, captive assets under management represent 67% of total assets, compared with 33% for external clients, of which 19% are for institutional investor clients. In Europe, Axa IM is targeting a market share of about 2% in the United Kingdom. Currently, its retail market share has slightly over 2%, but its institutional market share is lower than 0.5%. In Asia, although activities are having difficulty getting started in India, joint ventures in Korea and China are functioning very satisfactorily. Inflows to joint ventures with Kyobo in Korea and Shanghai Pudong development Bank in China have totalled nearly EUR1bn since the beginning of the year, distributed equally between the two firms, Pinto states.
05/11/2013

Former EdRIM employee to co-manage Tocqueville Dividende

Tocqueville Finance has hired Michel Saugné to take over as fund manager of the Tocqueville Dividende fund. He will co-manage the fund with Don Fitzgerald. Since 2004, Saugné had worked at LCF Rothschild, where, after serving as senior manager and a member of the investment board at Edmond de Rothschild Multi Management, and then as head of the alternative multi-management activity, was since 2011 co-head of the direct alternative management activity at LCF Rothschild, at Edmond de Rothschild Investment Managers. Saugné will assist with development and innovation in products and management, Tocqueville Finance says.
05/11/2013

Assogestioni selects Russell Reynolds as advisor for governance

The Corporate governance committee at Assogestioni, the Italian association of asset managers, has proposed the headhunter Russell Reynolds Associates as the new advisor for the next season of general shareholders’ meetings. The association relies on an external provider to select the candidates to be on the election or nomination lists for board members and other bodies at publicly-traded businesses.
05/11/2013

Trusteam Finance takes control of Alcyone Finance

Trusteam Finance has announced that it took over Alcyone Finance on Monday, 4 November, along with its asset management and wealth engineering activities. The operation will make it possible to “strengthen the range of house financial products and services, meet the increased needs for performance and the needs of clients for wealth management, institutional management and corporate cash management,” a statement says. In practice, the mutual fund management and wealth engineering activities provided by Alcyone Finance will soon be moved to Trusteam Finance. Assets under managemment total about EUR50m, largely invested in equity funds. In an interview with Newsmanagers, Jean-Sebastien Beslay, founding partner of Trusteam Finance, pointed to the complementarity of management at the two firms, due to the expertise in SRI at Alcyone Finance. The firm has two funds of this nature on sale, and has also signed a partnership with the Care association.
05/11/2013

JPMorgan succumbs to pressure on fees

JPMorgan Asset Management will respond to pressure from investors concerning its fees, by lowering performance fees for its funds, Financial Times fund management reports. The US-based asset management firm is planning to “smooth out” its performance fees over three years, according to Mike O’Brien, global head of institutionals at JPMorgan Asset Management. This will make the funds less costly, with the periods of poor performance taken into account.
05/11/2013

ETPs post USD32.9bn inflows in October

After USD34.3bn in September, ETPs worldwide posted net subscriptions of USD32.9bn, of which UDS24.3bn have been since 17 October, in a sign that the easing of the situation surrounding the debt ceiling in the United States has favoured a return of investors, the BlackRock Institute finds. Since the beginning of the year, net inflows total USD194.2bn.Net subsriptions for equity ETPs have totalled USD35.9bn, of which USD18bn for US equities. In the first ten months of the year, net inflows to equity funds have totalled USD201.3bn, 72% more than the USD117bn in January-October 2012.In Europe, net subscriptions have totalled USD4.1bn in October, and USD13.6bn in the first ten months of the year. Assets in the 2,130 European ETPs as of the end of October totalled USD412.8bn, while for the 1,524 US funds it totalled USD1.6408trn.
05/11/2013

Trusteam Finance absorbe Alcyone Finance

Les activités de gestion des OPCVM et d’ingénierie patrimoniale assurées par Alcyone Finance seront regroupées prochainement chez Trusteam Finance, ont annoncé les deux groupes. Trusteam Finance qui avait annoncé au 1er janvier 2013 la signature d’un partenariat privilégié avec Monte Paschi Banque en France dans le domaine de la gestion d’actifs poursuit ainsi son développement. Le nouvel ensemble gérera près de 600 millions d’euros pour une clientèle institutionnelle et privée.
05/11/2013

La Commission européenne prévoit une reprise lente en UE

Dans ses prévisions économiques d’automne, Bruxelles a revu en légère baisse sa prévision de croissance 2014 pour l’Union européenne, à 1,1% contre 1,2% attendu il y a six mois, après une contraction de 0,4% cette année. Pour 2015, elle anticipe une accélération à 1,7%. L’inflation dans la zone euro ne devrait pas dépasser 1,5% cette année comme l’an prochain et elle pourrait tomber à 1,4% en 2015, s'éloignant un peu plus de l’objectif de 2% de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE). Quant au chômage, il devrait stagner à 12,2% de la population active l’année prochaine avant de revenir à 11,8% en 2015.
05/11/2013

Londres donne plus de pouvoir aux actionnaires minoritaires

La Financial Conduct Authority britannique a annoncé mardi de nouvelles règles sur le listing pour protéger les investisseurs minoritaires. Cette publication fait suite à une consultation en 2012 du prédécesseur de la FCA, la FSA, sur les introductions à la Bourse de Londres de sociétés ayant un actionnaire de contrôle. Les nouvelles règles donnent notamment un droit de veto aux administrateurs indépendants sur les transactions entre la société cotée et son actionnaire de contrôle, et soumet la nomination de ces indépendants au vote en AG des seuls minoritaires.
05/11/2013

Le ministre des finances italien s’alarme de la hausse de l’euro

Interrogé par le quotidien britannique, Fabrizio Saccomanni met en garde contre les effets négatifs de la hausse de l’euro sur la fragile reprise de l’économie en Europe. Remarquant que la monnaie unique est désormais «la devise la plus forte au monde comparée au dollar, au yuan, à la livre sterling ou au franc suisse», il appelle la BCE à assouplir sa politique monétaire pour soulager les PME dans la région.
05/11/2013

Calpers a doublé le montant de ses bonus l’an dernier

Le fonds de pension californien a révélé hier avoir distribué à ses 130 cadres et employés 7,7 millions de dollars (5,7 millions d’euros) de bonus l’an dernier, soit plus du double des 3,6 millions versés l’année précédente. Le responsable des investissements Joe Dear a reçu à ce titre 321.750 dollars en plus de sa rémunération de base qui s’élève à un demi-million de dollars.

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