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21/10/2013

CS hedge fund index gained 1.27% in September

The Credit Suisse hedge fund index in September gained 1.27%, as eight strategies of the index finished the month in positive territory. The long/short equity strategy tops the rankings of perforamnce for the month, with gains of 2.64%, compared with gains of 1.4% for event-driven, 1.42% for multi-strategy, and 1.28% for emerging markets.
21/10/2013

Sycomore AM claims a place as a major conviction-based SRI manager

Sycomore AM has posted inflows of slightly over EUR200m since the beginning of the year, the asset management firm announced on 18 October at a press conference. Assets under management totalled about EUR1.8bn as of the end of September.The asset management firm, which has posted inflows of about EUR150m to the two Novethic branded equity and bond funds, has also announced that it is launching an annual SRI day, in order to promote the added value of extra-financial analysis. The conference, entitled ISR Way, aims to demonstrate the strategic development challenge for sustainable development at businesses.Extra-financial analysts at Sycomore stands out for its proprietary model, with 85 criteria, supplied uniquely with gross data from businesses and meetings with executives. Sycomore also stands out for its expertise in SMEs, which are often remote from SRI management.The chairman of Sycomore, Laurent Deltour, also announced in his second CSR report on the asset management firm that a company foundation is also in the works. “We have initiated the project for a Sycomore company foundation which will be set up by the end of the year,” Deltour says.
21/10/2013

Highland recruits a director of marketing

Highland Capital Management has recruited for its retail team with the appointment of a director of marketing. Ondina Purcell had previously been executive director at UBS Financial. The new recruit will be based in New York, and will report to Brad Ross, chairman of Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors.
21/10/2013

AWM business and profits at Morgan Stanley up in Q3

In the Wealth Management division of Morgan Stanley, assets under management which generate commissions rose 22% in third quarter compared with the previous year, to a total of USD652bn, according to a statement released on 18 October. Inflows totalled USD15bn.Pre-tax profits in the division totalled USD668m in third quarter, comapred with USD655m in second quarter 2013, and USD247m one year previously.Assets under management in the Investment Management division of Morgan Stanley as of the end of September totalled USD360bn, compared with USD331bn one year earlier. Net inflows totalled USD1.8bn.Pre-tax profits in the division totalled USD300m in third quarter, compared with USD160m in second quarter 2013, and USD198m one year previously.The group has reported net profits in third quarter of USD906m, or 45 cents per share, where they showed a loss of USD1.02bn, or 55 cents per share in third quarter 2012.
21/10/2013

J.P. Morgan to sell funds in China

J. P. Morgan has obtained authorisation from the Chinese authorities to sell local funds in China, the Wall Street Journal reports. The bank will begin by offering a money market fund denominated in renminbi to Chinese institutionals and businesses.
21/10/2013

T. Rowe Price recruits from Invesco

Rolf Hans Elsener, who had been director of the customer service management team at Invesco Asset Management (Switzerland), in early October joined the team at T. Rowe Price in Zurich as relationship manager, finews.ch reports.
21/10/2013

Nobel foundation may have to call for donations

The performance of the investments of the Nobel foundation fell from 8.6% per year in the 1990s to 1.1% since 2000, which appears to be due to alternative investments, which as of the end of 2012 represented about 33% of assets totalling SEK3.1bn, according to figures from Bloomberg relayed by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.Since then, the unit Nobel prize has been reduced to SEK8bn from SEK10bn, and the amount spent on the official banquet in honour of the laureates has been reduced. The Foundation is now considering seeking donations in the next few years, but a decision has not yet been taken.
21/10/2013

Appetite for real estate at exceptional levels in Sweden

The real estate debt index (CREDI) offered by the Swedish firm Catella in thid quarter rose 4.4 point t a record 69.3. In other words, the trend remains very positively oriented for the next few months. During the summer, real estate activities on the Swedish market showed good growth, led by an improvement in the financial environment.
21/10/2013

State Street develops fund administration activities in Asia

The alternative investment solutions (AIS) division of State Street Global Services will open an office in Shanghai next month, following the recruitment of Eric Chow, who will lead development of fund administration activities as head of customer relationship management at AIS< Asian Investor reports. Chow, who joined the firm last month, will oversee the Shanghai office from Hong Kong, and will develop the product range at AIS in China and northern Asia.
21/10/2013

Good performance for TCI in 2013

The activist hedge fund TCI, created by Christopher Hohn, has been one of the best-performing hedge funds in 2013. According to Institutional Investor, the flagship fund from the firm, The Children’s Investment Master Fund, has posted returns of 8.81% in September. This makes for a return in the first nine months of the year of 32.48%. TCI has beaten its record set in 2012, when the fund posted returns of 30%.
21/10/2013

Assets in UK funds of funds up 9% this year

From the beginning of the year to the end of August, assets under management in funds of funds in the United Kingdom gained about 9%, to about GBP83bn, according to statistics released by the British investment management association (IMA). In the past 10 years, assets under management have risen by over 600%, according to estimates from Money Marketing. Demand has accelerated over the years, with the only decline in assets at the time of the financial crisis, between 2007 and 2008. In 2003, funds of funds barely accounted for 5% of assets. According to the most recent available statistics as of the end of August, assets in funds now represent over 11% of the total.
21/10/2013

quirin launches “the cheapest wealth management in Germany”

On 1 November, the Berlin-based quirin bank will launch the internet advising platform quirion, which it claims is “the most inexpensive wealth management offering on the German market,” as it will be available with an investment of EUR10,000 and a fee of 0.38% of the total invested. The management of the online portfolio will carry no commissions and no transaction fees.If, over and above that, the client wishes to receive personalised assistance from an expert, quirion advisers will be available at any time, rapidly and without complications, for a fee of at least EUR37.50.
21/10/2013

Reassured, investors return to US equities

In the week to 16 October, equity funds worldwide monitored by EPFR Global posted net subscriptions of USD17.2bn, of which more than USD10bn went to US equity funds, as the Congress of the largest economy in the world reached an agreement to postpone questions over the Federal budget and debt ceiling, putting them off until first quarter 2014.The last-minute agreement did not have an immediate effect on the exodus which has continued to penalise US money market funds or the acceleration of flows in the direction of funds focused on Europe and China. Money market funds have undergone a considerable outflow of USD69.7bn, while bond funds have seen net outflows of USD3.25bn.However, the quest for markets which have less political drama has led to funds flowing towards Japanese, Chinese and European equiies, as net subscriptions in the two latter categories reached their highest levels in 36 and 111 weeks, respectively.
21/10/2013

Former UBS executive wanted in the United States arrested

According to Le Temps, the former head of wealth management at UBS, Raoul Weil, who is subject to an international arrest warrant, has been arrested by the Italian police in Bologna. From 2002 to 2007 he oversaw the foreign department at UBS, which has about 20,000 US clients. The US courts accuse him of organizing tax fraud totalling USD20bn, and is seeking his extradition.
21/10/2013

Vietnam launches its first open-ended fund

After years of talking and hestitation, Vietcombank Fund Management, partly controlled by Franklin Templeton Investments, will soon launch a diversified, open-ended mutual fund, which will be the first of its kind in Vietnam, Asian Investor reports. The VCBF Tactical Balanced Fund marks an important step in the development of the financial sector, as the launch of open-ended funds has been suspended since 2008/2009 due to the financial crisis.
21/10/2013

A volley of new ETF funds in Frankfurt

iShares on Friday released four new bond ETFs to trading on the XTF segment of the Xetra electronic platform from Deutsche Börse, two of which are in ultra-short term bonds. On the same say, db x-trackers has listed two other bond ETFs. In total, the listings on the XTF segment now include 1,042 ETFs.CharacteristicsName: iShares $ Short Duration Corporate Bond UCITS ETFBenchmark index: Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade 0-5 IndexISIN code: DE000A1W4WC9Total expense ratio: 0.20% Name: iShares $ Short Duration High Yield Corporate Bond UCITS ETFBenchmark index: Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield 0-5 Capped IndexISIN code: DE000A1W4WD7Total expense ratio: 0.45%Name: iShares $ Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETFBenchmark index: Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort IndexISIN code: DE000A1W4WE5Total expense ratio: 0.20%Name: iShares Euro Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETFBenchmark index: Markit iBoxx EUR Liquid Investment Grade Ultrashort IndexISIN code: DE000A1W4WF2Total expense ratio: 0.20%Name: db X-trackers II Australia SSA Bonds UCITS ETFBenchmark index: DB Australia SSA Bonds Total Return IndexISIN code: LU0494592974Taux de frais sur encours: 0,25 %Dénomination : db X-trackers EUR Liquid Corporate 12.5 UCITS ETFIndice de référence: DB Euro Liquid Corporate 12.5 IndexCode Isin: IE00B3Z66S39Total expense ratio: 0.35%
21/10/2013

Sabbatical for a First State manager

Glen Finegan, an emerging market manager at First State, will be taking a one-year sabbatical leave, Citywire Global reports. He is the principal manager of the Worldwide Equity fund, with EUR44m, and co-manager of the First State Global Emerging Markets Leaders.
21/10/2013

Assets up at Brooks Macdonald

As of 30 September, assets in Brooks Macdonald discretionary funds total GBP5.37bn, comarped with GBP5.1bn as of the end of June, Money Marketing reports. GBP102m of this increase is due to market effects, and GBP170m to net subscriptions.Meanwhile, advisory assets increased to GBP354m, from GBP348m, while assets in property management at Braemar Estates are up 2.9%, to slightly over GBP1bn. Third party funds under administration total over GBP140m, compared with GBP120m.
21/10/2013

Fund managers are now medically monitored

Die Welt reports that 32 managers at GLG Partners are now subject to a physiological examination every day (heart rate, breathing rate, information on physical shape, hormonal secretions, stress levels). This has been implemented with Essential Software from Essentia Analytics. The objective is to avoid bad investments, as a coach monitors data for each employee and explains to them how not to make mistakes.It takes nearly one year to learn all the parameters which can reveal the personality and emotiveness of the manager. This allows for each trigger factor for decisions by the manager to be identified individually.Analysis by Essentia is now required for new recruits. Promotions are reserved for those who accept to undergo Essentia surveillance. The system will gradually be extended to all fund managers at GLG Partners.Claire Flynn-Levy, founder and CEO of Essentia Analytics, says that the firm is currently in talks with a major US asset managemet firm, as several asset management firms are also planning to adopt the software in 2014.
21/10/2013

BlackRock teams up with four ETF custodians

BNY Mellon, State Street, JP Morgan and HSBC have joined an initiative set up by iShares, the ETF activity from BlackRock, to facilitate the purchase of ETFs by pension funds, Financial News has learned. This may increase use of ETFs by institutional investors in the United Kingdom.
21/10/2013

Aletti Gestielle granted a European passport

The Italian asset management firm Aletti Gestielli, an affiliate of the Banco Popolare group, has been issued a license by the Luxembourg financial services commission to manage the Luxembourg-registered Gestielle Investment Sicav, with a European passport issued under the UCITS IV directive. Aletti Gestielle replaced Dexia Asset Management, which had previously been the asset management firm for the Sicav.
21/10/2013

Alma Capital offers equity fund outsourced to DoubleLine

The Luxembourg-registered UCITS IV Sicav Alma Capital Investment Funds (an affiliate of the French firm Alma Capital) on Friday was issued a license by the CSSF for a second sub-fund outsourced to the US firm DoubleLine. After the AlmaDoubleLine Core Plus Bond, the firm is now creating an equity fund, Alma DoubleLIne US Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, which will be managed by a new affiliate of DoubleLine Group (USD57bn), founded by Jeffrey Gundlach, entitled DoubleLine Euqity LP, founded in January 2013 by Husam Nazer and Brendt Stallings. The new fund is a clone of the DoubleLine Small Cap Growth Equity fund, launched on 1 April 2013, which has since then far outperformed its benchmark.The portfolio, which is focused on US growth small caps, will as a general rule include 60 to 80 positions, and will use the Russell 2000 Growth index as its benchmark. The ex-ante turnover rate will be 50% to 80% per year, and the average market capitalisation of the fund totals USD1.98bn, compared with USD1.83bn for the benchmark.The objective is to select growth shares whose postential for free cash flow (FCF) in the next 3 to 5 years has not been integrated into its stock price. The management team is convinced that market prices follow distributable FCF over a 3- to 5-year investment horizon.Management commissions are set at 1.25% for institutional shares (I) available from EUR/USD/GBP250,000, and 1.75% for retail shares (R) available with a minimal initial subscriptino of EUR/USD/GBP1,000.
21/10/2013

Alquity Africa arrives on Generali platform

The emerging market specialist Alquity has launched the Alquity Africa fund on the Generali International investment platform, Citywire Global reports. The fund, dimiciled in Luxembourg, was first launched in the United Kingdom in June 2010, and is already registered for sale in Hong Kong and Singapore.
21/10/2013

Le déficit commercial nippon plus élevé que prévu en septembre

Suite à une hausse plus faible qu’attendue des exportations, le déficit commercial nippon s’est élevé à 932,1 milliards de yens (6,9 milliards d’euros) le mois dernier, à comparer à un consensus de 920 milliards. Il s’agit du 15ème mois consécutif de déficit commercial dans ce pays.
21/10/2013

Les actifs des hedge funds dépassent 2.500 milliards de dollars

L’industrie des fonds alternatifs affichait 2.521 milliards de dollars sous gestion à fin septembre, selon une étude de Hedge Fund Research. Les hedge funds ont bénéficié d’une hausse des encours de 94 milliards de dollars au troisième trimestre, dont 23 milliards imputables à la collecte nette, qui a bénéficié à l’ensemble des stratégies.
21/10/2013
Gestion d'actifs

Allianz France mène une réflexion sur la valeur ajoutée d'une gestion active au sein de sa poche actions

Vincent Falantin, directeur de la stratégie d’investissement d’Allianz France à la rédaction de www.institinvest.com : « Nos investissements outre-Atlantique s’effectuent via une gestion active, mais aussi passive étant donnée la difficulté à surperformer sur longue période le marché américain. C’est pourquoi, nous menons une réflexion sur la valeur ajoutée et la nécessité d’une gestion active au sein de notre poche Actions, contre une gestion purement passive de notre portefeuille ». Allianz France laisse trois ans au gérant pour surperformer son benchmark. Si, à cette échéance, il n’y parvient pas, il le sort du portefeuille. La gestion de la poche Actions est supervisée par Frédéric Andrès.
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