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11/04/2013

LGIM recruits chief financial officer from Aviva

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Subject to the permission of the regulatory authorities, Siobhan Boylan is appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM, GBP406bn as of 31 December 2012), a position in which she will report to CEO Mark Zinkula. Boylan has served as CFO of Aviva North America in Chicago, where she was responsible for the finances of the Aviva group in the United States and Canada. From 2007 to 2011, she was CFO of Aviva Investors in London.
11/04/2013

Hermes IM recruits a senior analyst for its commodities unit

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The British boutique Hermes Investment Management has recruited Joseph Murrat as a senior analyst for its team dedicated to commodities, Citywire reports. Murray previously worked for Aon Hewitt and BT Pension Scheme Management. In his new role, Murray will be responsible for execution of orders and coverage of the industrial and precious metal markets.
11/04/2013

JPMAM recruits a big name from UniCredit

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Frenchman Jean-François Hautemulle, director of fund selection at the private banking unit of UniCredit, has joined JPMorgan Asset Management as director of the product strategy division, Citywire reports. He will now be based in London, and will thus be leaving Milan.
11/04/2013

M&G Real Estate acquires real estate portfolio

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Berkeley Group Holdings plc has sold a portfolio of residential properties which had been partly financed by the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA), for GBP105.4m to M&G Real Estate, which had formerly been known as Prupim (GBP17bn). The portfolio includes 534 housing units, located on 13 sites in Greater London, as well as in South-East England. Berkeley will retain a minority stake. The day-to-day management of the portfolio will be provided by Savills.
11/04/2013

JPMorgan selected as custodian by PGGM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Netherlands pension fund PGGM (2.5 million subscribers and EUR133bn in assets) has selected JPMorgan, after several months of due diligence, as its global custodian, while BNY Mellon and Citi were also contenders, FondsNieuws reports.
11/04/2013

Veritas Investment recruits for sales team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Kerstin Behnke, a member of the board of directors and director of distribution, has announced that Veritas Investment has recently recruited two sales specialists, who will report to her. They are Annabelle Bannach, who joined the firm in mid-March as manager of customer service and assistant to the board of directors, and Marcel Andretzki, who joined the firm in early april as a sales manager in charge of independent distributors, wealth managers, broker pools and fund platforms. Bannach has previously worked at Fidelity and Gartmore with Andretzki, who most recently was a client executive at SEB Asset Management, responsible for independent financial advisers, fund platforms, co-operative banks and savings banks.
11/04/2013

Direxion launches leveraged ETFs

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Index Universe reports that Direxion has launched two leveraged ETFs (3x) based on Brazil and South Korea on NYSE Arca. The Direxion Daily Brazil Bull 3x Shares (ticker: BRZU) and the Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares (KORU) charge fees of 1%. Direxion is also awaiting permission from the SEC to launch four pairs of ETFs (bull and bear 3x) based on Chile, Mexico, Hong Kong and Japan.
11/04/2013

Market Vectors planning to launch an Israel equity ETF

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The arm of Van Eck Global specialised in ETFs, Market Vectors, has submitted an application to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an equity ETF dedicated to Israel, IndexUniverse reports. The Market Vectors Israel ETF, which will charge 0.59%, will be based on an index created by BlueStar Indexes. At least 80% of assets in the fund will be invested in the index, which as of 1 March 2013 included 94 shares in companies with an average market capitalisation of USD1.9bn. The ETF is the second product dedicated to the Israeli market, following the iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund, whose assets under management total USD83.4m.
11/04/2013

Stirling House launches funds of funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Stirling House Financial Services is launching five new funds of funds aimed at private clients, which will be managed by Sarasin & Partners, Investment Week reports. Four of the funds have already been launched: HC Stirling House Defensive, HC Stirling House Balanced, HC Stirling House Growth and HC Stirling House Dynamic, which range from the middle to the top end of the risk scale. The fifth fund, HC Stirling House Adventurous, is expected to be launched in the next few months, with an inflow objective of over GBP100m. The funds have recently been licensed by the FSA as vehicles which do not comply with UCITS, with a minimal investment of GBP5,000 and a management commission of 0.70% per year.
11/04/2013

BNY Mellon recruits Japanese equity team from ING IM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BNY Mellon Asset Management has announced that it has recruited a team of Japanese equity specialists (managers, analysts, and one trader) led by Miyuki Kashima, from ING Investment Managers. Ms. Kashima joined ING IM in mid-2009, after working at Merrill Lynch Mercury (which has since become BlackRock).The professionals will report to Shizu Kishimoto, representative director and president of BNY Mellon AM Japan, and the regional CEO, Alan Harden. ING IM calls the changes a “transfer” following a decision no longer to actively manage equity portfolios for external clients in Japan. The team will continue to be sub-advisor to the portfolio it currently manages.BNY Mellon AM had previously had only one Japanese equity fund in its range, the BNY Mellon Japan Equity Value Fund, an Irish-registered product managed by Andrew Jenner and Mike Morris.Douglas L. Hymas, president & CEO of ING Mutual Funds Management Company (Japan) Ltd, says that the strategy of his business is to focus increasingly on distribution of foreign assets to external clients, while Harden says that BNY Mellon is “aggressively” developing its asset management activities in Asia-Pacific with Japan a key element in this strategy.
11/04/2013

Private equity investors sell off a lot of shares

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Wall Street Journal has calculated that in the first three months of the year, private equity investors have sold shares at 50 follow-on offerings totalling USD20.5bn. This is particularly true of Bain Capital, KKR and Apollo Global Management. The number of deals is twice that observed in the corresponding period of 2012, according to Dealogic. The rise in sales of these shares is due to a trend toward funds investments in US equities, and a need on the part of private equity investors to free up cash.
11/04/2013

First State Stewart may limit access to emerging market funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The asset management firm First State Steward has announced in a letter to its shareholders that it may be required to soft close 11 of the 13 funds in its offshore range dedicated to emerging markets, due to strong demand from investors, Investment Week reports. Last year, First State Stewart soft closed its Hong Hong Growth and Indian Subcontinent funds. Last month, First State redoubled its efforts to limit inflows to the Asia Pacific Leaders fund, managed by Angus Tulloch, with assets under management of about USD7.4bn, by asking wealth managers to avoid large investments.
11/04/2013

OppenheimerFunds creates a position for a CIO of asset allocation

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Since 8 April 2013, Mark Hamilton has been CIO, asset allocation, at OppenheimerFunds, a newly-created position. He reports to Art Steinmetz, CIO. Hamilton spent 19 years at AllianceBernstein, most recently as investment director in the dynamic asset allocation team.
11/04/2013

BlackRock recruits a former Mexican minister

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Gerardo Rodriguez Regordosa, former Mexican undersecretary of finance, will join BlackRock on 22 April as managing director and senior member of the emerging markets management. He will be based in New York, and will report both to Richard Kushel, senior managing director and head of strategic product management, and Patrick Olsen, managing director and global head of strategy & planning. Emerging market assets at BlackRok total about USD250bn.
11/04/2013

Former head of fixed income at BlackRock joins Mariner Investment

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The alternative management firm Mariner Investment Group has recruited the former head of global rates from BlackRock, Eric Pelliciaro, Citywire reports. The bond market specialist, who left BlackRock in December last year, has taken charge of a macro portfolio, the Alarium Mariner Global Macro fund. Assets under management at Mariner Investment group total about USD10bn, invested in single and multi-strategy hedge funds, funds of funds and alternative investments.
11/04/2013

Alex Denner launches an activist hedge fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The former chief investment officer for health care at Carl Icahn, Alex Denner, will be launching an activist health care sector hedge fund, entitled Sarissa Captial Management, the news agency Bloomberg reports. Denner is expected to begin his activities in second quarter, with capital from Meritage Group. He will work with Mayu Sris, a former analyst at Icahn Associates, who will be managing director, and Richard Mulligan, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, who will be senior managing director.
11/04/2013

Allianz GI makes a foray into Asian debt

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Luxembourg-registered fund Allianz Flexi Asia Bond from Allianz Global Investors (AGI), launched on 3 July 2012, now has reached USD560m in assets, 80% to 90% of which is from Asian investors, including some pension funds, David Tan, CIO for Asia-Pacific fixed income, said on a visit to Paris on 10 April.The specialist says that investing in Asian bonds allows Western investors to diversify, by avoiding the structural problems of Europe. Asia offers solid fundamentals, high returns and potential for appreciation of currencies.The fund is managed in Singapore by Chee Seng Cheng in Singapore, with an absolute return approach, and the objective of delivering returns for investors of 5.5-6%, with ex ante volatility of 5.5% (it has been under 3% so far). Currently, the portfolio has 93 positions, and returns were 8.30% in US dollars as of 2 April, compared with 6.07% for the benchmark index, the HSBC Asian Local Bond Index (ALBI).The management team currently favours the Philippines, China and Korea. It may invest in high-yield bonds, government bonds in local as well as hard currencies, both investment and speculative grade corporate bonds, inflation-linked and convertible securities, but not in loans. Tan states that the portfolio is currenrtly 38% composed of securities denominated in US dollars, and 44% in securities falling into the high yield category.The CIO for Asia-Pacific fixed income says that for the moment, the capacity limit for the highly flexible fund is about USD5bn.
11/04/2013

Inflows to long-term funds near EUR29bn in February

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Long-term funds, meaning all mutual funds not including money market funds, posted a net inflow of EUR28.8bn in Europe n February, down 47% ompared with January, but above the EUR20bn threshold for the seventh consecutive month, according to the most recent Lipper Fund Flash, released on 10 April.Money market funds posted a marginal inflow of EUR240m, as investors pulling out of money market finds denominated in pounds sterling and euros invested in funds denominated in US dollars. Taking into account these movements overall, net inflows total EUR29bn.Diversified funds finished the month of February with inflows of EUR22.2bn (excluding money market funds), down 50% compared with January, but above the monthly average of EUR18.3bn observed in 2012.JP Morgan has returned to the top three distributors in Europe , with inflows of EUR1.6n, behind BlackRock (EUR3.2bn), and Pimco (EUR2bn), but ahead of Aberdeen (EUR1.4bn) and Franklin Templeton (EUR1.3bn).
11/04/2013

USD35bn in asset increases at Invesco, Franklin, Legg Mason and AllianceBernstein

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of March, assets under management at the four largest US firms were up by USD35.2bn compared with their levels one month previously.The two largest increases were at Invesco, with USd729.3bn, compared with USD713.8bn at the end of February, and Franklin Templeton, with USD823.7bn, compared with USD818.3bn.The volume at AllianceBernstein was up USD6bn, to USD443bn, while at Legg Mason it was USD664.6bn, compared with USD661bn.
11/04/2013

FCA releases two papers on behavioural finance

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The new Financial Conduct Authority has published two occasional papers on behavioural economics, to explore ways that investors take financial decisions. The first of these focuses on the ways in which consumers select and use financial products, and how behavioural biases may incite businesses to compete in a way that is not in the interests of consumers. The second paper explores better ways to encourage consumers to respond to customer contact letters. The regulator points out that an overabundance of information can sometimes drive consumers to neglect certain important characteristics of investment products, and instead focus on headline rates.
11/04/2013

Les gérants votent davantage en assemblée générale

L’Association française de la gestion (AFG) a publié son enquête annuelle sur la participation des sociétés de gestion de portefeuille (SGP) aux assemblées générales. En 2012, celle-ci a continué à augmenter avec a global 13.255 participations, soit un accroissement de 10% (après +20% en 2011 et +13% en 2010). «Les votes contre ne sont pas une exception : ils représentent près d’un cinquième des votes et les SGP ont voté au moins une fois contre à plus de 80% des AG françaises», précise l’AFG.
11/04/2013

L'Italie profite de la baisse des rendements

Le Trésor italien a emprunté jeudi un montant total de 7,17 milliards d’euros, avec un rendement des titres à trois ans au plus bas depuis janvier, à la faveur d’un afflux d’investisseurs en quête de rendements. L’Italie a placé pour 4 milliards de nouveaux BTP à échéance du 15 mai 2016, à un rendement moyen de 2,29%, contre 2,48% lors de la dernière opération de maturité comparable le 13 mars et 2,21% de rendement moyen depuis de début de l’année. La demande a représenté 1,4 fois le montant alloué, un ratio à comparer à 1,28 lors de la précédente adjudication. Il a aussi adjugé pour 1,67 milliard de titres à échéance du 1er septembre 2028, à un rendement de 4,68%, et 1,5 milliard d’euros de titres à taux flottants, à échéance de juin 2017, à un rendement brut de 2,74%.
11/04/2013

France: hausse de 0,8% des prix à la consommation en mars

Les prix à la consommation ont augmenté de 0,8% en mars après une hausse de 0,3% le mois précédent, pour progresser de 1,0% sur un an en données corrigées des variations saisonnières, selon les statistiques publiées jeudi par l’Insee. Cette augmentation reflète une hausse des prix des produits manufacturés après la fin des soldes et de services liés aux vacances d’hiver, précise l’institut de la statistique. Les prix de l'énergie, notamment ceux des produits pétroliers, ont en revanche baissé
11/04/2013

Pierre Moscovici est mis à nouveau en difficulté dans l'affaire Cahuzac

Les présidents de la Commission des finances de l’Assemblée nationale et du Sénat, Gilles Carrez et Philippe Marini, se rendront ce jeudi au ministère des Finances afin de demander des explications à Pierre Moscovici sur l’affaire Cahuzac. Les deux parlementaires UMP entendent «vérifier les informations diffusées par Valeurs actuelles», indique Gilles Carrez dans un communiqué. L’hedomadaire affirme que le ministre des Finances savait dès le mois décembre que Jérôme Cahuzac possédait un compte non déclaré à l'étranger. Pierre Moscovici a formellement démenti.
11/04/2013

Singapour va coter des actions en yuan

La Bourse de Singapour pourrait démarrer son projet de cotation d’actions libellées en yuan dès cette année, indique le journal qui cite des propos du directeur général du Singapore Exchange, Magnus Bocker. Le dirigeant ajoute que d’autres types de produits financiers libellés en devise chinoise seront également mis en place à Singapour durant l’année 2014.

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