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16/11/2012

Legg Mason adds to product range for Fineco platform

Legg Mason Global Asset Management has added 41 sub-funds of its Irish Sicav to the “Fund centre” platform of its Italian bank Fineco, Investment Europe reports. These sub-funds are managed by affiliates of the Legg mason group, such as Western Asset Management, Brandywine Global, and Royce&Associates. The “Fund centre” provides access to 4,000 funds.
16/11/2012

Ossiam recruits head of sales for institutional clients

Ossiam, an asset management firm specialised in strategy and smart beta ETFs, has appointed Michel Prouteau as head of sales for institutional clients in the Commercial Development team led by Isabelle Bourcier. Prouteau will aim to provide solutions appropriate to the needs of French institutional investors, a statement says. Before joining Ossiam, Prouteau worked on the French instutitonal market in particular in its role as a multi-asset class financial engineer within the “Solutions” teams at the investment bank at Société Générale between 2005 and 2010, and then as director of similar teams at Deutsche Bank in London from 2010 to 2012.
16/11/2012

eVestment buys PerTrac and Fundspire

Atlanta-based eVestment, a global provider of comprehensive institutional investment data and cloud-based analytic solutions, on November 13th announced the acquisition of two New-York City-based firms: PerTrac, a provider of hedge fund analysis software and workflow solutions, and Fundspire, a cloud-based technology provider of hedge fund analytics.Terms of the deals were not disclosed.With the acquisitions, eVestment now serves over 2,500 world-class clients across the entire investment industry spectrum, including traditional and alternative money managers, consultants and financial advisors, funds of hedge funds, corporate and public pensions, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, banks and brokerages. Back in 2011, eVestment acquired Hedgefund.net (HFN), a leading provider of alternatives research and data, in 2011.
16/11/2012

SEC denounces governance issues at ratings agencies

In a report, the SEC has pointed to a lack of involvement on the part of management at the nine largest ratings agencies. The regulator notes that there are many cases of conflicts of interest and a lack of governance, and that these problems have not always been taken seriously by the directors of these agencies. The SEC report does not provide the name of the agencies concerned in any particular failings, but half of them took place at one of the three major ratings agencies, which are Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, the Financial Times notes.
16/11/2012

US hedge funds bet against Japanese companies

Betting against Japan hasn’t paid off most of the time, but US hedge fund managers are increasingly betting against major Japanese businesses such as Nippon Paper, Kobe Stel, Panasonic and Sony, the Wall Street Journal reports. The idea is that the health of many Japanese companies which are loaded down with excess debt are deteriorating, and that the cost of insurance against bankruptcy through CDS does not yet reflect this situation. Among the asset management firms cited in the article are GAM Holding, SAC Capital Advisors and Scoggan Capital Management.
16/11/2012

Standard Chartered launches an RMB index

The Standard Chartered group has announced the launch of an RMB index, which will provide a way to track the internationalisation process for the Asian currency, FinanceAsia reports. Standard Chartered states that RMB is expected to become an international reserve currency, which justifies the introduction of an index of this type. The index will track four types of products in Hong Kong, London and Singapore: offshore savings denominated in RMB, international settlements, dim sum bonds (offshore yuan), and savings certificates. In under two years, the inde has risen to 735, from an initial level of 100 at the end of 2010. This trend is expected to continue in the next few months.
16/11/2012

Hedge fund sector growing in Asia

The hedge fund sector in Asia has continued to grow in third quarter, due to the good performance of Asian emerging market strategies, according to the most recent statistics from HFR. The number of hedge funds has reached a record 1,128 vehicles, representing assets under management of USD84.3bn, an increase of 2.6% over the first nine months of the year. Market effects of USD1.9bn were partly offset by redemptions totalling a net USD900m. Assets under management in the hedge fund sector as of the end of third quarter totalled USD2.19trn. Asian hedge funds have generally posted excellent performance in the past few months. The HFRX India index gained more than 12% in third quarter, its best results since a gain of 38% in second quarter 2009. Since the beginning of the year, the index is up 22.4%, more than the benchmark index. The same trend may be observed for the HFRX Korea index, which has gained 7.6%, in line with gains for the Kospi index.
16/11/2012

DoubleLine reaches USD50bn in less than 3 years

The asset management firm DoubleLine Capital LP, founded by Jeffrey Gundlach, founded on 14 December 2009, has now topped USD50bn in assets, with staff of 78 people, a press release on 14 November has announced. The majority of capital is controlled by employees. Oaktree Capital Management owns a minority stake.
16/11/2012

Wiséam preparing to pass the EUR100m threshold

Assets at the asset management firm Wiséam, founded last year, are expected to top EUR100m by the end of this year. The joint venture of Witam and 123 Venture currently has two open-ended allocation funds, Apprécio (EUR65m), focused on “reactive and contrarian” management with moderate risk, and Andante (EUR10m), a prudent, all-class bond product.In addition to these wealth management, multi-asset funds, the firm has custom management mandates, a wealth management proposition for retail investors, and a Solvency 2 solution for mutuals or pension funds. For mandates, says François Jubin, chairman and portfolio manager, Wiséam accepts clients starting from EUR250,000.The asset management firm, which has no sales staff and which targets its shareholders and a few external IFAs, has a total of four staff. It has based its success on a nearly even balance of three factors: allocation strategy, portfolio construction, and highly transparent reporting, meaning that every client is immediately informed of every trade made.In 2013, Jubin is planning to launch a third open-ended fund, which will be “more aggressive.”
16/11/2012

ökorenta recruits management

Andrea Wozniak has been appointed as a member of the board at the SRI asset management firm ökorenta, alongside founder and chairman Tjark Goldenstein, responsible for marketing, distribution and external sales, and Ingo Löchte, who is a member of the board at the affiliate ökorenta finanz. Wozniak had previously been a member of the board and principal actuary for the insurance group Münchener Verein, Das Investment reports. At ökorenta, she will be responsible for finance, risk management and development of sustainable insurance products.
16/11/2012

BlackRock acquires 3.77% of Telefónica Germany

Cinco Días reports that BlackRock has spent EUR236m to acquire 3.77% of Telefónica Deutschland at its recent initial public offering. The US asset management firm becomes the second-largest shareholder in the firm, after Telefónica, which retains 76.83%. BlackRock also owns 3.76% of Telefónica Spain, currently valued at EUR1.74bn. It also controls 0.48% of Telefónica Brazil and 1.56% of Telefónica Czech Republic, for a total of EUR314m.
16/11/2012

British fund sector becoming less concentrated

As of the end of 2011, the top five asset management firms in the United Kingdom had assets corresponding to 28% of the sector overall, compared with 30% previously, The CityUK reports in a study published by Fundweb. The largest players were BlackRock, with GBP556bn managed in the UK, putting it ahead of Legal & General and M&G Investments. More than half of total assets of GBP5.1trn were managed by foreign companies operating in the United Kingdom, while 37% of total assets, or GBP1.9trn, came from abroad. The CityUK reports that the management of funds generated an amount equivalent to roughly one percent of GDP last year, of the 9 percentage points contributed by the financial sector overall. Earnings represented GBP18.8bn, although the percentage margins for earnings remained lower than the 34% observed in 2007. Asset management had 35,000 employees, largely in London, but 9.9% of that total was in Scotland.
16/11/2012

CIC Investor Services fined by Hong Kong market authority

The Hong Kong market authority (SFC) has fined CIC Investor Services HKD4bn, or about USD516,000, for failure to respect rules concerning the treatment of professional clients, and of failing to retain recordings of client advising between 2004 and 2010, Asian Investor reports.
16/11/2012

Renaissance sells investment bank to concentrate on asset management

Renaissance Group has sold all of its investment banking activities, including Renaissance Capital and Renaissance Credit, to Onexim Group. According to Investment Europe, Renaissance would like to concentrate on asset management, which is considered more lucrative. Stephen Jennings remains CEO of Renaissance Group, which still owns its affiliates Renaissance Asset Managers, Rendeavour, Renaissance Credit Nigeria and Renaissance Real Estate.
16/11/2012

VP Bank recruits management in Vaduz

As part of a strategic reorientation to the Private Banking segment and intermediary activities, VP Bank has announced the appointment of two new members of its management team, Martin Engler and Günther Kaufmann, according to a statement released on 15 November. Engler is currently director of Private Banking Liechtenstein, while Kaufmann is director of the Intermediaries & Transaction Banking division. = The two appointments will take effect from 1 January 2013.
16/11/2012

Vontobel assets up by more than GBP5bn

Assets under management at the Vontobel group as of 31 October totalled CHF96bn. Since the middle of this year, assets have increased by more than CHF5bn, Vontobel says in a statement published on 15 November. This development is due both to net inflows and to market effects. Vontobel also states that it has merged its onshore and cross-border private banking activities serving German clients, which is now led by a single management team. Operational responsibility for Private Banking Deutschland has been awarded to Roland Rötheli, who currently leads German activities in Zurich. Frank Wieser, former onshore head of Private Banking Deutschland, will be leaving Vontobel to take on new challenges.
16/11/2012

Qatar sovereign fund authorises merger of Glencore/Xstrata

Qatar has approved a merger of the commodity trading group Glencore and the mining group Xstrata. The sovereign fund, which controls 12% of capital in Xstrata, sees advantages in a merger of the two businesses, and says it is satisfied with the conditions offered, Agefi Switzerland says. On 20 November it will vote to approve the operation at a general meeting of Xstrata shareholders.
16/11/2012

Green real estate in the U.S. gets its range of indices

FTSE has teamed up with NAREIT and the US Green Building Council (USGBC) to develop the first investable green real estate indices for institutional and retail investors on the basis of FTSE NAREIT indices, combined with green data (LEED and Energy Star ratings). LEED is a global green certification programme for buildings, developed by USGBC. The indices are in the process of finalisation, and will be released in the near future. The attraction of the initiative is to bring together an index specialist with a specialist in the REIT market and a specialist in real estate environmental standards.
16/11/2012

Guggenheim opens a hedge fund access platform

The US firm Guggenheim Investment Advisory, an affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, on 14 November announced the launch of the Guggenheim Alternatives Platform, which will facilitate access to hedge funds for wealth management professionals. The web-based platform is designed especially for independent financial advisers, private banks, and trusts. Actors may use it to construct and deploy customised hedge fund portfolios for their clients, from a vast selection of over 50 selected hedge fund managers (some of whom have a capacity limit), from a universe of over 10,000 managers, with a thematic focus on “support.”The minimal limit for access to the service is very low (USD100,000), and flows are integrated into the Alternative Investment Products (AIP) service from the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), which offers higher levels of transparency through standardised and simplified reporting, settlement, and constant monitoring of funds on the Guggenheim Alternatives Platform.
15/11/2012

Le Sénat rejette le budget de la Sécurité sociale

Le Sénat français a rejeté par 186 voix contre 156 le projet de loi de financement de la Sécurité sociale (PLFSS) pour 2013, les communistes ayant voté contre. Le groupe PC et apparenté du Sénat avait averti que, comme son homologue de l’Assemblée, il voterait contre ce budget jugé «insuffisant». Il a joint ses voix à celles de l’UMP et du groupe UDI (centriste). Seuls le groupe PS, les radicaux de gauche et les écologistes ont voté pour.
15/11/2012

La France a bouclé son programme de financement 2012

La France a théoriquement achevé son programme d'émission de dette à moyen et long terme de 2012 après avoir adjugé 8,82 milliards d’euros, dont 1,33 milliard d’euros de titres indexés sur l’inflation française et de la zone euro, à des conditions une fois encore améliorées. Selon l’Agence France Trésor (AFT) qui gère la dette de l’Etat, au terme de ces deux adjudications, le taux moyen de financement de la France sur les marchés est tombé à un plus bas record de 1,88% toutes maturités confondues, contre un précédent record de 1,93%. La France a émis depuis le début de l’année un montant brut de 195,8 milliards d’euros de dette à moyen (BTAN) et long terme (OAT) pour un programme d'émission annuel de 178 milliards d’euros nets des rachats.
Photo: PHB/Agefi
15/11/2012

L'AFT adjuge 1,33 milliard d'euros de titres indexés

L’Agence France Trésor annonce jeudi qu’elle a émis un total de 1,33 milliard d’euros d’obligations assimilables du Trésor indexées sur l’inflation de la zone euro (OATei) et de bons du Trésor à intérêts annuels indexés sur l’inflation française (BTANi) lors de son adjudication mensuelle.
15/11/2012

Paris et Berlin se démarquent d'une zone euro en récession

Si les économies française et allemande sont parvenues à dégager une croissance de 0,2% au troisième trimestre, en revanche, l’institut européen de la statistique Eurostat a annoncé une contraction de 0,1% du PIB de l’ensemble de la zone euro au troisième trimestre, un recul plus faible que celui attendu par les économistes (-0,2%) mais qui marque une nouvelle entrée en récession, la deuxième depuis 2009. En France, l’activité a été soutenue notamment par la consommation des ménages et le commerce extérieur, alors que de nombreux économistes attendaient une stagnation. La France n’avait pas affiché de hausse de son produit intérieur brut (PIB) depuis un an (+0,2% au troisième trimestre 2011) et une entrée en récession sur les derniers mois de l’année était largement anticipée. L’activité du deuxième trimestre a en revanche été revue à la baisse à -0,1%, précise l’Insee. L'économie allemande a elle aussi crû de 0,2% au troisième trimestre, a annoncé l’Office fédéral de la statistique. Cette hausse, conforme aux attentes des économistes, marque un ralentissement de l’activité outre-Rhin après la progression de 0,3% constatée au deuxième trimestre. Ailleurs en Europe, le Portugal enregistre un recul de 0,8% de son PIB, l’Espagne perd 0,3% et l’Italie 0,2%, une baisse toutefois moins importante qu’envisagée. Quant à la Grèce, les chiffres non définitifs annoncent une chute de 7,2% du PIB.
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15/11/2012

Des rachats d’actifs évoqués aux Etats-Unis pour 2013

Un certain nombre de responsables de la Réserve fédérale ont estimé que la banque centrale américaine pourrait devoir augmenter ses rachats d’actifs l’année prochaine afin de compenser l’expiration de l’opération Twist, renseigne le compte-rendu de la réunion d’octobre publié hier. Dans ces minutes, il est également noté que plusieurs membres du comité de politique monétaire de la Fed ont le sentiment que la décision, annoncée en septembre, de lancer un troisième programme d’assouplissement quantitatif (QE3) avait amélioré les conditions financières et soutenu la reprise du marché immobilier. L’opération Twist, annoncée en septembre 2011 et portant sur un montant de 400 milliards de dollars, vise à maintenir les taux à long terme au plus bas niveau possible pour soutenir l’activité en arbitrant des titres courts contre des titres longs dans le bilan de la Fed. Elle arrive à expiration en décembre.
15/11/2012

Onexim rachète la totalité du capital de Renaissance

Le groupe du magnat russe Mikhail Prokhorov a décidé de racheter la moitié des actions de la banque d’investissement Renaissance Capital qu’il ne détient pas encore. Onexim reprend également l’activité de crédit aux particuliers Renaissance Credit. Le fondateur de Renaissance Capital, Stephen Jennings, cède son poste de directeur général à John Hyman, jusqu’alors directeur général délégué.
15/11/2012

Singapour s’intéresse à l’immobilier au Brésil

Global Logistic Properties, filiale d’investissements immobiliers du fonds souverain de Singapour, prévoit de lever 404 millions de dollars locaux (260 millions d’euros) en émettant 160 millions de nouvelles actions à 2,59 dollars singapouriens l’unité, contre un dernier cours de clôture de 2,72 dollars. Des fonds qui serviront à financer des achats immobiliers au Brésil pour un montant de 1,4 milliard de dollars.
15/11/2012

La RBA cherche à affaiblir sa devise

La banque centrale australienne a procédé à des cessions nettes de dollars australiens de 483 millions le mois dernier, un record depuis le mois de juin 2009, après une reprise des cessions nettes depuis août dernier. Des chiffres qui alimentent les rumeurs d’intervention de la RBA pour affaiblir la devise, qui s’est renforcé de 60% sur quatre ans face au billet vert et pénalise le commerce extérieur.
15/11/2012

Olli Rehn salue les efforts espagnols en matière de déficit

L’Espagne a pris des mesures efficaces pour réduire son déficit budgétaire en 2012 et en 2013, a déclaré le commissaire européen aux Affaires économiques et financières, laissant entendre qu’il n’avait pas l’intention de durcir les procédures disciplinaires engagées contre Madrid. Si l’Espagne ne semble pas en mesure d’atteindre les objectifs de déficit nominal fixés, elle respecte les objectifs d’ajustement structurel, a précisé Olli Rehn.
15/11/2012

Moody’s examine le Aaa britannique

L’agence a indiqué ce matin qu’elle passerait en revue en début d’année prochaine la note Aaa attribuée à la Grande-Bretagne et assortie d’une perspective négative. Moody’s met en garde contre la faiblesse de l'économie du pays et l’impact de la crise de la dette de la zone euro.
15/11/2012

La Chine prête à lancer le trading interbancaire sur l’or

Le Shanghai Gold Exchange pourrait lancer dès le début du mois de décembre une activité de trading interbancaire sur le marché de l’or au comptant, selon le Shanghai Securities News qui cite des professionnels du secteur. Le marché à terme ainsi que les activités de «swap» pourraient être ensuite progressivement introduites, ajoute le journal.

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