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17/08/2012
Fonds

Les indices HFRX des hedge funds dédiés à l'Asie en recul au deuxième trimestre

L’indice HFRX dédié au Japon a ainsi reculé de 1,5% au deuxième trimestre alors qu’il avait dégagé un gain de 5,2% au premier trimestre. Dans le même temps, les actions japonaises ont chuté de plus de 10%.L’indice HFRX dédié à la Chine a terminé le deuxième trimestre sur une baisse de 1,6%, l’indice HFRX Asie avec le Japon accusant un reflux de 2,4%.Les hedge funds investissant dans d’autres économies émergentes asiatiques ont subi des baisses encore plus marquées, les indices HFRX dédiés à l’Inde et à la Corée chutant respectivement de 8,4% et 10,8%. Ces deux derniers indices avaient progressé au premier trimestre de 19,2% pour le premier et de 6,3% pour le second.
Fonds
17/08/2012

Brummer & Partners recrute un gérant

Brummer & Partners a recruté Michael Falken en tant que gérant pour son nouveau hedge fund Carve Capital, selon le site suédois Realtid.se. Il travaillait précédemment chez Öhman, en tant que gérant spécialiste des taux.
17/08/2012

Progression de 5% des actifs sous gestion de Swiss Life

Les actifs sous gestion du pôle Investment Management de Swiss Life ont progressé au premier semestre de 5% à 141,07 milliards de francs suisses, a annoncé le groupe le 18 août dans un communiqué.Les actifs propriétaires sont passés de 117,7 milliards de francs fin décembre 2011 à 122,6 milliards de francs à fin juin grâce à une collecte nette de 2,8 milliards et à un effet marché positif de 1,6 milliard. Les actifs de la clientèle externe ont progressé de 2 milliards à 18,5 milliards de francs sur la période grâce à une collecte nette de 1,6 milliard de francs et à un effet marché positif de 0,5 milliard. La contribution d’Investment Management au bénéfice a elle aussi été plus élevée, avec une hausse du bénéfice de 7% à 61 millions de francs. Les résultats sont toutefois en recul au sein de Swiss Life International et d’AWD. Swiss Life International a ainsi essuyé une perte de 3 millions de francs en raison d’effets de change négatifs et de coûts plus élevés. Pour sa part, AWD a obtenu un bénéfice d’exploitation en légère hausse (+3%) sur le plan opérationnel par rapport à la même période de l’année précédente (22,4 millions d’euros). Sa contribution au résultat de 13,1 millions d’euros s’est cependant inscrite à la baisse par rapport au premier semestre 2011 (21,8 millions d’euros) à cause de provisions pour litiges d’un montant de 9,3 millions d’euros.
17/08/2012

Progression de 4% des actifs sous gestion de la BCV

La Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) a annoncé le 17 août que ses actifs sous gestion avaient augmenté de 4% ou 2,9 milliards de francs suisses au premier semestre pour s'établir à 80 milliards de francs suisses.La collecte nette s’est élevée à 372 millions de francs suisses. La banque explique que les fonds de la clientèle privée, des PME et des caisses de pension ont continué d’affluer (1 milliard de francs de collecte en net), alors que les fonds à court terme des grandes entreprises ont reculé d’un peu plus de 600 millions de francs, en raison d’une rémunération «délibérément faible» sur ces dépôts. Les revenus de la banque ont augmenté de 1%, à 508 millions de francs suisses, le bénéfice brut s’est amélioré de 4%, à 242 millions de francs, le bénéfice net progressant de 2%, à 157 millions de francs.
17/08/2012

RBC Investor Services renforce son pôle solutions clients

Tim Wood, directeur mondial des solutions clients chez RBC Investor Services, vient de recruter deux adjoints. Germain Birgen, managing director chez HSBC Securities Services à Luxembourg, devient head, client solutions Europe (hors Luxembourg) tandis que Richard Clarke, qui restera basé à Londres, quitte Brown Brothers Harriman où il était senior vice president, strategic solutions pour devenir head, client design chez RBC IS.
17/08/2012

Flossbach von Storch se développe en Suisse

Bernhard Utiger, responsable du suivi de la clientèle de gestionnaires de fortune indépendants, de banques et d’assurances à Zurich pour JPMorgan Asset Management, a été recruté par la filiale suisse de l’allemand Flossbach von Storch comme directeur des relations avec les partenaires de distribution et la clientèle institutionnelle helvétiques.Kurt von Storch, président du conseil d’administration de Flossbach von Storch Suisse, a précisé que la société a l’intention à présent de se développer aussi en dehors du domaine de la clientèle privée et d’aborder le segment des fonds offerts au public en commercialisant des produits auprès des gestionnaires de fortune indépendants, des family offices, des banques et des assurances.Depuis cinq ans, Flossbach von Storch se spécialisait en Suisse sur la gestion de fortune, une activité qui emploie huit personnes à Zurich.
17/08/2012
Fonds

Swisscanto sort un fonds long/short market neutral

Initialement entre le 17 et le 30 août, Swisscanto lance la commercialisation d’un nouveau fonds acheteur/vendeur market neutral de droit luxembourgeois, le Swisscanto (LU) Equity Fund Long/Short Selection International. Les investisseurs bénéficient avec ce fonds du modèle de sélection quantitatif de Swisscanto, qui a déjà été mis en oeuvre pour le Swisscanto (LU) Equity Fund Selection North America et le Swisscanto (LU) Equity Fund Selection International.CaractéristiquesDénomination : Swisscanto (LU) Equity Fund Long/Short Selection InternationalCodes Isin : Tranche B CHF : LU0705568805 (particuliers)Tranche J CHF : LU0705568987 (institutionnels)Indice de référence : Libor CHF 3 moisCommission forfaitaire de gestion Tranche B : 1.80% Tranche J : 0.90%Commission de performance : 20% de la surperformance par rapport au Libor à 3 mois, avec high watermark
Fonds
17/08/2012

Hausse des actifs sous gestion mais baisse du bénéfice de VZ Holding

Les actifs sous gestion du gestionnaire de fortune VZ Holding s’inscrivaient au 30 juin dernier à 9,15 milliards de francs suisses contre 8,43 milliards de francs suisses à fin décembre 2011, selon un communiqué publié le 16 août. La collecte nette s’est élevée au premier semestre à 0,6 milliard de francs suisses contre 528 millions de francs au premier semestre 2011.VZ Holding a toutefois dégagé un bénéfice net semestriel en baisse de 5,1% à 23,8 millions de francs, les charges d’exploitation ayant notamment augmenté de 5,5% à 40,9 millions de francs suisses.
17/08/2012

BlackRock recrute un ancien de Putnam

BlackRock vient de recruter Bartlett R. Geer de Putnam Investments en vue de renforcer son équipe de gestion active sur les actions, rapporte Reuters. L’intéressé, qui pilotait le fonds Equity Income Fund de 3,5 milliards de dollars chez Putnam, rejoindra le géant de la gestion d’actifs en septembre, selon une porte-parole citée par l’agence de presse.
17/08/2012

Myflow obtient le statut de Jeune Entreprise Innovante

La plate-forme d’aide à l’allocation d’actifs dédiée au CGPI, Myflow, a annoncé le 16 août qu’elle avait obtenu le statut de Jeune Entreprise Innovante (JEI), validé par les ministères des Finances et de la Recherche.« Ce statut de Jeune Entreprise Innovante est intéressant car il nous permet de bénéficier d’allègements de charges, commente Frédéric Picard, fondateur de MyFlow. Moins taxés, nous pouvons envisager plus sereinement l’embauche de jeunes ingénieurs et le développement de notre activité. »
17/08/2012

Bridgewater déménage et affiche ses ambitions

La société de gestion alternative Bridgewater Associates envisage de quitter Westport dans le Connecticut, pour s’installer à Stamford, toujours dans le Connecticut, qui pourrait lui accorder une subvention de 115 millions de dollars pour l’accompagner dans son projet, selon le site boston.com.Bridgewater entend mener à bien son projet, qui représente un investissement de 750 millions dollars, d’ici à 2017. La société prévoit d’installer l’ensemble de ses effectifs de 1.225 personnes, dispersés actuellement dans plusieurs bâtiments à Westport, dans sa nouvelle implantation. Bridgewater prévoit également d’embaucher 1.000 personnes dans les dix prochaines années. Les actifs sous gestion de Bridgewater s'élèvent à environ 130 milliards de dollars.
17/08/2012

RBC Investor Services recruits for client solutions unit

Tim Wood, global director of client solutions at RBC Investor Services, has recruited two deputies. Germain Birgen, managing director at HSBC Securities Services in Luxembourg, becomes head, client solutions Europe (ex Luxembourg), while Richard Clarke, who will continue to be based in London, is leaving Brown Brothers Harriman, where he had been senior vice president, strategic solutions, to become head, client design at RBC IS.
17/08/2012

Hedge fund seeks stricter rules for banks

Paul Singer, the billionaire hedge fund manager and influential donor to the Republican party, is putting pressure on United States presidential candidate Mitt Romney to toughen regulations on banks and go beyond the Dodd-Frank rule, the Financial Times reports. Instead of this law, which he claims is “misconceived,” Paul Singer is calling for stricter owners’ equity requirements and a regulatory framework which would require large banks to be more transparent concerning their liabilities and off-book instruments.
17/08/2012

Libor: Seven banks subpoenaed

The US states of New York and Connecticut have subpoenaed seven banks as part of their investigations into manipulation of interest rated used to compose Libor, according to reports published concurrently by several news agencies. Among the banks are UBS, JPMorgan Chase and Barclays. Citigroup, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank are among the banks which prosecutors from the two states have asked to provide documents under the investigation, a source claims. At this time, the authorities have demanded documents, but have not sought hearings with the directors of the banks concerned. The two US states are seeking in part to uncover any communications between the management of the banks which may suggest that there was an illicit pact, or any other behaviour which may have been tied to this suspected manipulation of Libor.
17/08/2012

HFRX hedge fund indices dedicated to Asia down in second quarter

The HFRX index dedicated to Japan has lost 1.5% in second quarter, whereas it had gained 5.2% in first quarter. In the same period, Japanese equities lost more than 10%. The HFRX index dedicated to China finished second quarter down 1.6%, while the HFRX Asia including Japan index shed 2.4%. Hedge funds investing in other Asian emerging economies suffered even more marked declines, with HFRX indices dedicated to India and Korea losing 8.4% and 10.8%, respectively. The latter two indices had gained 19.2% in the first case, and 6.3% in the second, in first quarter.
17/08/2012

Threadneedle releases a fund in Sweden

Threadneedle Investments is releasing the Threadneedle (Lux) US contraraian core equities fund in Sweden, Privata Affärer reports. The fund is managed by Guy W. Pope, who buys up shares in which the market has abandoned all hope. “This fund is based on pessimism: we look for businesses which have been rejected due to pessimism about their future,” the manager explains.
17/08/2012

Assets under management at BCV up 4%

The Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) on 17 August announced that its assets under management had increased 4%, or CHF2.9bn, in first half, to a total of CHF80bn. Net inflows totalled CHF372m. The bank explains that funds from private clients, SMEs and pension funds contributed to inflows (totalling a net CHF1bn), while short-term funds from large businesses brought in slightly over CHF600m, due to “deliberately low” remuneration on these deposits. Earnings at the bank increased 1%, to CHF508m, while gross profits improved by 4%, to CHF242m, and net profits rose 2%, to CHF157m.
17/08/2012

Swiss Life : AUM up 5% in first half

The assets under management (AUM) of the Investment Management division of Swiss Life increased 5% in the first half of 2012 at CHF141.07bn. Third party AUM were up CHF2bn at CHF18.5bn, with CHF1.6bn net new money and CHF0.5bn market movements, the company said on Friday.Investment Management also made a larger contribution to profits: thanks to increases in assets under management and corresponding growth in asset management fee revenues, profits rose by 7% to CHF61m.Results were down at Swiss Life International and AWD. Swiss Life International incurred a loss of CHF3mi due to negative currency effects and higher costs. AWD, on the other hand, posted a slightly higher operating result than in the first half of 2011 (EUR22.4m / +3%). However, due to EUR 9.3m in provisions for litigation, AWD’s contribution to Group earnings declined to EUR 13.1m (HY 2011: EUR21.8m).
17/08/2012

Brummer & Partners hires a fund manager

Brummer & Partners has hired Michael Falken as manager for its new hedge fund Carve Capital, according to the Swedish website Realtid.se. He had previously worked at Öhman, as a fixed income specialist manager.
17/08/2012

Assets under management up, but profits down at VZ Holding

Assets under management at the wealth management firm VZ Holding as of 30 June this year totalled CHF9.15bn, compared wih CHF8.43bn as of the end of December 2011, according to a statement released on 16 August. Net inflows in first half totalled CHF0.6bn, compared with CHF528m in first half 2011. VZ Holding has earned a net profit for first half down 5.1%, to CHF23.8m, while operating costs increased by 5.5% to CHF40.9m.
17/08/2012

Flossbach von Storch develops in Switzerland

Bernhard Utiger, head of CRM for independent wealth management clients, banks and insurers in Zurich for JPMorgan Asset Management, has been recruited by the Swiss affiliate of the German firm Flossbach von Storch as director of relations with Swiss distribution partners and institutional clients.Kurt von Storch, chairman of the board of directors at Flossbach von Storch Switzerland, states that the firm is now planning to develop outside the area of private clients, and to enter the open-ended fund segment, releasing products to independent wealth management firms, family offices, banks and insurers.For five years, Flossbach von Storch had specialised in wealth management in Switzerland, with eight staff for that activity in Zurich.
17/08/2012

iShares lists six more ETFs in Frankfurt

On 16 August, iShares launched six new German-registered ETFs on the Xetra electronic trading platform (Deutsche Börse), including four commodity funds with dynamic rollover of positions on S&P GSCI indices, each with fees of 0.45%, and two bond products with a TER of 0.50%. Xetra now lists 997 ETF on its XTF segment. The ETF provider of the BlackRock group also on 23 July released nine German-registered bond funds, including seven based on bonds from euro zone treasuries, each of which with fees of 0.20%, and one fund based on emerging market corporate bonds. iShares ETF ISIN TFR iShares S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Commodity Swap DE000A1J0ZC7 0,45% iShares S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Agriculture Swap DE000A1J0ZD5 0,45% iShares S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Energy Swap DE000A1J0ZE3 0,45% iShares S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Industrial Metals Swap DE000A1J0ZF0 0,45% iShares Barclays Capital EM Asia Local Govt Capped Bond DE000A1J0ZB9 0,5 % iShares Markit iBoxx $ High Yield Capped Bond DE000A1J0ZA1 0,5 % iShares ETF ISIN TFR iShares Barclays Austria Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BA2 0,20% iShares Barclays Belgium Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BB0 0,20% iShares Barclays Finland Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BC8 0,20% iShares Barclays France Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BD6 0,20% iShares Barclays Germany Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BE4 0,20% iShares Barclays Italy Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BF1 0,20% iShares Barclays Netherlands Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BG9 0,20% iShares Barclays Spain Treasury Bond ETF DE000A1J0BH7 0,20% iShares Morningstar $ Emerging Market Bond ETF DE000A1J0BJ3 0,50%
17/08/2012

iShares lists six more ETFs in Frankfurt

On 16 August, iShares launched six new German-registered ETFs on the Xetra electronic trading platform (Deutsche Börse), including four commodity funds with dynamic rollover of positions on S&P GSCI indices, each with fees of 0.45%, and two bond products with a TER of 0.50%. The ETF provider of the BlackRock group also on 23 July released nine German-registered bond funds, including seven based on bonds from euro zone treasuries, each of which with fees of 0.20%, and one fund based on emerging market corporate bonds. A list of all of these funds is available as an attachment.
17/08/2012

Frankfurt Trust releases a wealth management fund

The German wealth management firm Frankfurt Trust has decided to release the Luxembourg-registered fund BHF Flexible Allocation FT, launched on 10 October 2007, and which had previously been available only to clients of BHF-Bank, the parent company of Frankfurt Trust, with assets of EUR92m, in Germany.The product, which has a five-star rating from Morningstar, is managed by BHF Trust, an asset allocation specialist. It is a wealth management fund, whose exposure to the equity market may vary, depending on the evolution of the market, so as to maximise gains and minimise losses.CharacteristicsName: BHF Flexible Allocation FTISIN code: LU0319572730Front-end fee: 3%Management commission: 1.50%
17/08/2012

Bankinter launches its first sustainable development fund

As part of its sustainable development programme, Bankinter is releasing the Bankinter Sostenibilidad fund, which will invest at least 75% of its assets in equities from companies included in sustainable development indices. The remainder will be placed directly or indirectly in corporate bonds which are also included in these indices, and in short-term debt of EU governments, Funds People reports.Management commission is 1.60%, while the depository banking commission is 0.15%. Minimal subscription is set at EUR60.
17/08/2012

“White label” fund market shrinking

According to a quarterly study by the private bank Hauck & Aufhäuser, assets in white label or private label funds as of 30 June included 915 products with total assets of EUR44.9bn, compared with 936 funds and EUR46.9bn three months earlier, Fondsprofessionell reports. The average amount in each fund now stands at EUR49.1m, compared with about EUR50.2m in first quarter. The highest asset levels for one of these funds is about EUR2.7bn.The top two players in the market are IPConcept/DZ Bank, with EUR1.42bn in 117 funds, and Universal-Investment with EUR6.2bn in 184 products. Meanwhile, the largest managers of these white-label funds are DJE Kapital (EUR4.5bn), Flossbach von Storch (EUR3.3bn) and Ethna (EUR3.2bn).
17/08/2012

AFME releases a guide to FTT

More than 120 asset managers, investment banks and trading firms have signed a guide issued by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) to taxation of financial markets introduced in France on 1 August this year. The 18-page document specifies the range of companies concerned, and proposes a standardised approach to the new tax.
17/08/2012

Deka endows a chair in sustainable finance in Frankfurt

Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt on 15 August created a chair in sustainable finance and banking, sponsored by DekaBank, the central asset management firm for the German savings banks (EUR165bn in assets). According to the initiators of the project, part of the House of Finance, this is the first chair of its type in Germany. The chair has been given to Grant Gropp, previously a professor of financial economics and taxation at EBS University in Wiesbaden. Gropp has also worked at the European Central Bank, where he most recently was deputy director of financial research.
17/08/2012

Several hedge funds back Mitt Romney

Several big names in alternative management are campaigning for Republican candidate Mitt Romney, the website Absolute Return + Alpha reports. John Paulson, Robert Mercer and Julian Robertson have each donated USD1m to the pro-Romney group “Restore Our Future.” According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 70% of donations from the hedge fund sector have so far gone to the Republicans. In 2008, the Democrats received 67% of donations from the sector. Among the hedge funds which are supporting Romney’s candidacy are Alex Sloane (A.J. Sloan Capital), Alex Robertson (Tiger Management), Anthony Scaramucci (SkyBridge Capital), Dan Loeb (Third Point), John Griffin (Blue Ridge Capital), and Paul Singer (Elliott Management).
17/08/2012

BlackRock recruits a former Putnam manager

BlackRock has recruited Bartlett G. Geer from Putnam Investments to build up its active equity management team, Reuters reports. Geer, who was manager of the Equity Income Fund, with USD2.5bn in assets, at Putnam, will be joining the asset management giant in September, according to a spokesperson cited by the news agency.

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