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11/01/2011

Blake Grossman quitte BlackRock

Dans une note interne signée du CEO Larry Fink et confirmée par des proches du dossier, BlackRock annonce le départ de Blake Grossman, qui était vice-chairman depuis un peu plus d’un an, donc depuis l’acquisition par BlackRock de Barclays Global Investors (BGI) que l’intéressé avait dirigé jusque là. L’achat de BGI pour 15,2 milliards de dollars a été bouclé début décembre 2009 (lire notre article du 2 décembre 2009).A priori, Blake Grossman ne devrait pas être remplacé à la vice-présidence de BlackRock, Cela posé, le 10 janvier, le nom de Blake Grossman figurait toujours dans la liste des personnalités composant le global executive committee.
11/01/2011
Fonds

La profitabilité du secteur de la gestion s'envole au Royaume-Uni

Selon Fundstrategy, une étude réalisée par PricewaterhouseCoopers et la Confédération de l’industrie britannique (CBI) indique que la profitabilité du secteur de la gestion d’actifs a fortement progressé outre-Manche au cours du dernier trimestre. Les coûts moyens ont augmenté, mais les volumes d’affaires ont progressé, ainsi que les frais et commissions.
Fonds
11/01/2011
Fonds

Progression de 44% des actifs sous gestion d'Impax

Le spécialiste du secteur de l’environnement coté sur l’AIM, Impax Asset Management Group (partenaire de BNP Paribas IP), a indiqué le 10 janvier que ses actifs sous gestion avaient progressé de 44% durant l’année au 30 septembre pour s'établir à 1,82 milliard de livres. Les actifs sous gestion ont continué de progresser durant les mois suivants pour atteindre 2,25 milliards de livres au 31 décembre 2010.Le bénéfice imposable, gonflé par le remboursement d’un prêt évalué à 1 million de livres, s’est inscrit à 5,2 millions de livres contre 2,5 millions de livres l’année précédente. La société propose de distribuer un dividende 0,60 pence par action contre 0,40 pence l’année précédente. Les stratégies long only sur les actions cotées ont enregistré une performance de 69,3% sur cinq ans au 31 décembre, contre 23,6% pour l’indice MSCI World.
Fonds
11/01/2011

Threadneedle se renforce sur les actions émergentes

Le britannique Threadneedle a annoncé le 10 janvier la nomination d’Irina Miklavchich en qualité de gérante de fonds spécialisée sur les actions des marchés émergents. Irina Miklavchich rejoint l'équipe actions internationales émergentes et Asie (hors Japon) pilotée par Vanessa Donegan.Irina Miklavcich travaillait précédemment chez Goldman Sachs en tant qu’executive director, responsable du portefeuille «equity long short» pour la zone EMEA. Au 30 septembre 2010, les actifs sous gestion de Threadneedle en actions marchés émergents et Asie (hors Japon) s'élevaient à 6,1 milliards de livres.
11/01/2011

Moody's donne ses réponses à Bruxelles

L’agence de notation a communiqué ses réponses à la consultation ouverte par la Commission européenne sur le secteur du rating, rapporte l’Agefi. Tout en saluant la volonté de diminuer les références aux notations dans la réglementation financière, la société estime en revanche contre-productif de retarder de trois jours la publication d’une modification sur la note d’un émetteur souverain, après que l’Etat a été mis au courant.Moody’s s’oppose aussi logiquement à la mise à disposition gratuite de la recherche sur les émetteurs souverains, une autre des propositions phare de la Commission.
11/01/2011
Fonds

Les fonds gérés par les banques sous-performent

Les fonds gérés par les banques et les compagnies d’assurance dégagent en général de plus faibles performances que ceux des sociétés de gestion indépendantes en Europe, selon des données de Lipper compilées pour le Financial Times Fund Management. Mais dans certains pays comme la France, les sociétés de gestion pures sont surreprésentées aux deux extrêmes de l’échelle de performance, ce qui laisse supposer qu’elles prennent plus de risque que leurs concurrentes dans la banque et l’assurance.
Fonds
11/01/2011
Fonds

Le nombre d'ETF en Europe a triplé durant la crise

Début 2007, les ETF européens affichaient des actifs sous gestion de 103 milliards d’euros. A fin septembre 2010, l’encours représentait 232 milliards d’euros, selon des données de Global ETF Research et de BlackRock, rapporte Expansión. Pendant le même temps, l’offre a triplé, passant de 500 à 1.500 produits.Les trois premiers opérateurs en Europe sont iShares (BlackRock), avec une part de marché de 32,7 %, devant Lyxor Asset Management (Société Générale), avec 16,6 %, et db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank), avec 15,7 %.
Fonds
11/01/2011
Fonds

Les hedge funds ont dégagé une performance de 11,6% en 2010

Le secteur des hedge funds a enregistré une collecte nette de 13 milliards de dollars en novembre, selon les estimations de TrimTabs Investment Research et BarclaysHedge. Il s’agit du cinquième mois consécutif de collecte et du montant le plus élevé depuis février 2010.L’année 2011 se présente sous les meilleurs auspices pour le secteur, estime le fondateur et président de Barclayshedge, Sol Waksman, qui souligne dans un communiqué que «les hedge funds ont dégagé une performance de 11,6% en 2010 et les investisseurs continuent de leur confier des capitaux». En outre, les fonds de pension seront certainement amenés à faire appel à leurs services compte tenu de la faiblesse des rendements offerts par le marché.Les fonds actions long/short ont drainé 2,5 milliards de dollars durant le mois sous revue, le montant le plus élevé parmi l’ensemble des stratégies alternatives. Les fonds évenementiels ont attiré 2,2 milliards de dollars et les fonds émergents 1,8 milliard de dollars. Les fonds obligataires ont poursuivi sur leur lancée des mois précédents, avec une collecte de 1,9 milliard de dollars.Les CTA ont en revanche subi une décollecte de 3,9 milliards de dollars en novembre, la première en neuf mois mais, précise-t-on, en raison du remboursement d’un seul fonds. Les fonds de fonds ont pour leur part collecté 473 millions de dollars.Vincent Deluard, executive vice president responsable de la recherche chez TrimTabs, estime que 50% environ des gérants de hedge funds vont toucher des commissions pour les performances réalisées en 2010. C’est mieux que les 32% de 2009 ou les 16% de 2008, mais loin du niveau record de 90% enregistré en 2006.
Fonds
11/01/2011
Fonds

Les hedge funds collectent 70 milliards de dollars en 2010

Les hedge funds ont enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 70 milliards de dollars en 2010, portant les encours à plus de 1.650 milliards de dollars pour la première fois depuis septembre 2008, indique Eurekahedge. Ils ont en outre affiché une performance de 10,86 % sur l’année. Eurekahedge note que les hedge funds japonais ont progressé de 6,79 % en 2010, soit leur meilleure performance annuelle en 5 ans.
Fonds
11/01/2011
Fonds

L'indice Ucits Alternative a progressé de 1,86% en 2010

L’indice global «Ucits Alternative Index» publié par la société éponyme a progressé en décembre de 1,07% et de 1,86% sur l’ensemble de l’année contre 9,27% pour 2009.Les meilleures stratégies pour décembre ont été les commodities et les CTA qui affichent des gains de respectivement 2,73% et 2,66%. Mais sur l’ensemble de l’année, les stratégies commodities accusent un recul de 2,10% après un gain de près de 6% en 2009. Les CTA ont de leur côté terminé l’année sur une progression de seulement 0,01% contre 0,88% en 2009.Les grands gagnants de l’année ont été l’event-driven (+4,47%) et le fixed income (+4,15%).
Fonds
11/01/2011

UCITS Alternative index up 1.86% in 2010

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The global “Ucits Alternative Index,” published by the company of the same name, gained 1.07% in December and 1.86% over the year as a whole, compared with 9.27% in 2009. The best-performing strategies in December were commodities and CTA, which gained 2.73% and 2.66%, respectively. But for the year as a whole, commodities strategies have lost 2.10%, following gains of nearly 6% in 2009. CTA, for their part, finished the year with gains of only 0.01%, compared with 0.88% in 2009. The big winners for the year were event-driven (+4.47%) and fixed income (+4.15%).
11/01/2011

Hedge funds earned 11.6% in 2010

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The hedge fund industry earned net inflows of USD13bn in November, according to estimates by TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclaysHedge. It is the fifth consecutive month of inflows, and the largest amount since February 2010. 2011 brings bright outlooks for the sector, says the president and founder of Barclayshedge, Sol Waksman, in a statement, adding that “hedge funds earned returns of 11.6% in 2010, and investors are continuing to place capital in them.” Pension funds will certainly turn to their services, in light of the low returns available on the markets. Long/short equities funds attracted USD2.5bn in the month under review, the highest amount for any alternative strategy. Event-driven funds attracted USD2.2bn, while emerging funds took in USD1.8bn. Bond funds continued the growth observed in previous months, with inflows of USD1.9bn. CTA funds, however, saw outflows of USD3.9bn in November, the first in nine months, but this was apparently due to redemptions from a single fund. Funds of funds, for their part, took in USD473m. Vincent Deluard, executive vice president in charge of research at TrimTabs, estimates that about 50% of hedge fund managers will earn commissions for performance achieved in 2010. That’s better than the 32% who did so in 2009 or the 16% in 2008, but far off the record level fo 90% in 2006.
11/01/2011

USD70bn in inflows to hedge funds in 2010

Hedge funds attracted USD70 billion through net positive asset flows in 2010 – total size of industry exceeded USD1.65 trillion for the first time since September 2008, according to Eurekahedge. They posted double-digit growth in 2010 and outperformed underlying markets – up 10.86% for the year. Japanese hedge funds posted best annual return in 5 years, up 6.79% in 2010.
11/01/2011

Hedge funds post net inflows of USD13bn in November 2010

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to data from TrimTabs and BarclayHedge cited by La Tribune, the hedge fund industry attracted USD13bn in net subscriptions in November 2010. Long/short equity funds collected USD2.5bn, while CTA funds (futures trading) saw net redemptions of EUR3.9bn.
11/01/2011

Fidelity renews its contract with BP America

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fidelity Investments has announced that it has renewed its contract with BP America, an affiliate of the BP group, for a 5-year term. Under the contract, the management firm will continue to provide services to the corporate retirement savings plan for the business for a total of 95,000 employees.
11/01/2011

Morgan Stanley spins off proprietary trading unit

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }Morgan Stanley has announced that it has reached an agreement with the employees of its in-house quantitative proprietary trading unit Process Driven Trading (PDT), whereby PDT employees will acquire certain assets from Morgan Stanley and launch an independent advisory firm at the end of 2012. Morgan Stanley will have the option to acquire a preferred stake in the new entity, to be known as PDT Advisors. It is expected the full PDT team, which comprises approximately 60 employees globally, will join the independent firm.During the two-year transition period, PDT will remain a part of Morgan Stanley and continue to manage Firm capital as it has historically. PDT will also build out its infrastructure and its third-party investment business during this period.
11/01/2011

Blake Grossman leaves BlackRock

In an internal memo signed by CEO Larry Fink which has been confirmed by sources familiar with the matter, BlackRock has announced the departure of Blake Grossman, who had been vice-chairman for slightly over a year, since the acquisition by BlackRock of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which Grossman had led. The acquisition of BGI for USD15.2bn was concluded in December 2009 (see Newsmanagers of 2 December 2009).Grossman is not expected to be replaced as BlackRock vice president. However, on 10 January, Grossman’s name was still on the list of members of the global executive committee.p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }
11/01/2011

Morningstar parts with Tao Huang

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Tao Huang, COO for Morningstar since 1990, will be leaving the company at the end of January. He is also leaving his position as head of IT, corporate sales and the affiliate Logical Information Machines (LIM), acquired in 2009.Morningstar says that Huang will not be replaced as COO. Responsibility for IT will be taken over by Jow Mansueto, chairman and CEO, while corporate sales will be overseen by Scott Cooley, CFO, and LIM will be moved into the data division of Morningstar, led by Elizabeth Kircher.
11/01/2011

Harbinger analyst to launch his own firm

Lawrence M. Clark Jr left Harbinger Capital Partners where he was a senior analyst and a partner to launch his own hedge fund, The Wall Street Journal writes. This departure comes as Harbinger in recent years has evolved from a diversified hedge-fund firm to one which looks more like a private-equity firm. Assets have declined from about USD26 billion in 2008 to USD6.4 billion in November.
11/01/2011

SG Private Banking interested in wealth management in North America

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Agefi reports that Société Générale Private Banking is planning to open a long-term location in the United States. The bank is finalising plans for a brokerage and banking services platform based in New York, and aimed at US domestic high net worth clients. “Pending approval from the necessary authorities, we are hoping to begin our activities in the next few months,” says Daniel Truchi, director of the platform, cited by the newspaper. The platform will be complementary with the activities of Rockefeller Financial Services, a management firm dedicated to family offices based in New York and in which the bank has controlled a 37% stake since 2008.
11/01/2011

Aviva Investors builds presence in Asia

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } After launching a real estate unit two years ago, the British Aviva Investors group has recruited Manish Singhai and Kevin Talbot to develop its Asian equities and bond activities from Singapore, Aviva Investors reports. Singhai has been appointed chief investment officer for equities, while Talbot joins the group as chief investment officer for fixed income. Singhai, who spent 10 years at AllianceBernstein, in 2008 launched a market neutral hedge fund dedicated to Asia ex Japan, Arjava Capital, which has recently been closed. Talbot previously worked at ANZ Private Bank in Singapore.
11/01/2011

Assets under management at Impax up 44%

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The environmental sector specialist Impax Asset Management Group (a partner of BNP Paribas IP), which is listed on the AIM, announced on 10 January that its assets under management were up 44% in the year to 30 September, to a total of GBP1.82bn. Assets under management have continued to increase in the subsequent months, to a total of GBP2.25bn as of 31 December 2010. Pre-tax profits, which got a boost from the repayment of a loan valued at GBP1m, totalled GBP5.2m, compared with GBP2.5m the previous year. The firm is proposing to pay a dividend of 0.60 pence per share, compared with 0.40 pence per share the previous year. Long-only strategies on publicly-traded equities earned returns of 69.3% in the five years to 31 December, compared with 23.6% for the MSCI World index.
11/01/2011

Profitability of asset management industry rising

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fundstrategy reports that a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) finds that the profitability of the asset management sector has increased significantly in the UK in the past quarter. Average costs have increased, but business volumes have also increased along with fees and commissions.
11/01/2011

Threadneedle adds to emerging markets equities personnel

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }Threadneedle has annouced the appointment of Irina Miklavchich to the position of fund manager, Global Emerging Markets Equities. She will join the Asia (ex Japan) and Global Emerging Markets Equities team of seven headed by Vanessa Donegan and will manage a number of global emerging markets funds. Ms Miklavchich joins Threadneedle from Goldman Sachs where she was an executive director in the Principal Strategies Group since 2006, with responsibility for managing the EMEA equity long-short portfolio. Prior to that Ms Miklavchich worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as an executive director in the Emerging Markets and Global Financial teams.
11/01/2011

Raiffeisen launches a tracker fund with Pictet

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Raifeissen Switzerland, which for several years has been partnered with Vontobel for the management and distribution of investment funds, has selected the private bank Pictet & Cie to launch its first tracker fund, due to the size of its portfolio of assets managed in this area, totalling CHF22bn. The Swiss equities segment was selected by the partner banks. Their choice fell on the SPI index of 220 shares. The partners are planning to launch a similar fund in mid-2011. Meanwhile, Raifeissen is planning to raise CHF10m for its Swiss fund.
11/01/2011

European insurance supervisory body holds first meeting

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The new European regulatory body for the insurance and pension fund sectors (EIOPA, formerily CEIOPS), which on 10 January held its first meeting, is planning to quadruple its staff (currently 28) by 2013, and to supervise the enactment of Solvency II standards, Les Echos reports. The name of the president of the agency will be revealed in the next few days.
11/01/2011

Funds avoid crisis-stricken countries in Euro zone

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Johannes Müller, a bond expert at DWS (Deutsche Bank), says that the fund management firm of the Deutsche Bank group has long had a rule against investment in Portuguese bonds, and that it now prefers short-term bonds issued by Greece to Portuguese government bonds, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Union Investment (German co-operative banks), for its part, states that it has taken the occasion of low yields and high prices to reduce its exposure to Portuguese mid- and long-term bonds.At Pimco, Andrew Balls, head of portfolio management for Europe, says that the firm is concerned for the wider Euro zone, beyond the next six to twelve months, because some states may have difficulty in adhering to their multiple-year long austerity programmes. If one or more Euro zone countries is late in its repayments, it could trigger a banking crisis for all of Europe.Schroders says that it is extremely pudent: the British asset management firm is overweight in bunds, underweight in French government debt, and has no exposure to government bonds from peripheral countries of the Euro zone, according to David Scammel, a manager of British and European bond funds.
11/01/2011

Axa IM develops a real estate risk index

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } A survey conducted by Schleus Marktforschung between 20 November and 10 December, which spoke to 156 institutional investors with total assets of EUR156bn, has provided Axa Investment Managers Germany with knowledge with which it has developed a real estate risk index that will now be regularly calculated, on a scale from 0 for no risk to 100 for maximal risk. In its first edition, the risk level stands at 38.The first survey has also found that institutional investors have widely differing conceptions of the concept of risk. Frank Richter, head of institutional business Germany & Austria at Axa IM, says that nearly one quarter of respondents say the largest risk is losing assets or revenues, while 18% say that it is failing to achieve objectives, and 16% say risk is largely a measure of chance. However, 47% of specialists surveyed say that direct investment in real estate carries low or very low risk, while 23% say so for indirect investment in real estate. Axa IM says that this reflects current problems for open-ended real estate funds, many of which are now closed to redemptions (with assets of about EUR25bn), in liquidation (three funds), and/or have been forced to announce depreciation in the value of shares.
11/01/2011

Bordier & Cie granted a banking license in Singapore

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Swiss private bank Bordier & Cie has opened an affiliate in Singapore, Le Temps reports. It will be led by Evrad Bordier, a partner since 1 January, who will be based in Singapore. The location on Monday received its merchant banking license from the regulatory authority, the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Personnel will be increased to 20 people by the end of the year. Bordier & Cie, whose assets under management total about CHF9.5bn, is planning to have CHF1bn in assets under management at the affiliate by the end of its first year of operations. To achieve this goal, the bank will offer clients of Bordier International Bank & Trust (BIBT), an entity domiciled in the Turk and Caicos Islands, a British territory in the Caribbean, specialised in offshore private management, the opportunity to transfer their assets, which total nearly CHF500m.

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