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07/01/2011

L'assurance française condamnée à faire sa révolution

Selon une étude d’Accenture sur «le marché de l’assurance en France en 2020", dévoilée en exclusivité pour Les Echos, les assureurs français ont connu leurs «dix glorieuses» entre 2000 et 2010. Les dix années à venir devraient être plus difficiles en termes de croissance et de rentabilité. Pour faire face aux défis réglementaires et à un changement profond du mode de consommation de l’assurance, dans une conjoncture morose, la quête d’un nouveau modèle «industriel» s’impose. Accenture table sur des taux de croissance annuels moyens du chiffre d’affaires sur 2010-2020 de 2,3% en assurance-dommages (après +4% entre 1999 et 2009), de 4,6% en santé-prévoyance (+6,3%) et de 3,9% en assurance-vie (+6,4%). Quant à la rentabilité, elle risque de plafonner autour de 7,5%, amputée de 2 points en moyenne par le passage à Solvabilité II et variable en fonction de la structure et de la composition de l’actif des acteurs.
07/01/2011
Fonds

Sabre commercialise son fonds Ucits

Sabre Fund Management a commencé à commercialiser son premier fonds Ucits III, le Sabre All Weather Fund et négocie avec un investisseur pour un placement de 20-30 millions d’euros, rapporte Ucits Hedge. Le fonds suivra les deux fonds quantitatifs offshore de la société.
Fonds
07/01/2011
Fonds

State Street a fait enregistrer en France tous les compartiments de SSGA Luxembourg

Sans s’imposer le fardeau d’un communiqué de presse, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) a annoncé avoir désormais bouclé le programme qui consistait à faire enregistrer en France chacun des dix-neuf compartiments de sa sicav luxembourgeoise State Street Global Advisors Luxembourg.Ces agréments ont été obtenus par le gestionnaire américain de manière échelonnée entre le 28 août 2009 et le 19 novembre 2010. Le prospectus complet en français publié sur le site de l’AMF date de juillet 2010.
Fonds
07/01/2011

Le Groupe Pasteur Mutualité recrute une directrice de la stratégie

Le Groupe Pasteur Mutualité a annoncé, jeudi 6 janvier, le recrutement d’Alexandra Loiselet en tant que directrice de la stratégie, en charge du reporting financier et des plates‐formes de gestion. La Direction Comptable et Financière et la Direction des Services aux Adhérents lui seront rattachées, précise un communiqué.Agée de 42 ans, Alexandra Loiselet a exercé différentes responsabilités dans le contrôle de gestion, la comptabilité, le back‐office prévoyance et assurances collectives au sein d’Aviva pendant 11 ans. En 2007, elle rejoint la société d’investissement Schroders (gestion d’actifs) avant d’intégrer AXA France en 2009 pour assurer le suivi de filiales.
07/01/2011

SEI étoffe ses services de middle-office

SEI vient d’élargir sa palette de services de middle-office en améliorant sa solution de pricing des actifs et de validation de valorisation pour les sociétés de gestion. Cette solution est censée fournir aux gérants des vérifications de prix plus précises et indépendantes.
07/01/2011

Un co-fondateur de Galleon lance Rockledge Capital

Gary Rosenbach, qui a été l’un des co-fondateurs -avec Raj Rajaratnam- de Galleon Group en 1997, s’est associé à James Burnitt, managing director chez Thomas H. Lee Capital, pour créer Rockledge Capital, une société qui investira dans des hedge funds et qui gérera des fortunes familiales, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. A noter que Gary Rosenbach n’a absolument pas été mis en cause par la justice dans l’affaire de délits d’initiés qui a provoqué la chute de Galleon Group.
07/01/2011
Fonds

FrontPoint lève plus d'un milliard de dollars

Le 6 janvier, FrontPoint Partners, la société dirigée par Dan Waters et Mike Kelly qui a été impactée l’an dernier par l’enquête du gouvernement américain sur les délits d’initiés, a annoncé avoir procédé au «closing» de son plus grand fonds, le FrontPoint-SJC Direct Lending Fund LP, avec des engagements de souscription (pour cinq ans) supérieurs à 1 milliard de dollars, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. Malgré l’enquête, FrontPoint a été capable de réunir cette somme en seulement neuf mois, dont 40 % auprès de clients existants.Le nouveau fonds est géré par Stephen Czech, ancien managing director et gérant de portefeuille chez Gottex Fund Management. Il consent des senior secured loans à des sociétés américaines de taille moyenne affichant un chiffre d’affaires compris entre 75 millions et 500 millions de dollars et un ebitda de 7,5 millions à 50 millions de dollars.
Fonds
07/01/2011

F&C demande à ses actionnaires de voter contre Sherborne

F&C demande à ses actionnaires de voter contre la proposition de l’investisseur activiste Sherborne Investors de limoger son président Nick MacAndrew et l’administrateur Brian Lacombe, lors de l’assemblée générale du 3 février. Sherborne Investors, qui a bâti une position de 17,5 % dans le capital de la société de gestion britannique, demande à la place la nomination au conseil d’administration d’Edward Bramson, qui serait ensuite promu président, Ian Brindle et Derham O’Neill. Le conseil d’administration de F&C estime que les résolutions de Sherborne ne sont pas dans l’intérêt des actionnaires. Selon eux, la stratégie de la société de gestion fonctionne. Selon Keith Bedell-Pierce, administrateur indépendant senior, «le conseil d’administration est unanime dans sa conviction que les résolutions de Sherborne ne sont pas dans le meilleur intérêt de l’ensemble des actionnaires de F&C. Elles pourraient aussi avoir un impact négatif sur les relations de F&C avec les autres parties prenantes clés comme les salariés, les clients, les consultants, les conseillers financiers, les agences de notation de fonds et les autres partenaires de distribution. Ces résolutions interviennent au moment où la société s’est enfin stabilisée après une longue période d’incertitude en matière actionnariale qui était dommageable et alors que le conseil d’adminsitration est uni derrière une stratégie de redressement qui marche». Nick McAndrew, président de F&C, déclare : «Sherborne a réclamé une assemblée générale sans présenter de stratégie alternative (…). Ses agissements risquent de créer de nouvelles incertitudes pour l’activité (…)».
07/01/2011
Fonds

db x-trackers lance le premier ETF européen inversé sur les émergents

Le 6 janvier, db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) a fait admettre à la négociation sur le London Stock Exchange (LSE) onze ETF de droit luxembourgeois, ce qui porte à 124 le nombre de tels produits de db x-trackers cotés à Londres.Tous sont disponibles en parts dollars et livres sterling et chargés à 0,45 %, sauf le tout nouveau db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Market Short Daily Index ETF, qui affiche un taux forfaitaire de frais sur encours de 0,95 % et qui serait selon le promoteur le premier ETF inversé sur un indice marché émergents à être disponible en Europe. Les autres fonds nouvellement admis sur le LSE contre les db x-trackers MSCI World Consumer Distretionary TRN, Consumer Staples TRN, Energy TRN, Financials TRN, Health Care TRN, Industrials TRN, Information Technology TRN, Materials TRN, Telecommunication Services TRN et World Utilities TRN.
Fonds
07/01/2011
Fonds

Le taux de couverture des fonds de pension remonte à 84,3 % fin décembre

Selon les estimations de BNY Mellon Pension Services, une division de BNY Mellon Asset Management, la forte hausse des actions en décembre (6,8 % de gain pour les actions américaines et 8,1 % pour les actions étrangères) a permis au taux moyen de couverture des fonds de pension d’entreprise américains d’augmenter de 3,8 points de pourcentage, à 84,3 %, son niveau le plus élevé depuis mars 2010.D’autre part, les engagements ont diminué de 0,9 % en décembre grâce à l’augmentation du rendement des rendements obligataires.Depuis fin août, le taux de couverture s’est amélioré de 13,1 points.
Fonds
07/01/2011

Rydex SGI fusionne ses entités de conseil

La société de gestion américaine Rydex SGI a annoncé la fusion de ses quatre entités de conseil en une seule. A compter du 3 janvier, Rydex Advisors, Rydex Advisors II et Security Global Investors ont été intégrées dans Security Investors, qui devient Rydex Investments.Rydex est aussi sur le point de déménager son siège et de mettre en place une seule plate-forme d’enregistrement des données sur les mutual funds.
07/01/2011
Fonds

Morgan Stanley et Algebris lancent un Ucits III

Morgan Stanley vient de lancer un nouveau fonds sur sa plate-forme irlandaise FundLogic Alternatives. Il sera géré par Algebris Investments et offrira une stratégie long/short actions sur le secteur mondial des services financiers.Il s’agit du premier Ucits d’Algebris, société de gestion alternative composée notamment des gérants de portefeuille Davide Serra et Eric Halet.
Fonds
07/01/2011

Sabre releases UCITS fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Sabre Fund Management has started sales of its first UCITS III fund, the Sabre All Weather Fund, and is in negotiations with an investor over an investment of EUR20-30m, UCITS Hedge reports. The fund tracks two offshore quant funds from the firm.
07/01/2011

Deutsche Bank recruits in Asia

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The wealth management arm of Deutsche Bank has announced the appointment of Tony Tang as head of clients for north Asia, and Eleonore Dachicourt as head of hedge fund distribution for Asia. Tang previously worked at Citi in Hong Kong, where he was head of securitisation activities for Asia. He will continue to be based in Hong Kong. Dachicourt previously worked at Credit Suisse in London.
07/01/2011

F&C asks shareholders to vote against Sherborne

F&C has called on shareholders to vote against Sherborne Investors’ plans remove chairman Nick MacAndrew and Brian Lacombe from the asset management company’s board at the the general meeting on 3 February 2011.Sherborne, which has built up a 17.5 per cent stake in the asset manager, has proposed the removal of the chairman, Nick MacAndrew and Brian Larcombe from the board of F&C and the appointment of Edward Bramson, Ian Brindle and Derham O’Neill as directors (Sherborne has also indicated that it will subsequently seek the appointment of Edward Bramson as chairman of F&C). The board of F&C believes that Sherborne’s resolutions are not in the interests of shareholders as a whole. F&C’s senior independent director, Keith Bedell‐Pearce, said: “The board is unanimous in its belief that Sherborne’s resolutions are not in the best interests of F&C’s shareholders as a whole. They may also have a materially negative impact on F&C’s relations with other key stakeholders including staff, clients, investment consultants, financial advisers, fund rating agencies and other distribution partners. The resolutions come at a time when stability has finally been achieved after a prolonged period of damaging ownership uncertainty and when the board is united around a clear turnaround strategy, which is working."Nick MacAndrew, chairman of F&C, said: «Sherborne has requisitioned this general meeting without putting forward an alternative strategy and at a time when stability has finally been achieved. Sherborne’s actions have risked creating renewed uncertainty over the business. Our strategy is working, the results are coming through and this unwelcome and opportunistic move by Sherborne is damaging to the business and is not in the best interests of our shareholders».
07/01/2011

Bob Doll's 10 predictions for 2011

US stocks in 2011 will record a third straight year of double digit percentage returns, the first time this has occurred in more than a decade, according to Robert C. Doll, Chief Equity Strategist for Fundamental Equities at BlackRock, Inc. who has published its 10 predictions for 2011. 1. US growth accelerates as US Real GDP reaches a new all time high.2. The US economy creates two to three million jobs in 2011 as unemployment falls to 9%.3. US stocks experience a third year of double-digit percentage returns for the first time in over a decade as earnings reach a new all time high.4. Stocks outperform bonds and cash.5. The US stock market outperforms the MSCI World Index.6. The US, Germany and Brazil outperform Japan, Spain and China.7. Commodities and emerging market currencies outperform a basket of the dollar, euro and yen.8. Strong balance sheets and free cash flow lead to significant increases in dividends, share buybacks, mergers & acquisitions and business reinvestment.9. Investor flows move from bond funds to equity funds.10. The 2012 Presidential campaign sees a plethora of Republican candidates while President Obama continues to move to the center.
07/01/2011

db x-trackers launches first European inverse emerging markets ETF

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 6 January, db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank) released eleven Luxembourg-registered ETFs to trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), bringing the number of such db x-trackers products listed in London to 124.All of the products are available in US dollar and pound Sterling share classes, with fees of 0.45%, except the new db x-trackers MSCI Emerging Market Short Daily Index ETF, which charges fees of 0.95%, and which the promoter says is the first reverse ETF based on an emerging markets index to be made available in Europe.
07/01/2011

Rydex SGI merges its advising entities

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The US asset management firm Rydex AGI has announced that it has merged its four advising entities into one. From 3 January, Rydex Advisors, Rydex Advisors III and Security Global Investors are merged into Security Investors, which will become known as Rydex Investments.Rydex will also soon move its headquarters, and set up a single mutual fund data platform.
07/01/2011

SEI scales up middle office services

SEI has announced that it has extended its array of middle-office services by enhancing its asset pricing and valuation validation solution for investment managers. The solution, which leverages the independent valuation and pricing models of industry-leading third-party pricing providers, is designed to provide managers with more accurate and independent pricing verification.
07/01/2011

A departure from HDF Finance

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } According to reports in H24, Christophe Chouard, former CEO of HDF Finance, a French alternative management company, has been fired.
07/01/2011

Galleon co-founder launches Rockledge Capital

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Gary Rosenbach, who was one of the co-founders of Galleon Group in 1997, along with Raj Rajaratnam, has teamed up with James Burnitt, managing director of Thomas H. Lee Capital, to create Rockledge Capital, a firm which will invest in hedge funds and manage family investments, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rosenbach has been named in absolutely no legal actions or allegations in relation to the insider trading scandal that brought down Galleon Group.
07/01/2011

CAC40 businesses to pay EUR40bn in dividends this year

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } CAC 40 businesses are expected to pay a record amount in dividends in 2011 (for 2010 results), Les Echos reports: nearly EUR40bn, according to the consensus of FactSet analysts, whose data were assembled by PrimeView. This is equivalent to an increase of 13%. According to PrimeView statistics, dividends paid in 2010 (for the 2009 fiscal year) totalled over EUR35bn, compared with EUR36.6bn the previous year. In 2012, the total will top EUR43bn. Markit Dividend, a specialist in this topic, predicts a similar trend, with an increase of 15% to about EUR41bn. The trend is similar for Europe: companies of the Stoxx 600 are expected to hand out EUR228bn, a figure up 14%.
07/01/2011

German household financial savings at record levels

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } As of the end of December, the financial savings of German households set a new record, at EUR4.88trn, an increase of 4.7% compared with the end of 2009 (EUR4.67trn), Allianz Global Investors (AGI) estimates. In 2009, these financial savings levels had thus already made up all the ground lost in 2008, at EUR4.44trn, compared with EUR4.57trn (the previous record), set at the end of 2007.The increases in 2010 are due partly to an increase in the savings rate to 11.3%, compared with 11.1% in 2009, and an increase of 2.6% in disposable income. On the other hand, incoming savings totalled EUR150bn, compared with EUR147.7bn, while market appreciation, not least due to a 16% increase for the Dax index, represented EUR70bn.In terms of investments, AGI has observed a further increase (of 10%) in the sums placed in checking accounts, to about EUR750bn, compared with EUR600bn for savings deposits. Since the beginning of the crisis in September, checking accounts and savings deposits have shown net inflows of nearly EUR330bn, while long-term savings and savings certificates saw further net outflows of EUR20bn, following EUR120bn in outflows in 2009.AGI has also observed a continued aversion to investments in equities, and a preference for lower-risk investment funds, particularly in the area of diversified funds. James Dilworth, CEO of AGI Germany, says that the trend has gone from buy & hold to wealth management products with active risk management.Although capital market products (equities, investment funds, bonds, private equity) have gained a little ground, they now represent only 28% of total financial savings.
07/01/2011

Control of Deka to pass to savings banks

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The 12 regional associations of the German savings banks group (431 institutions), and the eight Landebanken, who control 50% each of DekaBank, have reached an agreement which values the asset management firm at EUR4.7bn. The Börsen-Zeitung reports that this means that, if both of the parties concerned agree, Deka may buy back EUR1bn of its own shares, while the savings banks would finance the remaining EUR1.35bn.
07/01/2011

OFI AM wins a USD150m quota

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } After obtaining a QFII license last May, which allows it to manage Chinese A-class shares (see Newsmanagers of 15 June, 2010), the French asset manager OFI Asset Management has announced that on 27 October of last year it was granted a quota of USD150m by the Chinese authorities. According to the regulations now in force, OFI AM has until 30 April 2011 to fill the quota. Advised by the Chinese management firm Great Wall Fund Management, OFI AM has launched a Luxembourg SIF fund, denominated in US dollars, and available in two share classes (euros and dollars). The product is aimed at institutional clients. Two analyst-managers from Great Wall Fund Management are dedicated to overseeing the management of the fund. At OFI Asset Management, the fund will be managed by Haiyan Li-Labbé, director of projects for Asia.
07/01/2011

BOCI-Prudential launches two China ETFs

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Asian Investor reports that BOCI-Prudential Asset Management, a joint venture from Bank of China and Prudential, will launch two ETFs dedicated to China on the Hong Kong stock exchange in the next few days. The quantitative unit of BOCI-Prudential has identified two key growth sectors: consumer products and real estate. The two new products, W.I.S.E. - CSI HK Listed Mainland Consumer Tracker and W.I.S.E. - CSI HK Listed Mainland Real Estate Tracker, will be launched on 11 January.
07/01/2011

Morgan Stanley and Algebris launch a UCITS III fund

Morgan Stanley has announced the launch of a new fund under its Ucits Irish umbrella, FundLogic Alternatives. The new fund will be managed by Algebris Investments LLP and will offer access to a long/short equity strategy focused on the global financial services sector.
07/01/2011

Pioneer launches an Asia formula fund

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Pioneer is launching Pioneer UniCredit a formula Asia Maggio 2016, a formula fund aimed at investors seeking to invest in the major Asian equities markets with capital protection, Bluerating reports. At maturity of the fund, on 16 May 2016, investors will receive 35% of the performance of the S&P Asia 50 Daily Risk Control 15% index in euros, up to a limit of 200%. In case of losses for the index, the investor will receive the initial investment amount.

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