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08/09/2010

HSBC launches Pacific ex Japan ETF

HSBC is continuing to add to its range of ETF products, with the launch of an ETF dedicated to the Pacific ex Japan region. The MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and brings the number of products of this type to 10, offering investors exposure to the performance of the MSCI Pacific ex Japan index, including developed markets in the region: Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Singapore.
08/09/2010

CAAM Islamic becomes Amundi Islamic

Amundi announced on 7 September that its Luxembourg-registered Sharia-compliant Sicav CAAM Islamic is to be renamed as Amundi Islamic. Amundi is thus continuing its policy of changing the names of its products and expertise “to offer institutional clients and distributors a strong international brand.” The name change has been integrated into the prospectus for August 2010. The documentation (performance reports, etc.) will be available under the new name from 20 September, and available on the website www.amundi.com/lux
08/09/2010

Lyxor launches Australia and Canada ETFs

Lyxor launched on Tuesday its first ETFs exposed to the Australian and Canadian markets on Euronext Paris. The Lyxor ETF Australia (AU2 – LU0496786905) replicates the performance, both positive and negative, of the S&P ASX 200 index, which includes more than 80% of Australia’s market value, while the Lyxor ETF Canada (TSX – LU0496786731) tracks the peformance of the S&P TSX 60, which includes 73% of Canada’s overall market capitalisation.
08/09/2010

Deka buys a tower in Manhattan

SL Green Realty Corp, one of the largest owners of New York office property, has announced that it will sell a tower located at 19 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan for USD123.2m to the German real estate fund management firm Deka Immobilien Investment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The sale of the second-class property comes at a price of USD422 per square foot, in a sign that the market is recovering. At its peak, the property was worth USD600, but at its worst, it could have been sold for USD325, says Dan Fasulo, managing director of Real Capital Analytics. SL Green purchased the property (292,000 square feet) in 2004 for USD67m.
08/09/2010

Appointment at Schroders

Schroders announced on Tuesday, 7 September, that it has appointed Rory Bateman as head of European equities management. Bateman, who joined Schroders in early 2008, will continue to co-manage the major portfolios of European equities, and will oversee the research analyst team. He will report to Ken Lambden, global head of equities. The promotion follows the appointments a few months ago of Martin Skanberg as the manager of the Schroder ISF EURO Equity fund, and Jamie Lowry as manager of the Schroder ISF European Equity Alpha funds a few months ago.
08/09/2010

AllianzGI Investments Europe adds a Swiss team

Allianz Global Investments Europe, the European investment platform of Allianz Global Investors, which includes the French and Italian asset management firms, has added the bond management team of the Allianz Group, based in Zurich. The structure thus now includes 100 investment professionals, and manages EUR116bn, as of 30 June 2010, on behalf of institutional and private clients in Europe.
08/09/2010

Moody's rolls out new ratings for money market funds

Agefi reports that the ratings agency Moody’s is seeking to reformulate its evaluation of money market funds, and has launched a consultation until 5 November on a new method for rating them. The proposals would set up a 5-star rating system to rank the funds from strongest to weakest (from MF1+ to MF4), in place of the current 4-star system (Prime 1 to Prime 3, and “not Prime.”) Four evaluation criteria have been selected for the classification of money market funds in the new scale: underlying risk, short- and long-term liquidity profile, sensitivity of the fund to changes in interest rates, and finally, the potential availability of liquidity support from sponsors.
08/09/2010

CCR and CPR register funds in Spain

The CNMV on 3 September registered Participation P class shares of the CPR Focus Inflation fund, which will be distributed in Spain by Amundi Iberia. On the same day, the Spanish regulator also registered I, P, and R class shares in the CCR Flex Crossance and CCR Flex Patrimoine funds, which will be distributed by UBS Bank SA.
08/09/2010

Dutch hedge fund index gained 0.2% in July

The Finles/IEX Hollandse Hedgefund Index of Dutch hedge funds finished the month of July at 110, giving it a gain of 0.2% for the month. Since 1 September, the index, which started on 1 January 2009 with a basket of 17 products, now includes 29 funds, with the addition of the Callanish Global Macro Fund. The 20th product, from 1 October, will be the Frog Fund. Only three funds in the index have earned returns equal to or greater than 10% since the beginning of the year: the HIQ Invest Market Neutral, with 10%; the QTYR Fund (16%), and the Trade Wind Equity Fund (23%).
08/09/2010

Syz & Co launches a Latin America fund

The Syz & Co group has launched Oyster LatAm Opportunities, a fund which invests in South American equities, and which will be managed by Moneda Asset Management SA in Chile, a specialist in Latin American investment. The fund will invest in companies of all cap sizes (from a minimum of USD100m in market capitalisation), and will concentrate on 60 to 100 positions throughout Latin America. The fund, which remains reserved for institutional clients, will soon be registered in several European countries, including Switzerland, which will make it possible to distribute the fund to retail clients like other Oyster sub-funds.
08/09/2010

Credit Suisse appoints a new CEO for Asia Pacific

Credit Suisse on 7 September announced the appointment of Osama Abbasi as chief executive officer fer the Asia-Pacific region. He becomes a member of the board at Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG. Abbasi will report directly to Brady Dougan, and will be in charge of deploying the bank’s strategy, with responsibility for performance on the level of the division as well as of the individual countries. The group has also announced that Kai Nargolwala has become chairman of Credit Suisse Asia-Pacific. The non-executive position is a newly-created one. In this role, Nargolwala will advise and support senior management in the region, including the new CEO, with emphasis on strategy and relations with major clients. Abbasi will continue to be based in Hong Kong, while Nargolwala will be transferred to Singapore. The two appointments will be effective from 1 October.
08/09/2010

Janus creates a position for Asia COO

Asian Investor reports that Janus has created a position for a chief operating officer (COO) for the Asia-Pacific region, with the objective of providing better service to institutional clients. Janus has appointed a former BGI employee, Fred Horsey, to the position; he will have responsibility for operations, compliance, and client reporting, as well as coordination of regional responsibilities for strategy and product development.
08/09/2010

Luis Peña becomes executive chairman of Belgravia Capital

The former CEO of Fonditel (the investment fund management firm for the pension fund of the Telefónica group), who was fired from that position in February, has acquired a stake in the Spanish investment boutique Belgravia Capital, where he will also become executive chairman, Funds People reports. The CIO of Belgravia Capital is Carlos Cerezo, one of the founders of the firm, which has assets of EUR125m in the Beta and Delta Sicavs and the Epsilon fund.
08/09/2010

St. James's Place Equity Income Unit Trust stands by its managers

Nick Purves and Ian Lance will continue to be responsible for the management of the St. James’s Place Equity Income Unit Trust fund from St. James’s Place. The two managers recently left Schroders to join RWC Partners. After a rigorous study of the management process, the management firm has decided to continue to place their confidence in the team. Purves has managed the fund, which has more than GBP500m in assets, for more than seven years, a statement says.
08/09/2010

Pat O'Brien becomes CEO of Aviva Investors for North America

Aviva Investors on Tuesday announced the appointment with immediate effect of Pat O’Brien as CEO of Aviva Investors North America. O’Brien will be responsible for the operations of the asset management firm in the United States and Canada. He will be based in Chicago, and will report to Alain Dromer, CEO of Aviva Investors, and become a member of the global executive board. O’Brien joined Evergreen Investment Management, the asset management affiliate of Wachovia Corporation, in 2000. From 2008 to 2009, he was head of international at Wachovia Global Asset Management. His appointment comes as part of a strategy at Aviva Investors to develop institutional assets. Aviva Investors has recently appointed Jean-François Boulier as CEO of Aviva Investors Europe, in addition to his role as chairman of the board of Aviva Investors France (see Newsmanagers of 31 August and 1 September).
08/09/2010

Banking tax: double taxation problem still unresolved

The finance ministers of the 27 EU member countries, meeting yesterday in Brussels, reached a minimal consensus on the question of taxation of banks, Agefi reports. The problem of double taxation remains as a stumbling-block. The UK government intends to tax not only establishments which are headquartered in the UK, but also “affiliates of foreign banks present in the City,” a British official said yesterday. For its part, “France is favourable to taxation of the parent company and its affiliates, but not branches in local locations,” explained the French minister of the economy, Christine Lagarde. French banks with offices in the City may thus be taxed twice: once in France for the group as a whole, and once on British affiliates of the same groups in the UK.
08/09/2010

Slight increase for Lyxor index in August

The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index posted gains of 0.05% in August. As of 31 August, the index showed returns of +0.84% since the beginning of the year. For the month, the alternative strategies which performed best were the CTA Long Term Index (+3.86%), the Convertible Bonds & Volatility Arbitrage Index (+1.95%), and the L/S Equity Short Bias Index (+1.25%). However, the worst performers were the L/S Equity Long Bias Index (-1.48%) and the L/S Equity Statistical Arbitrage Index (-1.40%).
08/09/2010

Slightly over CHF58bn in assets under management at Swisscanto

The Swisscanto group on 7 September announced that its assets under management had temporarily gone above the CHF60bn threshold during the 2009/2010 fiscal year at the end of June. However, the strong rise of the Swiss Franc has had a detrimental effect on the figures, reducing the value of CHF58.1bn, which is nonetheless an increase of about CHF0.7bn in one year. Swisscanto poitns out that low interest rates have led to major withdrawals of capital from money market funds, and a revaluation of equities, whereas the business is undervalued compared with the market. Institutional investments have nonetheless posted a net inflow of CHF1.3bn.
08/09/2010

AXA IM appoints a head of structured finance division

AXA IM announced on Tuesday, 7 September that it has appointed Laurent Gueunier as head of AXA Structured Finance, the structured finance expertise centre of AXA Investment Managers, from 15 October 2010. Gueunier will join the executive board of AXA IM on that date, and will report to Dominique Carrel-Billiard, CEO of the firm, a statement says. Gueunier replaces Pierre-Emmanuel Juillard, who after 10 years at AXA IM, has chosen to continue his career in Asia, as a partner at Goldman Sachs, outside the asset management profession.
08/09/2010

Marc Krombas (ex-SGAM UK) leaves GLG

fundstrategy reports that Marc Krombas, who managed a fund dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, left GLG Partners a few months ago. The firm has since recruited Mark Diab as equities portfolio manager for the MENA region. Krombas joined GLG last year when the British alternative management firm acquired Société Générale Asset Management UK, which launched the MENA fund in May 2008, as these markets showed little correlation with the turbulence which affected the financial markets of the developed world at that time. GLG has no comment on the reasons for the departure of Krombas, nor about his plans since then.
08/09/2010

HSBC adds to alternative management team

Money Marketing reports that HSBC has appointed Amy McNally as global marketing manager in the alternative management unit of HSBC Alternative Investments. McNally previously worked at Barclays Wealth as a product specialist in the alternative investment segment.
08/09/2010

Two departures from GLG Partners for CQS Management

Financial News reports that the hedge fund firm CQS Management, based in London, has recruited Karyn Geringer and Andrew Hahn, two sales people who previously worked for GLG Partners, a rival of CQS whose sales team will soon be merged with Man Group.
08/09/2010

Henderson threatened with lawsuit

A group of 30 pension funds is threatening to sue Henderson Group, if it fails to pay compensation for losses incurred by an infrastructure fund - the Henderson PFI Secondary Fund II -, which they claim was promoted as a low risk investment, writes IPE.com. The fund raised GBP575m from investors in 2005, but has since fallen in value by 60 per cent.
08/09/2010

Credit Suisse désigne un nouveau CEO pour la région Asie Pacifique

Le Credit Suisse a annoncé le 7 septembre la nomination de Osama Abbasi en qualité de chief executive officer pour la région Asie-Pacifique. Il devient membre du directoire de Credit Suisse Group AG et de Credit Suisse AG. Directement subordonné à Brady Dougan, il sera chargé de mettre en œuvre la stratégie de la banque et aura la responsabilité de la performance tant au niveau de la division qu'à celui des différents pays.Le groupe annonce par ailleurs que Kai Nargolwala devient chairman de Credit Suisse Asie Pacifique. C’est une nouvelle fonction non exécutive. A ce titre, M. Nargolwala conseillera et soutiendra le Senior Management de la région, y compris le nouveau CEO, en mettant l’accent sur la stratégie et les relations avec les clients importants. Osama Abbasi restera basé à Hong Kong, tandis que Kai Nargolwala sera transféré à Singapour. Les deux nominations sont effectives à compter du 1er octobre.
08/09/2010

Janus crée un poste de COO pour l’Asie

Selon Asian Investor, Janus vient de créer la fonction de chief operating officer (COO) pour la région Asie-Pacifique avec l’objectif de proposer un meilleur service à la clientèle institutionnelle. Janus a nommé à cet effet un ancien de BGI, Fred Horsey, qui aura la responsabilité des opérations, de la conformité et du reporting client ainsi que la coordination des responsables régionaux pour le développement des stratégies et des produits.
08/09/2010
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HSBC lance un ETF sur la zone Pacifique hors Japon

HSBC continue d’étoffer sa gamme d’ETF avec le lancement d’un ETF dédié à la zone Pacifique hors Japon, le MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF coté à la Bourse de Londres. Cet ETF, qui porte à dix le nombre de produits de ce type, offre aux investisseurs une exposition à la performance de l’indice MSCI Pacific hors Japon, soit les marchés développés de la zone, à savoir l’Australie, Hong Kong, la Nouvelle-Zélande et Singapour.
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08/09/2010

BC Partners modère sa tarification

Selon l’Agefi, la société d’investissement britannique BC Partners, qui entend lever autour de 5,9 milliards d’euros d’ici à 2012, a proposé une réduction de 5% sur les frais de gestion appliqués aux investisseurs qui s’engageront avant le premier closing du véhicule, prévu en novembre 2010, selon deux sources proches du dossier. BC Partners prévoit en outre de restituer l’ensemble des frais de transaction, intervenant à chaque investissement réalisé, aux investisseurs, alors qu’il en conservait auparavant 20%, indique le quotidien.
08/09/2010

A Plus Finance recrute un directeur immobilier

A Plus Finance a annoncé le 7 septembre le recrutement de Christophe Peyre en qualité de directeur immobilier. Il sera en charge de la gestion des fonds d’investissement immobilier. A Plus Finance développe depuis plusieurs mois une activité de gestion immobilière pour le compte d’institutionnels à travers la constitution et la gestion d’OPCI (Organismes de Placement Collectif Immobilier) à destination des institutionnels. A Plus Finance, à la tête de plus de 275 millions d’euros d’actifs, a reçu l’agrément de l’AMF pour la gestion d’un premier OPCI et se trouve maintenant en période de levée de fonds.Christophe Peyre a notamment passé onze années au sein du groupe Nexity. Il a ensuite siégé aux comités exécutifs de VVF Belambra et du groupe MdB Exclusive Hôtels Resorts.

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