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27/07/2010

Madoff scandal: More lawsuits to come

Irving Picard, the court-appointed administrator in charge of liquidating Bernard Madoff’s company, will file further legal actions to recuperate money from investors who were duped by the fraudster. La Tribune reports that the administrator has told the Wall Street Journal that he may sue as many as 2,000 individual investors.
27/07/2010

Managed futures gain 0.12% in June

The Lipper Managed Futures/CTAs index registered returns of 0.12% in June, bringing its losses since the beginning of the year to 3.90%, Hedge Week reports.
27/07/2010

UFF to offer a sustainable development fund

The Union Financière de France is preparing to launch the UFF Capital Planète fund at the beginning of the month, which is dedicated to investments in activities which protect the environment, in the water, agriculture, renewable energy and forestry industries.
27/07/2010

Legg Mason posts decline in assets

In the first quarter of its 2010-2011 fiscal year, which ended on 30 June, the US asset management firm Legg Mason has seen a 4.3% decline in its net profits, to USD47.9m, compared with USD63.6m in the previous quarter. Compared with the previous quarter, assets under management were down 6%, to USD645.4bn, compared with USD684.5bn at the end of March. Net redemptions by investors accounted for USD23.1bn of this decline, while market effects took out USD16bn. Assets were down 2% in one year.
27/07/2010

Asset management at UBS on the rebound

UBS on Tuesday, 27 July announced net profits of CHF2bn for its second quarter 2010, ending on 30 June, compared with losses of CHF1.4bn in the equivalent period of last year. In the Wealth Management & Swiss Bank division, net capital outflows totalled CHF5.5bn as of the end of June, compared with CHF16.5bn one year earlier. Global Asset Management, however, saw net inflows of CHF3.4bn, following outflow of CHF17.1bn. Net capital outflows from wealth management totalled CHF5.2bn as of the end of June, compared with CHF16.5bn one year earlier. The Wealth Management Americas division posted inflows of new money totalling CHF2.6bn, following CHF5.8bn the previous quarter. The Global Asset Management division, however, posted inflows of CHF3.4bn, following outflows of CHF17.1bn.
27/07/2010

Changes to methodology at Dow Jones

The index provider Dow Jones Indexes on Monday, 26 July announced changes to the methodology of the Dow Jones global and U.S. Total Stock Market indexes. From 20 September, offshore businesses listed on a US market will be eligible to join the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market index. This modification takes into account the consequences of a change in US tax law, which has led some publicly-traded businesses to move their tax domicile to other financial centres such as Ireland or Switzerland. Previously, the businesses in question were included in the country indexes for the country to which they had transferred their tax domicile, which caused confusion as the indexes of these countries were no longer useful as accurate measures of their respective local markets. From 20 September, businesses listed on the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) will also be admissible to the Dow Jones US Total Stock Market Index and the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market indexes. Currently, the Dow Jones indexes include shares of the Korean stock exchange (KRX). As of 16 July 2010, there were 966 companies listed on KOSDAQ, representing a total float of about USD41bn.
27/07/2010

Environment remains weakest link in SRI practices

In terms of responsible investment, South Africa is one of the most active emerging countries, Novethic reports in the most recent issue of its quarterly newsletter “L’Essentiel de l’ISR.” In that country, there are 20 institutional investors who have signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, and 39 SRI funds on sale. But SRI funds are taking into account the social dimension as their top priority, and taking far fewer environmental criteria into account, Novethic notes, referring to a study conducted between June and December 2009 by the Environmental Policy Unit of the University of Cape Town of 22 organisations that have signed up to the UN-PRI, or which offer SRI funds on the South African market. “Of these 40 funds, none of them prioritises green themes such as combatting climate change,” Novethic finds. 58% of the funds concentrate on social themes such as jobs and economic development in the country. Elsewhere, with 24% of the SRI market represented by funds which respect Sharia principles, religion-based exclusionary selection remains a strong practice.
27/07/2010

UK sets ball rolling for financial reforms

The new British government has announced its reforms to financial regulations, which it hopes to pass by mid-2011, La Tribune reports. The proposed legislation unveiled on Monday, 26 July confirms that the single banking, insurance and financial market regulatory body, the Financial Services Authority, will be dissolved, and most of its powers transferred to the Bank of England. A new Financial Policy Council (FPC) will be in charge of identifying “systemic” dangers which could unbalance the financial sector. Reforms would also create a Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA). The FPC and CPMA would begin to operate “invisibly” once the reforms are passed, the newspaper notes.
27/07/2010

Chi-X, BATS and Turquoise in good form in the past two months

Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux yesterday published its market indicators for May and June, established jointly with he TAG company, a provider of evaluations of execution performance and the quality of markets for equities trading. Of the primary markets, only XETRA and SIX lost market share in the past two months, while SIX was the primary market hardest hit by market fragmentation between first and second quarter 2010. The LSE also lost 3 percentage points of market share. Chi-X, BATS and Turquoise, for their part, have gained overall market share in Europe (to 18.5%, 5.8%, and 4%, respectively), but without a significant improvement over most of the major indices. On trading in shares of the LSE, Chi-X achieved as much as 30% in the first days of May, a statement adds. In terms of future trends, the system of crossed GES and Getco orders has kicked off, and the brokerage arm of Crédit Agricole states that the MTF (dark) market from UBS has found a CEO. Equiduct has offered former clients of NASDAQ OMX a way to retain their connections and to convert them into Equiduct connections.
27/07/2010
Fonds

Performance de 1,4 % pour le Axa Immoselect

Axa Investment Managers a indiqué que le huitième exercice du fonds immobilier offert au public Axa Immoselect s’est achevé le 30 avril. Un dividende de 1,85 euro par part sera versé aux souscripteurs le 28 juillet. La performance du fonds s'élève à 1,4 % et la distribution représente un rendement de 3,2 %. Actuellement, le fonds possède 48 actifs dans 10 pays européens. Il détient en plus des participations dans 22 sociétés immobilières.
Fonds
27/07/2010
Fonds

L'UFF va proposer un fonds de développement durable

L’Union Financière de France s’apprête à lancer, au début du mois d’octobre, UFF Capital Planète, un fonds dédié aux placements dans les activités protectrices de l’environnement, dans les domaines de l’eau, de l’agriculture, des énergies renouvelables et des forêts.
Fonds
27/07/2010

Ageas cède des actifs turcs à BNPP Assurance

Selon L’Echo, l’assureur belge Ageas va céder ses activités vie et pension en Turquie à BNP Paribas Assurance. Le montant de l’opération n’a pas été dévoilé. La transaction doit encore être approuvée par les instances de contrôle. Elle devrait être clôturée au cours du quatrième trimestre 2010.
27/07/2010

Mauvais temps pour les petites sociétés de capital-investissement

Les Echos rapporte que soixante-quatre firmes de capital-investissement risquent de fermer dans le monde selon la dernière revue stratégique à paraître du cabinet de conseil Bain & Co. Les sociétés d’investissement sont essentiellement américaines (44 fonds), 12 sont européennes, les petits fonds étant les plus exposés. Ces sociétés d’investissement sont à court de liquidités pour investir, et sont contraintes de solliciter les investisseurs. Mais les chances d’engager ces investisseurs à leurs côtés diminuent de trimestre en trimestre. Alors que les fonds ont levé 60 milliards de dollars de janvier à mars, la somme est tombée à 41,3 milliards en juin,note le quotidien.
27/07/2010
Fonds

L’environnement reste le maillon faible des pratiques ISR

En matière d’investissement responsable, l’Afrique du Sud est un des pays émergents les plus actifs, rappelle Novethic dans sa dernière lettre trimestrielle «L’Essentiel de l’ISR». Dans ce pays, on retrouve en effet une vingtaine d’investisseurs institutionnels signataires des Principes pour l’Investissement Responsable et 39 fonds ISR commercialisés. Mais les fonds ISR prennent en compte en priorité la dimension sociale et beaucoup moins les critères environnementaux, note Novethic, qui se réfère à une étude menée entre juin et décembre 2009 par l’Environnemental Policy Research Unit de l’Université de Cape Town auprès de 22 organisations signataires des PRI ou distribuant des fonds ISR sur le marché sud africain. «Sur la quarantaine de fonds, aucun ne met en avant une thématique verte comme celle de la lutte contre le changement climatique», constate Novethic. 58% se concentrent sur des thématiques sociales comme l’emploi et le développement économique du pays. Par ailleurs, avec 24% du marché de l’ISR représenté par des fonds respectant les principes de la Sharia, l’exclusion religieuse reste une pratique forte.
Fonds
27/07/2010

La gestion d'actifs d'UBS reprend son souffle

UBS a publié mardi 27 juillet un bénéfice net de deux milliards de francs suisses pour son deuxième trimestre 2010 clos fin juin, contre une perte nette de 1,4 milliard à la même période de l’an passé. Dans la gestion de patrimoine (Wealth Management & Swiss Bank), les sorties nettes de capitaux ont atteint 5,5 milliards de francs à la fin juin, contre 16,5 milliards un an plus tôt. La gestion d’actifs (Global Asset Management) a en revanche enregistré des rentrées nettes pour 3,4 milliards après des sorties de 17,1 milliards. Les sorties nettes de capitaux dans la gestion de patrimoine ont atteint 5,2 milliards de francs à la fin juin, contre 16,5 milliards un an plus tôt. La division Wealth Management Americas a enregistré des reflux nets d’argent frais à hauteur de 2,6 milliards après 5,8 milliards. La gestion d’actifs (Global Asset Management) a en revanche enregistré des rentrées pour 3,4 milliards après des sorties de 17,1 milliards.
27/07/2010

Chi-X, BATS et Turquoise en bonne forme ces deux derniers mois

Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux a publié hier ses indicateurs de marché de mai-juin, établis conjointement avec la société TAG (*). Parmi les marchés primaires, seuls XETRA et SIX ont perdu des parts de marché sur les deux derniers mois, SIX entre le premier trimestre et le deuxième trimestre 2010, étant le marché primaire qui a le plus souffert de la fragmentation du marché. Le LSE a également perdu 3 points de pourcentage de part de marché. De leur côté, Chi-X, BATS et Turquoise augmentent leur part de marché globale en Europe (à 18.5%, 5.8% et 4%, respectivement), mais sans amélioration significative sur la plupart des indices majeurs. Sur les valeurs du LSE, la part de Chi-X a atteint 30% pendant plusieurs jours en mai, note le communiqué. En ce qui concerne les tendances futures, le système de croisement des ordres GES de Getco a démarré, le broker du groupe Crédit Agricole précise que le MTF (dark) d’UBS a trouvé son directeur général. Equiduct a proposé aux anciens clients de NASDAQ OMX de conserver leurs connexions et de les convertir en une connexion avec Equiduct. (*) Fournisseur de solutions d'évaluation de la performance d’exécution et de la qualité du marché destinées au trading sur actions.
27/07/2010

Bientôt un nouveau fonds actions chez EFG

Selon Citywire, EFG Private Bank s’apprête à lancer un fonds «croissance» investis aux États-Unis en s’alliant pour la circonstance avec Mazana Capital Management , un gestionnaire d’actifs aux États-Unis .New Capital US Growth est un fonds OPCVM III listé à Dublin de style croissance et «long-only». Son portefeuille combinera des stratégies de croissance à partir de grandes valeurs et de capitalisations de taille moyenne. Citywire précise que ce sera la première fois que des investisseurs européens auront accès aux stratégies de Mazama CM.
27/07/2010

Les produits dérivés chez Goldman Sachs intéressent la commission d'enquête

La commission d’enquête américaine pourrait avoir recours à des comptables extérieurs pour se pencher sur les activités de produits dérivés de Goldman Sachs. La banque qui affirme que son système ne permet pas d’isoler les transactions réalisées dans les seuls produits dérivés, ne convainc pas le président de la commission d’enquête.
27/07/2010

Legg Mason affiche une baisse de ses encours

Au premier trimestre de son exercice 2010-2011qui s’est achevé le 30 juin, le gestionnaire d’actifs américain Legg Mason a accusé un repli de 4,2 % de son bénéfice net à 47,9 millions de dollars, contre 63,6 millions au trimestre précédent. Comparé au trimestre précédent, les actifs sous gestion affichent une baisse de 6 %, à 645,4 milliards de dollars, contre 684,5 milliards à fin mars. Les rachats net de la part des investisseurs représentent 23,1 milliards de dollars de cette baisse, l’effet de marché 16 milliards. Sur un an, les encours perdent 2%.
26/07/2010

P2 Value fund brings discredit to real estate funds

The P2 Value fund from the German management firm Morgan Stanley Real Estate is the only German open-ended real estate fund to have been closed since the end of October 2008 without interruption, meaning that subscribers are prisoners in a fund which has been devalued three times in one year. If the manager cannot get together enough liquidty by the end of October 2010, BaFin may require the management firm to liquidate the fund within one year, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes. The P2 Value fund’s misfortunes throw the entire real estate fund industry into disrepute at an unfortunate time: ten real estate funds currently have their redemptions suspended, with total assets of EUR25.5bn, equivalent to 28.7% of total assets in the sector, and the P2 Value fund will probably not remain an isolated case.
26/07/2010

Third Avenue puts four sub-funds on sale

The US firm Third Avenue Management has been granted a sales license in Germany from BaFin for four UCITS-compliant sun-funds of the Irish-registered fund Third Avenue Value Fund UCITS. The products are Third Avenue Value Fund, Third Avenue Small-Cap Value Fund, Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund and Third Avenue International Value Fund, for which shares are available in Euros or US dollars. The Third Avenue funds are already available in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and in Asia-Pacific.
26/07/2010

Appointments at GLG Partners

GLG Partners has announced the appointment of Javier Velazquez as Head of European Industrial Investments, and of Carl esprey and Tim Medland as co-Heads of European Basic Resources Investments. All three are currently senior managers of GLG’s European long/short strategy.
26/07/2010

Noticeable improvement in profits at T. Rowe Price

In second quarter, T. Rowe Price has posted net profits of USD158.5m, compared with USD153m in first quarter (see Newsmanagers of 26 April), and USD100m for the corresponding period last year, bringing the total for first half to USD311.5n, compared with USD148.2m. Assets as of the end of June totalled USD391.1bn, compared with USD419bn at the end of March, and USD391.3bn at the end of December. The US manager states that in second quarter, net subscriptions of USD5.1bn (including USD3.2bn for mutual funds) were overshadowed by losses of USD33bn due to falling markets. For first half as a whole, negative market effects represented USD15.6bn, more than the USD15.4bn in net subscriptions.
26/07/2010

Net contraction in assets at Federated Investors

In second quarter, Federated Investors has posted net profits of USD47.65m, compared with USD42m for first quarter, and USD53.27m in the corresponding period of last year. For first half as a whole, net profits totalled USD89.66m, compared with USD88.41m in January-June 2009. Assets as of 31 June totalled USD336.84bn, compared with USD349.87bn as of the end of March, and USD389.32bn as of the end of December. One year earlier, assets under management still totalled USD401.8bn. Bond assets increased to USD38.01bn, compared with USD33.79bn as of the end of December, and USD28.68 twelve months previously, while money market funds came to USD260.52bn, compared with USD272.34bn as of the end of March and USD313.26bn as of 31 December 2009; as of 30 September last year, they totalled USD346.25bn.
26/07/2010

David Zilkha's ex-wife got USD1m for evidence against him

Arthur Samberg, founder of the hedge fund management firm Pequot capital Management, has agreed to pay USD28m to settle civil cases related to insider trading. He was accused of using information about Microsoft which was provided by David Zilkha, the Wall Street Journal reports. The SEC has announced that it paid USD1m to Karen and Glenn Kaiser, who provided the proof. Karen Kaiser is the ex-wife of David Zilkha. Her lawyer, Mark Sherman, discovered compromising emails during the divorce process, including references to a USD2.1m payment from Pequot Capital Management to Zilkha, although he only worked six months at Pequot. Zilkha had previously worked at Microsoft, and had obtained inside information from his former colleagues.
26/07/2010

Emerging markets increase share of private equity

Private equity funds specialised in investments in emerging countries suffered during the crisis, as funds raised have gone from USD66.5bn in 2008 to USD22.6bn in 2009, Financial Times FM notes. But their weight in private equity has increased impressively. Investments in emerging markets last year represented 26%, a record, according to the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association. In 2008, the percentage for developing countries was only 14%, and in 2004 it was only 7%.
26/07/2010

Ramius launches a mutual fund

The hedge fund management firm Ramius Alternative Solutions has registered the Ramius Dynamic Replication Fund with the SEC (N-1A). The product aims to replicate the Ramius Custom Actively Managed Composite, a synthetic hede fund which reflects a theoretical portfolio of hedge funds, in the form of a mutual fund. Front-end fee and management commission for retail shares total 5.50% and 1.80%, respectively. The fund will charge a penalty of 2% of the subscriber withdraws in less than two months.
26/07/2010

Altin launches a share buyback program

The Swiss alternative management firm Altin AG, listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX) in London, has announced the launch of a share buyback program to include up to 10% of capital. To fund the measure, a second line of trading on Altin shares will be opened on the SIX Swiss Exchange on 27 July 2010, and will be maintained until the end of December 2010 or later. Altin will be the sole buyer in this line of trading, and will buy back equities in order to subsequently reduce its capital. The objective is to reduce the degree to which the firm’s shares are trading below their net asset value. They were tradign an average of 24.96% below their value between 4 January and 15 July 2010. The board of directors has stated that it is firmly convinced that this low share price is unjustified, in light of the good track record (0.75% in January-May 2010, 7% per year since December 1996), the liquidity of the hedge fund portfolio (over 90% of Altin’s underlying hedge funds may be redeemed with a maximal delay of 3 months), its diversified combination of ten alternative strategies and its policy of quarterly publication of all underlying positions. The management of Altin, which is invested in 35 hedge funds (USD275.6m), is provided by Alternative Asset Advisors SA, a management firm specialised in alternative investments and a member of the SYZ & CO group.
26/07/2010

Independent management firms gain ground

In the United Kingdom, banks and insurers are losing market share in asset management to independent boutiques, Financial Times FM reports. Last year, for the first time, assets under management at the major groups and their affiliates fell to less than half of total assets, according to statistics from the Investment Management Association. In 2009, assets under management in the United Kingdom by independent management firms represented 35.2%, compared with only 12% in 2003.

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