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03/09/2014

BNP Paribas IP recrute un nouveau directeur général à Hong Kong

BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) réorganise ses équipes en Asie Pacifique. La société de gestion a ainsi annoncé la nomination effective à compter du 1er septembre de Tino Moorrees au poste de directeur général («chief executive officer») pour ses opérations à Hong Kong. A ce titre, il est rattaché à Vincent Camerlynck, directeur général pour l’Asie-Pacifique chez BNPP IP. Jusque-là, l’intéressé était directeur général, «representative director» et «president» de BNPP IP Japon. Avant cela, Tino Moorrees, qui compte 17 ans d’expérience dans l’industrie financière dont 15 ans dans la gestion d’actifs, avait occupé le poste de directeur général et «president director» de PT BNP Paribas Investment Partners Indonesia.En parallèle, BNPP IP a annoncé le recrutement de Ryohei Shimazaki pour succéder à Tino Moorrees au poste de directeur général, «representative director» et «president» de BNPP IP Japon. L’intéressé, qui est également rattaché à Vincent Camerlynck, arrive en provenance de Baring Asset Management où il travaillait en qualité de «president» et de «representative director» au Japon. Auparavant, il avait occupé plusieurs postes à responsabilité chez ING Baring Securities et au sein de la banque d’investissement Jardine Fleming à Hong Kong. Il a débuté sa carrière en tant que gérant de fonds chez Robert Fleming Asset Management à Londres.BNP Paribas Investment Partners gère actuellement 58 milliards de dollars d’actifs en Asie Pacifique.
03/09/2014

ABN Amro nomme un nouveau responsable banque privée pour l'Asie et le Moyen-Orient

Le groupe bancaire ABN Amro a annoncé la nomination de Hans Hanegraaf en qualité de respnsable pays d’ABN Amro Singapour et responsable des activités de banque privée en Asie et au Moyen-Orient.Hans Hanegraaf prend la succession de Hugues Delcourt qui quitte la société fin septembre pour assumer d’autres responsabilités dans le secteur financier.
03/09/2014

Fide Capital recrute une ancienne gérante actions de Petercam

La société belge de gestion de patrimoine Fide Capital (anciennement CGP: Compagnie de Gestion Privée) a annoncé le recrutement de Stéphanie Voisin au poste de «director». La nouvelle recrue a travaillé pendant 13 ans comme analyste et gestionnaire de fonds chez Petercam Institutional Asset Management qu’elle a quitté en décembre 2013 à la suite de la fermeture d’un fonds actions Europe émergent, Moyen-Orient et Afrique dont elle assurait la gestion (lire NewsManagers du 23 décembre 2013).
03/09/2014

Un gérant monétaire quitte BNP Paribas IP pour BIL

Selon nos informations, Damien Spohn, actuellement Portfolio Manager - Money Market chez BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) va quitter la banque française à la fin du mois pour rejoindre La Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) dont le fonds qatari Precision Capital détient, depuis fin 2012, 90% du capital. Damien Spohn était arrivé chez BNPP IP en mai 2008 d’abord en tant qu’assistant gérant monétaire avant d’être nommé gérant monétaire à partir de l’été 2011. Il est diplômé de l’école supérieure de commerce de Montpellier (Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School).
03/09/2014

Le fonds souverain Future Fund nomme un nouveau directeur des investissements

Le fonds souverain australien Future Fund, dont les actifs sous gestion s’élèvent à 101 milliards de dollars australiens au 30 juin, a annoncé le 1er septembre la nomination de Raphael Arndt au poste de directeur des investissements («chief investment officer»). Précédemment, l’intéressé était depuis 2008 responsable des infrastructures et des terrains forestiers exploitables et membre du comité d’investissement du fonds souverain. En parallèle, Stephen Gilmore, actuel responsable de la stratégie d’investissement de Future Fund, se voit confier en sus la responsabilité de la gestion et du contrôle des règles liées aux risques inhérents aux portefeuilles. Raphael Arndt et Stephen Gilmore seront tous deux rattachés à David Neal, «managing director» de Future Fund.
03/09/2014

Future Fund sovereign fund appoints a new chief investment officer

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } The Australian sovereign fund Future Fund, whose assets under management totalled AUD101bn as of 30 June, on 1 September announced the appointment of Raphael Arndt to the position of chief investment officer. Arndt had previously been head of infrastructure and exploitable forest lands, and a member of the investment board at the sovereign fund. Meanwhile, Stephen Gilmore, current head of investment strategy for the Future Fund, has been given responsibility for management and controlling of rules related to risks inherent in portfolios. Arndt and Gilmore will both report to David Neal, managing director of the Future Fund.
03/09/2014

Assets up 6% for the 300 largest pension funds in 2013

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Assets under management by the 300 largest pension funds on the planet increased by more than 6.2% in 2013, after 9.8% growth in 2012, to a record level of USD14.9trn at the end of 2013, according to a study carried out jointly by the consultancy firm Towers Watson and the US newspaper Pensions & Investments, and published on 2 September. According to the study, entitled “P&I/Towers Watson global 300 research,” these 300 pension funds represent 46.5% of total assets in all pension funds worldwide. Region by region, Latin America and Africa funds have posted average growth of 16% per year in the past five years, compared with 12% per year on average for Europe, about 6% for North America, and 5% for Asia-Pacific. However, the United States remains the country with the largest proportion of assets under management by pension funds, representing 36% of the total for all respondents. Japan is second, with about 13% of total assets under management, particularly due to the weight of the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which remains the largest pension fund in the world, with USD1.220trn as of the end of 2013. The Netherlands take third place, with a market share of 7%, while Norway and Canada take fourth and fifth place, respectively, with a 6% market share each. In this industry, sovereign funds continue to play the top roles, as 27 of them represent 28% of total assets, and have a total of USD4.2trn in assets under management.
03/09/2014

Threadneedle strengthens its multi asset team

Threadneedle Investments has appointed Maya Bhandari as Investment Strategist in its Multi-Asset Allocation team. Maya Bhandari, who started on 18 August, is based in London and reports to Toby Nangle, Head of Multi-Asset Allocation. Her appointment follows the recent appointment of Craig Nowrie as Client Portfolio Manager to the Multi-Asset Allocation team. Maya Bhandari joins Threadneedle from Citigroup, where she was a Director of Global Macro Strategy & Asset Allocation. Prior to that, she was a Director and Head of Emerging Market Analysis at Lombard Street.
03/09/2014

Aviva Investors appoints David Lis as Chief Investment Officer, Equities and Multi-Assets

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), announced the appointment of David Lis as Chief Investment Officer, Equities and Multi-Assets. David is currently Head of Equities at Aviva Investors. In this new role, David will join the Aviva Investors Executive Committee with immediate effect, reporting directly to Euan Munro, Chief Executive. Overseeing over £68 billion in assets, David will be responsible for developing and implementing Aviva Investors’ equities and multi-asset investment strategies. David has over 40 years’ experience in the investment industry and has been with Aviva Investors since 1997. During his 17 years with the business, he has held a number of senior fund management positions, latterly as Head of Equities, where he was instrumental in building Aviva Investors’ fundamental equities capability. He retains overall responsibility for the equities team. .
03/09/2014

La Française launches a fund to support AIDES association

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } La Française has announced the launch of the Orfi Colors fund, which allows investors to participate in the financing of the AIDES association, whose mission is to combat HIV and viral hepatitis. La Française will pay half of the fixed management fees which it receives to the association’s screening programme, equivalent to 20% of all management fees. However, this sharing will not bring any tax advantages either for the fund or for sharreholders. “On the basis of assets in the fund as of 30 June 2014, which totalled EUR5bn, La Française would pay EUR20,000 per year to the AIDES association from its share of the management fees, equivalent to 3,000 HIV quick screening kits per year,” says Xavier Lépine, chairman of the board at La Française, during a presentation of the fund in Paris on Tuesday, 2 September. Orfi Colors is a flexible fund of funds which feeds the LFP Patrimoine Flexible. It was founded in partnership with the independent wealth management firm Ornay Finance, which will receive a 10% management fee per year. The product aims to optimise its performance by modulating its exposure to equities from 0% to 65%, with a target volatility of 10%. It may invest in several asset classes (equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies), by selecting funds which reflect the exposures sought. The funds cover all geographical regions (developed and emerging regions), and selects funds on an open architecture basis. Orfi Colors is managed by La Française and sold by Ornay Finance. It is also available on the in-house platform dedicated to wealth management advisers, CD Partenaires.
03/09/2014

Mirabaud AM builds presence in Middle East

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Mirabaud Asset Management is putting its means behind its ambitions in the Middle East. The Swiss asset management firm on 2 September announced that it has recruited Majid Hassan as head of development for sales activities in the Middle East. The arrival marks “a new stage in the deployment of the long-term development strategy defined by Mirabaud Asset Management in 2011, as, since that time, it has scaled up its sales team and investment activities at a regular pace,” the asset management firm explains in a statement. In his new role, Hassan with work to promote the capacities of Mirabaud to serve a wide range of investors, including sovereign wealth funds, banks, pension funds and family offices operating in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Hassan joins a team of 20 private bankers working since 2007 under the leadership of Olivier Honsberger, CEO of Mirabaud in Dubai. Hassan began his career serving investors for the HSBC Group in Dubai. In the next 17 years, he then served in a variety of roles at international groups such as AIG Investments and Standard Chartered, with the mission of promoting long-only strategies and hedge funds to investors in the Middle East based in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. Hassan also served for local companies such as SHUAA Asset Management and Prestans Capital.
03/09/2014

BNP Paribas IP appoints new CEOs for Hong Kong and Japan

BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) announced, on septembre 1st, the appointments of Tino Moorrees as CEO Hong Kong and Ryohei Shimazaki as CEO, Representative Director and President of BNP Paribas Investment Partners Japan Ltd effective 1 September and 25 June 2014 respectively. Both report to Vincent Camerlynck, CEO Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong.Tino Moorrees has over 17 years of financial services experience, 15 of which were in the fund industry, most recently as CEO, Representative Director & President of BNP Paribas Investment Partners Japan Ltd. Prior to that, he was CEO and President Director for PT. BNP Paribas Investment Partners Indonesia.Ryohei Shimazaki succeeded Tino Moorrees as CEO of BNP Paribas Investment Partners Japan Ltd. In his new position, Ryohei Shimazaki manages and develops the firm’s business in Japan. Ryohei Shimazaki has nearly three decades of experience in the financial services industry and was most recently President and Representative Director of Baring Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. Previously, he has held various senior positions with firms in Asia and Europe, including Baring Brothers and ING Baring Securities. He started his career as a fund manager at Robert Fleming Asset Management in London.BNP Paribas Investment Partners has USD 58 billion of assets under management in Asia accross 10 locations with more than 220 investment professionals located in the region.
03/09/2014

ABN Amro appoints a new head of private banking for Asia and Middle East

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } The banking group ABN Amro has announced the appointment of Hans Hanegraaf as country head of ABN Amro Singapore, and head of private banking activities in Asia and the Middle East. Hanegraaf succeeds Hugues Delcourt, who left the firm at the end of September to assume other responsibilities in the financial sector.
03/09/2014

Le groupe Tikehau renforce son équipe Private Debt

Le groupe Tikehau renforce l'équipe Private Debt de Tikehau IM en recrutant Nathalie Bleunven et Luca Bucelli. Nathalie Bleunven exerçait depuis 2013 la fonction d’associé gérant chez Indigo Capital France, un fonds d’investissement spécialisé en dette Mezzanine. De 2000 à 2013, elle était directeur Associé et Responsable adjoint des financements LBO et d’acquisitions dédiés aux ETI à la Société Générale.De son côté, Luca Bucelli rejoint le groupe Tikehau afin de développer l’ensemble de ses activités en Italie. Luca Bucelli était depuis 2009 Vice-président d’AlixPartners, où il était en charge de dossiers de restructurations financières et opérationnelles, avec des clients italiens et français.
03/09/2014

Tikehau strenghtens its Private Debt teams

Tikehau Group strengthens Tikehau IM Private Debt with the double appointment of Nathalie Bleunven and Luca Bucelli. Nathalie Bleunven is a debt specialist and had been managing director, deputy head of Midcaps LBO and Corporate Acquisition finance team at Société Générale from 2000 to 2013. Since 2013 she was managing partner at Indigo Capital France, a Mezzanine debt fund. At Tikehau IM, she will use her knowledge of French Midcaps and her experience in structured finance and credit analysis to accelerate the development of the Corporate Direct Lending activity of Tikehau, especially Novo 2 fund management.Luca Bucelli joins the Tikehau Group focusing on the development of its Italian activities. He was most recently at AlixPartners, where he was vice-president since 2009 and he was involved in financial and operational restructurings with French and Italian clients. He started his career in 2004 in the Lehman Brothers Corporate Finance M&A team in London and Milan.
03/09/2014

Silver Time Partners recruits director of equities from Citigroup in France

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Roman Stephan is leaving Citigroup, where he had served as managing director in charge of the Equity France unit. He joins the Paris-based quantitative asset management firm Silver Time Partners as a founding partner, and will be in charge of commercial development and marketing. Previously, Olivier Nobile and Aurelio Rodriguez left Boussard & Gavaudan to team up with Bertrand Patillet, former deputy CEO of Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux, and in June 2014 founded Silver Time Partners. The firm, which has now raised USD50bn, will initially release three Ucits Equity Europe systematic funds, says Nobile, the chairman of the firm. For Citigroup, the departure of Stephan comes after that of Michael Pringle, who had served as global director of equity trading in London for the US bank, and who joined Moore Capital Mangement in May this year.
03/09/2014

Gilles Darde joins ING IM France

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } ING Investment Management (ING IM) France on 2 September announced that it is scaling up its sales teams, with the recruitment of Gilles Darde as director of distribution clients (Private Banking and Multi-Management) at ING IM France. With more than 20 years of professional experience, and with strong expertise in the distribution segment, Darde will be responsible for developing the client base of private banks and funds of funds at the French arm of ING IM. Darde joins ING IM France after serving as head of marketing and distribution at Convictions AM. From 2010 to June 2013, he joined Aviva Investors, where he was also in charge of development for external clients (essentially multi-managers, private banks and family offices).
03/09/2014

Bethmann concludes acquisition of Credit Suisse private bank in Germany

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Bethmann Bank has announced in a statement that its acquisition of the private banking activities of Credit Suisse in Germany was completed in early September. With this transaction, assets under management by the ABN Amro affiliate, based in Frankfurt, will increase by EUR9bn, to about EUR34bn, the statement says. Since 2008, assets under management by Bethmann, which at the time totalled EUR10.6bn, more than tripled. Bethmann Bank thus becomes the third-largest private bank in Germany. The board at Bethmann Bank, which previously had three members, will now have five, with the addition of Johannes Baratta and Peter von Arx, who had previously been board members at Credit Suisse (Deutschland) AG.
03/09/2014

First decline in assets under management for Chinese money market funds in 8 months

p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Total assets under management by all Chinese mutual funds rose 5% in second quarter, to CNY3.550trn, after an increase of 16% in the previous quarter, according to data from China Mutual Fund Series. Money market funds contributed positively to second quarter overall, during which their assets rose 10%. However, in the month of June alone, money markets saw a 17% decline in their assets, after 8 consecutive months of increases. The trend therefore seems to be reversing for this asset class, as in the first three months of the year, total assets under management by Chinese money market funds overall had risen by 90%.
03/09/2014

JPMorgan AM a trouvé son nouveau DG pour la France

La société de gestion d’origine américaine a annoncé ce matin l’arrivée de Pietro Grassano au poste de directeur général de son bureau de Paris. Jusqu’à présent directeur des ventes de JPMorgan AM en Italie, il remplace depuis le 1er septembre Karine Szenberg. Débauchée par Schroders, elle vient de prendre la tête des activités françaises du gestionnaire britannique après le départ, au printemps, de Nuno Teixeira.
03/09/2014

La collecte nette des SCPI augmente au premier semestre

Les gestionnaires de sociétés de placement immobilier (SCPI) ont collecté en net 1,26 milliard d’euros au premier semestre 2014, selon les statistiques publiées mercredi par leur association professionnelle, l’Aspim. C’est 158 millions d’euros de plus par rapport à la même période de 2013. Au 30 juin, la capitalisation globale des SCPI dépasse pour la toute première fois le seuil des 30 milliards pour atteindre un total de 31,34 milliards d’euros, en hausse de 4,6% par rapport à la fin 2013.
03/09/2014

La croissance australienne a ralenti au deuxième trimestre

Après une hausse de 1,1% au premier trimestre, la croissance du produit intérieur brut (PIB) a nettement ralenti en Australie au deuxième trimestre, à 0,5%, sous l’effet d’une hausse des importations et d’un comportement prudent des consommateurs, montrent les chiffres publiés par le Bureau national des statistiques (ABS). Sur un an, le PIB a progressé de 3,1% entre avril et juin, après avoir crû 3,4% au premier trimestre.
03/09/2014

Le gouvernement Valls 2 demandera la confiance le 16 septembre

Le Premier ministre français, Manuel Valls, engagera la responsabilité de son gouvernement devant l’Assemblée nationale le 16 septembre, a annonce l’Elysée mercredi dans un communiqué. Cette décision, prise en Conseil des ministres, fait suite à la nomination d’un nouveau gouvernement, le 26 août.
03/09/2014

BP2S recrute l’ex-patron de Caceis France

BNP Paribas Securities Services (BPSS) a nommé Philippe Dupuis, l’ex-directeur général de Caceis France, comme nouveau responsable de ses activités en France, annonce à L’Agefi la branche de métiers titres de BNP Paribas. Parti de Caceis au printemps dernier après quatre années à son poste, Philippe Dupuis entre aussi au comité exécutif de BPSS. Au sein de la filiale titres du Crédit Agricole, il a été remplacé avant l’été par son ex-numéro deux, Carine Echelard, qui a elle-même cédé sa place à Philippe Bourgues, indique Caceis. Philippe Dupuis succède à Jean-Marc Pasquet, désormais responsable de BNP Paribas au Portugal. Ces nominations interviennent alors que Caceis et BPSS se sont affrontés récemment sur plusieurs renouvellements de mandats. Le premier a conservé ses positions chez CNP Assurances mais il a perdu son contrat avec Generali au Luxembourg et en Allemagne au profit de BNP Paribas. En France, BPSS revendique 3.667 milliards d’euros d’actifs conservés à fin juin, un montant en hausse de 21% en un an.

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