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04/11/2013

New head for Germany and Austria at Oddo AM

Carsten Nerge, director of institutional distribution at Warburg Invest KAG in Hamburg since October 2010 after 10 years at ABN Amro AM and then BNPP IP, is joining Oddo Asset Management, Das Investment reports. Nerge will be respnsible for the activities at the French asset management firm serving Germany and Austria.
04/11/2013

Matthias Schellenberg joins board at UBS Germany

Matthias Schellenberg, who joined ING Investment Management on 1 January 2013 as head for Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe Global Asset Management at UBS, was on 1 November appointed as a managing board member at UBS Germany with responsibility for the global asset management unit.He joins a management team led by Axel Hörger. The other board members at UBS Germany are Martin Deckert, Carsten Dentler and Stefan Winter, a statement dated 31 October states.
04/11/2013

Swedish fund association hires economist

The Swedish investment fund association, Fondbolagens Förening, has recruited Jenny Hansson to handle events. Hansson is an economist and was also a high-level athlete.
04/11/2013

Neuberger Berman launches multi-strategy UCITS-compliant fund

The UCITS-compliant version of the Neuberger Berman Absolute Return Multi Strategy Fund (ARMS), launched in May 2012, is now available in a UCITS-compliant format, the US-based asset management firm announced in London on 31 October.As recently reported (see Newsmanagers of 15 October), this is a multi-manager fund, which aims for absolute returns with limited exposure to the market, through diversified allocation to proven hedge fund strategies.The UCITS-compliant version is exempt from the inconveniences of hedge funds, and offers daily liquidity, eliminates performance commissions at all levels, carries a limited total expense ratio, offers a high level of transparency, and contols on assets through the exclusive use of managed accounts.
04/11/2013

Assets in Asian hedge funds at a five-year high

At the end of third quarter, assets under management by Asian hedge funds totalled USD103.8bn, their highest level since second quarter 2008, before the crisis, Hedge Fund Research (HFR) estimates.Net subscriptions in July-September totalled USD1.9bn, meaning that over three consecutive quarters, net inflows have totalled USD7.3bn. In third quarter, hedge funds specialised in Japan posted inflows of USD1.14bn, while Asian hedge funds specialised in equities attracted USD1.45bn.The best performance in the first nine months of the year was for the HFRX Japan index, with 23.2%, which is the largest gain since the creation of the index in 2004. The HFRX Asia Equally Weighted Index, for its part, has posted returns of 11.8%, while the HFRX China index gained 11%, and Chinese equities lost 15% at the same time.HFR points out that 31% of Asian hedge funds are based in China (including Hong Kong), compared with 12.3% in Singapore and 4.6% in Japan.
04/11/2013

Banco Popular has nearly EUR14bn in AUM

Funds People reports that counting EUR756m in wealth management, investment funds for EUR8.119bn and retirement savings plans for EUR5.122bn, Banco Popular as of the end of September had assets under management of USD13.998bn, which represents increases of 5%, 11.7%, and 4.2%, respectively, since the end of December.
04/11/2013

First investment for Social Impact Fonds from ABN Amro

ABN Amro has announced that the Social Impact Fonds, launched this year (see Newsmanagers on 26 March) has made its first investment, buying stakes in Nudge, a consumer platform specialised in sustainable and social development, with 30,000 subscribers, Fondsnieuws reports. The total investment and the size of the stake have not been revealed.
04/11/2013

Gaw Capital closes a private equity fund with USD1bn

Gaw Capital has closed the private equity fund Gateway Real Estate Fund IV with USD1bn. The product, which has exceeded its fundraising objective (USD800m) will invest in real estate projects located in the Greater China region, Asian Investor reports. 40% of investors who participated in the fundraising originate from Asia, 30% from North America, and 30% from Europe.
04/11/2013

FCA commits to reduce fund registration times

The Financial Conduct Authority has committed to reduce authorization times for non-UCITS funds, plans for qualified investors and UCITS funds from April 2014, Fund Web reports. The British regulator is planning to cut back autorization times for non-UCITS funds to three months, for qualified investors to two months, and for UCITS funds to six weeks.
04/11/2013

Assets at F&C continue to fall but retail posts inflows

An interim management statement released on 1 November by F&C Investments reveals that as of 30 September, assets at the British asset management firm were down to GBP90.08bn, compared with GBP92.31bn three months earlier, and GBP95.22bn as of the end of December.Net outflows totalled GBP2.18bn in third quarter, and USD9.38bn in the first nine months of the year, but retail flows totalled net inflows of GBP162m in July-September and USD385m in the first nine months of the year.
04/11/2013

Henderson returns to net subscriptions

Henderson has posted net subscriptions in third quarter 2013 of GBP1.2bn, of which GBP889m went to equity products. According to Fund Web, it is the first time since the beginning of 2011 that the British asset management firm has shown net inflows. In this context, Henderson has seen an increase in its assets over GBP70bn. As of the end of June, assets totalled GBP67.936bn.
04/11/2013

Aberdeen to cut jobs if it acquires SWIP

Aberdeen Asset Management is planning to lay off 150 people out of 2,500 if it succeeds in acquiring Scottish Widows Investment Partnership for GBP500m, the Financial Times reports, citing a source familiar with the matter. Layoffs will be distributed between Aberdeen which has 2,000 employees based largely in London, and SWIP, which has 500 people. Aberdeen is in pole position to acquire SWIP, which would put it ahead of Schroders as the largest publicly-traded asset management firm in Europe.
04/11/2013

Vontobel adds to Singapore platform

Swiss-based Vontobel on 1 November announced that it has promoted Fredy R. Flury, head of fixed income in the FX department, as CEO of Vontobel Financial Products (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd. in Singapore, from 1 December 2013. He also becomes head of financial products for Singapore.With this promotion, Vontobel “takes into account growth in its local activity while emphasizing the importance of its internationalisation strategy in Asia-Pacific,” a statement says.
04/11/2013

Strong rise in assets at Berkshire Hathaway

For third quarter 2013, Berkshire Hathaway on 1 November announced distributable net profits of USD5.053bn, compared with USD3.920bn in the corresponding period of 2012. In the first nine months of the year, these profits total USD14.486m, compared with USD10.273m.
04/11/2013

Profits and assets up at Invesco

In July-September, Invesco Ltd has announced net profits payable to holders of ordinary hares of USD246m, compared with USD223.7m in second quarter, and USD182.7m in the corresponding period of 2012. In the first nine months of this year, net profits totalled USD652m, 42% more than the USD452m in January-September 2012.As of 30 September, total assets came to USD745.5bn, compared with USD705.6bn three months previously, and USD663bn as of the end of September 2012. In the first nine months of this year, Invesco has posted net subscriptions of USD29.2bn, of which USD20.7bn were for long-term funds, USD7.4bn for institutional money market funds, and USD1.1bn for Invesco PowerShares QQQ. Market effects were positive to the effects o fUSD51.6bn, while currency effects borught losses of USD2.7bn.By comparison, net subscriptions to long-term products and total net subscriptions were up by 168.8% and 180.8%, respectively.However, total net subscriptions of USD9.1bn in third quarter 2013 compare with net inflows of USD1.4bn in April-June 2013, and to net subscriptions of USD11.4bn in the corresponding period of last year.
04/11/2013

Four new distribution agreements in Italy for M&G

M&G Investments has signed distribution agreements in Italy with PPM Private Banking, Azimut and its three networks, Apogeo Consulting, AZ Investimenti, Azimut Consulenza sim –, Cariparma – Crédit Agricole and Mps Private Banking, Bluerating reports. The three new partners may offer their clients the 30 funds from the British firm licensed for sale in Italy. M&G has been present in Italy since 2010, and has assets under management there of USD6.6bn. The team of 12 people has recently seen the addition of Marta Moretti for sales support.
04/11/2013

Russell Investments recruits a manager in Italy

Russell Investments has recruited Luca Gianelle as client portfolio manager, in order to strengthen the multi-asset class team, which now has 38 specialists, Bluerating reports. Gianelle will be based in Milan, and will report to Rob Hall, head of client portfolio management. Gianelle joins from Anima, where he had been a member of the multi-management team, with responsibility for the management of funds of hedge funds.
04/11/2013

Fiducial fusionne ses sociétés de gestion immobilière

Fiducial annonce la fusion de ses sociétés de gestion de SCPI et d’OPCI, Fiducial Gérance et Uffi Ream. L’ensemble fusionné prend la dénomination sociale de Fiducial Gérance et se transforme en SA à directoire et conseil de surveillance. «Avec 1,75 milliard d’euros d’actifs gérés, répartis sur 12 SCPI (près d’1,6 milliard d’euros), 6 groupements forestiers et la gestion du patrimoine français d’un fonds immobilier étranger, le nouvel ensemble devient l’un des principaux acteurs du marché des SCPI», souligne Fiducial.
04/11/2013

Les créanciers de l’Irlande doivent garder des fonds en réserve

Les créanciers de l’Irlande devraient mettre un peu d’argent de côté pour soutenir le pays lorsque celui-ci sortira à la fin de cette année du programme d’aide international mis en place il y a près de trois ans, a estimé hier David Lipton, premier directeur général délégué du Fonds monétaire international. Il ajoute que l’économie irlandaise restait faible en dépit des efforts accomplis pour la stabiliser.
04/11/2013

S&P réduit la note de l'Ukraine d'un cran

L’agence américaine a ramené vendredi la note à long terme de l’Ukraine de «B» à «B-», en estimant que Kiev doit encore établir une stratégie lui assurant des réserves de change suffisantes pour répondre à des besoins de financement externes élevés. S&P conserve une perspective négative sur cette nouvelle note, ce qui donne une probabilité d’un tiers de voir celle-ci à nouveau abaissée en l’espace d’un an.
04/11/2013

La ‘troïka’ des créanciers attendue demain en Grèce

Les membres de la «troïka» des institutions créancières de la Grèce (Commission européenne, FMI et BCE) sont attendus demain à Athènes pour décider de l’opportunité de verser une nouvelle tranche de prêts dans le cadre du plan de sauvetage financier du pays. Leur dernière visite remontait à octobre.
04/11/2013

Le ‘shutdown’ a pesé sur la production américaine

L’activité du secteur manufacturier aux Etats-Unis a progressé en octobre à son rythme le plus faible en un an, selon l’indice des directeurs d’achats de Markit publié vendredi dans sa version définitive. L’indice ressort à 51,8 le mois dernier, alors que l’estimation flash de la mi-octobre était à 51,1 et après un indice à 52,8 en septembre.

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