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25/04/2013

Assets under management at Gottex down

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } Assets generating commissions at Gottex Fund Management were down 9% in first quarter 2013 to USD6.4bn, compared with USD7bn as of the end of December, according to a statement released on 24 April. This decline is related to outflows (slightly over USD800m), partly offset by a net inflow of USD150m in Asia, as well as the acquisition of a majority stake in Frontier Investment Management, and a positive market effect. Assets under management in first quarter fell by 5.9% to USD5.59bn, due to net outflows of USD265m. Assets at the services specialist affiliate Luma GSS as of the end of March totalled USD0.77bn, down due to the impact of a net outflow of USD300m, and a negative currency effect of USD20m, which subscriptions (USD20m) and positive market effects (USD20m) were not enough to offset.
25/04/2013

EFG International liquidates its stake in Financial Products

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 24 April, EFG International has announced that on the previous evening it completed its sale of its remaining stake of 20.25% in EFG Financial Products to Notenstein Private Bank, an affiliate of Raiffeisen Switzerland. The transaction totalled CHF70.2m (1.35 million shares at CHF53 each). Notenstein becomes the largest shareholder in EFG Financial Products, with 22.75%, after the four founders, who jointly control 25.30% of capital.As a result, the representatives of EFG International on the board of directors of EFG Financial Services, John Williamson, Giorgio Pradelli and Frederick Link, have resigned from their positions.According to the local press, EFG Financial Products will in second quarter becomes known as Leonteq, Swiss Investment Engine. The new name is derived from the Latin name of edelweiss (leontopodium), with the suffix “teq” to indicate its technological aspect.On the Swiss stock exchange (SIX), the ticker for EFG Financial Products (FPHN) will be replaced by that of Leonteq, LEON.
25/04/2013

Comgest Germany recruits for sales

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } On 1 April, Andreas Franz joined Comgest Deutschland GmbH in Düsseldorf as investor relations manager. He holds the same position as Oliver Hausemann, and shares responsibility with him for maintaining relationships with institutional investors and wholesale and retail clients in Germany. Austrian clients will continue to be served by Dieter Wimmer, also an investor relations manager.Franz joins from Hamburgische Sparkasse (Haspa), where he spent 17 years, most recently as a securities analyst for open-ended investment funds.As of 31 December, Comgest had EUR15.5bn in assets under management.
25/04/2013

iShares integrates FundSettle

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fondsnieuws reports that iShares (BlackRock) has become the first ETF promoter to be admitted to the FundSettle automated trading platform from Euroclear. Initially, 50 ETFs will be available, out of 150 products that iShares offers in the Netherlands. As Leen Meijaard, head of sales for iShares in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region points out, however, these 50 products cover the vast majority of demand from distributors. Lieven Libbrecht, director investment funds product development at Euroclear, has not ruled out the possibility that other ETF issuers will list their products for trading on FundSettle.
25/04/2013

Comgest Allemagne renforce sa distribution

Depuis le 1er avril, Andreas Franz a rejoint Comgest Deutschland GmbH à Düsseldorf comme investor relations manager. Il a ainsi le même titre qu’Oliver Hausemann, et partage avec ce dernier la responsabilité du suivi des investisseurs institutionnels ainsi que des clients wholesale et retail en Allemagne. La clientèle autrichienne continuera d’être servie par Dieter Wimmer, également investor relations manager.Andreas Franz vient de la Hamburgische Sparkasse (Haspa) où il a passé 17 ans, en dernier lieu comme analyste valeurs mobilières pour les fonds d’investissement offerts au public.Au 31 décembre, Comgest gérait 15,5 milliards d’euros.
25/04/2013
Fonds

Henderson élargit sa gamme multi-asset

Henderson Global Investors s’apprête à ajouter deux nouveaux fonds à sa gamme notée selon le risque de ses solutions multi-asset, dirigée par Bill McQuaker, rapporte Investment Week. Il s’agit des fonds Core 4 Income et Core 6 Income & Growth.
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25/04/2013

La gestion de fortune de Barclays bénéficiaire

Le pôle Wealth and Investment Management du groupe Barclays a dégagé un bénéfice avant impôts de 60 millions de livres, en recul de 43% par rapport au premier trimestre 2012, a indiqué le groupe bancaire britannique à l’occasion de la publication de ses résultats trimestriels.Les actifs de la clientèle fortunée s’inscrivaient fin mars à 200 milliards de livres contre 186 milliards de livres à fin décembre 2012
25/04/2013

Promotions pour Alastair Gunn et Chris Watt chez Jupiter

A compter du 1er mai 2013, Chris Watt, qui a rejoint Jupiter Asset Management en 1999, sera promu gérant du Jupiter Growth & Income Fund (368 millions de livres) et du Jupiter UK Alpha Fund (15 millions de livres) en remplacement de Philip Matthews, qui rejoint Schroders (lire Newsmanagers du 18 avril) pour succéder à Richard Buxton, lequel part chez Old Mutual Global Investors. Chris Watt était depuis janvier 2007 gérant du Jupiter Responsible Income Fund (50 millions de livres).Par ailleurs, Jupiter Asset Management a désigné Alastair Gunn, arrivé en 2007 et co-gérant du Jupiter Distribution Fund (294 millions de livres), pour prendre la gestion du Jupiter High Income Fund (549 millions de livres) au 1er juillet 2013. Ce fonds est géré actuellement par Anthony Nutt, qui compte partir à la retraite en fin d’année.
25/04/2013

BlueCrest revient sur les actions

La société de gestion alternative basée à Londres BlueCrest, dont les actifs sous gestion s'élèvent à quelque 35 milliards de dollars, envisage de revenir sur les actions après plusieurs années d’absence, selon Hedge Fund Intelligence.Le mois dernier, BlueCrest a d’ailleurs recruté le gérant de hedge funds et spécialiste des actions Christian Dalban qui a quitté récemment Nomura où il était responsable du trading actions.
25/04/2013

Triodos Groenfonds absorbs BNP Paribas Groen Fonds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 31 May, assets in the SRI fund BNP Paribas Groen Fonds (NL0006294209, EUR175m as of the end of March), the former ABN Amro Groen Fonds, will be absorbed into the Triodos Groenfonds (EUR469m), BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) and Triodos Investment Management announced on 24 April.BNPP IP states that green investments in the Netherlands are no longer a core professional area. This is an area which is highly local and specialised, which does not allow BNPP IP to continue to manage the fund in an optimal manner, whereas with the transfer to Triodos, shareholders will be able to be confident that their assets are in good hands.Funds from Triodos Investment Management as of the end of December had assets of EUR2.2bn.
25/04/2013

Inflows continue for Italian funds

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In March, open-ended funds on sale in Italy recorded net inflows of EUR5.3bn, after raising EUR4.5bn in February, the most recent statistics from Assogestioni, the Italian association of asset managers, reveal. Since the beginning of the year, Italian funds have attracted slightly over EUR13bn. In March, inflows were driven by flexible funds (EUR2.4bn) and bond funds (EUR2.6bn), two categories which have been doing well since the beginning of the year. However, equity funds posted light net outflows of EUR131m. In terms of fund domicile, foreign-registered funds continue to account for the lion’s share, with EUR4.8bn in March, and EUR11.2bn in first quarter. With the addition of closed funds and mandated management, net inflows in March totalled EUR7.3bn. Assets under management in open-ended funds totalled EUR504bn, while assets in collective and mandated management totalled EUR1.225trn. Assogestioni notes that asset levels have set a new record for the fifth consecutive month. Lastly, in terms of businesses, Generali and Intesa have posted the strongest inflows in March, with EUR1.4bn and EUR1.1bn, respectively. Franklin Templeton comes next, with EUR1.041trn. Among the few firms to post redemptions, BNP Paribas stands out with EUR227m, as does Montepasci, with EUR139.4m.
25/04/2013

Assets under management at SLI up 7% in first quarter

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Assets under management at Standard Life Investments (SLI), which includes the asset management business of the UK insurer Standard Life, in first quarter increased by 7%, or GBP11.4bn, to a record GBP179.1bn, benefiting from strong flows and market movements, according to figures announced at the publication of an interim report for the Standard Life group. Third party AUM increased by GBP7.4bn or 9% to GBP90.4bn and now accounts for over 50% of total Standard Life Investments AUM . Net inflows for the quarter totalled GBP3bn, compared with GBP1.1bn in first quarter 2012. SLI continued to diversify geographically with 43% of third party net inflows from outside of the UK including net flows from US of GBP0.6bn Assets under administration by the Standard Life group, for their part, have posted a 7% increase, to GBP223.1bn. The insurance group has also announed that it will be recruiting in Asia, with the addition to 30 to 40 people in sales and back office for retirement and investment products, mostly in Hong Kong, as well as in Singapore and Dubai, Asian Investor reports. The group is working in close collaboration with its asset management affiliate, SLI, which is also dedicating substantial resources to the Asian region. The insurer would like to distribute a larger number of SLI products, of which only 12 are on sale in Hong Kong, out of a range of 300 funds, mostly Luxembourg Sicavs.
25/04/2013

Wealth management at Barclays turns a profit, assets up

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The Wealth and Investment Management unit at the Barclays group has earned a pre-tax profit of GBP60m, down 43% compared with first quarter 2012, the UK banking group announced in a publication of its quarterly results. Assets of high net worth clients as of the end of March totalled GBP200bn, compared with GBP186bn as of the end of December 2012.
25/04/2013

LGIM sets up “client strategy” team

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Chris de Marco, who had been principal investment consultant at AON Hewitt and managing director, head of insurance and pension solutions sales at HSBC, is joining Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) in the newly-created position of head of client strategy, where he will lead an equally new team, with the mission of designing integrated de-risking solutions. The new recruit will report to Aaron Meder, global head of solutions.The team will also include Matthew Webb (ex BDO) as solutions strategist, and Toby Baldwin, who has been tranferred from the product strategy and development team.
25/04/2013

Promotions for Alastair Gunn and Chris Watt at Jupiter

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } From 1 May 2013, Chris Watt, who joined Jupiter Asset Management in 1999, will be promoted to manager of Jupiter Growth & Income Fund (GBP368m), and the Jupiter UK Alpha Fund (GBP15m), replacing Philip Matthews, who is joining Schroders (see Newsmanagers of 18 April), to replace Richard Buxton, who is moving to Old Mutual Global Investors. Since January 2007, Watt had been the manager of the Jupiter Responsible Income Fund (GBP50m).Jupiter Asset Management has also appointed Alastair Gunn, who joined in 2007 as co-manager of the Jupiter Distribution Fund (GBP294m), to take over management of the Jupiter High Income Fund (GBP549m) as of 1 July 2013. The fund is currently managed by Anthony Nutt, who will be retiring at the end of this year.
25/04/2013

EFG Private Bank fined for failures in its anti-money laundering controls

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined EFG Private Bank GBP4.2 million, or approximately EUR5million, for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers. «The failings were serious and lasted for more than three years», the FCA underlines.As part of a thematic review of how UK banks were managing money laundering risk in higher risk situations, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) visited EFG Private Bank, the UK private banking subsidiary of the EFGI Group, a global private banking group, based in Switzerland, in January 2011. That visit and further investigation caused serious concern to the FSA. The investigation found that EFG had not fully put its AML policies into practice. Of particular concern was that 17 of 36 reviewed customer files, opened between December 2007 and January 2011, contained customer due diligence that highlighted significant money laundering risks, but insufficient records of how the bank’s senior management had mitigated those risks. Of these 17 files, the FSA found that the risks highlighted in 13 files related to allegations of criminal activity or that the customer had been charged with criminal offences including corruption and money laundering. EFG settled at an early stage of the investigation and qualified for a 30% discount on its fine. Without the discount the fine would have been GBP6 million.
25/04/2013

Legg Mason increases dividend by 18%

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The board of directors at Legg Mason Inc has announced a quarterly dividend of 13 cents per ordinary share, payable on 8 July to shareholders registered on 11 June. That represents an increase of 18% compared with the previous quarterly dividend.As of 31 March, assets totalled USD665bn.
25/04/2013

Institutionals account for 24.7% of assets in European funds

The third annual study from Cerulli Associates of sales of mutual funds in Europe (European Distribution Dynamics 2013: Navigating a Fragmented Marketplace) has found that assets are distributed among distribution channels with 38.4% for captive/affiliate networks, 36.8% for third parties, and 24.7% for direct/institutional distribution, with a proportion of more than 50% of assets in France in this area, which is expected to grow in the rest of Europe.The study also finds, unsurprisingly, that the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are the two most promising markets for promoters of pension funds in the next five years, while Germany, Italy and the Scandinavian countries finish close behind them. All of these markets are expected to become more popular with institutional clients.In France, captive asset management firms such as Amundi and BNPP IP control most retirement assets, thus managers with SRI capacities are likely to gain market share. Small asset management firms such as Ecofi Investissements have already received several mandates by playing on this specialty. Less experienced asset maangement firms may try their luck with family offices, which are more comprehensive with respect to funds that have shorter track records, and which have some propensity to privilege investment philosophy.The study was carried out on the basis of six surveys of 103 fund management firms with total assets of EUR2.8trn. It included data for the French, German, Italian, Spanish and British markets.
25/04/2013
Fonds

La collecte des fonds italiens s'accroit

En mars, les fonds ouverts commercialisés en Italie ont enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 5,3 milliards d’euros, après avoir levé 4,5 milliards en février, montrent les dernières statistiques d’Assogestioni, l’association italienne des professionnels de la gestion. Depuis le début de l’année, les fonds italiens ont engrangé un peu plus de 13 milliards d’euros.En mars, la collecte a été tirée par les fonds flexibles (2,4 milliards d’euros) et les fonds obligataires (2,6 milliards d’euros), deux catégories qui ont le vent en poupe depuis le début de l’année. En revanche, les fonds actions accusaient de légers rachats nets, à 131 millions d’euros.Côté domiciliation des fonds, ce sont toujours les fonds de droit étranger qui se taillent la part du lion, avec 4,8 milliards d’euros en mars et 11,2 milliards sur le premier trimestre.Si l’on ajoute les fonds fermés et les gestions sous mandat, la collecte nette a été en mars de 7,3 milliards d’euros.Les encours sous gestion des fonds ouverts sont ressortis à 504 milliards d’euros, tandis que ceux de la gestion collective et sous mandat se sont élevés à 1.225 milliards d’euros. Assogestioni note que le record d’encours est battu pour le cinquième mois consécutif.Enfin, concernant les entreprises, Generali et Intesa ont été les plus forts collecteurs en mars, avec respectivement avec 1,4 milliard d’euros et 1,1 milliard d’euros. Franklin Templeton arrive ensuite, avec 1,041 milliard d’euros.Parmi les quelques sociétés à accuser des rachats, BNP Paribas se distingue avec 227 millions d’euros et Montepaschi avec 139,4 millions d’euros.
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25/04/2013
Fonds

Aquila Capital présente son fonds obligataire à parité de risque

Comme annoncé il y a deux mois (lire NewsManagers du 19 février) le hambourgeois Aquila Capital a lancé son fonds obligataire long-only à parité de risque, un produit luxembourgeois baptisé ACQ - Risk Parity Bond Fund.L’objectif de ce fonds est de générer une performance supérieure de 300 points de base au taux monétaire, avec une volatilité ex ante de 3 %.CaractéristiquesDénomination : ACQ - Risk Parity Bond FundCode Isin : LU0891409947Commission de gestion : 0,45 %
Fonds
25/04/2013
Fonds

Fourpoints IM dote un de ses FCP d'un clone luxembourgeois

Le gestionnaire indépendant français Fourpoints Investment Managers, résultat de la fusion de PIM Gestion France et d’IT Asset Management, a lancé le 26 février 2013 le compartiment actions IT Funds America de sa sicav luxembourgeoise.Ce fonds, qui existe en trois classes de parts (*), est un clone du FCP de droit français Fourpoints America. Ce nouveau produit destiné aux investisseurs européens (luxembourgeois, suisses, britanniques, espagnols et italiens) affiche déjà un encours de 75 millions de dollars, dont environ deux tiers transférés à partir du FCP et le reliquat de souscriptions nouvelles, a indiqué à Newsmanagers Muriel Faure, directeur général et RCCI . A brève échéance, le nouveau produit devrait être rebaptisé début juin Fourpoints Fund America.Actuellement, l’encours de Fourpoints Invesment Managers se situe aux alentours de 1,1 milliard d’euros, contre 875 millions fin 2012, la différence étant attribuable pour moitié à l’effet de performance et pour moitié aux souscriptions nettes.(*) D : LU0890332173, R : LU0890332090 et I : LU0890331951
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25/04/2013

Henderson acquiert le tiers de 90 West Asset Management

Henderson Global Investors annonce avoir acquis 33 % de la société de gestion australienne 90 West Asset Management spécialiste des ressources naturelles à l’international, rapporte Funds People. En outre, les deux entreprises ont conclu un accord de distribution exclusive.
25/04/2013

L'économie britannique échappe à la récession

L'économie britannique à échappé à sa troisième récession en moins de cinq ans et sa croissance a même surpassé les attentes au premier trimestre. Le produit intérieur brut (PIB) du Royaume-Uni a augmenté de 0,3% sur janvier-mars par rapport aux trois derniers mois de 2012, durant lesquels il s'était contracté d’autant, montre la première estimation publiée jeudi par l’Office national de la statistique (ONS). En rythme annuel, la croissance ressort à 0,6%, sa meilleure performance depuis la fin 2011. La croissance du premier trimestre a été tirée par les services et par un rebond de la production de gaz et de pétrole en mer du Nord. La livre sterling s’appréciait après les chiffres de l’ONS, au plus haut depuis deux mois face au dollar, tandis que les cours des emprunts d’Etat refluaient. La croissance britannique ne devrait toutefois pas dépasser 0,6% cette année. Le PIB britannique reste inférieur de 2,6% à son pic du premier trimestre 2008 et même en prenant en compte les chiffres publiés jeudi, il a stagné ces 18 derniers mois.
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25/04/2013

Où ira la liquidité japonaise ?

La Banque du Japon a annoncé vouloir doubler sa base monétaire sur deux ans et affecter 77% de ces nouveaux moyens au financement des emprunts d’Etat (JGB) de long terme. Cette annonce est une bonne nouvelle: elle réduit considérablement le risque de vente d’actifs étrangers, que le Japon détient en énormes quantités, pour financer le déficit public japonais, à l’heure où le vieillissement de la population, la crise énergétique et la fin des excédents de la balance courante hypothèquent le financement purement domestique de la dette publique.
25/04/2013

Les banques américaines critiquées en Europe

Selon le journal britannique, l’Association européenne des Trésoriers d’Entreprise (EACT) a écrit à JP Morgan le mois dernier pour se plaindre du lobbying effectué par les banques américaines, qui cherchent à être exemptées de certaines règles édictées par Bâle 3 sur les produits dérivés de gré à gré.

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