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09/04/2013
Gestion d'actifs

Le FRR a repoussé la date de finalisation de l'appel d'offres sur la sélection d'un gestionnaire de transition

Initialement prévu pour mars 2013, la sélection d’un gestionnaire de transition pour le compte du Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) a été décalée au 13 mai 2013. Le recours à un gestionnaire de transition pendant les périodes de transition, décidé par le FRR au cas par cas pour chacun des mandats de gestion confiés aux gestionnaires d’actifs (et le cas échéant pour les actifs faisant l’objet d’une gestion directe par le FRR dans les conditions prévues par les textes applicables). Les missions du gestionnaire de transition seront les suivantes : Gérer durant les périodes de transition un ou plusieurs portefeuilles qui lui seront confiés par le FRR. Exécuter et, éventuellement, recevoir et transmettre pour exécution durant les périodes de transition et dans les meilleures conditions de confidentialité les ordres à l’achat ou à la vente d’instruments financier émanant des gestionnaires d’actifs du FRR. Les missions prises en charge viseront à reconfigurer les portefeuilles selon les souhaits exprimés par les gestionnaires d’actifs agissant pour le compte du FRR auxquels ces portefeuilles seront ensuite transférés et réduire l’ensemble des coûts qui sont traditionnellement observés lors de telles opérations. Le FRR a sélectionné pour ces mêmes missions en mars 2010 les sociétés Goldman Sachs International et Russell Implementation Services Limited. A titre purement indicatif, le FRR estime que le montant des fonds pouvant donner lieu à une transition pourrait varier dans une fourchette comprise entre cent millions d’euros et deux milliards d’euros. Pour lire l’avis complet : cliquez ici
Gestion d'actifs
08/04/2013

Bercy annule un entretien avec Washington

Le ministre français de l’Economie et des Finances Pierre Moscovici a annulé un entretien qu’il devait avoir mardi à Paris avec le nouveau secrétaire américain au Trésor Jack Lew. Aucune raison n’a été donnée pour expliquer cette annulation. L’entretien devrait finalement avoir lieu la semaine prochaine à Washington en marge de l’assemblée semi-annuelle du FMI.
08/04/2013

Madrid veut des pouvoirs rénovés pour la BCE

«Je pense que nous devrions tous en Europe réfléchir à la possibilité de doter la BCE des mêmes pouvoirs que pour le reste des banques centrales à travers le monde», a estimé le Premier ministre Mariano Rajoy lors d’une conférence de presse. «Nous devrions nous donner les instruments dont les autres pays disposent», a-t-il ajouté en réponse à une question sur la politique de la BoJ.
08/04/2013

Berlin veut placer l’évasion fiscale en tête d’agenda

Un porte-parole du ministère allemand des Finances a estimé que la réunion informelle des ministres des Finances de l’Union européenne (Ecofin) prévue vendredi et samedi à Dublin constituerait «une belle opportunité» pour débattre du thème de l'évasion fiscale. Le ministre luxembourgeois des Finances Luc Frieden a déclaré ce week-end que son pays était prêt à alléger le secret bancaire.
08/04/2013

Anne Lauvergeon présidera une commission sur l'innovation

Jean-Marc Ayrault a annoncé lundi la création d’une commission de réflexion sur l’innovation baptisée «Innovation 2030», et dont Anne Lauvergeon doit prendre prochainement la présidence. Les travaux de la commission auront également vocation à alimenter la réflexion du Commissariat général à la stratégie et à la prospective que le Premier ministre installera prochainement.
08/04/2013

La dette italienne va augmenter de 3 points de pourcentage

Le ministre italien de l’Economie Vittorio Grillo a indiqué que la dette publique italienne augmenterait d’au moins 3 points de pourcentage au cours des deux prochaines années en raison de la volonté du gouvernement de rembourser quelque 40 milliards d’euros de dettes dues par l’Etat à des fournisseurs privés. A la fin 2012, la dette italienne s’établissait à 127% du PIB.
08/04/2013

Fidelity planning to exit securities lending

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Fidelity Worldwide Investment is reportedly planning to scrap its securities lending activities, Financial Times Fund Management reports. The profitability of such programmes has been eroded by new guidelines by the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA), introduced in February, which require that asset management firms return all revenues from securities lending, after costs. In addition, new tax harmonisation rules in France require local funds to pay the same tax rate on dividends as foreign funds which hold French equities, which is also expected to reduce demand for securities lending in the dividend season. Many feel that similar regimes in Germany, Spain, Belgium and Poland will also disappear.
08/04/2013

Pimco ETF by Bill Gross beats its father

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Since its launch in February 2012, the Total Return ETF from Pimco (USD4.6bn) has posted returns of 13.5%, 5 percentage points higher than the Pimco Total Return mutual fund (USD288bn), the Wall Street Journal reports. The two funds are both managed by Bill Gross. But the smaller ETF is more manoeuvrable: a position equivalent to 1% of its assets is less than USD50m, while a 1% position for the mutual fund would represent nearly USD3bn, which would run the risk of throwing a market segment off balance. In other words, the ETF can position itself on less liquid but more lucrative securities than its daddy.
08/04/2013

US Global Investors acquires 50% of a Canadian boutique

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The natural resources and emerging markets specialist US Global Investors, based in San Antonio, Texas, has announced the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Toronto-based asset management firm Galileo Global Equity Advisors. Assets under management at Galileo total about CAD320m, while assets at US Global Investors totalled USD1.68bn as of the end of December 2012.
08/04/2013

BNY Mellon selected by Howard University

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } BNY Mellon has won a custody mandate from Howard University, covering the endowment and the pension plan, for a total of about USD1.1bn, according to a statement released on 4 April. BNY Mellon already serves 46% of the 50 largest university endowments in the United States, with cumulative assets of over USD113bn.
08/04/2013

Lyxor hedge fund index up 0.62% in March

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The Lyxor hedge fund index gained 0.62% in the month of March, bringing gains in the first three months of the year to 2.36%, according to the most recent Lyxor Flash, released on 5 April.Ten strategies out of the 14 that compose the index finished the month with gains, particularly the Lyxor Special Situations fund, which gained 2.09% for the month, the Lyxor L/S Equity Long Bias (+1.41%), and the Lyxor Merger Arbitrage (+1.14%).The best strategy in first quarter was the Lyxor L/S Equity Market Neutral, with gains of 7.20%, followed by the Lyxor L/S Equity Long Bias (+6.15%).
08/04/2013

ETF provider proposes a long/short dividend ETF

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The ETF provider Actively Managed Trust has submitted a license application for an actively-managed fund dedicated to dividends, which would also be hedged for risks related to US and international equities which pay high dividends, IndexUniverse reports. The Manna Core Equity Enhanced Dividend Stream Fund, which would charge fees of 0.85%, would be listed in New York on the Arca electronic platform.
08/04/2013

SSgA launches an actively-managed ETF with Blackstone

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } On 4 April, the NYSE Arca platform admitted the SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan exchange traded fund to trading under the ticker SRLN. The product is developed by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) in cooperation with GSO Capital Partners, the credit unit of the Blackstone Group. According to the designers of the product, it is the first actively-managed ETF of senior loans. The objective is to manage a high income, preserve capital and outperform the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index and S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index. The underlying senior loans are generally rated below investment grade, and it is expected that an average of 30% to 35% of credit will come from outside the index each year. The total expense ratio is 0.90%.
08/04/2013

Delta Lloyd launches a mezzanine fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } In March, Delta Lloyd took over the largest mezzanine fund in the Netherlands, which was created by the bank Oyens & Van Eeghen, and which takes positions on Netherlands-based businesses which are healthy but experiencing temporary financial difficulties, Fondsnieuws reports. The insurance group invested EUR25m to seed the fund, which is the initiative of Erwin de Jong, one of the directors of Oyens, who has since joined Delta Lloyd. The objective is to achieve returns of 12% per year. The volume of the fund will be limited to EUR100m, half of which will come from the insurer, and the other from high net worth clients of Oyens. The initiators of the project plan on a three-year building phase for the product.
08/04/2013

Beat Wittmann founds an asset management firm

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Beat Wittmann is launching an asset management firm entitled TCMG Asset Management, Finews reports. The founder of the asset management firm Dynapartners has chosen to found a firm on the model of a galaxy of multi-boutiques. Teams of asset managers will be integrated into the group in the next few months, but will continue to work independently. TCMG AM will initially concentrate on the Swiss market, with the initial integration of Dynapartners. In the mid-term, more than 10 firms may be included in the group, Finews reports.
08/04/2013

Merck Finck recruits another two executives from Berenberg

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Munich-based private bank Merck Finck & Co, an indirectly-owned affiliate of the Qatari firm Precision Capital, has announced the recruitment of Philipp Stodtmeister and Stefan Ludwig as client advisers in Hamburg, with responsibility for the northern part of Germany. Both previously worked at Berenberg, whence the firm recruited Eberhard Hoffmann and Carsten Gennrich, the new heads of the Hamburg office, in January.
08/04/2013

Investors still on a quest for returns

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Threats in North Korea, unorthodox politics in Japan and Eastern Europe and mediocre employment figures on both sides of the Atlantic have not helped second quarter to a strong start. Investors have nonetheless retained some appetite for risk, and high yield and emerging market bond funds both posted inflows of over USD850m in the week ending on 3 April. According to estimates by EPFR Global.Overall, bond funds finished the week with net inflows of USD4.89bn, while equity funds posted net inflows of USD1.9bn, more than half of it to dividend funds. Money market funds, for their part, posted net redemptions totalling a net USD11.3bn.
08/04/2013

Abante registers Luxembourg Sicav in Spain

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } The CNMV has issued a sales license for Spain to the Luxembourg Sicav Abante Global Funds from the Spanish firm Abante Asesores, Funds People reports. The Sicav has four sub-funds.Santiago Satrústegui, chairman of Abante, has stated that the objective is to sell products to Spanish clients who prefer the Luxembourg version of funds to their original Spanish versions.
08/04/2013

BBVA AM appoints García Huerga as director of asset allocation

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Funds People reports that BBVA AM has finally opted for an internal promotion: the asset management firm has appointed Joaquín García Huerga, who had previously been head of equity research at the bank, as its head of asset allocation and strategy. He joined the group in February 2008, and will now report to Eduardo García Hidalgo, global CIO.BBVA AM will now need to appoint a replacement for the second vacant post, that of chief investment officer for Spain. Retail asset allocation is directed by Javier Achótegui, while institutional asset allocation is led by Fernando Aguado, and global asset allocation for Latin American clients is led by Juan José García Petit.
08/04/2013

Neue Vermögen launches risk parity fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } With the assistance of Munich-based analyst at Meyer & Cie, Neue Vermögen Asset Management on 15 March launched a risk parity fund, managed by AmpegaGerling Investment, entitled Active Return AMI. Each asset class (equities, government bonds, corporate bonds, and non-agricultural commodities) contribute equally to the risk of the portfolio, with monthly re-weighting of the allocation. The weight of each asset class is determined by analysts at Meyer & Cie, while Neue Vermögen provides allocation solely to index-based products.CharacteristicsName: Active Return AMIISIN code: DE000A1J3AK7Front-end fee: 3%Management commission: 1.30%Performance commission: 10% on performance exceeding the Euribor 3 month + 300 basis points
08/04/2013

Two tech funds from AGI change lead managers

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Stevena Berexa will now concentrate on his role as head of research at Allianz Global Investors (AGI), the asset management firm has confirmed to Fonds Professionell. Berexa will remain as deputy manager of the two technology funds Allianz Informationstechnologie and Allianz Global Hi-Tech Growth, whose principal manager since 1 April is Sebastian Thomas.
08/04/2013

Gonzalo Nebreda joins Renta 4

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Cotizalia reports that Gonzalo Nebrada, who was director of private banking at Bankinter, has been recruited as director of private banking at Renta 4 Banco, which is planning to develop the unit by recruiting new clients and offering highly specialised and proactive service. Renta 4 is maintaining its independence, which allows it to offer the most appropriate products to clients at all times.
08/04/2013

ING IM hires head of project finance

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } ING Investment Management (ING IM) on Friday, 5 April announced the appointment of Alistair Perkins as head of Project Finance. He will be responsible for developing and managing portfolios of loans for infrastructure and industrial projects, both for ING Insurance and for other institutional investors. Perkins will report to Jan Rijken, head of Fixed Income Insurance at ING IM.Perkins had previously served at Dexia Management Services as head of Restructuring and Asset Sales, where he had been in charge of corporate restructuring, sub-prime loan and the preservation of asset value. He was previously director at Dexia Credit Local, and has also served in senior roles at NIBC Bank and CIT.
08/04/2013

ZKB AM appoints Samuel Manser to manage a fund

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } ZKB Asset Management has made Samuel Manser principal manager of its EUR116m European investment grade bond fund, Citywire reports. Manser joined the bank in late 2012. The strategy, ZKB Bond Vision Fonds EU, had previously been managed by Edgar Salzmann, who will now assist in the management of the fund.
08/04/2013

JP Morgan launches a fund dedicated to convertibles

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } JP Morgan Asset Management is offering a return fund dedicated to convertibles, the Global Convertibles Income Trust, which aims for annual returns of 4.5%, Investment Week reports. The fund will be managed by Antony Vallee, head of the convertible bond team at JP Morgan. The fund will take the form of a closed structure, in order to give the manager more flexibility to invest in new issues.
08/04/2013

Barings plans to launch a fund dedicated to frontier markets

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Baring Asset Management is planning to launch a fund in the next few weeks dedicated to frontier markets for its senior manager Michael Levy, Fundweb reports. The Barings Frontier Markets fund would be at lesat 70% exposed to frontier markets such as Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. Levy says, “frontier markets are now positioned like emerging markets were 20 years ago, ready to become the great opportunity of the next few years.”
08/04/2013

Promotion at JP Morgan AM

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } JP Morgan Asset Management has promoted Simon Crinage to the position of head of activities related to investment trusts, effective immediately, Money Marketing reports. In this position, he replaces David Barron, who left the firm earlier this year. Crinage, who has been working at JP Morgan AM for 28 years, now reports to the head of management for British funds, Jasper Berens.

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