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10/01/2013

Nouveau CEO chez Swedbank Robur

Tomas Hedberg a été nommé CEO de Swedbank Robur, la société de gestion de la banque suédoise Swedbank. Il est actuellement responsable des transactions taux et devises dans la division Large Corporates & Institutions de l'établissement nordique et il prendra ses nouvelles fonctions le 28 janvier 2013.Marianne Nilsson, CEO depuis mai 2012, devient vice-CEO.
10/01/2013

Bellevue Group redevient bénéficiaire

Selon les premières estimations, Bellevue Group a réalisé pour 2012 un bénéfice net compris entre 6 millions et 7 millions de francs suisses, contre une perte de 48 millions, suite à des charges exceptionnelles, au titre de 2011.Tant Bank am Bellevue que Bellevue Asset Management ont enregistré l’an dernier des bénéfices d’exploitation.
10/01/2013

Le Credit Suisse cède ses activités ETF à BlackRock

Le Credit Suisse a annoncé le 10 janvier la signature d’un accord concernant la vente de ses activités Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) à BlackRock. «Cette opération stratégique importante intervient dans un secteur en pleine consolidation et permet au Credit Suisse de réaliser de la valeur dans un domaine d’activités qu’il a développé avec succès pendant de nombreuses années», souligne le groupe dans un communiqué.Cette vente fait partie des plans stratégiques de désinvestissement du Credit Suisse annoncés le 18 juillet 2012. Elle concerne les activités ETF du Credit Suisse avec des actifs gérés de 16 milliards de francs suisses au 30 novembre 2012. Cette transaction est soumise aux conditions habituelles de finalisation, y compris à l’approbation des autorités de surveillance, et devrait être bouclée à la fin du deuxième trimestre de 2013. Les termes de cette transaction ne seront pas rendus publics, précise le communiqué.Selon Martin Keller, responsable Distribution pour Core Investments, «le Credit Suisse restera un important investisseur d’ETF grâce à sa division Private Banking & Wealth Management et travaillera en étroite collaboration avec BlackRock afin d’élargir son offre de produits ETF pour ses clients. Nous sommes convaincus que BlackRock est bien positionné pour réaliser la valeur à long terme de nos activités ETF.»
10/01/2013

Poursuite des créations de sociétés de gestion indépendantes en 2012

Les créations de sociétés de gestion indépendantes se sont poursuivies l’an dernier, compensant les départs à la retraite dans un secteur marqué par une pyramide des âges en forme de champignon, rapporte L’Agefi suisse.Les nouveaux indépendants s’équipent pour le durcissement de l’environnement réglementaire. Cette tendance s’est accentuée l’an dernier, d’après les différents OAR (organismes d’autorégulation chargés de lutter contre le blanchiment): les gérants qui se mettent actuellement à leur compte mettent l’accent sur la solidité de leur organisation. Avec le recours à des administrateurs indépendants ou la sous-traitance de la compliance, par exemple.Avec 65 nouvelles adhésions l’an dernier, l’Association suisse des gérants de fortune (ASG) conserve plus de 1000 membres, 1034 précisément. Dont 78 sont des membres passifs (banques ou avocats notamment). Cinq à six demandes d’adhésion sont en cours de traitement. L’évolution est stable par rapport aux années précédentes.
10/01/2013

Oddo AM enregistre quatre fonds supplémentaires en Italie

Oddo Asset Management vient de faire agréer en Italie quatre nouveaux compartiments, portant à 14 le nombre de fonds disponibles dans le pays, rapporte Bluerating. Il s’agit des produits Avenir (moyennes capitalisations françaises), European Banks (actions bancaires européennes), Valeurs Rendement (actions européennes high dividend) et Obligations Optimum (obligations court terme).
10/01/2013

EFG International nomme un nouveau DG pour les Caraïbes

A Zurich, EFG International a annoncé le 9 janvier la nomination de Carlos Valle au poste de CEO Caraïbes. L’intéressé, qui a passé plus de 20 ans chez Merrill Lynch, était en dernier lieu managing director, Global Wealth Management, New York International Complex auprès du groupe américain.Carlos Valle remplace Ludovic Chechin-Laurans, qui a rejoint la Suisse l’année dernière afin de prendre la responsabilité du private banking à Genève tout en assumant la fonction d’adjoint au directeur général d’EFG Bank. A ce titre, Ludovic Chechin-Laurans continue de superviser l’activité Caraïbes et Carlos Valle lui sera subordonné.
10/01/2013

Sandro Merino rejoint Arecon

Selon finews.ch, Sandro Merino, qui a été directeur d’UBS Wealth Management Research Europe de 2006 à fin 2012, est devenu début 2013 responsable de la gestion des portefeuilles obligataires et CIO adjoint du gestionnaire de fortune indépendant Arecon (2 milliards de francs d’encours). Le CIO est Christoph Bianchet, l’un des fondateurs de la société.
10/01/2013

Départ du directeur des investissements de L&G

Le managing director des investissements de L&G Investments, Simon Ellis, a quitté la société, rapporte Investment Week. Il sera remplacé par Simon Pistell, managing director du programme RDR de L&G.
10/01/2013

Gabelli prend pied en Inde avec l'acquisition d'Horizon

Le londonien Gabelli Securities International (GSIL), filiale de l’américain Gamco, annoncé avoir acquis pour un montant non divulgué le gestionnaire alternatif indien Horizon Resarch Advisors, basé à New Delhi et focalisé sur les situations spéciales.Lorsque la transaction sera bouclée, Marc Gabelli, co-CEO de GSIL UK, et Manjit Kalha, managing partner et co-head d’Horizon, seront co-CEO de la firme indienne.
10/01/2013
Fonds

Deka Immobilien réalise un gros investissement à Londres

Pour 290 millions d’euros, l’allemand Deka Immobilien a acheté l’immeuble de bureaux 5 Aldermanbury Square à Londres auprès de Scottish Widows et de ND properties (groupe TIAA-CREF), qui en détenaient chacun 50 %. Cet actif de 24.400 mètres carrés a comme locataire principal (pour 15.800 mètres carrés) Fortis Bank (groupe BNP Paribas). Il est affecté au portefeuille du fonds immobilier offert au public Deka-ImmobilienEuropa (DE0009809566).
Fonds
10/01/2013

BlackRock and JPMorgan to provide daily valuation of money market funds

BlackRock and JPMorgan will publish daily asset values for their money-market funds, joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which was the first firm to announce such an initiative for its funds of US papers, the Financial Times reports. Others do not plan to provide a daily net asset value, such as Vanguard, the FT reports.
10/01/2013

Former SAC analyst on parole

Wesley Wang, a former analyst at the hedge fund firm SAC Capital (USD14bn), who co-operated with a US government investigation into insider trading, was sentenced to two years on parole on Wednesday. Prosecutors stated that the suspect named 20 people who made trades on the basis of insider information.
10/01/2013

New CEO of Swedbank Robur

Tomas Hedberg has been appointed CEO of Swedbank Robur, the asset management company of Sweden’s bank Swedbank. At the moment, Tomas Hedberg is head of interest rate and currency trading at Large Corporates & Institutions, Swedbank. He has held leading positions in the financial sector for many years. He will take up his new position on 28 January 2013. Marianne Nilsson, acting CEO since May 2012, will continue as deputy CEO and responsible for ownership issues at Swedbank Robur.
10/01/2013

Bellevue Group returns to profitability

According to initial estimates, Bellevue Group in 2012 made total net profits of CHF6m to CHF7m, compared with losses of CHF48m, following one-time write-downs for 2011.Bank am Bellevue and Bellevue Asset Management both posted operating profits last year.
10/01/2013

Two co-heads of emerging markets leave GLG

The two co-heads of the emerging markets team at GLG Partners (Man Group) will be leaving the firm, a spokesperson has confirmed to Citywire Global. Bart Turtleboom and Karim Abdel-Motaal will be leaving from the start of January. They joined the firm in September 2008 to succeed Greg Coffey. The revelations come following the announcement of two recruitments for the bond team (see Newsmanagers of 9 January).
10/01/2013

ETF trading volume down on Euronext Europe

In December, the average daily trading volume for on-book trades of ETFs on the European markets of NYSE Euronext fell 8.22% compared with EUR210.4m the previous month. It contracted by 28.13% compared with the corresponding month of 2011, at EUR193.1m.The total volume of on-book trades in December was EUR4.06bn, compared with EUR4.63bn in November (down 12.40%), and down 28.13% compared with December of the previous year.However, total block trades last month came to EUR1.2bn, compared with EUR663m in November, and EUR740.1m in October. Block trades represented 29.91% of total trading volume on regulated ETF markets of NYSE Euronext in December, compared with 14.32% the previous month.The median spread in December was 31.6 basis points, compared with 35.7 basis points in November.
10/01/2013

Bond inflows set records in Hong Kong

Gross inflows to bond funds totalled 67.7% of total inflows to retail clients in the first eleven months of the year, compared with only 18.6% inflows to equity funds, according to figures from the Hong Kong professional management association (HKIFA), cited by Asian Investor. In 2007, inflows to equity funds represented over 84% of the total, while bond funds accounted for only 6.3%. As of 30 November, gross and net inflows totalled USD51.4bn and USD13.6bn, respectively. Gross inflows are expected to total over USD55bn for the year as a whole. The association predicts a slight slowdown in inflows in 2013.
10/01/2013

Credit Suisse sells ETF business to BlackRock

Credit Suisse on January 10 announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) business to BlackRock. “This is an important strategic step in an industry that requires significant scale, and allows Credit Suisse to realize value in a business successfully built over many years,” the group says in a statement.The sale is part of Credit Suisse’s strategic divestment plans that were announced on July 18, 2012. It comprises Credit Suisse’s ETF business with assets under management of CHF 16.0 billion as of November 30, 2012. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and is expected to complete by the end of the second quarter of 2013. The terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
10/01/2013

EFG International appoints a new CEO for the Caribbean

In Zurich, EFG International on 9 January announced the appointment of Carlos Valle as CEO for the Caribbean. Valle, who has spent more than 20 years at Merrill Lynch, was most recently managing director, Global Wealth Management, New York International Complex at the US group.Valle replaces Ludovic Chechin-Laurans, who joined the Swiss firm last year in order to take charge of private banking in Geneva, and serving as deputy CEO of EFG Bank. In this role, Chechin-Laurans will continue to oversee activities in the Caribbean, and Valle will report to him.
10/01/2013

Sandro Merino joins Arecon

finews.ch reports that Sandro Merino, who had been head of UBS Wealth Management Research Europe from 2006 to the end of 2012, at the beginning of 2013 became the head of fixed income portfolio management and deputy CIO at the independent wealth management firm Arecon (CHF2bn in assets). The CIO is Christoph Bianchet, one of the founders of the firm.
10/01/2013

John Paulson back on track for performance

At a time which has seen the worst returns ever for flagship funds from Paulson Partners, and the “Advantages” which have been noted, hedge fund managers are setting up to make up for lost time in 2012. Several other Paulson funds have turned in satisfactory performances. Credit Opportunity, currently the largest fund at the firm, made 9.1% in 2012, Gold share gained 10.8%. The Recovery Fund in 2012 made 4.1% (+7.5% for the gold share). The best performance of last year was for the Merger Arbitrage fund, which gained 9.9%.
10/01/2013

Monte Paschi Banque sells AM operation to Trusteam Finance

Monte Paschi Banque has sold its asset management activity Monte Paschi Invest (MPI) to Trusteam Finance. The French firm, whose assets under management totalled EUR300m before the operation, will have assets of EUR500m afterwards. In practice, the OPCVM fund management activity provided by Monte Paschi Invest until 31 December 2012 ill be transferred to Trusteam Finance from 2 January 2013. Three people from the staff of 12 people at MPI have also been recruited by Trusteam Finance. “Their product range is primarily invested in fixed income produts, and is thus perfectly complementary with our product range, which is largely invested in traditional equities,” says Jean-Sebastien Beslay, founding partner of Trusteam.A partnership between the two firms has concomitantly been signed, which will allow the firm to meet the needs of clients for wealth management, institutional management or enterprise cash management. The Italian bank, which has 15 branches in France, also intends to offer a range of financial products and services as complements to the equity and diversified funds from Trusteam Finance.In the short term, MPI funds will retain their names as Meyerbeer - Meyerbeer Trésorerie and Meyerbeer Valoblig, Beslay says. After first half, however, the full range will be made uniform, the director says, and “small” equity funds from Monte Paschi Invest will be merged with Trusteam funds.
10/01/2013

DerivExperts sets up shop in London

The French valuation specialist DerivExperts on 9 January announced the opening of an office in London. The London branch represents a new step in the development of DerivExperts, and accompanies the deployment of its valuation platform for OTC products, the firm says in a statement.It will be active once European Market Infrastructure (EMIR) regulations come into force in 2013, to improve the transparency of risks on over-the-counter derivative markets, and from 22 July 2013, when the law will have been fully transposed in all countries concerned by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive, which regulates managers of non-UCITS funds.As Francis Cornut, chairman of DeriveExperts, explains: “as part of the development of our valuation platform for OTC products, London, the European centre of alternative management, is a natural place for a location necessarily to be, and this is all the more apparent as soon as EMIR and AIFM regulations come into effect. It allows us to extend our expertise, multiply the reach of our valuations, and bring our clients a vision which is both complete and thorough for their various valuation issues.”The London office will be led by Francis Cornut, and will have a team of 6 people at its opening in January, with the objective of rapidly recruiting more partners.
10/01/2013

Inflows and returns expected at Lazard Frères Gestion

Lazard Frères Gestion finished the year 2012 on a very positive note. At the end of November, following a very difficult year, inflows nonetheless totalled EUR300m, the chairman of the firm, François-Marc Durand, announced on 9 January at a press conference. Durand emphasizes that equity inflows were positive for the fifth consecutive year. As of the end of November, they totalled EUR300m. The chairman of Lazard Frères Gestion also pointed to the good performance of all strategies from the firm, and particularly to gains of 30% for Objectif Alpha Euro, and 32% for Objectif Crédit FI. Laslty, the target-date fund dedicated to emerging market corporate bonds, launched in late 2012, has posted inflows of EUR100m.
10/01/2013

Union sells Seattle property to Invesco Advisors

The German open-ended real estate fund UniImmo: Global has sold the office and retail property at Fifth & Pine in Seattle (14,671 square metres) to Invesco Advisors for USD70.6m. The property was purchased for USD55m in 2005.Volker Noack, MD of Union Investment Real Estate (UIRE), states that the UniImmo: Global fund retains seven office and logistical properties in the US after this sale with a total value of about EUR335m.
10/01/2013

Lyxor AM UK hires CEO

Lyxor Asset Management on 9 January announced that it is strenghtenin its presence in the United Kingdom and is expanding tinto managed credit solutions.With this in mind, Pierre Gil is appointed CEO of Lyxor UK. Based in London, he will report to Inès de Dinechin, CEO of Lyxor, and locally to Ian Fisher, UK Chief Country Officer for Societe Generale Group.Gil will remain a member of Lyxor’s executive committee, and will combine this new role with his current position as head of international development for Lyxor.Egret Management LLP, the debt fund management entity of Société Générale group, is joining Lyxor and becomes Lyxor Asset Management UK LLP. The funds under management will continue to be managed by the same team, headed by Thierry de Vergnes. The team will be integrated into Lyxor’s investment management division. Lyxor thus extends its range of actively managed credit investments.Lyxor UK will further develop and reinforce the London based teams through the recruitment of more than 10 additional asset management professionals.Assets under management at Lyxor AM total about EUR75.4bn.
10/01/2013

Oddo AM registers four more funds in Italy

Oddo Asset Management has registered four new sub-funds in Italy, bringing the number of funds available in the country to 14, Bluerating reports. They are Avenir (French midcaps), European Banks (European banking equities), Valeurs Rendement (European high dividend equities) and Obligations Optimum (short-term bonds).
10/01/2013

Two hedge funds face off over Herbalife

The hedge fund by Daniel Loeb on Wednesday announced that it holds an 8.2% stake in the food supplement firm Herbalife, valued at USD350m, the Wall Street Journal reports. At the same time, the fund from William Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management, has bet more than USD1bn against the firm, short selling its shares. For observers, this could be shaping up to be one of the bloodiest hedge fund battles of all time.
10/01/2013

Morningstar recruits founder of Wall Street on Demand

James Tanner has been appointed as global head of business development & sales at Morningstar Inc., the firm has announced, stating that Tanner is the founder of Wall Street on Demand, a financial website development firm which was acquired by UK-based Markit two years ago. Tanner was most recently vice-chairman of business development at Markit, after serving as head of global distribution.Morningstar also states that its CFO, Scott Cooley, who joined the firm 17 years ago as an equity analyst, is planning to leave the group this year, once a successor has been found.

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