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17/04/2012

La Mondiale Europartner envisage de se lancer sur le marché britannique

Le groupe français AG2R La Mondiale serait sur le point de se lancer sur le marché britannique par le biais de son pôle de gestion de fortune international La Mondiale Europartner (LMEP), une société cotée au Luxembourg, selon InvestmentEurope.Les actifs sous gestion de LMEP, détenue par La Mondiale (65%) et Aegon (35%), s'élèvent à plus de 4 milliards d’euros.
17/04/2012

Un institutionnel sur deux a voté contre Botín au Santander

Lors de l’assemblée générale du 30 mars, le renouvellement du mandat d’Emilio Botín à la présidence du Santander a été récusé par 24,27 % des présents, tous institutionnels. Cela signifie qu’un peu plus de 42 % des investisseurs institutionnels, qui détiennent 57 % du capital, ont voté contre la reconduction du président qui est président depuis 26 ans, rapporte Cotizalia. Comme les comptes de la banque ont été approuvés à une majorité supérieure à 95 %, on peut en déduire que les institutionnels veulent des changements à la tête du groupe.
17/04/2012

Trois promotions chez Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners

La société Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners a annoncé lundi 16 avril trois promotions au sein de son équipe. Sylvie Verges est nommée associée, alors que Bertrand Demesse et Louis-Antoine Roullier sont nommés chacun directeur associé de la structure.Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners gère 530 millions d’euros au travers de trois fonds, dédiés aux LBO de croissance sur le segment des entreprises françaises de taille moyenne.
17/04/2012
Fonds

Deka Immobilien revend un actif situé à Vienne

L’immeuble de bureaux et de commerces La Stafa de Vienne en Autriche a été revenu par l’allemand Deka Immobilien pour un montant non divulgué à un investisseur autrichien. Cet actif de 11.600 mètres carrés avait été acquis en 2003 pour le fonds immobilier offert au public WestInvest InterSelect. Cette cession offre au fonds l’occasion de rajeunir son portefeuille dans de bonnes conditions, selon Deka.
Fonds
17/04/2012

CalPERS crée un poste de responsable du risque, de la déontologie et de l'éthique

Le fonds de pension californien (CalPERS) a annoncé la nomination de Kathleen Webb au poste nouvellement créé de chief officer pour le risque, la déontologie et l'éthique.Dans ses nouvelles fonctions, Kathleen Webb sera chargée de proposer des évaluations indépendantes sur les risques de tous ordres susceptibles d’affecter le fonds de pension, financiers, juridiques, opérationnels, politiques, stratégiques, etc… Elle interviendra également en tant que conseil et consultant indépendant au sein du comité des risques de CalPERS.Elle sera rattachée à Russ Fong, chief financial officer de CalPERS. Elle prendra ses fonctions le 23 avril. Elle travaillait précédemment dans les services de santé de l’Etat de Californie avec la responsabilité de la gestion des risques.
17/04/2012
Fonds

Forte décollecte sur les fonds d'actions début avril

Les classes d’actifs risqués ont été confrontées aux incertitudes sur la croissance mondiale et la zone euro au cours de la semaine au 11 avril. Les fonds d’obligations high yield ont ainsi terminé dans le rouge pour la première fois depuis près de cinq mois, selon les données communiquées par EPFR Global.Les fonds d’actions ont enregistré une décollecte nette de 9,26 milliards de dollars alors que les fonds obligataires ont drainé un montant de seulement 2 milliards de dollars.Les fonds monétaires ont terminé la semaine sur une décollecte nette de 1,7 milliard de dollars, les rachats aux Etats-Unis effaçant très largement les souscriptions enregistrées en Europe.
Fonds
17/04/2012

Ping An Russell lance un fonds de gérants

Avec Bank of Communication International Trust, Ping An Russell va lancer en Chine un fonds de gérants (Manager of Managers) qui sera destiné aux investisseurs institutionnels, aux détenteurs d’une licence QFII et aux particuliers, rapporte Z-Ben Advisors. L'équipe va rechercher des gérants de fonds en Chine continentale, aussi bien des spécialistes des mutual funds que des private funds, des produits de courtage et des QFII.
17/04/2012

MIG Bank s’installe à Hong Kong

Le suisse MIG Bank, qui offre des services de trading en ligne à l’intention de clients privés et institutionnels, ouvre un bureau de représentation à Hong Kong. Cette mesure constitue une première étape dans le plan de croissance de la banque en Asie, a indiqué l’établissement dans un communiqué publié le 16 avril. MIG Bank est spécialisée dans les opérations de change en ligne (Forex), les contrats de couverture des fluctuations (CFD) et la négociation de métaux précieux pour divers clients privés et institutionnels dans 120 pays.
17/04/2012

Les hedge funds désertent le quartier de Mayfair à Londres

Les hedge funds ont commencé à déserter le très chic quartier de Mayfair à Londres pour des zones plus modestes de la capitale britannique, rapporte le Financial Times. Compte tenu des marchés difficiles, du durcissement de la réglementation et de l’alourdissement de la fiscalité, de moins en moins de gérants de hedge funds peuvent se permettre de louer des bureaux à Mayfair et St James. La moitié de tous les gérants basés à Londres sont désormais installés dans ces deux quartiers, contre 70 % il y a deux ans, selon les données de Cushman and Wakefield.
17/04/2012

Forte progression des souscriptions nettes pour Polar Capital

La société de gestion Polar Capital a indiqué le 16 avril que ses actifs sous gestion avaient dépassé la barre des 5 milliards de dollars au 31 mars 2012 pour atteindre 5,083 milliards de dollars contre 4,24 milliards de dollars à fin décembre 2011 et 3,88 milliards de dollars à fin mars 2011. Les actifs des fonds long only s’élevaient fin mars à 4,36 milliards de dollars, ceux des hedge funds à 718 milliards de dollars.Polar Capital précise dans un avis boursier que sur les douze derniers mois à fin mars, la collecte nette s’est élevée 1,11 milliard de dollars pour les fonds long only, les hedge funds subissant une décollecte de 67 millions de dollars sur la même période. Les effets marchés et devises représentent un montant positif de 164 millions de dollars, dont 150 millons pour les fonds long only.
17/04/2012

Le "dircom" d'Universal prend du galon dans la distribution

Henning Stegmayer, directeur du marketing et de la communication d’Universal-Investment, a été nommé de surcroît membre de la direction générale de la filiale de distribution Universal-Vertriebs-Services GmbH (UVS), aux côtés de Christian Rauner, qui dirige le pôle private label funds & services. Ce rapprochement du marketing et de la distribution est destiné à promouvoir les ventes de fonds «produits blancs» auprès de nouveaux partenaires et dans d’autres pays que les germanophones.A fin mars, Universal-Investment gérait 406 fonds offerts au public avec un encours total de 14,4 milliards d’euros, soit 80 fonds et plus de 2 milliards d’euros de plus que deux ans auparavant.
17/04/2012
Fonds

Tous les fonds immobiliers allemands ne sont pas en difficulté

Certes, les fonds immobiliers offerts au public SEB Immoinvest (6,35 milliards d’euros) et le CS Euroreal (6 milliards) de Credit Suisse risquent fortement de devoir être liquidés à partir du mois prochain au bout de deux ans de gel des remboursements, mais ce n’est pas un problème de qualité de la gestion, aussi surprenant que cela puisse paraître, constate la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. De fait, il semble bien que l'élément déterminant soit que le gestionnaire dispose d’un réseau captif pour distribuer ses produits. C’est le cas pour REEF (Deutsche Bank) avec le Grundbesitz Europa, de Deka (caisses d'épargne) avec le Deka ImmoEuropa ou d’Union Investment (banques populaires) avec le UniImmo: Europa qui n’ont aucun problème pour faire absorber les parts remboursées par d’autres clients dans les agences.Le journal rappelle qu’actuellement les fonds immobiliers offerts au public qui fonctionnent normalement représentent un encours de 61,5 milliards d’euros, que les fonds gelés pèsent 13,9 milliards et que les fonds en liquidation ont 9,7 milliards. Les fonds immobiliers offerts au public ont affiché des collectes nettes chaque année depuis 2008, et ils ont encore drainé 1 milliard d’euros sur les deux premiers mois de cette année.
Fonds
17/04/2012

Le pôle gestion d'actifs de Barclays développe son offre en Asie

Barclays Capital Fund Solutions, le pôle gestion d’actifs du groupe britannique Barclays, doit lancer cette semaine ses activités de services aux investisseurs en Asie, rapporte Asian Investor.Cette nouvelle offre, déjà bien développée en Europe et aux Etats-Unis, permet aux investisseurs institutionnels d’externaliser des opérations telles que l’exécution et la gestion du risque, notamment pour les classes d’actifs non traditionnelles que sont les matières premières, les marchés émergents ou encore les dérivés.Barclays vise plus particulièrement les fonds de pension, les fonds souverains et les banques privées.
17/04/2012

Moody's sees no reason to change France's credit rating on 12 May

The financial ratings agency Moody’s has “no particular reason” to take any action or release any statements about France’s credit rating on 12 May, a spokesperson announced on 16 April, as François Hollande announced that the ratings agency would deliver a decision on that date. The three major ratings agencies have placed France’s credit rating on a negative watch. Standard & Poor’s was the first to lower its rating from AAA to AA+ in January, meaning that further downgrades are possible in the short term. The placement of a rating on negative watch by Moody’s does not necessarily imply that a decision will be taken within 90 days, unlike an announcement that the rating will be reviewed for downgrade.
17/04/2012

ETF providers may be allowed to pay off market makers

ETF providers may in the near future be permitted to pay off market makers for giving their new ETFs a boost on the exchange, Mutual Fund Wire reports. Nasdaq is proposing to create a programme which would allow ETF providers to pay a market maker USD50,000 to USD100,000 per year to assure a certain minimum level of activity for certain ETFs.
17/04/2012

Swiss Wealth Management launches its first UCITS-compliant fund of funds

Swiss Wealth Management has launched its first UCITS-compliant hedge fund in order to avoid direct replications of offshore funds, Citywire reports. The CB-Accent Alternative Alpha Evolution fund is managed by Gabriele Gentile. EIM will serve as an adviser to the fund for the first twelve months. The fund, which invests in about 25 UCITS-compliant hedge funds, aims primarily at funds designed from the ground up to fit the UCITS mold. The fund of fund is 30% exposed to long/short equity, 25% to arbitrage strategies, and 25% to directional strategies, with 10% reserved for credit strategies. The remaining 10% is the cash allocation.
17/04/2012

Shareholders call for dual governance at Société Générale

The asset management firm Phitrust, which in a shareholder activist campaign was able to ensure the support of 0.595% of shareholder votes, will be placing a question on the agenda of the general shareholders’ meeting at Société Générale on 22 May about dual governance, Les Echos reports. Shareholders will vote on a resolution which proposes to “change the administrative and management structure of the firm into a firm with a supervisory board and a board of directors,” through a modification of its statutes. Société Générale is currently the only French bank where the positions of chairman of the board and CEO are combined.
17/04/2012

Hedge funds to be allowed to advertise

Hedge fund managers will be allowed to talk more publicly about their strategies and returns, and may even be allowed to advertise, which has been forbidden hitherto, the Wall Street Journal reports.A new law, the JOBS Act, signed by the US president on 5 April, gives the Securities and Exchange Commission 90 days to revise its 80-year-old rules which forbid advertising and any form of communications by hedge funds and private equity firms. The new rules will establish exactly how funds are allowed to woo clients, the US newspaper reports.
17/04/2012

Deka Immobilien sells a property in Vienna

The office and commercial property La Stafa in Vienna, Austria, has been sold by Deka Immobilien for an undisclosed sum to an Austrian investor. The 11,600 square metre property was acquired in 2003 for the open-ended real estate fund WestInvest InterSelect. The sale offers the fund an opportunity to refresh its portfolio under good conditions, Deka states.
17/04/2012

Lazard Frères Gestion launches Objectif Oblig Emergentes 2018

Lazard Frères Gestion is launching Objectif Oblig Emergentes 2018, a horizon FCP fund (maturing in 2018) which invests in emerging market corporate bonds. The fund aims for a gross actuarial rate of return of 7% (not guaranteed). The manager of the fund, Lionel Clément, allocates a preponderant proportion of the portfolio to Latin America, which is complemented by investments in Asia and Central Europe. The current economic context appears particularly favourable to the theme of the fund. “The attraction of this asset class resides in the fact that all emerging countries have a particularly favourable macroeconoimc environment, particularly with a higher growth rate than in the euro zone and a positive trade balance. Despite this promising context, it also presents a significant risk premium. At equivalent ratings, returns on a business in an emerging market are higher than for a European company,” the asset management firm points out. The subscription period extends from 16 April until 29 June 2012, inclusive. Characteristics ISIN code: C shares: FR0011223098; D shares: FR0011228568 Date of issue of fund license: 30 March 2012 Recommended investment duration: 6 1/2 years Management fees: 1.25% of assets, including all taxes, excluding OPCVM fees Front-end fees not paid to the FCP fund: maximum 2%, including all tax Early withdrawal fees: none
17/04/2012

Percos continue to take off in 2011

Collective retirement savings plans, or Perco plans, last year continued to grow, with assets as of the end of December of EUR5bn, a 25% increase over 31 December 2010, according to statistics from the French financial management association (AFG). Over the past year, the number of businesses equipped to offer Percos increased by 20%. As of the end of December 2011, nearly 148,000 businesses of all sized offered access to these retirement savings vehicles to their employees. Of 3.4 million employees covered, more than 960,000 have already made contributions, an increase of 39% in one year. Inflows to Perco plans last year totalled EUR1.4bn, up by nearly 18% in one year, with 23% coming from participation, 16% from profit-sharing, and 21% from voluntary employee contributions, while the contribution of the business totals 40%. Redemptions totalled EUR240m, with the remaining subscriptions totalling EUR1.18bn, an increase of 15% compared with 2010. Average assets held by each beneficiary total EUR5,187. One third of employees have put in place piloted management of their Perco, meaning financial management based on a gradual movement of the asset allocation to less risky investments as retirement approaches.
17/04/2012

French inflows driven by money market funds

The French collective management market has posted net subscriptions in first quarter of EUR14.534bn, according to the most recent statistics from EuroPerformance. These inflows were driven by money market funds, which have seen net inflows of EUR18.974bn, due to a return of investors to short-term assets, and to a lesser extent, by bond funds (+EUR2.148bn). All other categories of funds show a negative balance, particularly equity funds, which have seen total net outflows of EUR3.16bn. In detail, Americas and Asia funds show a quarterly outflow, of -EUR39m and -EUR25m, respectively. Meanwhile, invetors have continues to steer clear of the France, euro and European equities categories: these categories show outflows of -EUR3.4bn. For the quarter, only international equities and emerging markets equities show net inflows (+EUR676m). Among the various categories of sector equity funds (-EUR322m in net redemptions for the quarter), only the finance equities fund category shows significant investment flows (+EUR125m). Diversified funds, guaranteed or formula mutual funds, and hedge funds show net outflows, respectively, of EUR1.715bn, EUR1.297bn, and EUR416m. Overall, with the addition of a positive market effect of EUR26.141bn for the first three years of the year, assets in the French collective management sector have increased 6% compared with the previous quarter, to EUR770.650trn.
17/04/2012

JPMorgan preparing a physical copper ETF

J.P. Morgan Commodity ETF Services LLP has filed to the SEC for a license to list a fund investing in physical copper stored by the Henry Bath Group, another J.P. Morgan affiliate. The new product would be listed by June on NYSE Euronext, and does not yet have an acronym or TER level. The filing states that the fund would not be actively managed. 6.18 million shares would initially be offered.
17/04/2012

Heavy outflows form equity funds in early April

High-risk asset classes faced uncertainty about growth worldwide and in the euro zone in the week to 11 April. High yield bond funds finished the week in the red for the first time in nearly five months, according to statistics from EPFR Global. Equity funds have posted a net outflows of USD9.26bn, while bond funds have attracted only EUR2bn. Money market funds have finished the week with net outflows of USD1.7bn, with net redemptions in the United States easily cancelling out subscriptions in Europe.
17/04/2012

One out of two institutionals votes against Botín at Santander

At the general shareholders’ meeting on 30 March, Emilio Botín’s re-election as chairman of Santander received a «no» vote from 24.27% of those present, all institutional investors. This means that slightly over 42% of institutional investors, who control 57% of capital in the firm, voted against the re-election of a chairman who has been in place for 26 yeasr, Cotizalia reports. As the bank’s annual accounts were approved with a majority larger than 95%, the conclusion is that institutionals would like to see changes at the top of the group.
17/04/2012

Asset management unit of Barclays adds to range of services in Asia

Barclays Capital Fund Solutions, the asset management unit of the British Barclays froup, will this week commence activities serving investors in Asia, Asian Investor reports. The new range of services, which is already well-developed in Europe and the United States, provides a way for institutional investors to outsource operations such as execution and risk management, particularly for non-traditional asset classes such as commodities, emerging markets, and derivatives. Barclays is aiming particularly at pension funds, sovereign funds and private banks.
17/04/2012

IOSCO and CPSS publish principles for market infrastructure

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on April 16 published three documents that promote global efforts to strengthen financial market infrastructures (FMIs): a report entitled Principles for financial market infrastructures; a consultation paper on an Assessment methodology for these new standards; and a consultation paper on a Disclosure framework for the standards.Comments on these two documents for public consultation should be sent by 15 June 2012. The CPSS and IOSCO, together with the Financial Stability Board, are also working on guidance for designing resolution regimes for FMIs. This work will be published in the coming months.
17/04/2012

Efama defends ISIN codes

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has pointed out the importance of the EU Commission decision of 15 November 2011 to accept commitments by the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s in relation to billing for international securities identification number (ISIN) codes, in a public statement dated 16 April.The Commission had decided to legally require the ratings agency to honour its commitments, including a commitment to discontinue royalties paid to banks for the use of ISIN codes in the European economic area, and ISIN numbers for securities issued in the United States. In a complaint filed in November 2009, the Commission expressed concern that S&P, the only national ratings agency covering securities issued in the United States, was able to charge excessive fees for the use of ISIN numbers and their dissemination in Europe, in violation of European monopoly and competition regulations.Efama stresses that this decision is a major victory for the European financial services industry which will save approximately USD100m per annum in ISIN license fees going forward. Efama deplores that S&P has failed to cooperate voluntarily with the financial services industry in the EU in the past and still does not want to address valid user concerns. Therefore, EFAMA, and several other entities, including the German financial management association (BVI), the Commission in charge of services and IT systems serving market operators (Cossiom), part of the Forex and bank treasury association (ACI France), the British Information Provider User Group (IPUG), and its Swiss counterpart, SIPUG, have launched a complaint in Switzerland with the relevant competition authority to require Standard & Poor’s to enact its commitments on ISIN numbers in Switzerland also.
17/04/2012

Bank Zweiplus refocuses on B to B

Bank Zweiplus is planning to refocus its activities on core activities in the future, including activities dedicated to financial services providers, wealth managers and insurers. In other words, the firm is planning to position itself as a preferred B to B banking partner, able to offer solutions adapted to its business clients. As a result, the retail clients unit will be managed by the Cash online platform, effective immediately, the firm controlled by Sarasin bank (57.5%) and Falcon PrivateBank (42.5%) announced on 16 April. Zweiplus claims that the market appears to be showing a need for an independent product and development platform for qualified financial service providers, wealth managers and insurers. The bank is planning to respond to this development by making a clear separation between accounts in its two major units of activity, namely business and retail clients. For retail clients, the Cash online platform, with Zweiplus, has created Cash Zweiplus AG, 50% controlled by Ringier and 50% by Zweiplus. Ringier is contributing the “Cash” brand and the platform of the same name, already used by 170,000 users. As of the end of 2011, assets under management at Zweiplus bank totalled CHF4.8bn.
17/04/2012

La Mondiale Europartner plans to start up on British market

The French AG2R La Mondiale group is reportedly soon to enter the British market via its international wealth management unit, La Mondiale Europartner (LMEP), a firm listed in Luxembourg, Investment Europe reports. Assets under management at LMEP, which is 65% controlled by La Mondiale and 35% by Aegon, total over EUR4bn.

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