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21/03/2012

Deutsche Bank publishes a positive CSR report for 2011

On 20 March, Deutsche Bank published its annual report on corporate social responsibility on the website www.db.com/csr, in which it credits itself for significant progress in sustainable development, particularly in the areas of energy and climate change policy.For example, as of the end of 2011, the asset management unit managed about EUR2.5bn, invested in line with environmental, social and governance (ESG) crtieria, including funds focused on climate change.Deutsche Bank has also been awarded mandates from the public sector for investment products designed to improve the quality of life in developing and emerging countries, and to combat climate change. These mandates are for the European Energy Efficiency Fund, the Clobal Climate Energy Fund and the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund.Lastly, in order to respond to the increasing importance of sustainable development to retail clients, the private & business clients business unit has created its own sustainability board, which aims to promote the development of sustainable investment products.
21/03/2012

Profits down at LGT

In 2011, net profits at LGT Group fell 52%, to CHF70.3m, or EUR58m, after the sale in May of the German activities of ABN Amro, in an operation which resulted in a one-time charge of CHF50m, Handelsblatt reports.However, net subscriptions increased to CHF8.6bn, from CHF3.1bn in 2010, and assets as of the end of December totalled CHF86.9bn.
21/03/2012

WestInvest recruits for management team

The supervisory board at WestInvest Gessellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH has appointed Benjamin Klisa as a member of the board of directors from 1 April 2012. He will be in charge of the management team coordination, fund management controlling and personnel. Klisa has already worked at the real estate management group for the savings banks (EUR23bn in assets) since 2002, and was most recently director of Deka Immobilien, the other asset management firm of the group, in charge of the general management secretariat and business management and fund controlling as well as risk control.The other three members of the board are Torsten Knapmeyer, Burkhard Dallosch and Mark Wolter.
21/03/2012

Universal tops EUR100m in Spezialfonds

The Frankfurt-based firm Universal-Investment has announced that as of the end of February, it had over EUR104m in assets in institutional funds (“Spezialfonds”), a gain of 9.5% over twelve months.Net inflows to the white label funds specialist in 2011 totalled EUR6.7bn, CEO Bernd Vorbeck says.Assets under administration currently total about EUR138bn, in over 1,000 mandates.
21/03/2012

Nordea ends joint venture in Italy

The Scandinavian asset management firm Nordea Investment Funds is ending its partnership with its Italian counterpart Vegagest SGR, which gave birth to the asset management firm NorVega SGR, according to a statement released on 20 March. According to the Italian press, Nordea will sell its 40% stake in NorVega to its former partner, which controls the remaining 60%. The latter firm will then sell the firm to Arca SGR, the Italian press reports. The partnership between the two partners began two years ago, in March 2010. The “divorce” does not end Nordea’s adventure in Italy. The Scandinavian firm tells Newsmanagers that it will be reopening its representative office in Italy, with three senior sales staff.
21/03/2012

Investors increasingly confident in growth

Investors are increasingly bullish about prospects for global growth and a diminishing number expect further rounds of quantitative easing (QE) by central banks, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for March. An overall total of 278 panelists with US$796 billion of assets under management participated in the survey from 9 to 15 March. A net 28 percent of investors expect the world economy to strengthen in the coming 12 months – a large increase from a net 11 percent in February. As recently as January, the majority of respondents predicted that the economy would weaken. Eurozone confidence has risen – this month sees an even split between those expecting a stronger or weaker eurozone economy. In February, a net 35 percent predicted the economy would deteriorate. Investors are more optimistic about corporate profits. A net 6 percent of the panel expects corporate profits to improve in the coming year. A month ago, a net 11 percent predicted profits would decline. As a corrolary to this optimism, fewer investors expect the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) to engage in further QE. Nearly half of the panel (47 percent) expects no further QE in the U.S., up from 36 percent in February. Thirty-nine percent predicts the European Central Bank will not extend QE, up from 23 percent a month ago. However, investors foresee higher inflation with a net 13 percent expecting it to rise in the coming year. Only last month, a net 16 percent predicted inflation would fall. Investors have regained confidence in Europe, the United States and Japan, while outlooks concern them on emerging markets. The numbers naming EU sovereign debt as their number one “tail risk” have declined sharply to 38 percent this month from 59 percent in February.
21/03/2012

Sal. Oppenheim releases a non-euro bond fund

With seed capital of EUR46.4m, the new open-ended fund SOP NonEuroQualitätsanleihen from Oppenheim KAG, an affiliate of Sal. Oppenheim, focuses on bonds in solid currencies, based on the financial solidity index from its parent company, which is updated at least twice per year. Currently, the eligible universe index includes Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Swiss, Singapore, Australian and New Zealand bonds. The management team is permitted to improve the performance by adopting tactical positions on the rate curve and on currencies, updated once per month. In order to cushion interest rate risks, the duration of the portfolio may be reduced through the use of futures and swaps. The weighting of currencies is also planned to be managed through trades on currency futures independently of the bond portfolio.CharacteristicsName: SOP NonEuroQualitätsanleihenISIN codes:DE000A1JBZ85 (I shares)DE000A1JBZ77 (R shares)Front-end fee: 3%Management commission:I shares: 0.35%R shares: 0.90%Minimal subscription: EUr100,000 (I shares)
21/03/2012

db x-trackers lists two govies ETFs in Frankfurt

The listings on the XTF segment of the Xetra electronic platform (Deutsche Börse) now include 944 products, with the arrival of two funds from db x-trackers (Deutsche Bank group). These include two government bond ETFs, covering Germany and the euro zone, both Luxembourg-registered products which charge 0.15%.CharacteristicsName: db x-trackers II iBoxx € Germany 3-5 TRI ETFISIN code: LU0613540854Benchmark index: iBoxx € Germany 3-5 IndexTER: 0.15%Name: db x-trackers II iBoxx € Sovereigns Eurozone AAA 1-3 TRI ETFISIN code: LU0613540938Benchmark index: iBoxx € Sovereigns Eurozone AAA 1-3 IndexTER: 0.15%
21/03/2012

Two “minvar” ETFs from Ossiam debut in Frankfurt

As Newsmanagers announced on 16 March, the Ossiam ETF Emerging Markets Minimum Variance NR (EUR share class, LU0705291903) and the Ossiam ETF Emerging Markets Minimum Variance NR (USD share class, LU0705291812) were admitted to trading on the XTF segment of Xetra (Deutsche Börse) on 19 March. The Luxembourg-registered equity products charge 0.75%.
21/03/2012

Vontobel appoints a new head for private banking unit

As Peter Franconi has “decided to take on new professional challenges outside the group,” Vontobel (CHF132bn in assets) has appointed Georg Schubiger as head of its private banking unit. In the past few years, Schubiger “has served in various demanding management roles” at the Danish Danske Bank Group. He has first-hand experience of activities in Eastern Europe and Russia, two key markets for the Vontobel group.
21/03/2012

Man CEO gets USD7m

The CEO of Man Group, Peter Clarke, has received pay of USD7m for 2011, even though the firm suffered net redemptions and its share price fell over the period, the Financial Times reports. Although this amount makes Clarke one of the best-paid directors in the FTSE index, his pay is below that of other hedge fund directors in London, the City newspaper adds.
21/03/2012

RBS sells some of its asset management activities to RBC

The British Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on 20 March announced the intended sale by Coutts, its Wealth Management Division, of its Latin American, Caribbean and African private banking business to Royal Bank of Canada (RBC Wealth Management). The business manages approximately GBP1.5 billion of assets (or about EUR1.8bn) on behalf of clients located across the three regions, RBS says in a statement. The total price of the sale has not been disclosed. The activities will be integrated into RBC Wealth Management, the specialised affiliate of the Canadian bank. The operation will be completed towards the end of second quarter 2012. This intended sale is in line with Coutts’ strategy to focus its growth on key geographies which include the UK, Switzerland, Russia/CIS, the Middle East and selected markets in Asia. For the Canadian group, the acquisition will be an opportunity to strengthen its activities in the regions concerned serving ultra-high net worth clients.
21/03/2012

Rumours of an acquisition swirling at Henderson

Henderson Global Investors on Tuesday saw its share price leap in a falling market, for the second consecutive day, after rumours of an acquisition, Investment Week reports. According to the rumours, an international financial services giant is said to be in the process of building a stake in the British asset management firm, with the intention of launching a cash offer of over GBP2 per share.
21/03/2012

Le budget britannique sous surveillance

Le chancelier de l’Echiquier George Osborne présente aujourd’hui son budget pour 2012-2013, après que Moody’s et Fitch ont abaissé leurs perspectives sur la note du Royaume-Uni. Il n’aura donc pas de marge de manœuvre malgré un déficit sur 2011-2012 plus bas que prévu.
21/03/2012

L’Amérique Latine reste un eldorado pour les investisseurs

Citant des données de l’association régionale de private equity et de venture capital, le quotidien souligne que les levées de fonds dans ces secteurs ont atteint l’an passé en Amérique Latine un record de 10,3 milliards de dollars. Un montant en hausse de 27%, avec notamment le voyage et la technologie en vedette. Le Brésil se taille la part du lion, avec des fonds dédiés pour 8,1 milliards.
21/03/2012

Défection de poids pour le CBOE

Le quotidien indique que la responsable de la réglementation au sein du Chicago Board Options Exchange, Linda Gerdes, a quitté le groupe, à l’initiative de ce dernier, après 5 années passées à ce poste. Il s’agit souligne le quotidien du second départ dans le domaine de la compliance au sein du CBOE sur fond d’enquête du gendarme américain des marchés, la SEC.
21/03/2012

Le bénéfice net de Jefferies se replie

Le courtier américain a dégagé au titre du premier trimestre, clos le 29 février, un bénéfice net de 77 millions de dollars contre 87 millions le trimestre précédent. Le chiffre d’affaires net a atteint 780 millions de dollars, avec une hausse de 20% des revenus de banque d’investissement. Dans les produits de taux, les revenus se sont élevés à 339 millions de dollars.
20/03/2012

Les permis de construire américains au plus haut depuis octobre 2008

Le nombre des mises en chantier a reculé en février, mais celui des permis de construire a bondi à son plus haut niveau depuis octobre 2008, a annoncé mardi le département du Commerce, signe que le marché de l’immobilier poursuit sa reprise. Le nombre de permis de construire a grimpé de 5,1% à 717.000 unités le mois dernier, dépassant les attentes des analystes.
20/03/2012

La Grèce reçoit une première tranche d'aide de 7,5 milliards d’euros

Athènes a reçu une première tranche de 7,5 milliards d’euros d’aide financière dans le cadre du nouveau plan de l’Union européenne et du FMI, une enveloppe dont la majeure partie servira à rembourser des obligations détenues par les banques centrales de la zone euro. «Nous avons reçu 5,9 milliards d’euros de la zone euro et 1,6 milliard d’euros du FMI», a déclaré à Reuters un responsable du ministère grec des Finances.
20/03/2012

Berlin et Paris ne comptent pas libérer de stocks de pétrole

Ni la France ni l’Allemagne n’ont l’intention de se joindre à une éventuelle initiative anglo-américaine de libérer des réserves pétrolières d’urgence afin d'éviter que la cherté du carburant n’entrave la reprise économique, ont rapporté mardi des sources officielles des deux côtés du Rhin citées par Reuters. Barack Obama et David Cameron ont évoqué la semaine dernière la possibilité de puiser dans les stocks stratégiques.
20/03/2012

Hausse de 2,3% des retraites complémentaires en France

Les syndicats et le patronat français ont décidé mardi de revaloriser de 2,3% les retraites complémentaires des salariés du privé et des cadres (Arrco et Agirc), rattrapant un décalage dans l’appréciation de l’inflation. La mesure prendra effet le 1er avril. Le «salaire de référence», qui permet de transformer les cotisations en points de retraite, sera augmenté de 2,25%, une mesure qui touche 18 millions de salariés, selon la CFTC.
20/03/2012

Le FESF mandate Citigroup, Nomura et UniCredit

Le Fonds européen de stabilité financière (FESF) a mandaté Citigroup, Nomura et UniCredit en tant que co-chefs de file pour son émission obligataire de 4 milliards d’euros à cinq ans qui doit être lancée sous peu, en fonction des conditions de marché. Les trois établissements ont étéretenus parmi les cinquante qui composent le «FESF Market Group».
20/03/2012

ERC Ireland Finance signalé par l’Isda en défaut de crédit

Les contrats de protection (CDS) sur la dette du holding qui fournit des services de télécommunications en Irlande vont être débouclés, a indiqué mardi l’Association internationale pour les dérivés et les swaps (Isda). Le processus d’indemnisation des porteurs de protection passera par des enchères.
20/03/2012

L'inflation britannique a ralenti moins vite que prévu en février

L’inflation sur un an en Grande-Bretagne est tombée en février à son plus bas niveau depuis novembre 2010, montrent des données officielles publiées mardi, qui entretiennent l’espoir que la moindre hausse des prix de détail va inciter les consommateurs à augmenter leurs dépenses. L’Office national des statistiques (ONS) a ainsi fait état d’une inflation annuelle de 3,4% pour le mois dernier contre 3,6% pour janvier.

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