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13/03/2012

La DFCG nomme sa directrice des études et du centre de formation

L’association française des directeurs financiers et du contrôle de gestion (DFCG) vient de nommer Myriam Bossert, au poste de directrice des études et du centre de formation.Agée de 36 ans, l’intéressée avait pris en charge le centre de formation ainsi que le comité scientifique de la DFCG depuis mai 2011. Auparavant, elle avait occupé entre 2005 et 2011 le poste de responsable de formation puis directrice adjointe des départements Banque-Finance-Assurance et Droit social-RH du Groupe EFE (Edition Formation Entreprise).
13/03/2012

Hausse d'encours pour quatre grands gestionnaires

AllianceBernstein, Franklin Templeton, Invesco et Legg Mason ont enregistré en février une nouvelle hausse de leurs actifs sous gestion de 52,1 milliards de dollars au total, après 76,3 milliards en janvier.Chez AllianceBernstein, la progression s’est limitée à 3 milliards en un mois pour atteindre 434 milliards de dollars d’encours au 29 février, contre 406 milliards fin décembre. La hausse de février s’est surtout faite (pour 2 milliards) sur les produits «divers».Pour Franklin Templeton Investments (727,4 milliards de dollars contre 704,3 milliards fin janvier) l’accroissement s’explique à hauteur de 13,5 milliards par celui des produits actions et de 7,3 milliards par celui des obligataires. Fin 2011, le gestionnaire affichait un encours de 670,3 milliards de dollars.Chez Invesco (667,6 milliards de dollars contre 648,3 milliards), une bonne partie de la hausse (13,3 milliards) est venue des produits actions. Au 31 décembre, l’encours ressortait à 625,3 milliards.Pour Legg Mason, enfin, l’accroissement des actifs s’est limité à 6,7 milliards, dont 2 milliards pour les actions et 4 milliards pour le monétaire. L’encours fin février ressortait à 638 milliards de dollars contre 631,3 milliards un mois plus tôt et 627 milliards fin 2011.
13/03/2012

La rémunération des dirigeants de BNP Paribas en baisse au titre de l'année 2011

Selon le quotidien Les Echos, les rémunérations fixes et variables des dirigeants de BNP Paribas ont globalement baissé en 2011. La comparaison est néanmoins difficile, compte tenu du changement de management intervenu le 1er décembre. La rémunération globale de Baudouin Prot (fixe, variables, jetons de présence, avantages en nature) a baissé de 19 % l’an dernier, à 2,166 millions d’euros. Mais un complément dit « de long terme » d’une valeur de 492.506 euros, lui a été attribué en avril 2011. Il devrait le toucher en 2016, si chaque année d’ici là l’action BNP Paribas satisfait une condition de performance. Ce même dispositif est appliqué à Jean-Laurent Bonnafé (399.744 euros). Ce dernier a perçu en 2011 une rémunération globale de 2,020 millions d’euros contre 2,199 millions en 2010, soit un recul de 8 % malgré ses promotions, note le quotidien.
13/03/2012

Mitsubishi UFJ achète Pacific Capital

Selon Les Echos, la banque californienne UnionBanCal (UNBC), filiale à part entière du japonais Mitsubishi UFJ, a annoncé l’acquisition de Pacific Capital pour 1,51 milliard de dollars. Pacific Capital revendique 5,9 milliards de dollars d’actifs. Ses actionnaires se voient proposer 46 dollars par action, soit une prime de 60 % par rapport au cours de clôture de vendredi 9 mars.
13/03/2012

Kinetic Partners acquiert AB Fund Services

Pour un montant non divulgué, Kinetic Partners achète le consultant luxembourgeois AB Fund Services, spécialiste des questions de réglementation et de conformité, plus particulièrement en ce qui concerne les exigences de la Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSFF) en matière de gestion du risque.Jusqu'à présent, Kinetic entretenait déjà des bureaux à Londres, Dublin, Grand Cayman, New York, Genève et Hong-Kong.
13/03/2012

Béatrice Belorgey rejoint la banque privée de BNP Paribas

Béatrice Belorgey a été nommée responsable adjointe de la Banque Privée France de BNP Paribas, annonce lundi l'établissement dans un communiqué de presse. Elle secondera Sofia Merlo, directeur de la Banque Privée France. Sofia Merlo occupant par ailleurs le poste de co-CEO Wealth Management.Béatrice Belorgey était jusqu’à présent responsable des relations investisseurs et information financière du groupe BNP Paribas. Elle est remplacée à ce poste par Stéphane de Marnhac.
13/03/2012

Société Générale cible les grandes fortunes

Société Générale a annoncé le 12 mars le lancement d’une nouvelle offre de services intégrés : Private Investment Banking, destinée aux grandes fortunes entrepreneuriales disposant d’une structure de type holding ou Family Office. Ce service exclusif permettra à cette clientèle de bénéficier de l’ensemble des expertises du Groupe en matière de banque d’affaires et de gestion de fortune, pour les accompagner dans la gestion de leur entreprise et de leur patrimoine privé. Les solutions proposées s’appuieront sur l’expertise et la connaissance de la clientèle entrepreneuriale de Société Générale Private Banking et de Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking.Ce service comprend des solutions globales d’ingénierie patrimoniale sur-mesure ; des équipes de gestion de portefeuille dédiées, des produits et solutions d’investissement ; des solutions de financement, du conseil en matière de fusions et acquisitions, augmentations de capital et introductions en bourse ; un accès direct à l’ensemble des marchés de capitaux. Le développement de cette activité sera placé sous la responsabilité de Galeazzo Pecori Giraldi, nommé directeur de l’offre Private Investment Banking du groupe Société Générale. Il supervisera une équipe de banquiers conseil et chargés d’affaires seniors en Europe et au Moyen-Orient. Le dispositif Private Investment Banking s’appuiera également sur le réseau international du groupe.
13/03/2012

Cathay Life se développe dans la gestion d'actifs

Cathay Conning asset Management, l’entreprise commune développée par le groupe d’assurances basé à Taiwan Cathay Life et la société de gestion américaine Conning, a obtenu le feu vert du régulateur de Hong Kong pour exercer des activités de gestion.Les actifs sous gestion de Cathay Life s'élèvent à 70,9 milliards de dollars, ceux de Conning à 77 milliards de dollars.
13/03/2012

Julius Baer ouvre un bureau de représentation à Tel Aviv

Le suisse Julius Baer a inauguré officiellement lundi son bureau de représentation sur le boulevard Rothschild de Tel Aviv. Cette nouvelle implantation est dirigée par Ran Heistein comme chief representative tandis que Dan Sagui, Israel market head, aura la responsabilité globale des activités de la banque dans le pays, tout en restant basé à Zurich.Tout récemment, UBS a ouvert d’une unité de gestion de fortune en Israël, à Tel Aviv également (lire Newsmanagers du 23 février).
13/03/2012

Julius Baer opens rep office in Tel Aviv

The Swiss firm Julius Baer on Monday officially inaugurated its representative office on Rothschild boulevard in Tel Aviv. The new location is directed by Ran Heistein as chief representative, while Dan Sagui, Israel market head, will be in charge of all banking activities in the country, but will continue to be based in Zurich.UBS has recently opened a wealth management unit in Israel, also in Tel Aviv (see Newsmanagers of 23 February).
13/03/2012

Russell preparing to import its mandates fund formula

According to information obtained by Newsmanagers, the French affiliate of Russell Investments has submitted an application for a license to open a local asset management office in Paris. The firm is clearly hoping to receive clearance in the relatively near future, probably in order to launch funds of mandates, a formula which is one of the group’s main strengths.The license would allow the firm to occupy a position in the French market which fits better with the global size of Russell (about USD148bn in assets). In November, Michael Sfez, deputy CEO of the Paris office, announced plans to Newsmanagers to recruit a partner for multi-strategy multi-assets (see Newsmanagers of 25 November), to assist Alain Zeitouni, who was recruited one month earlier as head of multi-strategy management. And the regulator requires at least two managers for a fund...
13/03/2012

Assets up for four major asset managers in February

AllianceBernstein, Franklin Templeton, Invesco and Legg Mason in February posted further increases in their assets under management, for a total of USD52.1bn, after USD76.3bn in January.At AllianceBernstein, the growth was limited to USD3bn for the month, to a total of USD434bn as of 29 February, compared with USD406bn as of the end of December. Increases in February were mostly (USD2bn) to “other” products.At Franklin Templeton Investments (USD727.4bn, compared with USD704.3bn as of the end of January), the growth is USD13.5bn due to equity products, and USD7.3bn to bond products. As of the end of 2011, the asset management firm had assets of USD670.3bn.At Invesco (USD667.6bn, compared with USD648.3bn), a large part of the increase (USD13.3bn) went to equity products. As of 31 December, assets totalled USD625.3bn.At Legg Mason, the increase in assets totalled only USD6.7bn, of which USD2bn were for equities, and USD4bn for money markets. Assets as of the end of February totalled USD638bn, compared with USD631.3bn one month previously, and USD627bn at the end of 2011.
13/03/2012

Béatrice Belorgey joins BNP Paribas private bank

Béatrice Belorgey has been appointed deputy head of Private Banking, France. In her new post she will serve as number two to Sofia Merlo, head of Private Banking, France, who also holds the position of co-CEO Wealth Management.Béatrice Belorgey was head of investor relations and financial information for the BNP Paribas Group. She will be replaced in the role by Stéphane de Marnhac.
13/03/2012

Societe Generale launches a new range aimed at high net worth investors

Societe Generale on 12 March announced that it is launching a new integrated service offering, Private Investment Banking, aimed at ultra high net worth entrepreneurs who have a holding company or a family office. This exclusive service will allow these clients to benefit from access to all the expertise within the Group, particularly in terms of wealth management and investment banking, for the management of their private wealth and their business. The solutions offered will be based on the expertise and knowledge of entrepreneurial clients at Societe Generale Private Banking and Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. This service includes: comprehensive solutions for tailor-made financial engineering; dedicated portfolio management teams, best-in-class investment products and solutions; financing solutions, merger & acquisitions advisory, capital increases and initial public offerings; direct access to all capital markets. The development of this activity will be headed by Galeazzo Pecori Giraldi, who has been appointed Head of Societe Generale’s Private Investment Banking offering. He will be responsible for a team of senior bankers and account managers in Europe and the Middle East. The Private Investment banking structure will also be supported by the Group’s international network.
13/03/2012

First study of fund administration platforms in Europe

Assets under administration by European open archtecture platforms total about EUR740bn, according to a study by The Platforum (“The European Platform Guide,”) which claims to be the first of its type.As of third quarter 2011, assets under administration on the five major markets taken into account in the study by the Platforum, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, totalled EUR561bn.The largest market in terms of assets under administration is the United Kingdom, followed by Italy. The largest open architecture platforms in Europe include Allfunds Bank, Cofunds, Fidelity, Fund Channel and Skandia, all of which have over EUR35bn in third-party assets.Fidelity is the dominant platform for Northern Europe, with total British and German assets of EUR56bn. For Southern Europe, Allfunds Bank is the largest player, with EUR55bn in assets under administration.The study also finds that the pricing models are mostly based in rebate systems. The UK is still developing a model in which new entrants explicitly receive administration fees.
13/03/2012

Legg Mason to launch a global high yield fund

Legg Mason will launch a UCITS version of its global high yield fund, Brandywine Global High Yield, managed by its US affiliate Brandywine Global, Citywire Global reveals. The fund will be managed by Gerhardt Herbert, Brian Kloss and Regina Borromeo.
13/03/2012

Net assets in Belgian funds down by nearly 15% in 2011

According to the Belgian association of asset managers (BEAMA), net assets in funds on sale in Belgium totalled EUR104.39bn as of the end of 2011, compared with EUR121.90bn at the end of 2010, a decline of EUR17.51bn (-14.4%). Fourth quarter 2011 brought significant net redemptions estimated at EUR12bn. EUR9.03bn of this decline is due to equity funds. However, these net redemptions have been largely offset by positive market effects of EUR8bn to EUR9bn.
13/03/2012
Gestion d'actifs

Le Groupe Prévoir fait le pari de l'immobilier pour trouver du rendement à un niveau de risque acceptable

Le Groupe Prévoir gère 2.9 milliards d’euros en direct pour le holding, la société vie et l’activité IARD. Une vingtaine de personnes dont 12 pour les titres, se partagent la tâche. Plus surprenante est l’exposition en actions du groupe: 30% pour l’activité dommages, 13% en vie et 97% pour le holding. A la différence de nos homologues, le taux de rotation de nos portefeuilles d’actions et d’immobilier est quasi inexistant. Nous achetons, nous conservons. Nous avons bien enregistré quelques moins-values sur les actions, mais quand nous sommes convaincus de la performance d’un titre, nous ne bougeons pas. Notre allocation d’actifs est restée stable depuis des décennies explique Cécile Gerard, directrice financière et technique de Prévoir. Explication? Un niveau de fonds propres à faire pâlir la concurrence: à fin 2010, le ratio sous Solvabilité I de Prévoir vie était de 444% (1700% en dommages). Sous Solva II, la performance reste de taille: 220% pour la vie, 600% pour les dommages. Mais à l’intérieur de chacune des classes d’actifs, nous avons effectué des arbitrages. Nous avons réduit d’abord notre exposition aux financières, puis vendu tous nos titres souverains à l’exception des français, poursuit Cécile Gerard. Aujourd’hui, il est de plus en plus difficile de trouver du rendement sur les marchés à un risque acceptable. L’immobilier nous apparaît comme la classe d’actifs qui répond le mieux à nos besoins.
Gestion d'actifs
13/03/2012

Bankia Fondos launches its first fund

Under the Bankia Banca Privada brand name, Bankia Fondos is planning to launch its first fund on 20 April, the Tipo Fijo Garantizado 2, which will mature on 16 February 2017. The fund was registered by the CNMV on 9 March. The bond product, investing primarily in government and corporate bonds from OECCD countries rated at least A-, is designed to deliver annual returns of 4%, in addition to initial capital, with an initial payment of 8.33% on 14 May 2014.CharacteristicsName: Bankia Banca Privada Tipo Fijo Garantizado 2, FIISIN code: ES0113932000Front-end fee: 5%Management commission: 1.2%Penalty for early withdrawal: 4%
13/03/2012

Lyxor lists four ETFs in Madrid

Only a few days after registering three ETFs based on Russell indices in Spain (see Newsmanagers of 5 March), Lyxor Asset Management (Société Générale group) has listed four more ETFs for trading on the Spanish market, this time based on sub-indices of the S&P 500.The CNMV on 9 March issued licenses to the Lyxor ETF S&P 500 Capped Industrials Sector, Capped Materials Sector, Capped Technology Sector and Capped Utilities Sector funds, which have been available in Paris since last month.
13/03/2012

Chinese government issues five new QFII licenses

In February, the Chinese regulator, the CSRC, issued Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) licenses to five asset management firms, which may now conduct operations on internal Chinese markets, Z-Ben Advisors reports. The recipients of the licenses are TransGlobe Life Insurance Inc., Public Mutual Berhad, Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Company Ltd., Cathay Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
13/03/2012

SGSS offers Solvency II services to institutional investors and asset managers

Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) on 12 March announced that it has set up a package of services to enable institutional investors and asset managers, in the context of their asset management activities, to meet the requirements imposed by the provisions of the Solvency II directive, which is due to come into effect on 1st January 2014. This directive will result in a significant increase in the information that needs to be provided to regulators. The frequency and level of data to be provided mean that new requirements for information, both quantitative and qualitative, will have to be met. With this in mind, the services offered by SGSS include transparent inventory of funds and portfolios of assets, assistance with SCR (Solvency Capital Requirement) calculations, monitoring and management of the risks linked to financial assets, preparation of reports dedicated to Solvency II covering financial assets. “Thanks to this services offering, SGSS’ dedicated teams of experts will advise and accompany their institutional investor and asset management clients throughout the procedures required in order to be fully compliant with the requirements of traceability, auditability and transparency imposed by the Solvency II directive,” SGSS says in a statement.
13/03/2012

Few hedge fund winners out of Greek restructuring

There have ultimately not been many winning bets on Greek bonds, the Financial Times reports, pointing out that among the speculators were banks as well as insurers and pension funds, in addition to hedge funds. The latter have recently held back from the market due to its extreme volatility. One of the bets which worked for some hedge funds was to exploit the difference between the price of Greek bonds and the price of CDS on Greek debt.Beyond the Greek market itself, Greek bonds offer a haven for traders who want to express a negative opinion on the valuation of other peripheral Euorpean debt, such as bonds from Portugal, Spain and Italy. The price of Greek bonds is not expected to fall further, as it has already fully priced in the restructuring into account. Holding this debt along with a short position on Portuguese bonds offers protection against the upside-risk in Europe, and limits the downside risk.
13/03/2012

JPMorgan promotes an all-terrain bond fund

In response to demand from investors, particularly in France, seeking income over performance, JPMorgan Asset Managmeent is throwing a spotlight on its Income Opportunity Fund (ISIN code: LU0289470113). The product is a sub-fund of the Luxembourg Sicav JPMorgan Investment Funds, which had USD5.18bn in assets as of 9 March, with annual returns of 5.42% since launch (19 July 2007), at a time when the Eonia gained 1.71%. This is all achieved with a total volatility of 2% to 3%, less than for government bonds.At a presentation of the fund in Paris on Monday, William “Bill” Eigen, head of opportunistic bond strategies and absolute returns, who is also the manager of the Income Opportunity Fund, explained that the fund has full freedom to use a flexible and multi-sectoral strategy in bonds, and to use all registers and types of products in the asset class (CDS, high yield, emerging markets, corporate bonds, relative value), without relying on leverage, to achieve absolute returns.The portfolio includes a core of 50 positions, and Eigen, who has invested 58.2% of the fund in high yield, has retained a relatively high level of liquidity (29.9%), “simply due to the absence of sufficiently safe investment opportunities.” Anyway, the manager would like to “retain cash to be able to act when the market doesn’t have any.”
13/03/2012

Chinese hedge fund firm opens in Europe

The Hong Kong-based asset management firm Value Partners will in May launch a UCITS version of a hedge fund domiciled in the Cayman islands (USD1.7bn), Citywire reports. The fund will be based in Dublin and will replicate the Value Partners Classic Fund, largely invested in Chinese equities.
13/03/2012

Axa closes UK Tracker fund

Axa Investment Management on 29 February decided to close its Axa UK Tracker fund in order to concentrate on active management, Fundweb reports. The product, which had assets under management of GBP65bn, had been outsourced to Barclays Global Investors (since acquired by BlackRock) in 1999.
13/03/2012

Appointment at Threadneedle

Threadneedle has appointed Matthew Cobon as co-manager of the absolute return bond fund from Threadneedle, FundWeb reports.Cobon will work with Quentin Fitzsimmons on the fund, whose assets under management total GBP485.5m.Cobon joined Threadneedle in January 2011 as a bond manager, from Aberdeen, where he was global head of currency management.
13/03/2012

Changes to management at Talanx AM

Following the resignation of Rainer Decker, who has left the business with goodwill on both sides, Talanx Asset Management has appointed Dirk Erdmann as a member of its board from 1 April 2012. Erdmann had previously been in charge of investment controlling.Like his predecessor, Erdmann will be responsible for the investment accounting department for primary insurers and reinsurers. He will also take charge of investment controlling and IT coordination, which had previously been the responsibility of Harry Ploemacher, chairman of the board of directors.Meanwhile, responsibility for client relationship management (CRM) for primary insurers and reinsurers, which had been the responsibility of Decker, will be transferred to Ploemacher.
13/03/2012

Asset pooling: partnership between Aegon GP and Frankfurt Trust

Frankfurt Trust, the asset management firm affiliate of BHF-Bank, on Monday announced that it has concluded a strategic partnership with Aegon Global Pensions to offer businesses cross-border asset pooling to manage their retirement funds more centrally, for example via funds of funds available from the Aegon group.Larger firms may have access to the asset pooling platform, which allows a way to pool and transfer shares in funds already held in various countries.Frankfurt Trust has assets of over EUR15bn, of which EUR8bn are for institutional investors.

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