Chaque emploi chez les gérants en induit cinq autres dans l'écosystème
Une enquête de l'AFG chiffre à 83.000 les emplois générés par la gestion pour compte de tiers, dont plus de la moitié dans la distribution
Les émetteurs français anticipent sur leur programme de financement
Très actifs sur le marché primaire du crédit depuis septembre, ils se protègent ainsi d'une possible restriction sur le crédit bancaire
La zone euro espère attirer vite des bailleurs de fonds étrangers
Le tour de table et la gouvernance d'un nouveau SPV ne seront pas au point pour le sommet de demain mais devraient être discutés au G20 de Cannes
Une contraction d'activité en Europe se dessine pour le quatrième trimestre
La crise de la dette de la zone euro commence à geler l'économie réelle. Elle pourrait conduire la BCE à baisser ses taux
L'économie européenne est menacée de rechute
L’indice des directeurs d’achat pour le mois d’octobre correspond à une baisse d’activité de 0,3 % du PIB. Le repli devrait être particulièrement marqué en Italie, en Espagne et en Irlande. Dans ce contexte, une baisse des taux de la BCE devient plus probable.
La réforme en débat de l'EFSF laisse apparaître de nouvelles contraintes techniques
Le système de garantie pourrait déclencher des clauses de sûreté attachées aux instruments financiers existants des Etats membres
La zone euro lorgne les fonds étrangers
La création d’un véhicule ad hoc, garanti en partie par l’EFSF, est sur la table. Son capital et sa gouvernance seraient discutés au G20 de Cannes.
SAC Capital Advisors sous l’œil des régulateurs
Le quotidien évoque une enquête menée par la Financial Industry Regulatory Authority et transmise à la SEC concernant les conditions de trading au sein du gestionnaire alternatif au cours des neuf dernières années, laissant transparaître des craintes de circulation d’informations privilégiés. Aucune accusation formelle n’est pour l’heure envisagée.
L'Italie est l'épicentre des inquiétudes sur la dette européenne
Pressé par la France et l’Allemagne, Silvio Berlusconi doit trouver un accord avec la Ligue du Nord sur la réforme des retraites avant mercredi
Fusion en vue pour les Bourses vietnamiennes
Le ministère vietnamien des finances prépare la fusion des deux marchés boursiers du pays, à savoir ceux d’Ho Chi Minh Ville et d’Hanoï. Une initiative vue comme nécessaire pour la survie de ces marchés dans un contexte de regroupement mondial. Cité par le quotidien, le patron de la Bourse d’Ho Chi Minh Ville, Tran Duc Sinh, estime qu’il est nécessaire de suivre l’exemple des voisins.
L’activité du secteur privé recule fortement dans la zone euro
L’activité du secteur privé s’est fortement contractée en octobre sur l’ensemble de la zone euro, l’indice composite «flash» tombant à 47,2, après 49,1 en septembre indiquent les principaux résultats préliminaires des enquêtes mensuelles Markit. L’indice manufacturier a reculé à 47,3, après 48,5 en septembre, et celui des services est ressorti à 47,2, contre 48,8 en lecture définitive le mois dernier. La contraction des commandes et la chute de la confiance dans la zone euro expliquent la tendance. C’est le troisième mois consécutif sous la barre des 50 pour l’indice manufacturier, et le deuxième pour celui des services. En Allemagne, l’activité du secteur manufacturier s’est contractée en octobre pour la première fois en deux ans, elle atteint toutefois 51,2, après 50,5 en septembre. En France, l’activité dans le secteur privé recule en octobre pour la première fois depuis mi-2009, l’indice PMI «flash» composite, atteignant son plus bas niveau depuis 29 mois à 46,8 après 50,2 en septembre.
L'inflation en Chine repasserait sous 5% dès novembre
La hausse des prix chinois à la consommation pourrait repasser sous 5% d’ici novembre et décembre, a déclaré lundi un responsable du conseil de planification économique, laissant espérer que Pékin est en mesure de contenir une inflation qui a touché cet été un plus haut de trois ans.
La gestion pour compte de tiers génère au total 83 000 emplois en France
Au-delà des 15 000 emplois directs dans les sociétés de gestion, chaque poste de travail dans les SGP suscite près de cinq postes supplémentaires dans l’écosystème du métier estime une enquête de l’AFG « Les emplois dans la gestion pour compte de tiers » réalisée entre octobre 2010 et février 2011. Au total en France, la gestion pour compte de tiers génère 83.000 emplois.
24/10/2011
HSBC GAM recruits a product specialist for Asia
Christopher Adams, vice-chairman of BlackRock for active management of Asia ex Japan equities, has been recruited by HSBC Global Asset Management in Hong Kong as director, senior product specialist, equities, effective immediately. He will report locally to Alfred Yip, director, head of product, Asia-Pacific, and functionally to Melissa McDonald, global head of product – equities and responsible investment. In July, HSBC GAM transferred Geoffrey Lunt from London to Hong Kong as director, senior product specialist for bonds.
24/10/2011
JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services selected by Cerberus
JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has announced in a statement that it has been selected by Cerberus Capital Management. JP Morgan will provide Cerberus with administrative services for its funds, with total assets of over USD23bn.
24/10/2011
Janus Capital posts decline in assets
Janus Capital Group has posted net profits for third quarter of USD27.4m, compared with USD41.9m in second quarter, and USD32.5m in the corresponding quarter of last year.As of 30 September, assets under management at Janus Capital totalled USD141.1bn, compared with USD169.8bn as of 30 June, and USD160.8bn as of 30 September 2010. The decline in assets in third quarter is due to a negative market effect of USD26.5bn. Net outflows totalled USD2.4bn.
24/10/2011
Margin up for asset management at Raymond James
For the fiscal year ending on 30 September 2011, pre-tax profits from asset management at Raymond James Financial rose 41% to USD66.18m, on earnings up 15%, to USD226.51m in 2009-2010.Assets in non-money market funds fell by 12%, to USD31.1bn, compared with USD36.6bn as of the end of June, but were 3.7% higher than the USD30bn recorded on 30 September 2010.Raymond James Financial has reported a 22% increase in its net profits, to USD278.4m.
24/10/2011
Dutch pension funds in big trouble
The health of pension funds in the Netherlands is continuing to deteriorate. Of the 460 pension funds in the Netherlands, 200 were in a precarious situation as of September, Les Echos reports. The possibility of cutting benefits is no longer taboo. ABP, the largest pension fund in the kingdom, has already threatened such a move, due to a lack of improvement in short-term conjuncture. A reevaluation at the end of the year will be decisive as to whether benefits will be reduced from 2013. Due to negative conditions, the objectives of a recovery plan for the sector imposed by the Netherlands central bank (DNB) for 2013 are now out of reach.
24/10/2011
BlueBay launches an emerging market bond range
BlueBay Asset Management is preparing to launch a new fund which will invest in emerging market high yield corporate bonds, IPE.com reports. The move follows the creation of an emerging market investment grade corporate bond fund in March.
24/10/2011
Sail Advisors recruits a former Lyxor manager
The Hong Kong-based fund of hedge funds Sail Advisors has appointed Sjef Pieters as head of sales and distribution for Europe, particularly the Benelux countries, Asian Investor reports. Pieters will be based in London, and will report to the head of sales and marketing at the firm, Gunther Jost. Pieters previously worked at Lyxor as head of activities for Benelux.
24/10/2011
PGGM buys a minority stake in SPH
As of 1 January 2012, PGGM (EUR103bn), the parent company of PFZW, a pension fund for the health care professions, will acquire an initial minority stake in DPFS, the operational entity for the pension fund for general practitioners, Stichting Pensioenfonds voor Huisartsen (SPH, EUR7bn).SPH says in a statement that the capital operation will be complemented by a partnership in fund administration and asset management.PGGM and DFPS also say that they are planning to extend their cooperation to other pension funds.
24/10/2011
Inflows for Italian real estate funds
The 163 real estate funds active in Italy in first half had net inflows of over EUR1.5bn, according to the most recent study from Assogestioni, the Italian asset managers association, undertaken in partnership with IPD. Assets in the industry increased by 9.8%, to EUR24.3bn. Of 163 real estate funds on the books as of the end of first half, 140 are reserved for institutional clients, and 23 are dedicated to retail clients. The former category represents EUR18.89bn, compared with EUR5.5bn for the latter, Assogestioni reports.
24/10/2011
Musical chairs for Russell managers
Albert Jalso, who had been manager of the RIC Strategic Bond Fund (USD4.8bn) in Seattle, was transferred to London in August to take over the management of the RIC Global Fund (USD2.59bn), and five other bond funds from Russell Investments, Fundweb reports.Citywire reports that his five other portfolios are the RIC 2 Global Bond, Russell OpenWorld Global Dynamic Bond fund, Multi Style Multi Managed (MSMM) Global Bond, RIML International Bond – Australia, and RIJ International Bond – Tokyo.The products had been managed until recently by Gerard Fitzpatrick, who has been transferred from London to Seattle, to manage the RIC Strategic Bond Fund.Russell says the two transfers are part of a “cross-pollination” effort to share ideas between management teams worldwide.
24/10/2011
Phil Wagstaff joins Skandia IG as CEO
The former head of international distribution at Gartmore, Phil Wagstaff, will join Skandia Investment Group as chief executive officer. Marc Bulstrode, who is currently serving as interim CEO, will return to his role as chief operating officer once the appointment is approved.
24/10/2011
German institutional investors prefer platforms
Of 127 German institutional investors with a total of EUR740bn in assets under management surveyed by the consulting form Kommalpha, 60.3% already use platforms for their investments in open-ended funds. 58.9% say they rely on the services of a KAG (German-registered collective investment firm), while 28.8% say they rely on their house bank, while only 9.7% invest directly.The 24-page survey by Kommalpha finds that the selection of funds on a platform is the decisive criterion in the choice for more than 90% of the institutionals surveyed, while 73% like the flexibility (meaning the moderate cost levels) afforded by this support.The most frequently-used platforms are the Metzler Fund Exchange, Frankfurter Fondsbank, dws, Augsburger Aktienbank and DAB Bank, which are cited by more than 33% of respondents each, while the last two on the list are CortalConsors (which is considered the most inexpensive by the most respondents, at 34%), and comdirect, with less than 23% mentions each.
24/10/2011
Assenagon releases a credit fund
The German BaFin and the Austrian FMA on 18 October approved the Assenagon Credit Debt Capital fund for sale in Germany and Austria. The fund, with EUR93m in assets, currently aims for returns 450 basis points higher than the Euribor 3-month (after fees), regardless of the evolution of equity and bond markets. Assenagon Asset Management, the German asset management firm which manages the Source line of ETFs (see Newsmanagers of 30 June), says that the portfolio will be managed primarily so as to exploit valuation spreads between bonds and equities from the same issuer. The management team (Jochen Felsenheimer and Wolfgang Klopfer) are able to use a full range of instruments in structuring its capital. Credit, interest rate and forex risks will largely be neutralised through the use of appropriate hedging instruments. Characteristics Name: Assenagon Credit Debt Capital ISIN codes: LU0644385733 (P, retail share class)LU0644384843 (I, institutional share class)Front-end fee: maximum 3% (P share class only)Management commission1% (P share class)0.50% (I share class)Withdrawal penalty:1% until 29 September 20120.5% from 230 September 20120.25% between 30 September 2013 and 20 September 20140% thereafterPerformance commission: 20% of performance exceeding the hurdle rate, Euribor 3-month
24/10/2011
Vontobel releases a sustainable emerging markets equity fund
The Swiss private bank Vontobel has received sales licenses from Geramny’s BaFin and Austria’s FMA for the Global Responsibility Emerging Markets Equity fund, a new sub-fund of the Luxembourg Sicav Vontobel Fund, which was launched on 15 July.The new sustainable development equities product will be managed by Stephen Tong, who is also manager of the Global Responsibility Asian ex Japan Equity fund. The construction of the portfolio will be based exclusively on stock-picking based on financial stability and sustainable characteristics of companies, unconstrained by the benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Market TR net.The regional Global Responsibility fund range also includes four other products.CharacteristicsName: Vontobel Fund - Global Responsibility Emerging Markets EquityISIN code: LU0571085413 (B share class)Front-end fee: Maximum 5%Management commission: 1.65%
24/10/2011
BNY Mellon wins a mandate from China's ICBC bank
BNY Mellon has been selected by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for an international custody mandate to manage a fund reserved for qualified domestic institutional investors (QDII). The new fund, harvest Gold Fund, was launched in July 2011 by Harvest Fund Management. According to the head of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing for Asia, Chong Jin Leow, the number of QDII funds has risen 50% in the first seven months of the year. Leow predicts that the number of QDII funds approved by the regulator may double by the end of 2011.
24/10/2011
Global bond mega fund from Russell has a new manager
According to reports in Citywire, Albert Jalso became the manager of the Global Bond fund at Russell Investments (USD2.59bn in assets) at the beginning of September. He replaces the former manager, Gerard Fitzpatrick, who will now handle the funds previously managed by Jalso. Fitzpatrick has also taken over the management of 5 other bond funds, Citywire reports.
24/10/2011
Barings wins a mandate from Volkswagen
Baring Asset Management (Barings) has been selected by the Volkswagen pension fund to manage a GBP23m mandate for the Baring Multi Asset fund. The Barings fund aims for long-term returns equivalent to inflation +4%, but with highly limited risk, through dynamic allocation, and the ability to rely on all asset classes, including alternative investments (gold, real estate). Assets under management by the multi-asset class team at Barings totalled GBP5.4bn as of 30 September this year.