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16/06/2010

Les titres d'Etat américains ont encore séduit en avril

Selon l’Agefi, les actifs américains attirent toujours les investisseurs étrangers, mais un cran en deça. Le solde des flux vers les actifs à long terme en avril s’est établi à 83 milliards de dollars, contre 140,5 en mars. En avril, les investisseurs ont continué à privilégier les titres d’Etat américains avec des flux acheteurs de 76,4 milliards de dollars.
16/06/2010

ETF Securities launches 22 currency ETCs

ETF Securities has announced the launch of 22 ETC currency funds, including the first European listing of an emerging markets currencies product. The products will all be listed on the London stock exchange. ETF Securities has attracted about USD200m in assets since its launch, last November, of its first currency ETC.
16/06/2010

Mediolanum includes three more managers in Best Brands product range

The Italian Banca Mediolanum has announced that it has recently concluded new partnerships with DWS Investments (Deutsche Bank), Franklin Templeton Investments, and Pimco (Allianz). The managers will join the open architecture platform from Mediolanum, alongside the management firms BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. DWS Investments will provide a “mega-trend” equities fund of funds, the Mediolanum DWS MegaTrend Selection, while Franklin Templeton will contribute to the range with a diversified fund of funds specialised in emerging markets. The product created especially by Pimco will be a multi-asset class absolute return product, with a high exposure to bonds, “to combat the likely next enemy of savings, inflation.”
16/06/2010

Franklin Templeton only foreign firm in top ten for inflows

In January-April, Allianz Global Investors (AGI) was the German asset management firm whose net subscriptions were strongest, with nearly EUR4.9bn for its affiliate Pimco Europe, and EUR1.77bn in direct inflows, the Kommalpha agency reports. In second place is Deutsche Bank, whose ETF brand db x-trackers attracted EUR1.62bn, while the real estate management firm RREEF raised EUR1.07bn, and DWS Luxembourg drew EUR875m. At the top of the rankings, in addition to RREEFs, there are two other real estate fund managers: Union Investment Real Estate (with EUR990.2m) and Deka Immobilien (890,8m), while Universal-Investment, the Master-KAG specialist, in eighth place with EUR770.4m. The only foreign manager among the top ten by inflows in the first four months of the year is the Luxembourg management firm Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF), with EUR635m. In tenth place is Frankfurt Service KAG, with EUR623.5m.
16/06/2010

Good results for EFA in 2009

The fund administration specialist EFA (European Fund Administration) last year posted earnings of EUR63m, a 2.5% increase year on year, while pre-tax profits totalled EUR5.1m. As of 31 December 2009, EFA administered a total of EUR83.2bn in net assets, in 2,450 funds, on behalf of 226 clients. “A 13.6% increase in the number of clients is a sign of good progress in the sales of EFA services and the EFA brand, the firm says in a statement. In addition to significant amounts of business from clients of shareholder banks, earnings generated by direct EFA clients are up 15%. As of the end of 2009, these repersented 29% of earnings and 41% of the total number of clients. EFA is now working in collaboration with 86 depository banks and 8 prime brokers.
16/06/2010

Harewood to join BNP Paribas IP

According to information obtained by Newsmanagers, Harewood Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas, which currently operates as a part of the investment bank, will be merged into BNP Paribas Investment Partners, the asset management unit of the French banking group. More specifically, the Harewood team will be merged with Sigma (an acronym for structured, index-linked and multi-alpha generation), which includes structuring, index-based management, active guaranteed management, risk allocation, and multi-strategy overlay at BNP Paribas Asset Management. Sources familiar with the matter suggest to Newsmanagers that the new ensemble will be led by Gilles Guérin, who has left GDF Finance, where he was vice president. According to its website, Harewood AM, a specialist in systematic management, structured management and alternative management, had EUR4.2bn in assets under management as of 31 December 2009, of which 64% was managed on behalf of institutional investors, and 36% for distribution clients. The firm has 25 management professionals, according to the website. The Sigma team at BNP Paribas AM, for its part, has 67 specialists.
16/06/2010

ERAFP launches request for proposals for renewed equities mandates

The French pension fund for public sector employees Etablissement de retraite additionnelle de la fonction publique (ERAFP) has launched a restricted request for proposals for renewed financial management mandates for “mid- and large cap publicly traded equities in Euro zone businesses” and diversification of its asset allocation. The request for proposals is composed of four rounds (corresponding to four types of mandates, respectively): a round for small and midcap publicly-traded shares in Euro zone businesses, with index-based management, and three rounds of publicly-traded Euro zone mid and large caps, the first of which will involve index-based management, the second will use active benchmarked management, and the third will be unbenchmarked. The mandates will be for an initial three-year term, and may be renewed once, for a new three-year term. In keeping with the 100% SRI investment policy of the pension fund, the new mandates will integrate the SRI regime, adapted to each case.
16/06/2010

Musical chairs on HSBC board

A desire on the part of Caroline Brousse, CEO of HSBC Global Asset Management Europe and director of asset management at HSBC France to advance her career, while remaining within the group, and the decision of Pierre Séquier, CEO and director of research and management activities at Sinopia, to continue his career outside the HSBC group, are the cause of a redistribution of responsibilities on the HSBC board. Laurent Tignard, currently CEO of Halbis Capital Management (France), will succeed Brousse. He becomes director of asset manaegement for France, and joins the executive baord of HSBC France, while Guillaume Rabault, deputy CEO of Halbis Capital Management (France), is appointed CEO of Halbis Capital Management (France). Philippe Giomard, CEO of HSBC Global Asset Management (France) replaces Séquier as CEO of Sinopia, and will retain his current responsibilities. Jean-Charles Bertrand, head of bond and absolute return management, is appointed director of research and management activities at Sinopia. Bertrand will be assisted by Jean-François Schmitt, deputy director of research and management activities, in addition to his role as CEO of Sinopia Asset Management (UK), a statement from the bank says. Pending the approval of the regulatory authorities, the appointments will take effect on 7 June for Sinopia, and 30 June for the profession in France. Brousse will retain responsibility for HSBC Global Asset Management Europe until 1 September 2010.
16/06/2010

Marc Renaud (Mandarine Gestion): “Thank you, Edouard Carmignac!”

In an interview with Das Investment, Marc Renaud says that he has thanked Edouard Carmignac for opening up a new front which has benefited all boutiques, in the highly rigid and bank-dominated world of distribution. The founder of Mandarine Gestion says that he can only hope that Carmignac’s success will continue, as major errors in decision-making would work against all small boutiques. When asked if his investment method designed for a European framework can be extrapolated and used globally, including in emerging markets, Renaud replies in the affirmative, but emphasizes that it must be placed in the hands of another manager: for 20 years, he has been working with European businesses, and it would not be judicious to enlarge its spectrum. He does not feel qualified to evaluate political and fiscal situations in Brazil or China. However, the businesses of the Stoxx 50 do earn at least 45% of their revenues and profits outside Europe. Renaud can easily envision a time when there is a global equities product in the Mandarine range, but the firm would need a real expert for that universe.
16/06/2010

Brown Advisory teams up with Alfi Partners to develop in French-speaking Europe

The US-based independent asset management firm Brown Advisory announced on 15 June that it has formed a strategic alliance with ALFI Partners, to develop its product range in French-speaking Europe. “The partnership is a sign of the desire of Brown Advisory to increase sales of its UCITS III US equities fund to professional and qualified investors,” says a statement. Since its creation in 1993 as a part of the Alex Brown & Son group (the first US investment bank, founded in 1800 in Baltimore), Brown Advisory specialises in the area of US equities and fixed income, and has grown. The firm manages over USD18bn. Following the opening of its London office in 2008, assets under management for professional clients outside the USA have already reached USD1bn. This development has come via a UCITS III Sicav (founded in 2006) registered in Dublin, and management mandates. ALFI Partners, founded in 2004, is one of the largest third-party marketers in continental Europe, specialised in representing and distributing products to professional investors, from a limited number of top-performing management firms. More than EUR2bn have been invested in funds represented by ALFI Partners since 2005.
16/06/2010

East Capital closes its Russian real estate fund

East Capital has closed the East Capital Russian Property Fund. The fund was launched in July 2008 to invest in the fast growing commercial real-estate sector in Russian larger cities. Due to the subsequent financial crisis, East Capital’s team decided to stay out and wait until price fall would stabilize. In this post crisis environment, despite intensive efforts, it proved impossible to realize the initial investment strategy within a reasonable time frame. As a result, no investments were made. Acting in the best interests of its investors, East Capital has taken the decision to close the fund and to return capital to investors at this time.
16/06/2010

investtor.de launches a fund with a portfolio determined by subscribers

Michael Thaler, son of the founder of the independent wealth management firm Top Vermögen AG, with the help of the management firm Axxion, has launched the Luxembourg fund Multi-Structure Investtor Aktien global. A sales license for Germany is expected next week. The product allows investors who have subscribed for at least 80 shares, or EUR4,000, to vote on the investtor.de platform to determine the composition of the portfolio of up to 40 positions (from a list of 200 global large caps), and on the weighting of each share and the exposure of the fund to equities, Die Welt reports. Subscription pledges for EUR1.2m have already been received from 30 investors. The fund is intended to earn a profit with volume of EUR10m or more. On Tuesday, its first day, the fund had 37 equities in its portfolio, with the largest weightings, in decreasing order, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom and Bilfinger Berger.
16/06/2010

Andbanc registers three funds in Spain

On 11 June, the CNMV registered the first three funds from the Andorran firm Andbanc in Spain. They are the Andbanc FCP Money Market, Diversified Equities and Bonds funds. Sales of the products will be handled by Banco Inversis.
16/06/2010

BBVA launches a guaranteed fund linked to performance of three large caps

BBVA Asset Management on 11 June registered the partially-guaranteed fund BBVA Destacados BP (ES0113279006), which was launched on 21 May, with the CNMV. The originally bond product will mature on 10 September 2013. Investors will recuperate 100% of their initial investment, or its net asset value as of 14 August 2010, minus the depreciation of the one of three large caps (Santander, Inditex, or Repsol) which has lost the most value. In any event, the payment will involve a total remuneration of 0% to 9.2% of the initial investment. The minimal rate guaranteed as of 10 September 2013 will range from a maximal loss of 1.65% and a maximal performance of 8.93%. Front-end fee and penalty for withdrawal are set at 5%, while management commission is 0.1% until August 2010, and 1.4% after that date. Depository banking commission (Banco Depositario BBVA) is 0.05%.
16/06/2010

Hedge fund performance could turn down

Typical annual returns of hedge funds would drop to 10 per cent – or less – if funds became too defensive as the economic environment turned increasingly challenging, according to Byron Wien, the vice-chairman of Blackstone’s advisory group and former chief investment strategist at Pequot Capital. According to the Financial Times, he told the GAIM conference in Monaco: “The concept of hedge funds was to produce equity-like returns with bond-like volatility. The danger is we get bond-like returns with equity-like volatility.”
16/06/2010

Euronext lists three more Amundi ETFs

On Tuesday, NYSE Euronext announced that its ETF segment now lists 533 listings for 485 ETFs, replicating 300 indices, after the introduction of three new products from Amundi. Since the beginning of the year, 36 ETFs have been admitted to trading. The three French-registered products are the Amundi ETF S&P 500 (FR0010892224) with a TER of 0.15%, Nasdaq 100 (FR0010892216), with a TER of 0.23%, and FTSE MIB (FR0010892208), with a TER of 0.18%.
16/06/2010

ALPS launches an ETF

The N1-A form to the SEC for the new Alerian MLP ETF does not yet state the fees the fund will charge, but it does state that the new product from ALPS Advisors will have Arrow Investment Advisors as its sub-advisor. The ETF will aim to replicate the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index, in which MLP stands for Master Limited Partnership. The index tracks the global performance of US MLPs in the areas of energy infrastructure, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets, in normal market conditions, in shares of the index.
15/06/2010

BNP Paribas Securities Services s'installe au Brésil

BNP Paribas Securities Services (BPSS) a annoncé, lundi 14 juin, l’ouverture d’un nouveau bureau à Sao Paulo, au Brésil afin de proposer à ses clients brésiliens des services complémentaires de conservation de titres. Dans son communiqué, BPSS précise qu’il propose à ses clients brésiliens des services de ce type depuis de nombreuses années par le biais de son entité Investment Partners. BNP Paribas Securities Services sera le premier fournisseur officiel de services de conservation de titres pour le groupe.La nouvelle entité est actuellement composée d’une équipe de 14 personnes. Selon la banque, cette dernière affiche néanmoins des ambitions en termes de croissance. Après avoir occupé à New York le poste de responsable des ventes et relations clients investisseurs institutionnels pour l'établissement aux Etats-Unis, Marcia Rothschild a été nommée responsable de BNP Paribas Securities Services Brésil.
15/06/2010

Partners Group investit dans Kaffee Partner

Le suisse Partners Group (25 milliards de francs suisses d’encours) annonce avoir effectué pour le compte de ses clients un investissement dans Kaffee Partner, une smid-cap allemande spécialisée dans la distribution de café et de boissons en machine.
15/06/2010

Cédric Anker nommé responsable de la clientèle suisse de Mirabaud

Mirabaud a annoncé le 14 juin la nomination de Cédric Anker en qualité de responsable de la clientèle domestique de Mirabaud. Il entrera en fonction le 1er octobre prochain et rejoindra le comité exécutif au 1er janvier 2012."L’arrivée de M. Cédric Anker s’inscrit dans une réflexion globale lancée fin 2008, afin d’adapter notre gouvernance d’entreprise à notre développement d’affaires», précise dans un communiqué Antonio Palma, associé et CEO de Mirabaud.Cédric Anker, 43 ans, était jusqu’alors directeur général de la banque Vontobel de Genève, membre du Private banking Executive Committee et responsable de la zone de marchés Europe latine.
15/06/2010

Nomura et MBK Partners lorgneraient sur la Korea Exchange Bank

Selon le quotidien les Echos qui cite des sources proches du dossier, Nomura Holdings envisage une association avec le fonds de capital investissement MBK Partners en vue d’une offre pour prendre une participation de la Korea Exchange Bank. Cette dernière serait évaluée à 3,5 milliards de dollars.
15/06/2010
Fonds

Les fonds obligataires plébiscités en Europe

En avril, les fonds commercialisés en Europe ont enregistré des souscriptions nettes de 26,7 milliards d’euros, indique Lipper FMI dans son dernier FundFlash. Les deux tiers de la collecte ont été le fait de fonds obligataire, dont le succès depuis le début de l’année ne se dément pas. Les souscriptions de ces deux derniers mois, supérieures à 18 milliards d’euros, ont été les meilleures depuis le record de juillet 2005 (20 milliards d’euros). Depuis le début de l’année, les fonds obligataires ont engrangé 61 milliards d’euros, ce qui est supérieur au montant enregistré sur la période correspondante de 2005, l’année record pour les fonds obligataires (150 milliards d’euros). Cette fois, c’est la faiblesse des taux d’intérêt qui alimente l’appétit pour les fonds obligataires, sachant que les catégories marchés émergents, devises londiales et high yield sont privilégiées.Lipper se demande si la crise en Grèce et dans ses voisins du Sud de l’Europe va tempérer cet enthousiasme. En revanche, si les investisseurs continuent à investir dans les fonds obligataires, la classe d’actifs pourrait atteindre des proportions dignes d’une bulle. Les souscriptions aux fonds actions se sont limitées à 4 milliards d’euros, la moitié du total de mars, et le plus faible niveau depuis mars 2009. Les marchés émergents, les Etats-Unis et le Royaume-Uni ont été privilégiés. L’hémorragie se poursuit pour les fonds monétaires. Les sociétés de gestion ayant le plus collecté en avril sont Franklin Templeton, HSBC et Aviva, avec respectivement 4 milliards, 3,6 milliards et 2,3 milliards d’euros. Pour les obligations, le meilleur groupe a été Franklin Templeton, avec 3,4 milliards d’euros. Côté actions, c’est Amundi qui est en tête, avec 800 millions d’euros.
Fonds
15/06/2010

Galaxy lance un fonds Ucits sur la Chine

Le hedge fund basé à Hong Kong Galaxy Asset Management va lancer une version Ucits III de son fonds Galaxy China Opportunities en utilisant la plate-forme installée à Dublin de Merchant Capital, selon Asian Investor.Le fonds devrait être disponible en septembre au plus tard avec un objectif de collecte d’environ 500 millions de dollars. Le véhicule vise une clientèle institutionnelle et fortunée, le ticket d’entrée étant fixé à 100.000 euros.Depuis sont lancement en 2005, le fonds d’origine a dégagé des rendements annuels compris entre 22% et 24%.
15/06/2010

Teun Draaisma quitte Morgan Stanley pour un hedge fund

Au bout de treize ans chez Morgan Stanley, dont il était devenu le stratégiste en chef pour les actions européennes à Londres, le Néerlandais Teun Draaisma rejoint TT International Investment Management pour y gérer un hedge fund, rapporte la Börsen-Zeitung. Il sera remplacé par Graham Secker.
15/06/2010
Fonds

Charles Schwab abaisse les frais de gestion sur six de ses huit ETF

Lundi, Charles Schwab a annoncé qu’il abaisse la commission de gestion sur six de ses ETF, qui deviendront ainsi, comme les deux dont les frais restent inchangés, les moins chers du marché. Et ils continueront à ne pas supporter de commission de transaction si les ordres sont passés en ligne sur la plate-forme Schwab.Les fonds concernés sont les suivants :• Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETFTM dont la commission passe de 0.08% à 0.06% • Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETFTM qui passe de 0.15% à 0.13% • Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETFTM qui passe de 0.15% à 0.13% • Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETFTM qui passe 0.15% à 0.13% • Schwab International Equity ETFTM qui passe 0.15% à 0.13% • Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETFTM qui passe 0.35% à 0.25%D’autre part, Peter Crawford, senior vice president, Investment Management Servicesn, a indiqué que Charles Schwab lancera cet été trois ETF, dont un sur les Treasuries indexées sur l’inflation (TIPS) et deux sur les Treasuries.
Fonds
15/06/2010

Pimco se lance dans les actions européennes

Pimco, l’un des plus gros gestionnaires d’obligations, a lancé lundi deux fonds actions européennes gérés activement, rapporte le Financial Times. Les fonds actions ne représentent que 600 millions de dollars sur 1.000 milliards de dollars d’encours. Mais il s’agit pour Pimco d’une première étape vers le développement d’une activité multi classe d’actifs.
15/06/2010

Steve Lee quitte Pioneer pour UBS

Selon Financial News, Steve Lee, responsable du développement de l’activité institutionnelle de Pioneer Investments au Royaume-Uni, quitte la société pour rejoindre UBS Global Asset Management. Il s’agit du troisième départ en un mois de la division institutionnelle de la société de gestion. Cela refléterait la décision de Roger Yates, le nouveau directeur général de Pioneer, de réduire l’activité institutionnelle, commente FN.
15/06/2010

Barclays Wealth créé un poste de chief risk officer pour l'Asie

Barclays Wealth vient d’annoncer la nomination de Urban Wilde au poste nouvellement créé de chief risk officer pour la région Asie-Pacifique.Urban Wilde, qui prendra ses fonctions le 2 août prochain, était précédemment chez UBS, où il occupait le poste de managing director des projets stratégiques. Il est rattaché au CRO mondial Mark Cooke et au chief executive pour l’Asie-Pacifique, Didier von Daeniken.

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