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23/04/2010

Goldman Sachs recrute chez Pimco

Selon Financial News, le responsable adjoint du développement des activités en Europe de Pimco, Marc van Heel, va prochainement rejoindre Goldman Sachs Asset Management pour prendre la tête de la région Benelux, l’un de ses plus grands foyers d’activité en Europe.Marc van Heel, qui prendra ses nouvelles fonctions en mai, est resté neuf ans chez Pimco où il a notamment remporté de nombreux contrats auprès des fonds de pension danois.
23/04/2010

Kneip gagne trois nouveaux contrats

Le prestataire de services sur le marché des fonds d’investissement Kneip vient d’annoncer que trois gestionnaires de fonds européens ont signé pour Fund Masterfile, la plate-forme centralisée de gestion dese données de Kneip.Les trois signataires sont Investec Asset Management, basée à Londres, Olympia Capital Management, basée à Paris, et Leonardo Asset Management. Déployé en mai 2009, Kneip souligne dans un communiqué que Fund Masterfile est le seul outil de gestion de données en ligne qui permet à un gestionnaire de fonds de centraliser toutes ses données sur une même plate-forme, offrant de ce fait, aux partenaires internes et externes, un accès aisé et centralisé aux données et documents tels que les prospectus, les factsheets, et les rapports annuels et semestriels.
23/04/2010

Singapore announces initiatives to improve transparency

Since introducing a range of fiscal and administrative incitements for the financial sector in 2002, Singapore has become a market of reference in the asset management industry (with SGD630bn in assets under management in 2008). Due to this high level of activity, and the poor international image of the Singapore market, which is accused by NGOs of lacking financial transparency, the Monetary Authority of Singapore will unveil proposals in the next two weeks to improve transparency. So far, La Tribune reports, the planned changes are not causing undue levels of concern to local managers.
22/04/2010

Zweig Dimenna to launch a UCITS fund

New York-based hedge fund Zweig Dimenna Associates is teaming up with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to bring its long short equity skills to Europe with a Newcits fund, Citywire can reveal. The new Ucits III fund, which has just received clearance from the Luxembourg regulator CSSF, will mirror Zweig Dimenna’s 23 year-old flagship hedge fund strategy. It will take a long/short approach to the US equity market, and will be managed by Joe DiMenna as well as Tom Keyes
22/04/2010

Equities funds perform well in Germany

Equities funds in Germany have gained 54.4% in the twelve months to the end of March 2010, four percentage points more than the DAX 30, according to statistics from the German management association BVI. Equities funds focused on eastern Europe gained as much as 118.1% in the period under review, while equities funds specialised on emerging markets have gained 75.5%. For bonds, emerging market funds have gained 31.1%, while funds dedicated to corporate bonds have gained 25.9%. Euro bond funds have gained 8.8%. Open-ended real estate funds, with gains of 2% in the period under review, barely outperformed traditional Euro money market funds (1.5%).
22/04/2010

Rusal planning to launch an aluminium tracker fund

Les Echos reports that the world’s largest aluminium producer, Rusal, is planning to launch a fund to track the price of the non-ferrous metal in the second half of this year. The underlying asset which the aluminium mining company would mobilize to back the fund would be 1 million tonnes of aluminium, equivalent to one quarter of its annual production, and about 35 of global annual supply of virgin aluminium.
22/04/2010
Fonds

Forte performance des fonds actions outre-Rhin

Les fonds actions dédiés à l’Allemagne ont progressé de 54,4% sur les douze mois à fin mars 2010, soit quatre points de pourcentage de plus que le DAX30, selon les données communiquées par l’Association allemande de la gestion (BVI).Les fonds actions sur l’Europe de l’Est ont même fait un bond de 118,1% sur la même période alors que les fonds actions spécialisés sur les marchés émergents affichent une progression de 75,5%.Du côté de l’obligataire, les fonds sur les marchés émergents ont enregistré un gain de 31,1% alors que les fonds dédiés aux obligations d’entreprises progressaient de 25,9%.Les fonds obligataires en euro ont réalisé un gain de 8,8%. Les fonds immobiliers ouverts, avec une avance de 2% sur la période, n’ont guère fait mieux que le monétaire classique en euro (1,5%).
Fonds
22/04/2010

Schroder Property recrute un directeur

Schroder Property, filiale spécialisée dans l’immobilier de la société de gestion britannique, a nommé Michael Joachim Ruhl au poste de directeur. Il rejoint l'équipe basée à Francfort en Allemagne. Auparavant, il était directeur des gestions chez LB Immo Invest GmbH, précise das Investment.
22/04/2010

Le président d’Assogestioni prêt à démissionner

Domenico Sinicalco est prêt à abandonner la présidence d’Assogestioni, l’association italienne des professionnels de la gestion d’actifs, s’il est nommé président du directoire de la banque Intesa Sanpaolo pour éviter tout conflit d’intérêts, rapporte Il Sole – 24 Ore. C’est ce qu’il a déclaré en marge du Salon de la gestion de l’épargne à Milan. Dans ce cas, Domenico Siniscalco, qui a été ministre des Finances, démissionnera aussi sans doute de la présidence de Morgan Stanley pour l’Italie, commente le quotidien italien.
22/04/2010

Nominations chez Nomura

Nomura Holdings Inc. a annoncé mercredi la nomination de Tarun Jotwani au poste de chief executive officer et dirigeant de la région Europe, Afrique et Moyen Orient (EMEA). Il rapportera à Jesse Bhattal, président et chief operating officer des divisions Banque d’Investissement, Equities et Fixed Income, et conservera ses fonctions de directeur des activités de Fixed Income à l’international, précise un communiqué de l'établissement. Tarun Jotwani a rejoint Nomura en décembre 2008 et a été responsable du pôle Capital Markets pour la région Asie-Pacifique au sein de Lehman Brothers, en charge des activités Fixed Income, Equities et Principal Investing Groups. Nomura a également annoncé les nominations de William Vereker et de Hiroyuki Suzuki en tant que «co-heads of Global Investment Banking».
22/04/2010
Fonds

Rusal envisage de lancer un tracker sur l’aluminium

Selon Les Echos, le principal producteur mondial d’aluminium Rusal envisage de lancer dans le courant du second semestre un fonds indexé sur le prix de ce non-ferreux. Le sous-jacent que le géant minier serait disposé à mobiliser s'élèverait à 1 million de tonnes au minimum, soit le quart de sa production annuelle et quelque 3% de l’offre globale annuelle d’aluminium primaire.
Fonds
22/04/2010
Fonds

L'indice hedge fund Credit Suisse/Tremont en hausse de 2,22% en mars

L’indice Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund a progressé de 2,22% au mois de mars, après un gain de 0,68% en février. La meilleure performance a été enregistrée par les stratégies de managed futures, avec une progression de 4,25%, contre 3,89% pour les marchés émergents et 2,85% pour l'évenementiel.Comme le mois précédent, la stratégie short bias est restée dans le rouge, avec des baisses de 6,61% après 3,20% en février. De son côté, l’indice hedge funds de l’Edhec-Risk Institute pour les fonds de fonds a avancé de 1,73 % en mars et de 1,5 % depuis le début de l’année. La meilleure performance est du côté des marchés émergents avec +4,48 %. Toutes les stratégies sont en positif, à l’exception de celle sur la vente à découvert, en repli de 4,95 %.
Fonds
22/04/2010

Assogestioni chairman prepared to resign

Domenico Sinicalco is prepared to give up his position as chairman of Assogestioni, the Italian association of asset managers, if he is appointed chairman of the board at the Intesa Sanpaolo bank, in order to avoid conflict of interest, Il Sole - 24 Ore reports. He made the declaration at a savings management conference in Milan. If this possibility comes to fruition, Sinicalco, who also formerly served as Italian finance minister, will undoubtedly resign from his position as head of Morgan Stanley for Italy, the Italian newspaper adds.
22/04/2010

A majority of finance professionals could change employers in 2010

According to the findings of the most recent survey by eFinancialCareers.fr of 741 finance professionals employed in France, 87% are planning to or could envision changing employers in 2010. Though these findings are a good omen for headhunters, businesses will need to face a sizeable challenge in the next few months to hold onto their employees. According to the eFinancialCareers.fr survey, there are two major factors motivating finance professionals to change jobs in 2010: limited outlooks for professional development (for 44% of respondents) and unsatisfactory remuneration (for 41%). More than half of finance professionals surveyed who are planning to change jobs in 2010 or who could imagine doing so, are looking for a job in France. Nearly one third are hesitating between France and international jobs, and 13% would prefer to work abroad. The major motivations for the latter are better pay (for 47% of respondents), or a more interesting position than recruiters in France are offering (for 37%). In terms of destinations, the top choices are London, Geneva and New York.
22/04/2010

French government drafting an economic intelligence bill

Challenges reports that the inter-ministerial economic intelligence delegation is preparing a bill for the end of this year which would grant increased legal protections to economic secrets, which would extend beyond the protection of patents. The bill, inspired by the Clinger-Cohen Act, passed by the United States in 1996, and by the work of Alain Juillet and Bernard Carayon in France, would make an arsenal of legal procedures and sanctions available to heads of businesses.
22/04/2010

SEC investigating another Ponzi scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a prominent Miami Beach-based businessman and philanthropist with fraud for orchestrating a USD900 million offering Ponzi scheme. The SEC alleges that Nevin K. Shapiro, the founder and president of Capitol Investments USA, Inc., sold investors securities that he claimed would fund Capitol’s grocery diverting business.
22/04/2010

SEC case against Goldman could be weakened by new testimony

Testimony from Paolo Pellegrini, a former executive at hedge-fund Paulson & Co., could weaken the U.S. government’s lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, says the Wall Street Journal. He told investigators from the Securities and Exchange Commission that he had informed ACA Management that his firm was betting against a transaction that is now at the center of the lawsuit, according to a person familiar with the matter.
22/04/2010

Inflows up strongly at St. James's Place

The British wealth management firm St. James’s Place has reported net inflows in first quarter of GBP700m. Assets under management as of 31 March totalled GBP23.3bn, or about EUR26.6bn, an increase of 9% since the beginning of the year, and of 52% in the past twelve months.
22/04/2010

Jason Mitchell returns to GLG

GLG Partners has announced that Jason Mitchell will be rejoining the firm’s investment management team, where he will be working closely with Senior Managing Director and Co-Founder Pierre Lagrange and Adeline Diab. In his new role, he will be focusing on stock picking in the areas of global environment and social governance. After a number of years as a top-performing media and telecoms investor, Mitchell left GLG Partners in early 2008. Since then, he has worked in the private water treatment industry. He has also acted in advisory roles with a particular focus on water and telecoms infrastructure projects in developing countries. «Jason has built up specialist expertise that will be extremely valuable to GLG as we seek to expand our ESG capabilities,» said Lagrange. «I have been looking for some time for a way of enhancing the thematic basis of our research in this area by better stock-picking on a global basis, and I am delighted that Jason—strengthened by his industry experience—is now available to take this role.» «Under the direction of Adeline Diab, GLG has already made great progress in integrating sustainability research into the mainstream of our investment process,» Lagrange added. «Jason will also work with me and Adeline to develop additional investment products.”
22/04/2010

Nomura appoints a CEO for EMEA

Nomura Holdings Inc. on Wednesday announced the appointment of Tarun Jotwani as chief executive officer and director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. He will report to Jesse Bhattal, president and chief operating officer for the Investment Banking, Equities and Fixed Income divisions, and will retain his responsibilities as director of international Fixed Income activities, according to a statement from the firm. Jotwani joined Nomura in December 2008, and was head of the Capital Markets unit for the Asia-Pacific region, at Lehman Brothers, in charge of Fixed Income, Equities and Principal Investing Groups activities. Nomura has also announced the appointments of William Vereker and Hiroyuki Suzuki as Co-Heads of Global Investment Banking.
22/04/2010

Citi launches an automatic currency hedging service

The US-based Citi group has announced the launch of the AutoTX Passive Hedge service, which offers shareholders in institutional funds the ability to automatically hedge their positions to reduce forex risks.
22/04/2010

Strong profits at Credit Suisse

The Private Banking unit of Credit Suisse, which includes the Wealth Management Clients and Corporate & Institutional Clients units, posted pre-tax profits for first quarter of CHF892m, down 10% on first quarter of last year, which the group notes included CHF100m in revenues from the settlement of a captive insurance activity. Excluding this one-time element, pre-tax profits this year are CFH53m, or 8%, higher than last year. Net proceeds also increased by CHF22m, a slight increase, bringing the total to CHF2.9bn. Net inflows totalled CHF18.6bn (of which CHF12.9bn were for wealth management activities), with extremely high inflows to Swiss clients and emerging market clients in particular. The Asset Management unit posted pre-tax profits of CHF166m in first quarter, following losses of CHF490m the previous year. Net inflows totalled CHF11.2bn, of which CHF4.4bn were for multi-asset class solutions, and CHF4.3bn for alternative investments. The group earned net profits of CHF2.1bn in first quarter, for returns on owners’ equity of 22.3%.
22/04/2010

Credit Suisse/Tremont hedge fund index up 2.22% in March

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund index gained 2.22% in the month of March, after gains of 0.68% in February. The best performance went to managed futures strategies, with gains of 4.25%, followed by 3.89% for emerging markets and 2.85% for event-driven. As in the previous month, the short bias strategy finished in the red, with losses of 6.61%, following losses of 3.20% in February.
22/04/2010

UBS GAM gets a new head for Americas

According to Financial News Online, the head of North and Latin America at UBS Global Asset Management, Kai Sotorp, is to take three months leave after stepping down to make way for the firm’s former deputy global head of equities, Shawn Lytle.
22/04/2010

Fitch awards “A” financial strength rating to Groupama

Fitch Ratings announced on 21 April that it has awarded an Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of ‘A’ to Groupama S.A., and to its main insurer affiliates: Groupama GAN Vie, GAN Assurances, GAN Eurocourtage and Groupama Transport. An Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘A-' and subordinate debt rating of ‘BBB’ have also been issued to Groupama S.A., with a stable outlook on all ratings. The agency says that the ratings for Groupama reflect the good solvency and moderate debt level in relation to the risk profile of the group, which has widely diversified activities and risks. The ratings also take into account the prudent management, solid commercial positioning and good profitability of the firm at a time when the markets are in a recovery phase. Fitch estimates that the major challenge for Groupama is now to successfully integrate recent acquisitions in order to realise synergies in the next three years and to justify the price of those acquisitions on its balance sheet.
22/04/2010

Global X Funds launches two commodities ETF funds

The New York-based ETF provider Global X Funds has launched two new ETFs, one of which is based on silver, and the other on copper. The Global X Silver Miners ETF (ticker: SIL) is the only ETF in the world dedicated to mining companies specialised in silver, a statement from the company says. It tracks the Soloactive Global Silver Miners Index, which includes the largest and most liquid companies in the sector. As of 31 March, the largest firms in the index were Fresnillo, Industrias Penoles, Silver Wheaton and Pan American Silver. A statement says that according to BMO Capital Markets, global industrial demand for silver is expected to increase 19% this year. The Global X Copper Miners ETF (ticker: COPX), for its part, replicates the Soloactive Global Copper Miners Index, which includes the largest and most liquid mining companies specialised in copper. As of 31 March, the largest positions of the index were Freeport-McMoran, Xstrata, Grupo Mexico and Southern Copper. Global X Funds says demand for copper will continue to be strong in the near future, not only due to the needs of China, the world’s largest consumer, btu also because governments worldwide are expected to dedicate about USD30trn to infrastructure projects in the next 20 years.
22/04/2010

Good quarterly results for asset management at Morgan Stanley

The Global Wealth Management unit of Morgan Stanley has reported pre-tax profits in first quarter of USD278m, compared with USD119m in first quarter 2009, largely due to the integration of Smith Barney into the firm’s joint venture with Citigroup. Net earnings totalled USD3.1bn, compared with USD1.3bn one year earlier. Client assets as of the end of the quarter totalled USD1.6trn. Net inflows in the quarter totalled USD5.8bn. The Asset Management unit has earned pre-tax profits of USD173m, compared with losses of USD283m in first quarter 2009. Net earnings totalled USD653m, compared with USD22m one year earlier. Net earnings for “core” activities taken on their own (traditional asset management, hedge funds and funds of funds) rose 47% to USD414m. Assets under management or administration as of the end of the quarter totalled USD262bn, compared with USD250bn one year earlier. This development reflects positive market effects partially offset by net outflows, largely from money market funds. The Morgan Stanley group, which is now hoping to focus its growth in wealth management and asset management and less in trading, earned net profits in first quarter of USD1.4bn, after losses of USD578m in first quarter 2008.
22/04/2010

Covéa will have a single management firm in a few days

Agefi reports that Covéa, a business of the mutual insurance group SGAM, which includes MMA, MAAF and GMF, will on 1 May create a single asset management firm, born of the merger of Covéa Finance and MMA Finance. It will manage nearly EUR67bn, of which EUR23bn will come from MMA. This is less than Groupama AM, which has EUR81bn in assets, but as much as CM-CIC AM, and three times more than Ofi AM, the management arm of the mutual insurers Macif and Matmut.
22/04/2010

Mellon Capital Management appoints a managing director

Mellon Capital Management, a part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, on 21 April announced the appointment of Anjun Zhou as managing director in charge of asset allocation research. In his new role, Zhou will focus on ways to improve investment strategies and risk controls for global asset allocation strategies at Mellon Capital. She will report directly to Jeff Zhang, managing director and head of multi-strategy. Zhou was previously at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where she was in charge of global macro allocation and also managed a portfolio. As of 31 March 2010, Mellon Capital had USD184.4bn in assets under management.

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