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28/01/2010
Fonds

Les fonds diversifiés des fonds de pension outre-Manche affiche un rendement de 20,5 % en 2009

Selon la dernière enquête trimestrielle réalisée par BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, les fonds diversifiés des fonds de pension outre-Manche ont terminé l’année 2009 sur un rendement de 3,1% au quatrième trimestre. Sur l’ensemble de l’année, le rendement médian s’est ainsi établi à 20,5%.A noter par ailleurs que les pondérations en actions britanniques ont continué de croître au quatrième trimestre, de 0,7% à 38,2%, à comparer à un plus bas historique de 35,5% au premier trimestre 2009. Les actions internationales sont demeurées stables tandis que les allocations sur le monétaire et l’obligataire se sont contractées.
Fonds
28/01/2010
Fonds

La CITIC lève un fonds de private equity de 9 milliards de yuan

Le Boha Industrial Fund et ses 6,1 milliards de yuans sont battus : CITIC Private Equity Funds Management Co, filiale du groupe CITIC, a réussi à lever 9 milliards de yuans ou 1,32 milliard de dollars, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. Wu Tibing, le président de CITIC PEFM, a indiqué que les deux tiers de l’encours seront attribués à des entreprises du secteur public. Le principal souscripteur du fonds est le fonds de pension National Council for Social Security Fund.
Fonds
28/01/2010

Le sélectionneur de fonds Gottex repart à l’offensive

Selon L’Agefi suisse, les encours sous gestion du sélectionneur et gestionnaire de fonds alternatifs Gottex ont diminué une nouvelle fois au dernier trimestre 2009. Ils sont revenus de 8,23 milliards de dollars en septembre à 8,13 milliards à la fin de l’année. La performance des placements est toutefois positive. Gottex évalue leur contribution à 10 millions sur la dernière période et à 635 millions sur 2009.La fin des turbulences étant en vue, Gottex formule à nouveau des objectifs ambitieux. La bonne performance de ses principaux produits devrait lui permettre de capturer une partie du retour de fonds institutionnels attendu pour cette année. Sa principale stratégie, le market neutral, devrait dépasser son pic atteint en juin 2007 au cours du second semestre, signifiant ainsi le retour aux commissions de performance.Gottex s’est également mis au développement de produits conformes aux normes UCITS III, avec un premier lancement dans les prochains mois.
28/01/2010
Fonds

Deux indices Dow Jones références d'ETF de Credit Suisse

Le fournisseur d’indices Dow Jones Indexes, a annoncé mercredi 27 janvier l’homologation par Credit Suisse AG du Dow Jones Industrial Average pour servir de base à un de ses ETF, le XMTCH (IE) Dow Jones Industrial Average. A cela s’ajoute l’homologation de l’indice Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index pour le XMTCH (IE) Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50. Ces deux ETF seront disponibles sur la bourse suisse.
Fonds
28/01/2010
Fonds

Fermeture du fonds Multi Stratégies de Jabre Capital

Selon L’Agefi suisse, le fonds Multi Stratégies de Jabre Capital sera bientôt fermé, afin que sa taille ne pénalise pas la performance. Il sera fermé à tout investissement additionnel pour une durée de deux ans quand il atteindra 2,5 milliards de dollars, contre 2 milliards actuellement. Ce fonds a dégagé une performance de 85,11% en 2009, après une perte de 36% en 2008.
Fonds
28/01/2010

Thames River launches a real estate fund

Thames River Capital will launch a UCITS III compliante real estate fund in first quarter 2010, the Thames River Real Estate Securities Fund. This fund will be managed by James Wilkinson and Marcus Phayre-Mudge, and will offer weekly liquidity and a high level of transparency for investments concentrated on publicly-traded real estate firms in Europe. According to a statement from Thames River Capital, the fund will seek to outperform the benchmark index, the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Capped Index in pounds Sterling. Stock-picking will follow a bottom-up approach enriched by expertise in the area. Gross exposure to real estate shares will range from 80% to 160% of net assets, while net exposure will be within a range of 60% to 140%. Primary characteristics Structure: UCITS III fund domiciled in Ireland Asset classes: capitalisation and distribution shares in pounds Sterling, capitalisation shares in Euros and Norwegian Kroner Performance commission: 15% on performance exceeding the benchmark (FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Capped Index in pounds Sterling) Annual management fees: 1.5% (retail), 1% (I) Minimal retail investment: EUR10,000/GBP10,000, NOK100,000 Minimal institutional investment: EUR2.5m/GBP2/5m, NOK25m
28/01/2010

Fund selection firm Gottex on comeback trail

Agefi Switzerland reports that assets under management at the hedge fund selection firm Gottex fell once again in the fourth quarter of 2009, from a total of USD8.23bn in September to USD8.13bn at the end of the year. The performance of investments remained positive. Gottex values the contribution of investments at USD10m in fourth quarter and USD635m in 2009. With the end of the period of turbulence in sight, Gottex is setting itself ambitious objectives. The good performance of its main products will bring it a share of the spoils as investments flow back into institutional funds this year. Its main strategy, market neutral, will pass its peak in June 20007 in the second half of this year, meaning that performance commissions may be charged again. Gottex is also planning to develop UCITS III-compliant products, with the first launch of such a fund to come in the next few months.
28/01/2010

Vanguard tops GBP500m under management in UK

In the space of seven months, since the launch of its activities in the United Kingdom, Vanguard has achieved GBP500m in assets under management. The US giant introduced eleven exchange-traded funds in June 2009, which were well-received by both institutional and retail investors, Investment Week reports.
28/01/2010

Merseyside pension fund announces RFP in sustainable investment

The Merseyside Pension Fund (GBP4.2bn in assets under management) has launched a RFP for three mandates in the area of sustainable investment, totalling GBP500m, Responsible Investor reports. The three mandates are for emerging markets equities, Japan, and the Pacific region. All three were previously managed by Nomura Asset Management, which may submit bids in the new RFP after a seven-year term, the maximum allowed by the fund.
28/01/2010

Popularity of money market funds slides in late 2009

Agefi reports, citing data compiled by the International Investment Funds Association in cooperation with Efama in Europe, that outflows from money market funds up to the end of September last year in 45 countries gathered pace. Outflows in third quarter totalled EUR198bn, compared with EUR156bn in second quarter. Funds had assets of EUR3.766trn, slightly less than one quarter of the overall total for the sector.
28/01/2010

Assets under management at BBVA down in fourth quarter

BBVA announced on Wednesday that net profits for its retail banking and asset management division for 2009 as a whole were up 30.5% to slightly over EUR1bn. As of 31 December, assets under management totalled EUR49.97bn, 1.9% less than at the end of September, but assets in investment funds, at EUR32.8bn, make the group the largest Spanish asset management firm, with a market share of 19.3%. According to statistics from Inverco, funds from BBVA have a total of EUR33.2bn in assets as of the end of 2008. For Spanish pension funds, assets increased in one year by 6.8%, to slightly over EUR17.17bn.
28/01/2010

BNPP lays off 10 staff in Portugal

L’Echo reports, citing labour union sources, that ten employees in private banking activities of BNP Paribas in Portugal have been let go. “The reshuffle comes at the time of the firm’s merger with Fortis. BNP Paribas is using this as an occasion to push through other reorganizations,” the source says. The ten employees were laid off from a team of about 40 people who are employed under more favourable financial conditions than the applicable legal norms, due to the intervention of the European Commission in the management of the French bank BNP Paribas, the Belgian newspaper points out.
28/01/2010

FRR awards two mandates to Goldman Sachs and Frank Russell

The French national pension fund, the Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR), announced on 27 January that it has awarded two mandates for management of transition operations, to Goldman Sachs International and Russell Implementation Services Limited (Frank Russell Company group). The two mandates were awarded following a restricted RFP launched on 20 May 2009. The mission of the asset management firms will be to undertake centralised trading of financial instruments for the FRR in order to construct portfolios of financial assets with the best possible cost and confidentiality conditions.
28/01/2010

Fidelity reshuffles several management positions

Mike Durbin, president of Institutional Wealth Services (USD392.7bn), Sanjiv Michandani, president of National Financial (the clearing platform, with USD550m in assets), and Ed Orazem, president of Family Office Services, will report directly to Gerald McGraw, head of Fidelity Institutional. Mutual Fund Wire observes that the reshuffle follows the announcement of the departure of Charles Goldman, who was head of custody and settlement at Fidelity, and will be leaving the company at the end of March.
28/01/2010

C-Quadrat: Bernhard Wenger appointed as head of institutional sales

Bernhard Wenger has been appointed as head of sales to institutionals at the Austrian fund management firm C-Quadrat Investment. He will be in charge of Austria, Switzerland, and central and eastern Europe. Wenger was previously Director Institutional Sales Global Banking and Markets at HSBC Trinkhaus in Düsseldorf.
28/01/2010

Standish wins USD200m mandate

BNY Mellon Asset Management announced on Wednesday, 27 January that the management firm Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, a specialist in fixed income, has been appointed by Taiwan’s Bureau of Labor Insurance to manage USD200m invested in securities of this type. The mandate covers a wide range of fixed income bond assets, including government bonds, corporate bonds, and securitisations. Standish says that the agreement is a sign of growing opportunities in Asia in the fixed income management market.
28/01/2010

BGI acquisition boosts BlackRock results

BlackRock earned net profits in fourth quarter of USD256m, compared with profits og USD52m one year previously. The cause of this quintupling of the quarterly results was the acquisition of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), completed on 1 December, which contributed USD94m to net profits, and the continuation of growth in activities which had already been observed in third quarter (profits were already up 46%) due to a more favourable environment on the markets. For 2009 as a whole, BlackRock shows net profits of USD1.02bn, a 19% increase over the previous year. In fourth quarter, assets under management rose from USD1.4trn to USD3.3trn, largely thanks to the addition of BGI, but also due to net inflows of USD82bn in the period (including slightly over USD49bn from institutionals). For the year as a whole, net inflows totalled USD156bn, due to net subscriptions of USD200bn for long-term products, and USD11.6bn in advising mandates. These positive factors were offset by USD56bnin net outflows from money market funds.
28/01/2010

Heavy losses for AHL hedge fund from Man Group

The hedge fund AHL, from the alternative management firm Man Group, lost more than USD700m last week, the Financial Times reports. The fund, which has USD21.7bn in assets, lost 3.57% of its net assets between 18 and 22 January. The losses follow a tough year in 2009 for the fund, the only negative year it has had since its inception 23 years ago. Last month, AHL was already reporting weekly losses on the same scale (-4.3% in the first week of December). These losses are an embarrassment for Man, as the asset management firm is seeking to boost its assets. Man recently launched two UCITS versions of AHL open to retail investors.
28/01/2010

7.7% returns for pension funds in 2009

As of 31 December, Spanish pension funds had total assets of EUR84.79bn, which represents an increase of 8.1% or EUR6.38bn in one year, with the strongest increases for corporate schemes, whose assets under management rose by 9.28%, the Inverco association of asset management firms reports. Gross inflows were down 6.7% to EUR5.6bn. Average annual performance for the year comes to 7.7%, following average losses of 6.44% in 2008.
28/01/2010

HSBC releases three ETF funds

On Wednesday, HSBC Global Asset Management released three of its Irish-registered ETF funds for sale in Germany. The funds are the HSBC DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (IE00B4K6B022) , which charges 0.15% fees, the SBC Cac 40 ETF (IE00B4L49M32), which charges 0.25%, and a product denominated in pounds Sterling, the HSBC FTSE 100 ETF (IE00B42TW061), for which the management commission is 0.35%. HSBC is planning to market more ETF funds on the German market in the future.
28/01/2010

Foreign managers outpace German firms

In 2009, foreign fund management firms had the upper hand over German rivals, as they offer largely equities products in Germany. And, with the exception of Pioneer, they were not affected by the massive wave of redemptions which hit money market funds, which are predominantly distributed by local (German) asset management firms. According to estimates by Handelsblatt, Germans invested a net total of EUR5bn in open-ended funds from the largest and best-known foreign asset management firms (such as Carmignac, Schroders and BlackRock), while as of the end of November, they had withdrawn a net total of EUR10bn from funds by DWS, Allianz Global Investors, Union Investment and Deka.
28/01/2010

Regulatory clampdown on money market funds

With the Reserve Primary Fund meltdown a recent memory, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday introduced new regulations which require money market funds to hold more liquid top-rated assets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Money market funds will also be required to publish their net asset value more frequently, while the average duration to maturity of assets in the portfolio will be reduced to 60 days from 90 days currently. This could cut into performance, reducing it by a further 0.10%, says Pete Crane, president of the research firm Crane Data. This is not good news for money market fund management firms, which have already seen redemptions due to low returns. Investors withdrew USD540bn from money market funds in 2009, bringing assets down to USD3.3trn.
28/01/2010

Growing ETF industry faces regulatory uncertainty

Regulatory uncertainties may represent a sword of Damocles for the rapidly-growign ETF markets, according to a study by State Street Global Advisors, cited by Asian Investor. The rapid growth of the ETF market cannot conceal the fact that many products (commodity, inverse, leveraged and actively-managed products) are causing some concern among regulators. US regulators are asking questions about the future of commodities products, for example, particularly about the impact of speculative trading on underlying commodity prices. Though some commodity ETF funds invest in the physical commodities themselves, most use futures to replicate such an exposure, which may cause market distortions. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) may soon propose new regulations, according to the study. The CFTC is said to favour the introduction of limits to the size and market share of ETFs.
28/01/2010

Banking regulations will be a boon to hedge funds and private equity

Toughened regulations for banks and a major reduction in bonuses at those institutions will incite City investment bankers to look for jobs in sectors which are less exposed and less closely regulated, such as hedge funds and private equity, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. Headhunters such as the agency Heidrick & Struggles say that they have been flooded with inquiries from bankers seeking to do so.
28/01/2010

DeAM will help two managers to found their own management boutiques

Citywire reports that Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) will help two of its specialised managers to create their own management boutiques. DeAM will not invest in the new firms which will be led by two of its current heads, Aliver Kratz, head of DeAM’s global thematic strategies, and Janet Campagna, in charge of quantitative management at the firm. However, it will act as a consultant to the new firms, and will provide them assistance where necessary in areas such as legal compliance and public relations. Deutsche Bank says that the two new firms will begin operations in second quarter 2010.
28/01/2010

Five-star ratings in customer service for six management firms

The agency Steria Mummert Consulting has tested the customer services and Internet offerings of 99 fund management firms in Germany. It awarded quality ratings of five stars to four major asset management firms (those with over 15 funds on sale): Union Investment (co-operative banks), DJE Kapital, Deka (savings banks), and Hansainvest (an affiliate of Signal Iduna). Two niche players (with 8 to 15 funds on sale), Berenberg and Star Capital, also earned five stars. In 2008, Steria Mummert awarded five stars to a total of nine asset management firms.
28/01/2010

Dow Jones indices used as basis for two Credit Suisse ETFs

Index provider Dow Jones Indexes announced on Wednesday, 27 January that Credit Suisse AG will use the Dow Jones Industrial Average index as the basis for one of its ETF products, the XMTCH (IE) Dow Jones Industrial Average. In addition, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index will be the basis for the XMTCH (IE) Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50. The two ETFs will be available on the Swiss stock exchange.
28/01/2010

20.5% returns from diversified funds for pension funds in 2009

According to the most recent quarterly study by BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, diversified funds and pension funds in the United Kingdom finished the year 2009 with returns of 3.1% in fourth quarter. For the year as a whole, median returns come to 20.5%. The weight of UK equities in portfolios continued to increase in fourth quarter, from 0.7% to 38.2%, compared with an all-time low of 35.5% in first quarter 2009. Global equities remained stable, while allocations to money markets and bonds contracted.

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