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22/09/2009

Putnam launches target-date funds

As part of its push to expand its retirement business, Putnam Investments on Tuesday will unveil 10 absolute return target-date funds, says the Wall Street Journal. Despite the name, the strategy does not guarantee an absolute return, but aims to hit a certain annual-return figure.
22/09/2009

Salus Alpha launches an arbitrage fund

From 17 September to 30 September, the alternative management firm Salus Alpha is releasing its first arbitrage fund with daily liquidity which complies with the UCITS III directive, entitled Salus Alpha Commodity Arbitrage. No withdrawal penalties will be charged for subscriptions made in this initial period. The fund is licensed for sale in Austria and Germany. The Austrian-registered product, focused on commodities, is intended to allow investors to profit from differences in valuations between various markets or entire families of commodities, and to earn gains both in backwardation and contango situations on the market. In addition, the fund aims to take advantage of seasonal variations in demand for commodities. The Salus Alpha Commodity Arbitrage fund invests indirectly in commodities via derivatives (swaps and futures) on indexes such as the CAX (Commodity Arbitrage Index), which is listed in Vienna, and maintained by Alternative-Index GmbH, an affiliate of Salus Alpha. Front-end fees and management commission are 5.55% and 2.50%, respectively.
22/09/2009

Six out of ten equities funds outperform the Ibex index this year

Spanish equities funds have profited from the market rally in early March, and in the first eight months of this year, six out of ten funds show returns higher than the 23.53% posted by the Ibex index, Cinco Días reports. Some funds have earned up to 40% after commissions, which are about 2% of assets. Taking into account dividends paid by Ibex companies, only eight funds have done better than the 29% result for the index. The best returns were for leveraged funds such as the Foncaixa Bolsa España 150, which showed returns of 40.02% as of 31 August. The BBVA Bolas Ibex Quant, which may adopt maximal exposure of 195% to the Spanish market, has earned 34.11%. Some funds which follow a stock-picking approach have also outperformed the Ibex, such as the Manresa Borsa, Barclays Bolsa España and Barclays Bolsa España Selección funds.
22/09/2009

DekaBank launches a corporate bond fund

With the Deka-RentSpezial Plus 1 fund, DekaBank is launching a German-registered bond fund, which will mature at the end of August 2016, and which will invest in 25 bonds with the corresponding maturities. At the end of the first year, the fund will pay a coupon of 3.25% for each EUR100 share. From the second to the seventh year, Deka promises to pay at least 3% per year; however, if, on 31 August of the year which is underway, the Euribor 12 month is higher than 3%, the fund will pay a coupon corresponding to this rate at the end of the year. Redemptions will be for 100% of assets at maturity.
22/09/2009

Ezra Sun to manage a China long/short fund for Veritas

Veritas Asset Management has announced that it will launch a long/short fund focused on China in early October, which will comply with the UCITS III directive. The Veritas China fund will be managed by star manager Ezra Sun, who is responsible for Asia strategies at Veritas. The fund will aim to generate annual returns of 15-20% in the long term. The capacity of the new product will be limited to USD500m. The objective will be to limit volatility to half of that of the Chinese equities market, as measured by the SMCI Zhong Hua index.
22/09/2009

Khadafi withdraws USD5bn from Geneva

Political tensions between Switzerland and Libya are becoming costly for Geneva. Moammar Khadafi, is closing the local branch of the Libyan Investment Authority, the national sovereign fund, the Zurich Tages-Anzeiger reports, relaying reports in Private Banking, a professional magazine. LAP Swiss has managed a part of the Libyan African Portfolio (USD40bn) since 2006. The Libyan government is withdrwaing USD5bn. LAP Swiss owns stakes in several African countries, in the hotel, finance, communications, oil and gas production and air transport sectors. In 2008, according to statistics from the BNS, Libyan assets deposited at Swiss banks were reduced by CHF628m, to CHF5.12bn.
22/09/2009

Ignis Am recruits a former New Star manager

StartFragment--> Ignis Asset Management (EUR74bn in AUM) has announced the appointment of Rob Page to the role of Marketing Director. He will join the UK asset manager in early 2010 «to oversee a major drive to develop the Ignis retail brand». Rob Page joins from Liontrust where he was responsible for the promotion of funds to professional investors and advisers in the UK and Europe. Prior to this and until early 2008, he helped launch the New Star brand and was responsible for the group’s marketing and fund positioning. He is the eleventh person from New Star, bought by Henderson, to join Ignis AM. The asset manager has been hiring many people for the last months. Recently, it recruited nine people to develop Ignis’ European distribution business.
22/09/2009

Impax AM recruits a New Star veteran as head of sales

John McDonald, who was head of alternative sales & marketing at New Star Asset Management, has joined Impax Asset Management as head of sales & marketing. This is a newly-created position, which will make it possible to better coordinate the distribution of long-only products, hedge funds and private equity products of Impax (USD1.8bn in assets).
22/09/2009

BNP Paribas to sell ABN Amro Teda Fund Management

BNP Paribas is close to selling its 49% stake in ABN AMRO TEDA Fund Management in China, in a step toward complying with Chinese mutual fund regulations, says Reuters. BNP Paribas currently owns three Chinese fund ventures, after taking over Fortis. China bars foreign investors from owning more than one fund venture.
22/09/2009

Rumours of merger between Glencore and Chinese sovereign fund

Les Echos, reports that the global leader in commodities trading, the Swiss firm Glencore, has been in discussions since summer with China Investment Corp. (CIC), the Chinese sovereign fund with assets of about USD300bn. Some observers say that the two parties signed a letter of intent in August which laid out a framework for plans to team up. Glencore is in search of added sources of financing, and China has high demand for commodities.
22/09/2009

Société Générale announces ambitions

L’Agefi reports, citing the chairman of the bank, Frédéric Oudéa, speaking at a press conference in London on Monday 21 September, that Société Générale is still hoping to become “one of the five largest European banks in the next three to five years.” Although the countries of central and eastern Europe are the main cause for concern for the group in terms of risk costs, emerging countries are a priority for the retail bank. To this end, Poland and Egypt are cited as particularly important targets. The private bank is the other major area of development. Lastly, in investment banking, Michel Péretié, head of SG CIB, also states that the firm hopes to reach fifth place in Europe.
22/09/2009

Mandarine increases assets

Marc Renaud’s boutique Mandarine Gestion has managed to accumulate EUR700 million in assets since its launch 18 months ago, says Citywire. In February 2008 the group had just assets of EUR250 million. A sixth fund is soon to be added, adds Citywire.
22/09/2009

Money-market funds remain subject to strict regulations

Despite the fact that the Treasury Department’s guarantee program expired Friday, money-market funds must continue to report holdings and valuation information to the SEC in certain circumstances, under an interim rule adopted Friday. If a fund’s net asset value per share falls below USD0.9975, it must notify the regulator and provide a portfolio schedule.
22/09/2009

Another extension for sale of ABN Amro-Fortis assets

L’Echo reports that the finance minister of the Netherlands has been granted a further extension of two weeks to sell assets owned by ABN Amro and Fortis by the European Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes. The deadline has been moved back to 2 October. The sale of assets is a condition of the merger between ABN Amro and Fortis. Last week, Germany’s Deutsche Bank announced that it was backing out of plans to acquire some Dutch assets of ABN Amro, including an affiliate of ABN Amro, HBU.
22/09/2009

Hedge fund directive will be costly for the industry

According to a survey by Open Europe* published on Monday, the AIFM directive will cost the private equity and hedge fund industries in the EU between EUR1.3bn and EUR1.9bn in the first year. The annual recurring cost is estimated at between EUR689m and EUR985m. On average, private equity and hedge fund firms estimate that their compliance cost could increase by 31.5% if the directive comes in to force. *The EU’s AIFM Directive, Likely impact and best way forward
22/09/2009

Timetable for hedge fund directive is too ambitious

The timetable for amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFM) is too ambitious, according to experts quoted by Ignites Europe. The proposed date for the first reading in the European Parliament, expected to take place in February 2010, is too soon.Speaking at last week’s Asset Management Conference in London, Peter De Proft, director general at Efama, said: «We are now moving towards having a general framework for non-Ucits funds; it is so important not to rush».
22/09/2009

OECD calls for rigorous and transparent stress testing

L’Agefi Switzerland reports that the OECD claims in its annual report on the European Union, published on 21 September, that “in many EU countries, uncertainties remain about the scale of problems with compromised assets remaining on banks’ balance sheets. There are continuing fears that banks lack sufficient capital to confront a possible further degradation in economic conditions.” “Systematic, rigorous and transparent stress testing is necessary to quantify the needs for owners’ equity at the various European banks,” the OECD states.
22/09/2009

British insurers fear decline in the City

Les Echos reports that the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has issued a warning about a potential decline of London as a market centre, in favour of other countries with more favourable tax policies. In a report published last week, ABI estimates that, if the government does not immediately revise its taxation regime, actors may be tempted to relocate to Ireland, Bermuda, the Netherlands, or Switzerland. Hiscox, which moved to Bermuda in 2006, and Brit Insurance, which will soon move its headquarters to the Netherlands, are two examples of firms which are making the move.
22/09/2009

UBS: Further extension to voluntary disclosure program

L’Agefi Switzerland reports that the extra workload on lawyers due to the UBS case is so heavy that the United States tax authority, the IRS, has granted a further extension to its deadline for the special program for voluntary disclosure of assets held overseas. The IRS will extend the program until 15 October. The initial deadline would have come tomorrow, Wednesday, 23 September.
22/09/2009
Fonds

Salus Alpha lance un fonds d'arbitrage

Du 17 septembre au 30 septembre, le gestionnaire alternatif Salus Alpha commercialise pour la première fois un fonds d’arbitrage à liquidité journalière conforme à la directive OPCVM III, le Salus Alpha Commodity Arbitrage. Aucune pénalité de sortie ne sera facturée pour les souscriptions effectuées durant cette période initiale. Le fonds possède un agrément pour l’Autriche et l’Allemagne.Ce produit de droit autrichien axé sur les matières premières est censé permettre aux investisseurs de profiter des écarts de valorisation sur différents marchés ou entre différentes familles de matières premières et d’enregistrer des gains aussi bien en situation de déport (backwardation) qu’en configuration de contango (report). De plus, le fonds doit tirer avantage des variations saisonnières de la demande. Le Salus Alpha Commodity Aribrtrage est investi indirectement en matières premières au travers de dérivés (swaps et futures) sur des indices comme le CAX (Commodity Arbitrage Index) qui est coté à Vienne et qui a été lancé par Alternative-Index GmbH, une filiale de Salus Alpha. Le droit d’entrée et la commission de gestion se situent à respectivement 5,55 % et 2,50 %.
Fonds
22/09/2009

"Nous avons ouvert le portefeuille à de nouveaux secteurs"

Outre ses fonctions dirigeantes chez Private Capital Management, Michael Feldman est le spécialiste produit du fonds Nordea 1 – North American Value Fund. Il revient en détail sur ses caractéristiques et nous donne également son sentiment sur l'évolution des marchés financiers...
22/09/2009
Fonds

Kadhafi retire 5 milliards de dollars de Genève

Les tensions politiques entre la Suisse et la Libye commencent à coûter cher à Genève. Mouammar Khadafi ferme la succursale locale du fonds souverain Libyan Investment Authority, rapporte le Tages-Anzeiger de Zurich, relayant le magazine professionnel Private Banking. LAP Swiss gérait depuis 2006 une partie du Libyan African Portfolio (40 milliards de dollars). Tripoli retire ainsi 5 milliards de dollars. LAP Swiss détient des participations dans plusieurs pays africains, dans l’hôtellerie, la finance, la communication, la production de pétrole et de gaz ainsi que dans le transport aérien. Déjà en 2008, d’après les statistiques de la BNS, les avoirs libyens auprès de banques suisses ont été réduits de 628 millions de francs, à 5,12 milliards.
Fonds
22/09/2009
Fonds

Credit Suisse lance un compartiment mixte en fonds indiciels

Selon L’Agefi suisse, le compartiment CSF Mixta-LPP Index 45, qui sera lancé le 1er octobre, propose une allocation d’actifs complète réalisée exclusivement avec des instruments passifs. Nommé d’après sa part en actions de référence (45%), il investit dans six catégories d’actifs différentes: actions suisses (18%), étrangères (27%), obligations suisses (25%), en monnaies étrangères (10%), indexées sur inflation (15%), immobilier suisse (5%). L’investissement dans des fonds répliquant passivement la performance de l’indice de référence réduit fortement les frais de gestion, qui se montent à 0,78%.
Fonds
22/09/2009

Sarasin boucle son augmentation de capital

Mardi, la Banque Sarasin a annoncé qu'à l’expiration du délai d’exercice des options cash ou titres (COTO) le 15 septembre, 99,9 % de ces droits ont été exercés par les actionnaires, dont l’actionnaire majoritaire Rabobank, pour souscrire de nouvelles actions nominatives. Au 16 septembre, le capital se montait à plus de 22,01 millions de francs. Le 7 juillet 2009, un COTO A ou un COTO B a été attribué à chaque ancienne action nominative A ou B de la Banque Sarasin. Depuis le 16 septembre 2009, Rabobank détient via IPB Holding B.V. la totalité des 56 571 428 actions nominatives A et 17 660 881 actions nominatives B, ce qui correspond à 68,6% des droits de vote et à une participation de 46,1% au capital de la Banque Sarasin & Cie SA.
22/09/2009

Santander Brasil va lever entre 4,3 et 4,9 milliards d’euros en Bourse

Selon Les Echos, Santander va lever de 4,3 à 4,9 milliards d’euros à l’occasion de l’introduction en Bourse de sa filaile brésilienne à hauteur de 16,21%. Le prix estimé de chaque action sera entre 22 et 25 reals brésiliens, pour un montant total de l’opération oscillant entre 11,55 et 13,125 milliards de reals, soit entre 4,34 et 4,93 milliards d’euros environ).
22/09/2009

Les banques recrutent dans le prime brokerage asiatique

Deutsche Bank doit annoncer mardi la nomination de David Murphy et Nathan Davidson en tant que responsables du prime brokerage pour l’Asie hors Japon, une région où la banque compte doubler se effectifs, rapporte le Wall Street Journal. Credit Suisse a récemment nommé Matt Pecot en tant que directeur des services de prime brokerage en Asie Pacifique.
22/09/2009

Rumeur de rapprochement entre Glencore et le fonds souverain chinois

Selon Les Echos, le leader mondial du négoce de matières premières, le suisse Glencore, entretiendrait depuis l'été des discussions avec China Investment Corp. (CIC), le fonds souverain chinois doté d’une force de frappe d’environ 300 milliards de dollars. Certains observateurs assurent que les deux parties ont signé courant août une lettre d’intention encadrant leurs projets d’alliance. Glencore est en quête de sources supplémentaires de financement et la Chine est friande de matières premières.
22/09/2009

BNP Paribas sur le point de vendre ABN Amro Teda Fund Management

BNP Paribas est sur le point de vendre sa participation de 49 % dans ABN Amro Teda Fund Management en Chine afin de se conformer à la réglementation locale, selon Reuters. Après la reprise de Fortis, la banque française détient trois sociétés de fonds chinoises, alors qu’elle n’a droit qu'à une seule.
22/09/2009

Cap sur l'Allemagne pour BNP Paribas Wealth Management

Comme Newsmanagers l’annonçait hier en relayant Les Echos, BNP Paribas propose désormais en Allemagne des services de gestion de fortune. C’est à Pascal Grundrich, venu du Crédit Lyonnais l’an passé que la banque a confié la responsabilité de BNP Paribas Wealth Management outre-Rhin. Avec un encours sous gestion de 189 milliards d’euros, l'établissement se présente comme la première banque privée de la zone euro. Concrètement, la nouvelle activité démarre avec des bureaux situés à Francfort et Munich. Quinze collaborateurs offriront des conseils personnalisés au sens large du terme dans la mesure où ils porteront sur la gestion de portefeuille, la diversification de patrimoine adaptés aux besoins spécifiques des clients fortunés, et doneront accès à une gamme de produits sélectionnés par des experts dédiés, précise le communiqué de l'établissement. BNP Paribas Wealth Management intégrera son activité de gestion de fortune au réseau d’agences du groupe en Allemagne et utilisera la plate-forme informatique de sa filiale spécialisée en épargne et courtage en ligne, Cortal Consors.

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