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18/09/2009

Mandat de gestion administrative pour Citi

Citi a annoncé le 16 septembre que la firme spécialisée dans la gestion alternative Twin Haven Capital Partners lui avait attribué un mandat pour la fourniture de services d’administration de middle et de back office, y compris l’administration de dette. Le portefeuille d’actifs sous administration s'élève à 65 milliards de dollars.
18/09/2009

Deloitte renforce son équipe dédiée aux hedge funds

Le groupe Deloitte a annoncé le 16 septembre que Ellen Schubert et Ray Iler allaient renforcer l'équipe hedge funds au sein de la practice Asset management services. Dix associés de Deloitte ont parallèlement rejoint l'équipe hedge funds.Ellen Schubert a rejoint Deloitte le 1er septembre au poste nouvellement créé de chief adviser au sein de la practice Asset management services. Elle était précédemment managing director et responsable mondial de l’activité Fixed Income Hedge Fund Business chez UBS Investment Bank. Ray Iler a rejoint Deloitte en juillet dernier et sera responsable des questions relatives à l’audit, la fiscalité et le conseil. Il était précédemment directeur financier chez Quadrise Canada, une société spécialisée dans les technologies gazières et pétrolières.
18/09/2009

KKR s'installe chez Kodak

Pour 400 millions de dollars, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) obtient des options sur 20 % du capital d’Eastman Kodak et des obligations nanties rémunérées à plus de 10 % par an, ainsi que deux sièges au board, rapporte la Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Kodak pour sa part compte placer auprès d’investisseurs institutionnels un emprunt convertible de 300 millions de dollars.
18/09/2009

Legg Mason accroît ses encours

StartFragment--> Legg Mason a annoncé que ses encours sous gestion avaient augmenté à environ 693 milliards de dollars au 31 août, soit une augmentation de 5 % par rapport au 30 juin, rapporte le Wall Street Journal. Cela reflète la hausse des marchés et le ralentissement des rachats. Par ailleurs, Bill Miller, le gérant emblématique de Legg Mason, a déclaré qu’il pensait continuer sa carrière dans la société de gestion après y avoir travaillé 27 ans.
18/09/2009
Fonds

Hedge funds : les liquidations diminuent, les commissions aussi

Pour le deuxième trimestre, Hedge Fund Research (HFR) a recensé 292 liquidations de hedge funds contre 376 en janvier-mars, et le nombre de lancements a augmenté à 182 contre 148, rapporte The Wall Street Journal. Parallèlement, la crise a prélevé son tribut sur les commissions de performance, qui baissent depuis trois trimestres et sont tombées en moyenne à 19,18 % pour le T2 contre 19,34 % au T1.
Fonds
18/09/2009
Fonds

Les fonds actions européens plus chers que les américains

Selon L’Agefi suisse, une étude réalisée par Lipper FMI montre que les coûts des fonds européens, exprimés par la TER (Total Expense Ratio), sont plus élevés que ceux des américains de la même catégorie. Cette différence s’accentue encore au sein des fonds en actions. Leurs frais moyens se montent à 1,32% aux Etats-Unis, contre 1,98% pour les fonds européens distribués dans plusieurs pays. Une partie de l’écart est attribuable aux avoirs sous gestion par fonds beaucoup plus importants outre-Atlantique, ce qui diminue les frais.
Fonds
18/09/2009

Le BBVA vend des agences à RREEF

Selon les informations d’Expansión, le BBVA vendra la semaine prochaine à RREEF Alternative Investment (un fonds de Deutsche Bank), pour 1,2 milliard d’euros, 80 % des 1.350 agences dont la banque espagnole a décidé de se défaire voici un an. L’opération, connue en interne sous l’appélation de «Proyecto Árbol», est un «sale & lease-back». Dans cette transaction, le fonds américain Area est le junior partner de REEEF. Expansión indique que REEF pourrait aussi mettre la main d’ici deux à trois semaines sur les 200 agences restantes pour 400 millions d’euros, mais qu’il reste à en boucler le financement.L’une des particularités de la transaction est que le BBVA aura la faculté, au sein de l’enveloppe globale, de changer les succursales qu’il occupe en fonction de la situation de marché, ce qui doit permettre de restructurer le réseau.
18/09/2009

EFG renonce à sa stratégie de croissance externe

Selon L’Agefi suisse, les acquisitions d’établissements de gestion de fortune ne figurent plus à l’agenda de la banque EFG International. Les deux dernières opérations en date restent ainsi Sycomore Gestion Privée en France, suivie par l’indien Stratcap Securities en septembre 2008. Depuis, le groupe a mis l’accent sur la croissance interne, en créant des nouveaux bureaux à travers le globe et en engageant des nouveaux conseillers à la clientèle apportant un portefeuille de clients intéressant.
18/09/2009

Un ancien de Ernst & Young chez Laven Partners

Le spécialiste genevois des hedge funds Laven Partners a nommé Robert Mirsky au poste de Managing director. Précédemment coresponsable de l’activité hedge funds en Europe pour Ernst & Young, l’avocat formé aux Etats-Unis sera responsable du développement d’une nouvelle plateforme d’investissement alternatif pour les «family offices», les institutionnels et les gérants
18/09/2009

American Century sizes up its Hong Kong office

Asian Investor reports that American Century Investments (USD80bn in assets) has recruited Mirando Poon, cive president for business development for Asia ex Japan at Pictet. She will report to Tony Archer, who recently joined ACI (see Newsmanagers of 2 May). The Asia-Pacific team is hierarchically beneath London, and relies technically (for back office and operation functions) on Kansas City.
18/09/2009

FTSE removes Iceland from its indexes

FTSE has removed Iceland from the investable universe that make up its indices following the fall in its financial markets after the collapse of its three main banks, says the Financial Times. It is the first time the global equity index provider has taken a country off its lists since it established its global equity index series in September 2003.
18/09/2009

Hedge funds: fewer liquidations, and lower commissions

In second quarter, Hedge Fund Research (HFR) reports 292 liquidations of hedge funds, compared with 376 between January and March, while the number of new funds launched totalled 182 compared with 148, the Wall Street Journal reports. Meanwhile, the crisis has taken its toll on performance commissions, which have been in decline for three quarters in a row, and averaged 19.18% in second quarter, compared with 19.34% in first quarter.
18/09/2009

DJE Kapital reopens its real estate fund

From 18 September, DJE Kapital is reopening its DJE Real Estate fund to redemptions; they had been frozen since the end of October 2008. The unique feature of this product, compared with German-registered funds which were frozen at the same time, is that it is a fund of funds, and DJE Kapital says that most of the target funds it invests in have now reopened their redemptions. In addition, the fund is registered in Luxembourg (launched on 5 July 2004), with assets currently totalling USD796.65m. The fund has lost 5.26% since the beginning of the year, but has earned 12.10% in the past five years, or 2.31% per year. Ulrich Kaffarnik, CEO of DJE Investment SA, states that it has been possible to increase the liquidity of the fund in the past few months, and the cash reserves are now at considerable levels. In addition to this, the fund’s portfolio has been reprofiled, which has increased the agility with which the management team may profit from opportunities for returns on situations in a difficult market. The fund has withdrawn its investments from open-ended and semi-institutional real estate funds which had a low liquidity level during the crisis, in order to take up positions on shares in realty firms, realty sector equities funds and well-rated bonds, says Jens Ehrhardt, chairman of the managing board at DJE Kapital.
18/09/2009

TMW Immobilien Weltfonds prepares to reopen

Marcus Kemmer, CEO of the management firm TMW Pramerica Property Investment, has told the Börsen-Zeitung that the open-ended real estate fund TMW Immobilien Weltfonds will reopen redemptions, which were suspended in late October 2008, during fourth quarter, as the cash rate will have risen back to 20-25% by the end of October 2009. TMW is expecting redemption demands of about EUR100m, on assets of EUR1bn. Kemmer also states that the TMW Pramerica Property Weltfonds will now position itself as the first “green” real estate fund in Germany.
18/09/2009

BBVA sells branch locations to RREEF

According to reports in Expansión, the BBVA will sell 80% of its 1,350 branches in Spain, which it decided to sell off a year ago, to RREEF Alternative Investment (a fund from Deutsche Bank), for EUR1.2bn. The operation, which is known internally under the name “Proyecto Árbol,” will be a sale & lease-back deal. The US-based fund Area will be the junior partner of RREEF in the transaction. Expansión states that RREEF may also acquire the remaining 200 branches in the next two to three weeks, for EUR400m, but the financing for these acquisitions has yet to be secured. One of the unique characteristics of the operation is that BBVA will be able, within the overall agreement, to change the branches it occupies depending on the market situation, which would make it possible to restructure the network.
18/09/2009

PAI in effort to downsize EUR5.4bn fund

PAI has made an informal offer to halve investor commitments to its new EUR5.4bn buy-out fund, which was frozen after its top two chiefs announced surprise plans to leave the private equity group.The offer was made in a letter to PAI investors, seen by the Financial Times.
18/09/2009

AGI launches a Greater China fund from RCM

Allianz Global Investors (AGI) has opened initial subscriptions until 30 September for the Allianz RCM Greater China fund in Hong Kong, Asian Investor reports. The portfolio will be invested in equities of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong following a bottom-up approach, and the capacity of the fund is estimated at USD1bn. The product, which will be managed by Pan Yu Ming (portfolio manager) will then be offered to investors in Europe and Singapore. The fund, whose benchmark is the MSCI Golden Dragon Total Return (but which may diverge from the index by a proportion of up to 20%), will use a “dynamic strategy” from RCM which allows the manager to be exposed by less than a net total of 100% to equities through positions on futures on indexes which are financed in cash. The liquidity cash allocation is limited to 30%, and the management commission is 1.75%.
18/09/2009

CESR launches consultation on UCITS-compliant funds

As part of its revision of the UCITS directive, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) is launching a consultation on level 2 measures in mergers of UCITS funds, master-feeder structures, and notification procedures for cross-border distribution of UCITS funds. The consultation will be open until 17 November. Two other UCITS consultations are open until 30 October, one on the European passport for management firms, and the second on the details of the required fund documentation, which would present Key Investor Information (KII) for UCITS funds to investors. The document would replace the fund prospectus.
18/09/2009

SEC regulates ratings agencies

On its website, La Tribune reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will take measures to create a stricter regulatory framework for ratings agencies such as Moody’s Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s, which are accused of having played a major role in the financial crisis by granting high ratings to high-risk products. The agencies will be required to increase transparency and will now have the right to demand detailed information about certain products. Other measures will aim to encourage competition between the ratings agencies and avoid conflicts of interest.
18/09/2009

Bonuses: Bank of America directors may be sued by New York attorney general

Les Echos reports that, following a subpoena on the five members of the audit committee at Bank of America, the New York attorney general’s office may file lawsuits against the top directors of Bank of America over bonuses paid to these directors ahead of the firm’s merger with Merrill Lynch at the end of 2008.
18/09/2009

French Parliament approves sukuk legislation

Les Echos reports that the French Parliament on 17 September passed a bill which would adapt the fiscal regime to allow for the issue of fiancial instruments that comply with Islamic law, including “sukuks,” bonds which respect the principles of Sharia, which do not allow for the payment of interests. The legislation is closely supported by Christine Lagarde, who wants to see France catch up with the UK in this area.
18/09/2009

LFP becomes wholly-owned affiliate of UFG

The merger of La Française des Placements and UFG, announced in late April, is now nearing completion. At the end of July, securities sales and transfer operations were completed, putting LFP stock 100% in the control of the UFG group, Alain Wicker, president of LFP, announced on Wednesday evening, at a meeting for private clients. Meanwhile, shareholders in LFP, most of them employees, have taken a 20% stake in UFG, alongside Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe, which now holds 80% of capital. “This will make it possible for us to retain our entrepreneurial approach,” says Wicker. The new entity will be known as UFG-LFP. But in asset management, the LFP name will be retained. This reflects the fact that in this area, LFP teams will absorb those of UFG represented by UFG IM and Alteram. The personnel concerned (management and sales) will soon make the move from the offices at 173 boulevard Haussmann in Paris, the headquarters of UFG, to 17 rue de Marignan, where LFP is located. The UFG name will be used for all operations in real estate. In addition to this move, the other two next steps in the merger are obtaining approval from the French market regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), and the assembly of the enterprise committee. Until then, the new organizational structure of LFP-UFG is taking shape. Xavier Lépine will be president of the new entity, while Alain Vicker will become chairman of the supervisory board. Patrick Rivière will be CEO, in charge of development. In sales, Thierry Sevoumians will be in charge of the network, Nicolas Duban will be in charge of institutionals in France, and Alain Gerbaldi will be in charge of international and private management operations.
18/09/2009

Martin Currie wins a mandate from Indiana PERF

The Indiana Public Employees’ Retirement Fund has allocated Martin Currie Investment Management a mandate for USD210bn in global equities ex US, which will be managed by James Fairweather, CIO and head of global equities. The Scottish management firm says that it has obtained new global equities and global equities ex US mandates worth USD900bn since the beginning of the year. Global equities represent 23% of assets at Martin Currie (USD16.3bn).
18/09/2009

Jupiter to distribute its funds via deVere & Partners

Jupiter Asset Management has announced a strategic alliance with deVere & Partners, an independent financial consultancy. Under the agreement, deVere & Partners will offer both the Jupiter Global Fund Sicav and the Jupiter Merlin Sicav, comprising 11 sub-funds, through its network of 350 consultants, who operate from 40 offices around the world. The UK asset manager will potentially have access to 50,000 clients in over 100 countries.Kevin Scott, executive director, international at Jupiter AM, says: «deVere offers significant potentiel for Jupiter to develop both brand awareness and sales internationally».

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