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07/10/2013

Lombard Odier IM recruits “senior advisor”

Ruud Hendricks, senior advisor at KKR, non-executive chairman at the institutional department of Man Group, and chairman of the consulting committee for Financial Assets in the Netherlands, has been appointed to the newly-created position of senior advisor at Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the institutional arm of Lombrad Odier & Cie.The new arrival will report to Hubert Keller, managing partner at Lombard Odier et Cie and head of LOIM. He will work in close collaboration with the head of sales at LOIM “to strengthen distribution capacity to the most exacting institutional clients, in Europe and beyond,” a statement says.LOIM has also announced that Jan Willem van Stuijvenberg, head of Van Stuijvenberg Financial Services, will work with Hendricks and the CIOs as a consulting to the business, whose activities he will work to develop in the Netherlands. Van Stuijvenberg has over 15 years of experience as a strategist for institutional investors.As of the end of June 2013, LOIM had USD43bn in assets under management for clients.
07/10/2013

Carmignac Gestion completes its Swiss team

Finews reports that Marco Fiorini, head of development for Switzerland at Carmignac Gestion, has now recruited the five members of the team he will assemble in Zurich at the Zur Schanze tower. In addition to Katja Wiechers and Alexander Mischoff, recruited one month ago (see Newsmanagers of 13 Septemeber), responsible as sales managers of German-speaking Switzerland, these include Cécile Barbe, who becomes client relationship manager, and Magali di Filippo and Benjamin Boyer, sales manager for French-speaking Switzerland.The available product range in Switzerland will be extended with the addition of funds with no commissions.
07/10/2013

Allfunds Bank appoints head of UK sales

Allfunds Bank has appointed Bradley Lewis to direct the sales activities of its office in the United Kingdom, and to help carry out its expansion, Investment Europe reports. The appointment of Lewis as head of sales and management of client relationships in the United Kingdom and Ireland comes following the announcement earlier this year that Stephen Mohan will be joining Allfunds to direct the United Kingdom and Ireland.
07/10/2013

BetaShares planning to launch ETFs in Hong Kong and Singapore

The asset management firm BlueShares, based in Sydney, is planning to launch ETFs which would be listed in Hong Kong and Singapore, Asian Investor reports. These ETFs, which may be made available from early 2014, would be the first ETFs to be launched outside Australian home market of the company, which is 50% controlled by Mirae Asset Global Investments. The existing ETFs may also be listed both in Hong Kong and Singapore. According to Betashares, demand from Asian investors for ETFs appears to be rising, while their use by Australian investors is declining slightly. As of the end of December 2012, about 47% of Australian retail investors are using ETFs through a retirement programme, compared with 50% in December 2011.
07/10/2013

UBS may sell off Australian wealth management

UBS is considering selling all or part of its wealth management affiliate in Australia, finews reports, relaying information in «The Australian». Two options are being considered, according to a source familiar with the matter: a sale of all activities to Bell Potter Securities, a financial services firm in which UBS controls 16%, or to retain 20% of wealth management advisers and sell the rest to Bell Potter Securities.
07/10/2013

MSCI launches its first indices compliant with new Hong Kong MPF regulations

The index provider MSCI has launched its first indices which take into account new MPF regulations on the Hong Kong market which require that 30% of the portfolios of asset management firms must be denominated in Hong Kong dollars, Asian Investor reports. The new indices will apply a 305 limit to the weight of the component denominated in Hong Kong dollars, although the funds replicating the indices will still have an exposure of 30% to Hong Kong equities.
07/10/2013

“I don't believe in the disappearance of commissions”

Jean-Pierre Rondeau, chairman of the IFA professional association La Compagnie des CGPI, discuses relationships between asset management firms and independent finanicial advisers with Newsmanagers. Rondeau, who has served as director of private management at the Banque du Louvre and DLP James Capel, claims that this client segment, which is now much-coveted, requires special assistance from partners, particularly in terms of its training offerings. Rondeau also discusses regulatory changes which have taken place abroad.
07/10/2013

Trial of four former Madoff employees opens

The trial of five former employees of Bernard Madoff – two former portfolio managers and three back office personnel – opens this week, the Financial Times reports. Madoff has always maintained that he was solely responsible for the fraud, but the authorities suspect 14 individuals with helping him. The defence is facing 33 counts.
07/10/2013

ETPs: Vanguard and iShares attracted over USD40bn in September

According to estimates by the agency ETFGI, founded by Deborah Fuhr, ETPs worldwide posted net subscriptions in the first three quarters of this year of USD168.9bn, compared with USD188.4bn in the corresponding period of 2012. For January-September 2013, the total is higher than the USD162bn announced recently by the BlackRock Institute.ETFGI reports that the strongest inflows since the beginning of the year went to Vanguard, with USD45.1bn, followed by iShares (BlackRock), with USD41.6bn, WisdomTree (USD12bn), PowerShares (USD10.6bn) and First Trust (USD5.3bn). In other words, the five largest firms by inflows alone attracted 67.7% of total net inflows.
07/10/2013

Paulson invests in Greek banks

John Paulson and a group of US hedge funds are investing aggressively in Greek banks, confident that Greece, long considered the weakest economy in the euro zone periphery, is recovering, the Financial Times reports. Paulson & Co has acquired large stakes in Piereus and Alpha. The other hedge funds interested in Greek banks are: Baupost, Eaglevale, Dromeus Capital, Falcon Edge, York Capital and Och-Ziff.
07/10/2013

UBS Global AM Italy reshuffles its “wholesale” team

UBS Global Asset Management Italia has appointed Rosa Fogli as head of advising for the Italian market, and Guido Belotti as head of discretionary for the Italian market, Bluerating reports. The appointments come as part of an internal reshuffle of the wholesale team led by deputy director Giobanni Papini. Third-party network clients are the responsibility of Fogli, while fund selectors are handled by Bellotti. The team also includes Lorenzo Pragliola and Yuri Blanga.
07/10/2013

Allianz recruits an Asia manager

Pan Yu Ming is joining Allianz Global Investors, a firm he left in 2010 to manage an Asian hedge fund, Financial News reports. He is returning to take over the management of the Total Return Asian Equity fund. The product, with GBP36.2m in assets, had in the past few months been managed by Raymond Chan, CIO of Allianz for Asia-Pacific equities. He will become management deputy after Pan’s return.
07/10/2013

JK Capital profits from its secure footing at La Française AM

For the Hong Kong-based asset management firm JK Capital Management, in which La Française AM has bought a 20% stake, 2013 may be the breakout year. Inflows in the first nine months of the year total about USD500m, compared with barely USD200m at the beginning of the year, says Fabrice Jacob, CEO of JK Capital Management, on a visit to Paris on 4 October. This spectacular growth is largely due to the La Française distribution network, which now assists JK Capital Management. Assets under management by the fund dedicated to China, LFP JKC China Value, managed by Fabrice Jacob, has increased from USD150m at the end of 2012 to USD230m most recently, due to investments from major institutional clients. The support of La Française is expected to continue or increse in the next few months, as Asia is one of the regions in the world in which the asset management firm would like to develop. Circumstances may favour La Française, since Jacob’s co-shareholder in JK Capital Management may soon be retiring due to his age. Like Jacob, Randolph Kwei holds 40% of capital. His departure may come in the first half of 2014, which would result in a redistribution of capital. This would be an opportunity for La Française to mark its desire to grow in the region.
07/10/2013

Edmond de Rothschild group hires head of strategy

The Edmond de Rothschild group on Friday, 4 October announced that on 1 October, Pierre-Etienne Durand arrived as Group director of strategy and organization. He will report to Christophe de Backer, Chief Executive Officer of the firm, and will be responsible for assisting the Group’s teams with the deployment of the new 2013-2016 Strategic Plan, a statement says. Durand joined Bain & Company, where he had been a partner since 2012. He is specialised in the area of financial services, particularly asset management and private banking, and has assisted several major groups with their activity redeployment, external growth and performance optimisation strategies.
07/10/2013

Third Point critical of Sotheby's poison pill

The hedge fund management firm Third Point LLC has threatened Sotheby’s with a “proxy fight” if the auction house maintains a clause adopted on Friday which forbids any active shareholder from controlling more than 10% of capital; passive shareholders may hold up to 20% of capital, however, without triggering the mechanism. Third Point most recently held 9.3% of Sotheby’s.The CEO of Third Point, Dan Loeb, accuses Sotheby’s of having been too slow to adapt to movements in the art market towards contemporary works, online sales and the emergence of buyers from China and the Middle East.Third Point is seeking to obtain the removal of the CEO of Sotheby’s, William Rupprecht, and a seat on the board for Loeb.
07/10/2013

Amber Capital launches UCITS version of its Abber Italia Equity fund

Amber Capital has launched the Amber Equity Fund, a UCITS version of the Amber Italia Equity Fund, on the UCITS Alpha platform, Hedge Week reports. The Amber Equity Fund is manaaged by Amber Capital Italia SGR, an asset management firm based in Milan. The firm was founded by Joseph Oughourlian, founder of Amber Capital Group, a company founded in 2011 with offices in London and New York. Amber Equity is a long/short fund investing in European equities, with a bias for Italy.
07/10/2013

BlueCrest recruits emerging market specialist Marcel Kfoury

The alternative asset management firm BlueCrest Capital Management has recruited the former head of emerging market trading from Nomura, Marcel Kfoury, the news agency Bloomberg reports. Kfoury, who resigned form his position at Nomura on 1 October, is joining BlueCrest as a credit portfolio manager. He will be based in London, and will begin in January next year. Assets under management by the hedge fund from Michael Platt total about USD36bn.
07/10/2013

Head of Vanguard becomes chairman of ICI

The chairman and CEO of Vanguard, William McNabb, has been elected as president of the US asset management asssociation (ICI) for a one-year term, according to a statement published on 3 October. He succeeds Greg Johnson, president and CEO of Franklin Templeton. The association has also elected four new members to its board for terms of three years to the end of September 2016. The four new members are Karen N. Horn, independent director, T. Rowe Price Funds, Lawrence H. Kaplan (Abbett & Co), Joseph A. Sullivan (Legg Mason) and Ralph F. Verni, independent director, Eaton Vance Funds.
07/10/2013

UCITS hedge funds regain ground in September

The Alternative Global UCITS index calculated by the Swiss firm Alix Capital has posted returns in September of 0.65%, after a loss of 0.40% in August, meaning that UCITS hedge funds in the first nine months of the year of this year will post average gains of 2%. The fund of hedge funds index has gained 0.80%, after losses of 0.66% the previous month. In January-September, funds of funds show average returns of 2.50%.Of the eleven strategy sub-indices, four remain in negative territory for September, including losses of 1.88% for commodities and 1.08% for forex. However, the emerging markets sub-index has gained 1.19%.In the first three quarters of the year, five strategies are in the red, including losses of 3.36% for volatility and 3.31% for forex, while commodities have lost 3.19%. The best results, however, have been for long/short equity (+6.96%) and event-driven (+2.79%).As of the end of September, total assets in UCITS-compliant single hedge funds totalled EUR174bn, compared with EUR172bn one month earlier.
07/10/2013

WisdomTree preparing eight ETFs hedged for interest rate risks

So far, the tickers, total expense ratios and market for listing have not been disclosed, but the New York-based firm WisdomTree has submitted an application for a license for eight ETFs covering various segments of the bond asset class (investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds and bonds issued by public agencies with total maturity between one and ten years), each with an overlay of short positions on Treasuries to hedge for interest rate risks, Index Universe reports.The products are designed to confront the period in which the Fed actually starts tapering its QE.The new funds, which will replicate in-house indices designed for the purpose, will be as follows:WisdomTree Short-Term High Yield Corporate Bond Negative Duration FundWisdomTree Short-Term High Yield Corporate Bond Zero Duration FundWisdomTree Intermediate Credit Bond Negative Duration FundWisdomTree Intermediate Credit Bond Zero Duration FundWisdomTree Short-Term Credit Bond Negative Duration FundWisdomTree Short-Term Credit Bond Zero Duration FundWisdomTree Government/Corporate Bond Negative Duration Fund andWisdomTree Government/Corporate Bond Zero Duration Fund.
07/10/2013

Bruce Berkowitz opens his hedge fund to institutional investors

Bruce Berkowitz, president of Fairholme Capital Management, is opening his first hedge fund, launched on 1 January, to institutional investors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The fund already has assets of USD140bn, due to money from Berkowitz and employees. By opening, the objective is to achieve USD1bn in one year. The fund may invest in real estate, can acquire large stakes in business, and may make acquisitions.
07/10/2013

Axa IM launches US short duration corporate fund

Axa Investment Managers has launched the Axa WF US Credit Short Duration IG, an actively managed portfolio investing mainly in US investment grade bonds with an average duration of around 2 years. David Fourgoux is manager of Axa WF US Credit Short Duration IG.Axa IM currently manages EUR20.2 billion in short duration strategies.The Axa WF US Credit Short Duration IG was launched on 3rd September 2013 is UCITS IV compliant and domiciled in Luxembourg. The fund has both retail and institutional share classes and is currently registered in Luxembourg. Axa IM is considering registration across a number of other European countries.
07/10/2013

La CCR renouvelle son contrat avec BP2S

La Caisse centrale de réassurance a de nouveau confié à BNP Paribas Securities Services la conservation globale de ses actifs. BP2S assure depuis 12 ans la conservation de la CCR. Celle-ci gérait 7,8 milliards d’euros d’actifs à fin 2012.
07/10/2013

L'Edhec et Lyxor lancent une chaire

L’Edhec Risk Institute et Lyxor ont annoncé lundi le lancement d’une chaire sur les solutions d’allocation du risque. Nicolas Gaussel, directeur de la gestion de Lyxor, et Thierry Roncalli, responsable de la recherche quantitative, participeront au comité scientifique de la chaire.
07/10/2013

Les républicains maintiennent la pression sur la dette

Le président de la Chambre des représentants, le républicain John Boehner, a assuré hier sur ABC que le plafond de la dette américaine ne serait pas relevé sans une «sérieuse conversation» avec l’administration, ajoutant qu’il n’y avait pas assez d'élus à l’heure actuelle pour voter un relèvement sans conditions. Il a estimé que les Etats-Unis se dirigeaient vers un défaut en l’absence de négociations avec la Maison Blanche.
07/10/2013

Les ETF retrouvent le chemin de la collecte

La collecte sur les produits indiciels cotés (ETP) a atteint 35 milliards de dollars au mois de septembre, selon les données de BlackRock, alors qu’août avait marqué le troisième mois de décollecte en 2013. Les signaux accommodants lancés par la Fed, puis sa décision de ne pas ralentir tout de suite son programme de rachats d’actifs, ont alimenté les flux après les incertitudes de l'été. Les ETF actions européennes ont encore été en vedette avec une collecte de 5,3 milliards de dollars. Les flux sur ETF marchés émergents sont quant à eux repassés en territoire positif le mois dernier, même si le cumul reste négatif sur 2013. A fin septembre, l’encours mondial d’ETP atteignait 2.226 milliards de dollars pour 4.937 produits répertoriés par BlackRock. Selon les données d’ETFGI, les ETF et ETP ont collecté 168,9 milliards de dollars depuis le début de l’année, un volume inférieur à celui enregistré sur la période comparable de 2012 (188,4 milliards de dollars).
07/10/2013

Edmond de Rothschild nomme un directeur de la stratégie

Pierre-Etienne Durand, 37 ans, a rejoint le Groupe Edmond de Rothschild le 1er octobre 2013 en tant que directeur de la stratégie et de l’organisation groupe. Il est rattaché à Christophe de Backer, le directeur général, qui vient d’annoncer un nouveau plan stratégique à horizon 2016.
07/10/2013

Le FMI abaisse ses prévisions pour l'Irlande

Le FMI a abaissé sa prévision de croissance du PIB irlandais pour 2014 à 1,8% contre 2,2% précédemment tandis que celle pour l’année en cours a été ramenée à 0,6%, contre 1,1%, après la publication par les autorités irlandaises de chiffres d’activité décevants le mois dernier. Un ralentissement plus marqué risquerait en outre de porter le ratio d’endettement du pays à 127% du PIB en 2015.

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