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12/11/2012

Marlborough confirme l'acquisition d'IFSL

Vendredi, UFC Fund Management, la maison-mère de Marlborough Fund Managers, a finalement confirmé avoir acquis Investment Fund Services Limited (IFSL) auprès de BNP Paribas Secutities Services UK pour 800 millions de livres (lire Newsmanagers du 8 novembre). Ce montant correspond aux encours d’IFSL.L’accord, précise Fundweb, prévoit que BNP Paribas continuera d’assurer la comptabilité de fonds et les services de middle office pour les fonds IFSL.
12/11/2012

Threadneedle arrive en tête du dernier Pridham Report

La palme de la collecte retail outre-Manche a été remportée au troisième trimestre par Threadneedle, selon le dernier classement Pridham. Les meilleures dispositions des investisseurs vis-à-vis de l’Europe ont favorisé un regain d’intérêt pour les fonds d’actions européennes et notamment ceux de Threadneedle. La collecte nette de Threadneedle au troisième trimestre s’est élevée à 643,5 millions de livres, selon le Pridham Report, devant celles de Standard Life Investments (568,1 millions de livres) et BNY Mellon (416 millions de livres). Viennent ensuite M&G avec une collecte nette de 411,5 millions de livres, Kames (381,8 millions de livres) et Axa IM (345,1 millions de livres).
12/11/2012

Sam Mettrick reviens chez Henderson Global Investors

L’actuel directeur des alliances stratégiques d’Artemis, Sam Mettrick, va rejoindre en janvier son ancienne entreprise Henderson Global Investors (HGI) en tant que responsable des partenariats. Il sera en charge des relations avec les plateformes et les assureurs vie. Il avait quitté HGI en 2009 alors qu’il était sales director for partnerships chez Henderson New Star.
12/11/2012

Un ancien d'UBS rejoint Old Mutual Global Investors

L’ancien head of UK discretionary sales d’UBS Global Asset Management John Shepherd va rejoindre l'équipe commerciale d’Old Mutual Global Investors, rapporte Fundweb. Il a quitté la banque suisse le mois dernier après y avoir travaillé pendant 10 ans.
12/11/2012

GSAM recrute un ancien d’Aviva Investors

Goldman Sachs Asset Management a recruté Malcolm Mackenzie, l’ancien responsable des alliances stratégiques d’Aviva Investors, en tant que responsable des ventes conseillées, croit savoir Fundweb.co.uk. Il rejoindra la société en janvier.
12/11/2012

Nouveau départ de dirigeant chez F&C

Ed Morse, le responsable du développement de l’activité de trusts de F&C Investments, a quitté la société pour d’autres opportunités dans le secteur, rapporte Investment Week. Il s’agit du quatrième dirigeant à quitter F&C Thames River cette année, alors que l’actionnaire activité et nouveau président Edward Bramson remanie l’activité. Les autres à avoir quitté le groupe sont Mike Warren, Charlie Porter et Jeremy Charles.
12/11/2012

State Street renforce son pôle contributions définies au Royaume-Uni

Dans le cadre du développement de ses activités de plans d'épargne retraite à contribution définie au Royaume-Uni, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) a recruté Nigel Aston comme managing director and head of UK defined contribution. Il est subordonné à la fois à Susan Raynes, senior managing director and head of UK, Middle East and Africa et à Fredrik Axsater, managing director and global head of defined contribution.Auparavant, Nigel Aston était business development director chez le fournisseur de données DCisions, chargé des ventes, du marketing, du suivi des relations commerciales de long terme ainsi que de la fourniture des produits et services.SSgA précise que son encours mondial dans le domaine des contributions définies se situe à 235 milliards de dollars.
12/11/2012

Blackstone perd de l’argent sur ses titres Deutsche Telekom

Dans un communiqué boursier publié vendredi, Deutsche Telekom annonce que Blackstone lui a notifié le 6 novembre avoir réduit sa participation à 2,93 % contre 4,44 % auparavant. Ces 65,2 millions de titres à 8,60 euros représentaient vendredi un montant de 561 millions d’euros alors qu’ils ont été payés 14 euros l’unité lorsque le capital-investisseur américain avait acquis 191,7 millions de titres auprès la banque publique KfW pour 2,68 milliards d’euros. Même si, depuis lors, Deutsche Telekom a servi des dividendes, la moins-value est relativement sensible.
12/11/2012

Julius Baer acquerra un cinquième de Kairos

La banque privée zurichoise Julius Baer (184 milliards de franc suisses d’actifs gérés fin août) a annoncé le 12 novembre la création d’une banque privée en coentreprise en Italie avec le gestionnaire de fortune milanais Kairos Investment Management (4,5 milliards d’euros d’encours).La filiale locale de l’établissement suisse, Julius Baer SIM, sera intégrée dans Kairos tandis que, simultanément, Julius Baer prend pour un montant non divulgué une participation de 19,9 % dans Kairos. La transaction devrait être bouclée dans le courant du premier semestre 2013. Une fois les autorisations reçues, Julius Baer et Kairos solliciteront séparément l’octroi d’une licence bancaire. Toutes les activités de gestion de fortune des deux groupes seront exploitées sous le nom de Kairos Julius Baer. Julius Baer Fiduciaria S.r.l. n’est pas concernée par la transaction et demeurera une filiale contrôlée à 100 % par Julius Baer.Les deux parties statueront sur une augmentation ultérieure de la participation stratégique de Julius Baer «au bout de quelques années».
12/11/2012

UBS ETF embauche un dirigeant de iShares en Italie

Simone Rosti, head of wealth clients chez iShares, rejoint UBS ETF (12 milliards de dollars d’encours en Europe) comme head of ETF sales pour l’Italie. Basé à Milan, il sera subordonné à Roger Boots, head of UBS ETF sales pour l’Europe.UBS ETF, division d’UBS Global Asset Management, ambitionne de lancer 60 produits sur le marché en 2013. Actuellement, seuls douze fonds de la gamme sont distribués en Italie.
12/11/2012

Progression de plus de 10% sur neuf mois des actifs sous gestion de Generali

Les actifs sous gestion des clients externes du pôle «services financiers» de Generali s’inscrivaient au 30 septembre à 93,23 milliards d’euros, contre 90,66 milliards à fin juin 2012 et 84,27 milliards d’euros à fin décembre 2011, a indiqué le groupe Generali à l’occasion de la présentation de ses résultats intérimaires.Le résultat d’exploitation du pôle a progressé de 17,1% à 320 millions d’euros, grâce notamment à une amélioration des performances mais aussi grâce aux opérations de trading du groupe, entre autres dans les portefeuilles actions.
12/11/2012

"Les hedge funds sont aujourd’hui dépassés"

Pierre Guillemin, directeur gestion diversifiée et actions de Swiss Life Asset Management, livre dans un entretien son allocation idéale pour un investisseur institutionnel. Il fait la part belle aux obligations, aux marchés émergents. En revanche, le monétaire et les hedge funds sont absents. Explications.
12/11/2012
Fonds

Dix fonds suédois épinglés pour leur comportement ”non éthiques”

Dix fonds suédois, dont ceux investis sur les marchés de croissance de Danske Bank et Carnegie et le fonds Kon-Tiki de Skagen, participent à des investissements, pour plus de 5 % de leurs encours, qui violent les lignes directrices de l’ONU, rapporte Realtid.se, qui cite Dagens Industri. C’est le résultat de l’analyse d’environ 130 fonds par Danica Pensions et Ethix en fonction des lignes directrices de l’ONU et de l’Union européenne sur l’environnement, les droits de l’homme, la corruption et le droit du travail.
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12/11/2012

Gerald Harlin, CFO of Axa, becomes president of CFP Forum

The European CFO Forum, which includes the chief financial officers of the major European insurance groups, and which defends their interests, particularly on the regulatory front, on 9 November announced the appointment of the chief financial officer of the Axa group, Gerlad Harlin, as president of the association. He will succeed Oliver Bäte, CFO of the Allianz group, who has been called to serve in other responsibilities at the Allianz group from 1 January 2013.
12/11/2012

Retrocession fees may present risks for Swiss banks

The repayment of retrocession fees to clients who have an asset management agreement with a bank, if applied retrospectively and to all banks in Switzerland, could lead to significant one-off provisions, Fitch Ratings says.In a test case involving UBS AG, the Zurich High Court decided in January 2012 that banks should reimburse retrocession fees to clients with whom they have an asset management agreement, unless those fees had been received for genuine distribution services. The Swiss Supreme Court confirmed the ruling on 1 November 2012.Although the ramifications are not yet clear, this landmark case could set a precedence for all banks in Switzerland to repay retrocessions relating to discretionary mandates services, bringing the banks’ standards in line with the rules for Swiss independent financial advisors’ and many other jurisdictions, says the rating agency. The amount of fees to be reimbursed to claimants is still being determined by the Zurich High Court. At this stage, the magnitude of the impact is difficult to assess. «We believe it is likely to vary considerably from bank to bank depending on the proportion of funds and other investment products affected», according to Fitch. «Without a long look-back period, client reimbursements should be manageable for the Swiss banks with large private banking operations. To offset some of the lost revenue, we expect the banks to adjust their management fee structures to maintain gross margins broadly similar to current levels, which is around 90bp-110bp of assets under management».
12/11/2012

Morgan Stanley poursuit “Chip” Skowron en justice

Après avoir obtenu en mars la condamnation de Joseph «Chip» Skowron III à lui verser 10,2 millions de dollars, Morgan Stanley a déposé le 31 octobre une autre plainte contre l’ancien managing director du gestionnaire alternatif FrontPoint Partners, à l’époque filiale de la banque, pour avoir commis des délits d’initiés, rapporte The Wall Street Journal.Morgan Stanley réclame cette fois plus de 65 millions de dollars supplémentaires parce qu’il a dû verser 33 millions de dollars afin d’obtenir l’arrêt des poursuites par la SEC, en sus des 32 millions de dollars perçus par Chip Skowron à l’époque des faits. Entre-temps, FrontPoint a été revendu à son management pour une fraction de son pris d’achat de 404 millions de dollars ; le gestionnaire alternatif semble avoir depuis lors cessé son activité.
12/11/2012

United States will not implement Basel III in early 2013

The US authorities on 9 November announced that they will be calling off plans to begin to implement the new international standards known as Basel III in the United States from next January. Many banking establishments have expressed concerns about being subjected to definitive regulations of capital levels from 1 January 2013, without having had enough time to understand or change their systems as necessary, a brief statement from the Fed explains. The statement, which was also made on behalf of the other two financial system surveillance agencies, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), adds that the authorities in June published three draft regulations to implement Basel III. But due to the volume of comments received, and the wide variety of opinions expressed in the period defined for this uprpose, the authorities estimate that none of the draft regulations will be in place by 1 January 2013.
12/11/2012

Two chairmen appointed to ESMA standing committees

The boards of supervisors at the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) on 9 November announced the appointment of two new chairmen for its standing committees. The standing committee in charge of the investment management unit will be led by Gareth Murphy, director of markets at the Irish central bank. Among the other appointments, Gérard Rameix, chairmen of the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), will be in charge of the standing committee responsible for the Corporate Finance unit. Jean-Paul Servais, chairman of the Belgian Financial Markets and Services Authority (FMSA), has been appointed to a new term in his position has chairman of the standing committee in charge of intermediaries and investor protection. Jean Guill, CEO of the Luxembourg Commission de surveillance du secteur financier (CSSF), has been reappointed as chairman of the Review Panel.
12/11/2012

Aberdeen exports EMD fund to the United States

The US affiliate of Aberdeen Asset Management on Friday announced the launch of the Aberdeen Emerging Markets Debt Fund (acronym for A share class: AKFAX) on the US market. The fund may invest in all segments of emerging market debt, hard or local currencies, and government or corporate bonds.The new fund launch explicitly represents a desire on the part of the Scottish asset management firm to strenghthen its presence on the US market.
12/11/2012

Investors return to European equity funds

European investors in September returned to European equity funds, Lipper observes in its latest Fund Flash. Pan-European and euro zone equity funds on sale in Europe posted net inflows of EUR3.1bn, of which EUR1.3bn went to ETFs. The major beneficiaries of these flows were the Threadneedle European Select, BlackRock EuroMarkets and MainFirst Top European Ideas funds. That helped equity funds to return to net inflows in September, for the first time since March, with EUR4.6bn (of which EUR1.7bn were for ETFs). Although European equity funds were a pleasant surprise, inflows to equities were driven largely by global dividend funds (particularly from Pimco, DWS and M&G). High yield bond funds also continued to be popular, with net subscriptions of a net EUR7.6bn in September. Since the beginning of the year, these products have posted net inflows of nearly EUR40bn, and assets now total EUR180bn, compared with EUR62.8bn three years ago. Other best-sellers include emerging market debt funds, which have seen inflows of EUR4.5bn. Total inflows to bond funds came to EUR21.6bn in September. Balanced funds also had a good month in September, and posted net inflows of EUR3.8bn, Lipper notes. Allocation funds dominated inflows, with EUR3.4bn. In total, funds on sale in Europe (excluding money markets) in September posted net subscriptions of EUR28.9bn, their highest level since October 2010. Since the beginning of the year, they have had net inflows of EUR135.6bn.
12/11/2012

US debt worries investors

Despite assurances from Barack Obama, who was re-elected on 6 November as president of the United States, that “the best is yet to come,” investors remained attentive to problems still in suspense: US debt and difficulties in a euro zone emerging from the crisis. In this environment, money market funds posted inflows of over USD50bn in the week to 7 November, while bond funds posted net inflows of nearly USD10bn, according to estimates by EPFR Global. Since the beginning of the year, bond funds have attracted over USD400bn. Equity funds finished the week with inflows of USD1.12bn, while dividend funds attracted over USD900m, despite risks related to the development of tax legislation in the United States following the Obama victory. Funds dedicated to the financial sector posted inflows of nearly USD1bn in the week under review.
12/11/2012

British asset management under scrutiny for conflicts of interests

British fund managers had previously been largely spared from scandals, but the British Financial Services Authority has revealed that the asset management sector is not irreproachable in terms of conflicts of interest, Les Echos reports. Commissions and transactions, in particular, are in question. Out of a sample of 15 asset management firms, whose names have not been disclosed, which the regulator examined between June 2011 and February 2012, “many,” the FSA says, “have not set up frameworks to identify and manage conflicts of interest.” The British financial market watchdog says it found evidence of “violations of detailed rules” on the use of commissions paid by clients, and the transaction allocation process. “We found that most of the companies in question could not prove that their clients were not bearing the costs incurred, and that they had access to all the appropriate investment opportunities,” the FSA writes.
12/11/2012

Marlborough confirms IFSL acquisition

On Friday, UFC Fund Management, the parent company of Marlborough Fund Managers, finally confirmed that it has acquired Investment Fund Services Limited (IFSL) from BNP Paribas Securities Services UK for GBP800m (see Newsmanagers of 8 November). Fundweb states that the agreement states that BNP Paribas will continue to provide fund accounting and middle office services for IFSL funds.
12/11/2012

Threadneedle tops the most recent Pridham Report

The top place for retail inflows in the UK in third quarter goes to Threadneedle, according to the most recent rankings by Pridham. Better outlooks on the part of investors for Europe favoured a regain of interest in European equity funds, particularly from Threadneedle. Net inflows at Threadneedle in third quarter totalled GBP643.5m, according to the Pridham Report, followed by Standard Life Investments (GBP568.1m) and BNY Mellon (GBP416m). They are followed by M&G with net inflows of GBP411.5m, Kames (GBP381.8m) and Axa IM (GBP345.1m).
12/11/2012

Sam Mettrick returns to Henderson Global Investors

The current director of strategic allicances at Artemis, Sam Mettrick, will in January rejoin his former company Henderson Global Investors as head of partnerships. He will be responsible for relationships with life insurance platforms. He left HGI in 2009, at a time when he was sales director for partnerships at Henderson New Star.
12/11/2012

Former UBS head joins Old Mutual Global Investors

The former head of UK discretionary sales at UBS Global Asset Management, John Shepherd, will join the sales team at Old Mutual Global Investors, Fundweb reports. He left the Swiss bank last month, after 10 years there.
12/11/2012

GSAM recruits a veteran of Aviva Investors

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has recruited Malcolm Mackenzie, former head of strategic alliances at Aviva Investors, as its head of advised sales, Fundweb.co.uk reports. He will join the firm in January.
12/11/2012

Another director leaves F&C

Ed Morse, head of development for trust activities at F&C Investments, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities in the sector, Investment Week reports. He is the second director to leave F&C Thames River this year, since the activity shareholder and new chairman Edward Bramson has taken over the activity. The others who left the group are Mike Warren, Charlie Porter and Jeremy Charles.
12/11/2012

State Street adds to its defined contributions unit in the United Kingdom

As part of a development of its defined contribution retirement savings plans in the United Kingdom, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has recruited Nigel Aston as managing director and head of UK defined contribution. He will report both to Susan Raynes, senior managing director and head of UK, Middle East and Africa, and Fredrik Axsater, managing director and global head of refined contribution. Aston had previously been business development director at the data provider DCisions, in charge of sales, marketing, monitoring of long-term commercial relationships, and provision of products and services. SSgA states that its global assets in the area of defined contributions total USD235bn.
12/11/2012

Barclays reviews AM operation

Investment Week reports that Barclays has recruited Rory Tobin, the former head of iShares International, to work with David Semaya, former head of wealth management for the United Kingdom and Ireland at the British bank, to undertake a strategic reexamination of the remaining asset management unit. The two managers will be responsible for determining whether Barclays should retain, merge, or close it. Tobin left iShares in 2010 when Barclays Global Investors was acquired by BlackRock.

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