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04/04/2012

Deka offers profiled wealth management solutions

From May, 2012, DekaBank, seeking to win back at least some of the ground it has lost (see article in today’s Newsmanagers), is offering retail clients of Deka-BasisAnlage a combination of profiled unit-linked wealth management with ease of use and minimal subscription fees. The Deka-BasisAnlage A20 product will be 20% invested in equity funds, while the A40 will invest up to 40% in equities, the A60 up to 60%, and the VL, 60% to 100%. The universe includes about 1,000 investment funds (equities, bonds and money markets).For the first three variants, the central asset management firm for the German savings banks is aiming for capital preservation over a pre-defined horizon excluding front-end fees, with 4 years for the A20, 6 years for the A40 and 8 years for the A60. For the VL fund, there is no guarantee of capital preservation. The system includes a high watermark which retains the highest levels reached by each portfolio, regardless of the date of subscription.The various products are available in the form of savings plans from EUR25 per month, or with a single initial payment of EUR50.Front-end fees depend on the proportion of the fund invested in equities, with 2% for the A20 version, 3% for the A40, 4% for the A60 and 5% for the VL version, with management commissions of 0.50% (a20), 0.60% (A40), 0.75% (A60) and 0.90% (VL). All versions charge a fee of 0.10%.
04/04/2012

Wellington offers a UCITS-compliant long/short govies fund

The US management firm Wellington Management in January released a UCITS-compliant long/short fund of government bonds, the Government Relative Value Portfolio. The German-registered product invests in US, European, Japanese, Canadian and Australian securities, with the objective of identifying market inefficiencies. Long and short positions are achieved with futures.Wellington is aiming for 5-7 percentage points of outperformance exceeding the Eonia, with long-term volatility of 5-7%. The currency of reference for the product is the euro.CharacteristicsName: Government Relative Value PortfolioISIN code: DE000A1JE550TER: 0.64%Outperformance commission: 20%, with high watermarkHurdle rate: Eonia (cap: 4%)
04/04/2012

Commerzbank lists 12 new ETCs in Frankfurt

Since 3 April, the specialist segment of the Deutsche Börse has listed 12 new German-registered ETC funds from Commerzbank, with total expense ratios of 0.40% to 0.60%. The products are based on platinum, palladium and gas oil, in long and short versions, and a version of each fund with leverage of 2. The new ETCs bring the number of ETCs listed in Frankfurt to 276.
04/04/2012

BlackRock releases two 130/30 funds in Germany

The US firm BlackRock has received a sales license for Germany for two new long/short sub-funds, known as 130/30 funds, from its Luxembourg Sicav BlackRock Strategic Fund (BSF), the Asia Extension Fund and the Emerging Markets Extension Fund (see Newsmanagers of 29 March).
04/04/2012

China increases quotas for foreign investors

China has virtually tripled the amount that foreign firms may invest in capital markets, the Financial Times reports. The Chinese regulator announced on Tuesday that managers of international funds would be allowed to invest a cumulative total of USD80bn on Chinese capital markets, up from USD30bn previously, under the qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) programme. China has also increased the total amount of renminbi which foreign investors are allowed to raise in Hong Kong for investments in mainland China to RNB70bn.
04/04/2012

Large fine for a UK hedge fund

The British hedge fund management firm Lewis Chester and its Pentagon Capital Management company have been fined a total of USD92.8m by a court finding in favour of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the firms of market abuse, the Financial Times reports. This is the largest fine ever imposed by the US regulator on a foreign firm. Lewis Chester and Pentagon are accused of profiting from late trading.
04/04/2012

Lazard AM adds to its bond range

Lazard Asset Management has released the Lazard Global Fixed Income Portfolio. The fund, dedicated to retail and institutional investors, is managed by Yvette Klevan and Jared Daniels. The portfolio of the product is invested in global bonds, with cautious exposure to currencies.
04/04/2012

Van Eck launches an international high yield ETF

With the International High Yield Bond ETF (acronym IHY), Market Vectors ETF Trust (Van Eck) claims to have launched the first ETF available in the United States to be focused on international (non-US) high yield bonds. The fund aims to replicate the performance of the BofA Merrill Lynch Global Ex-US Issuers High Yield Constrained Index (HXUS) as nearly as possible before fees. The index covers bonds which are not in the investment grade, issued by businesses domiciled outside the United States. But these bonds may be denominated in major currencies (euros, US dollars, Canadian dollars and pounds Sterling). As of 27 March, the index included 1,008 issues from 546 companies in 69 countries (33% of this emerging market debt).In addition to delivering a yield to worst of 8.3%, these securities performed 1.2 percentage points better than those of US high yield bonds in the BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Master II index.The new fund, which is the 46th ETF of the Market Vectors brand, has a TER capped to 0.40% until at least 1 September 2013.
04/04/2012

iShares launches four ETF funds

On 3 April, iShares (BlackRock) launched the iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund ETF (acronym: EMHY) and the iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYXU) on BATS. These funds will be followed on 5 April by the iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (GHYG) and iShares Morningstar Multi-Asset Income Index Fund (IYLD).The first three products are high yield funds, while the last is an ETF of iShares ETFs.The iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund charges 0.65%, while the iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund has a TER of 0.55%.
04/04/2012

Vice president of ERAFP appointed

The additional retirement institution for public sector employees (ERAFP) has announced the appointment by decree of the president of the Republic of France, as declared in the official journal of 22 March 2012, of Philippe Soubirous as vice president of the ERAFP, which he has directed since 2009.Soubirous, also the federal secretary of the general workers union FGF FO, in charge of retirement issues for public employees, has a degree in public law from the University of Paris XI.Soubirous is a specialist in public pensions, sits on the retirement steering council, and is a member of the board of directors at Préfon (national retirement planning entity for public employees, where he served as vice president and president from 2008-2011).
04/04/2012

M&G appoints a co-manager for Managed Growth fund

The British asset management firm M&G has promoted Randeep Somel to the position of co-manager of the Managed Growth Fund, whose assets under management total GBP1.2bn, Investment Week reports.Somel, who had previously been deputy manager of the Managed Growth fund, will manage the fund alongside Graham French, who has managed the fund since 1996. Somel has been employed at M&G since 2005.
04/04/2012

BlackRock recruits a team from BNP Paribas IP

The US firm BlackRock has recruited a team of seven managers from BNP Paribas Investment Partners, specialised in emerging market debt, Money Marketing reports. The chief investment officer for emerging market bonds at BNP Paribas IP, Sergio Trigo Paz, will become director of the team dedicated to emerging market debt at BlackRock in London. The other members of the team are Raphael Marechal, Chris Kelly, Laurent Develay, Michel Aubenas, Jane Yu and Ernesto Bettoni. They will all begin in their new positions this summer. Paz had been manager of GBP3.8bn in emerging market assets at BNP Paribas IP. The emerging markets team at BlackRock currently manages about GBP2.6bn in its Luxembourg-domiciled emerging market bond funds.
04/04/2012

Aberdeen AM a candidate to manage Alliance Trust

The CEO of the British asset management firm Aberdeen Asset Management, Martin Gilbert, reportedly wants Katherine Garrett-Cox, manager of the Alliance Trust, whose assets under management of GBP2.1bn, being dropped in favour of Aberdeen, Investment Week reports, citing information in the Telegraph newspaper.Aberdeen cites its track record in management of trusts, and adds that putting the trust in the hands of Aberdeen would also be a good occasion to reduce its total expense ratio, currently 0.98%.
04/04/2012

Sarasin recruits a head of advising for northern Asia

The Swiss Sarasin group has recruited Timon Tam Hang, from China Construction Bank, as head of investment consulting for North Asia. Sarasin has also recruited five relationship managers for Greater China, including three from Clariden Leu, one from UBS and one from Deutsche Bank PWM. Other recruitments are planned in the next few weeks. Sarasin is hoping to compensate for the loss of a team of eight client representatives who moved to Julius Baer.
04/04/2012

Denmark's PKA creates a firm for private investments

The asset management firm for Danish pension funds PKA has founded a firm dedicated to investment in private equity, infrastructure, forestry and agriculture, the firm has announced in a statement. Over three years, the new affiliate, entitled PKA Alternative Investment Partners, will aim to invest DKK12bn, or about EUR1.6bn. The new business is created as of 1 April. Among its partners are Jens Henrik Staugaard Johansen, Anders Dalhoff and portfolio manager Christian Drews-Olesen. As of the end of 2012, the firm will have 5 to 6 employees.
04/04/2012

RBC acquires Dexia's 50% stake in RBS Dexia IS

The royal Bank of Canada (RBC) on Tuesday, 3 April signed an agreement with Dexia to acquire Dexia’s 50% stake in RBC Dexia Investor Services (RBC Dexia IS), the firm has announced in a statement. The transaction, which is expected to be completed by mid-2012, is pending regulatory approval.
04/04/2012

Royal Bank of Canada acquiert les 50 % de Dexia dans RBC Dexia IS

La banque RBC a conclu mardi 3 avril un accord avec Dexia en vue d’acquérir la participation de 50 % de Dexia dans RBC Dexia Investor Services (RBC Dexia IS), a indiqué l'établissement dans un communiqué. Cette transaction qui devrait être conclue d’ici mi-2012 est soumise aux autorisations réglementaires.
04/04/2012

La Fed tempère les attentes d'un QE3

Dans ses «minutes», le Comité de politique monétaire (FOMC) prend note d’une relative amélioration de la conjoncture et adopte un ton moins accommodant.
04/04/2012

L’Inde envisage de vendre ses titres aux investisseurs étrangers

Selon le quotidien qui cite le rapport budgétaire 2012/2013, le ministre des finances, Pranab Mukherjee, envisagerait pour la première fois de l’histoire du pays l’éventualité d’ouvrir les adjudications d’obligations souveraines du pays aux investisseurs étrangers. «La proposition est plus un débat lancé par le ministre des finances» précise un officiel au journal.
04/04/2012

Feu vert des actionnaires de LCH.Clearnet au rapprochement avec le LSE

Réunis en assemblée générale, les actionnaires de la chambre de compensation ont approuvé le projet d’acquisition d’une entrée majoritaire du London Stock Exchange (LSE) dans le capital. La finalisation de la transaction est attendue d’ici le quatrième trimestre de 2012 sous réserve des autorisations réglementaires.
04/04/2012

Burger King fait déjà son retour en Bourse

Le groupe américain de restauration rapide va faire son retour sur la Bourse de New York d’ici deux à trois mois. Il avait été racheté il y a dix-huit mois seulement par 3G Capital Management, qui s’empresse de réaliser une plus-value sur la base d’une valeur d’entreprise déjà doublée. L’opération dévoilée cette nuit valorise en effet Burger King à 8 milliards de dollars. Justice Holdings, coquille vide (ou Special purpose acquisition company, Spac) vouée à ce type d’opérations et cotée depuis l’an dernier à Londres (cette cotation cessera avec l’introduction du nouvel ensemble à New York), versera 1,4 milliard pour une part de 29% au capital, 3G Capital Management conservant le solde dans le cadre d’un investissement de long terme.Tout cela «semble un peu rapide» selon un analyste cité par Bloomberg. Justice Holdings estime que le bénéfice de Burger King en 2012 pourrait doubler par rapport à 2010.
04/04/2012

Doughty Hanson s’offre Eurofiber

La société de private equity a décidé de racheter l’opérateur du réseau de fibres néerlandais à Reggeborg, un véhicule d’investissement de la famille Wessels. Ce dernier continuera de détenir une participation minoritaire dans Eurofiber. Le réseau se déroule sur plus de 12.000 kilomètres et connecte plus de 4.500 points uniques.

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