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14/02/2012

Ban on short-selling lifted

A rule forbidding all net short positions or increases of such positions in the capital of a set list of French financial sector companies ended on Saturday, 11 February 2012, the French financial regulator, the Autorité de marchés financiers (AMF), announced on 13 February.As a result, a ban on short-selling shares in the capital of, or providing access to the capital of the following credit and insurance sector businesses is lifted: April Group, Axa, BNP Paribas, CIC, CNP Assurances, Crédit Agricole, Euler Hermès, Natixis, Scor and Société Générale.The AMF points out that since February 2011, there has been a requirement in place that net short positions on equities be declared, and that, in line with French regulations, all investors must be in a position to deliver a J+3 declaration on the shares sold.
14/02/2012

Credit Suisse remains sceptical of growth on ETF markets

In a survey published on Monday, Credit Suisse claims that the environment in which the European ETF sector is developing remains difficult due to economic uncertainties worldwide and the European debt crisis, Handelsblatt reports.However, the Swiss group, which claims a place as the fourth-largest ETF promoter in Europe, estimates that this year regulators will cause fewer difficulties for actors in this area. Proposals unveiled late in January by ESMA are considerably less strict than many experts had expected, which will partly dispel investors’ concerns.
14/02/2012

UCITS-compliant hedge funds gained 1.37% in January

As of the end of January, the Geneva-based firm Alix Capital counted about 750 UCITS-compliant funds with assets of about EUR118bn, and the UCITS Alternative Index Global has posted returns of 1.37% in Janyary, after gains of 0.35% in December. For 2011 as a whole, the index lost 3.64%. The UCITS Alternative Index Fund of Funds in January showed gains of 0.18%, compared with losses of 0.05% in December, and losses of 5.25% for last year as a whole.
14/02/2012

David Wright appointed secretary general of IOSCO

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on 13 February announced the appointment of David Wright as secretary general of the international organisation. Wright will begin in his new role in March 2012. Wright worked for over 30 years at the European Commission. He was senior advisor to the Commission during the financial crisis. He has very recently been a member of the Commission’s working group on Greece.
14/02/2012

Baring AM recruits for multi-asset class team

Baring Asset Management has added to its multi-asset class team with the appointment of Alison Huang, who will be based in London, Citywire reports. She joins from TT International Investment Management, where she had been an equity analyst.
14/02/2012

Former TCI and Citadel managers found a hedge fund

Masroor Siddiqui, formerly of The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI), has teamed up with Bruce Emery, former head of European equities at Citadel, to launch a hedge fund entitled Naya Capital, Financial News reports. The new firm has already raised USD75m to USD100m from friends and family.
14/02/2012

Principal IM releases its latest recommendations

The asset management firm Principal Asset Management is inviting investors to prefer value funds rather than growth funds in the current low-growth environment. In its latest recommendations, Principal suggests that investors should pull out of the Neptune Income fund (GBP1bn in assets), due to its bias on global growth, Investment Week reports. The Neptune fund is now on a “grey list” by Principal, which lists funds whose styles are no longer in favour or which are at risk of collapsing. Principal also publishes a “white list” of winning funds and a “black list” of funds to avoid. There is only one new addition to the white list: the Fidelity MoneyBuilder Dividend, which focuses primarily on companies which are well-managed and generate cash flow, and which are likely to pay dividends to investors in times of stress. The White List Troy Trojan Income, Threadneedle UK Equity Income, Threadneedle UK Equity Alpha Income, Threadneedle UK Monthly Income, CF Walker Crips Equity Income, Invesco Perpetual High Income, Invesco Perpetual Income, RBS Equity Income, Artemis Income, St James’s Place UK High Income, Cazenove UK Equity Income, Aviva Investors UK Equity Income, Royal London UK Equity Income, Fidelity MoneyBuilder Dividend The Black List Lazard UK Income, Ignis UK Equity Income, Jupiter Income Trust, Old Mutual Equity, JPM UK Higher Income, Standard Life UK Equity High Inc, Marlborough UK Inc and GTH Trust, Henderson Global Care UK Income, AXA Framlington Monthly Income, Henderson Higher Income, AXA Framlington Equity Income, Scottish Widows UK Equity Income, GLG UK Income, SWIP UK Income (based on data as of 31 December 2011)
14/02/2012

Mercer awards "true" ESG label to 9% of strategies

Of the 5,175 ESG (environmental, social and governance) strategies analysed by Mercer, only 9% truly deserve the top ratings (ESG1 or ESG2) in this area, the consultant reports. It has been rating these strategies in all asset classes and all regions of the globe since 2008.As expected, 57% of strategies rated ESG1 are dedicated to ESG or sustainable development themes, while 72% are managed by signators to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Among the strategies rated ESG2 (the rating just below ESG1), 22% are labelled as ESG or sustainable development products, which means that 78% are mainstream products which incorporate ESG criteria into their investment process. PRI signatories account for 22% in this category.Mercer states that of the 5,175 strategies analysed, 57% involve publicly-traded equities, 20% bonds, and 23% real estate, private equity, hedge funds and other alternative asset classes. Private equity is the area in which the largest percentage of strategies with top ESG ratings are found, while hedge funds and bonds are the areas in which the percentage is lowest.
14/02/2012

Appetite for risk remains lively

Investors seeking returns are continuing to enter funds dedicated to emerging markets in the first few days of February. Emerging market bond funds also finished the week ending on 8 February with record inflows of USD2.14bn, while emerging market equity funds, for their part, have seen exceptional subscriptions of USD5.8bn, according to statistics from EPFR Global. Inflows since the beginning of the year have totalled USD3.8bn for emerging market bond funds, compared with USD2.7bn in the corresponding period of 2011, and USD17bn for emerging market equity funds, compared with net redemptions of USD11.4bn the previous year. Equity funds overall attracted USD9.83bn, while bond funds for their part have posted net inflows of over USD6bn. The other winners of the week are high yield bond funds, EMEA equity funds, European equity funds and municipal bond funds. Money market funds, for their part, have posted net inflows of USD11.2bn, with more than three quarters of this total going to European money market funds.
14/02/2012

Deborah Fuhr opens a consulting firm, looks for a job

Following her departure from BlackRock and her arrival at BofA Merrill Lynch, which was cut short, Deborah Fuhr is now in the process of opening a consulting firm in London in order to meet a need for information about the ETF sector worldwide, Asian Investor reports. But she is not concealing the fact that she remains open to any job offers, including in Asia. The creation of a consulting firm based in London meets a need to dissipate misunderstandings about ETFs, and to explain what these prodcuts really are, from the point of view that they are transparent and competitive products that create value.
14/02/2012

Half-yearly results down sharply at Investcorp

The alternative asset management firm Investcorp, based in Dubai, has reported a decline in its net profits for the first half of its fiscal year to 30 June 2012, to USD5.25m, from USD56.23m in the corresponding half of the previous year. This development is largely due to poor results on investments in hedge funds. Assets under management totalled USD11.6bn as of the end of December, compared with USD11.8bn as of 30 June 2011. Over the next two years, the asset management firm is planning to invest more than USD440m in stakes in companies in Turkey and the gulf states via its Gulf Opportunities fund (USD1bn in assets), which is already 50% invested in four deals.
14/02/2012

Household financial assets down in 2011

Despite record savings rates, the level of financial savings expressed as a percentage of household disposable income was lower than 8% in 2011, well below the long-term average of 10% and 12% in the good years from 2005-2007, according to the Cahiers de l’Epargne-PAIR Conseil. The rate is expected to remain below 8% in 2012, as households continue to dip into their financial savings to pay off debts and to increase contributions to real estate transactions. Caught between limited inflows of new investments and falling valuations of financial assets in the wake of the financial crisis, the value of the financial assets of households is estimated to have lost value in 2011 (-0.9%), to a total of EUR3.892trn. At the same time, the non-financial wealth (the vast majority of which is real estate) has gained value (+6.8%), driven by the ongoing rise of values for older real estate properties. Overall, household wealth has seen its growth slow in 2011 to +4.2%, compared with +8.8% in 2010. It now totals EUR11.806trn as of the end of 2011, according to the Cahiers de l’Epargne.
14/02/2012

HSBC Trinkaus IM tops EUR10bn in assets

The distributor-branded fund administration provider HSBC Trinkaus Investment Managers has for the first time topped EUR10bn in assets under management or administration, Fondsprofessionell reports. Its German affiliate HSBC INKA (EUR150bn in assets) currently administers 57 funds.
14/02/2012

Records in 2011 for funds of funds and tracker funds

Annual statistics from the Investment Management Association (IMA) published on 13 February reveal that assets in funds of funds last year reached their highest proportion of assets under management by British funds, with 10.5% and GBP60.2bn, compared with 9.6% and GBP56.4bn one year previously. Funds of funds attracted a net total of GBP5.210bn in 2011, following GBP6.485bn in 2010.Tracker funds in 2011 posted record net subscriptions of GBP1.924bn, compared with GBP1.744bn the previous year, as their assets as of 31 December totalled GBP39bn, compared with GBP38.3bn.The IMA also reports that net inflows to ethical funds have fallen to GBP201m from GBP297m, while assets under management in these funds fell to GBP6.7bn from GBP6.9bn.
14/02/2012
Gestion d'actifs

La Caisse d'Epargne d'Auvergne et du Limousin limite ses investissements à l'achat de titres d'Etat

Dans l’attente de Bâle III, la Caisse d'Épargne d’Auvergne et du Limousin limite ses investissements à l’achat de titres d’Etat. En raison des exigences réglementaires et des directives du groupe BPCE, le rendement des encours de la caisse régionale a été légèrement inférieur aux prévisions des gérants. « Afin de se préparer aux nouvelles réglementations, BPCE a fortement réduit l’autonomie des caisses régionales ces derniers temps » nous explique une source proche de la direction financière. La Caisse d'Épargne Auvergne Limousin travaille donc exclusivement avec Opal, mais de façon limitée : « nous sommes outillés pour gérer la majorité de nos encours et avons peu recours à Opal ». Néanmoins, la caisse régionale ne s’empêche pas les collaborations avec des partenaires externes (uniquement ceux figurant sur une liste établie par le groupe BPCE), ces derniers étant utilisés principalement pour les besoins en conseil des gérants et sur l’ALM.
Gestion d'actifs
14/02/2012
Gestion d'actifs

EDF va renforcer la part des actifs américains et la dette émergente durant la première partie de l'année

Bernard Descreux, Directeur de la Division Gestion d’Actifs, Direction Financement & Investissement d’EDF à l’occasion de la conférence Bilan 2011 et perspectives 2012 pour l’industrie de la gestion en Europe: Nous sommes un gérant total return, diversifié dans la mesure où notre benchmark est constitué d’indices actions et obligations. La performance sur l’année 2011 a été plus ou moins égale à 0%. Nous sommes revenus sur des gestions passives pour minimiser le risque d'écart de suivi dans les cas où l’on pensait que le processus de gestion serait moins résistant dans un contexte de marché chaotique. Nous sommes aujourd’hui dans un environnement de marché où les liquidités sont abondantes, en raison notamment des interventions des banques centrales. Il est opportun de revenir à l’achat sur des classes d’actifs qui ont été délaissées. Par exemple sur les actions, malgré la persistance de tensions sur la zone euro, il ne faut pas hésiter à moyenner à la baisse lorsque l’on observe des points d’entrée vraiment intéressant. Il faut faire confiance aux gérants qui font réellement de la gestion active, c’est à dire qui honorent leurs promesses. Nous renforçons la part des actifs américains, dans la première partie de l’année, de même que les obligations émergentes. Dans une deuxième partie d’année, nous étudierons un retour sur les actifs libellés en euro et sur les actions émergentes.
Gestion d'actifs
14/02/2012

LBO France négocierait sa sortie de Poult

Le fabricant de biscuit Poult serait en train d’organiser la sortie de son actionnaire LBO France en deux temps, selon Private Equity Magazine. Le fonds serait entré en discussions exclusives avec le groupe Bouvard, concurrent de Poult, pour lui céder 30% du capital. La sortie complète de LBO Franceinterviendrait début 2013 sur la base de l’Ebitda 2012. Actionnaire depuis 2006, le fonds d’investissement avait tenté en vain de vendrele fabricant de biscuitsen 2010.
14/02/2012

La publicité sur le forex sera mieux encadrée

Le Conseil paritaire de la publicité a proposé lundi une recommandation pour encadrer la publicité des « opérations sur le forex, les indices boursiers, le cours des matières premières avec un effet de levier ». Ces règles doivent mettre de l’ordre dans une profession confrontée à la publicité « sauvage » de certains sites de trading. Le périmètre devrait aussi être élargi à des biensnon financiers comme l’achat de parts de vin ou de forêts.
14/02/2012

La Chine lance les dérivés de matières premières

Pékin a approuvé la création d’une coentreprise entre UBS et la maison mère de State Development & Investment Corp sous contrôle de l’Etat chinois, destinée à lancer le premier fonds d’arbitrage sur les dérivés de matières premières, selon Bloomberg qui cite un gérant.
14/02/2012

Goldman Sachs sort entièrement de Hana Financial

La banque américaine a cédé le solde de 3,9% de participation qu’elle détenait encore au capital de Hana Financial pour 372 milliards de wons, l’équivalent de 251 millions d’euros, mettant ainsi fin à une présence de sept ans au capital de la banque sud-coréenne. La cession s’est faite au prix unitaire de 38.950 wons, soit une décote de 3%.
14/02/2012

Deutsche Börse revient dans le vert

L’opérateur de la Bourse de Francfort a annoncé avoir dégagé un bénéfice avant intérêts et impôt de 228 millions d’euros au quatrième trimestre, après une perte de 219 millions un an plus tôt. Un rebond néanmoins inférieur au consensus Reuters qui anticipait un Ebit de 258 millions.
14/02/2012

La Chine et les Vingt-Sept tiennent leur sommet

La Chine et l’Union européenne (UE) tiennent aujourd’hui un sommet à Pékin. Les derniers chiffres du commerce extérieur publiés hier par Eurostat devraient alimenter les conversations. Sur les dix premiers mois de l’année 2011, le déficit commercial de l’UE a atteint 132 milliards d’euros, en réduction par rapport aux 140 milliards enregistrés sur la même période en 2010. Mais l’essentiel du gain est à mettre au compte de l’Allemagne, dont le déficit est passé de 8,3 milliards à 554 millions. Celui de la France reflue sous les 10 milliards grâce à une hausse des exportations supérieure à celle des importations. Les exportations des Vingt-Sept vers la Chine ont d’ailleurs progressé de 21% à 112 milliards tandis que les importations croissaient de 5% à 244 milliards. Sur un autre thème de discussion probable au sommet, le fonds souverain chinois CIC a indiqué hier que les emprunts d’Etat européens n’étaient pas un support adapté pour des investisseurs à long terme tel que lui.
14/02/2012

Les financières seront vendues à découvert

L’interdiction de vendre à découvert les principales valeurs financières françaises, décidée par l’AMF l'été dernier, a pris fin. Un règlement européen doit harmoniser les régimes de transparence sur ces opérations en novembre prochain. Ce texte généralise notamment la «locate rule».

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