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05/12/2011

Russell revises Japan indices

The indices of the Russell/Nomura family, which cover 98% of the Japanese equity market, have added 14 new companies in their traditional annual review, Nomura Securities and Russell Investments have announced in a joint statement. The Russell/Nomura Total Market Index now includes 1,400 companies, in increase of 16 year on year. 50 companies have been removed from the index, and 66 companies have been added, 14 of them for the first time. The total capitalisation of the index has increased slightly, from JPY170.5trn to JPY173trn as of 14 October.A list of companies included in the index can be found at the following address: http://qr.nomuraholdings.com/en/frcnri/index.html.
05/12/2011

Basel Committee launches a consultation on internal bank audits

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on 2 December announced a consultation on the function of internal audits at banks. The objective for the Committee’s recommendations is to help supervisors to evaluate the effectiveness of the internal audit function at banks. The consultation will remain open until 2 March 2012.
05/12/2011

Marc Tournier and Tocqueville Finance fined for price manipulations

The Sanctions Commission of the French financial market regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), confirmed on its website on Friday, 2 December that on 28 October this year the Tocqueville Finance company, and its CEO, Marc Tournier, were fined. In addition to a reprimand for both parties, the firm will pay a fine of EUR150,000, while Tournier will pay EUR250,000. “The Sanctions Commission has found that the parties were guilty of price manipulation in the acquisition of 9,637 shares in X [the price manipulation the regulator is referring to relates to shares in the car rental firm ADA] on 26 June 2009, even though, since the beginning of the year, the average daily trading volume was 85 shares, and following the action, representing 99.99% of all trades on the share, the share price for the firm had risen 41.25%,” a statement from the AMF says. The Sanctions Committee adds in its statement that the severity of the professional and pecuniary sanctions also reflects “the seriousness of the offence of price manipulation for a company and an individual who practice as providers of investment services, and who have already been sanctioned in these capacities on two previous occasions, in 2003 and 2004.” During the AMF investigation, Tocqueville Finance and Tournier denied accusations of price manipulations and pointed to the limited size of the publicly-traded capitalisation of the firm at the time the trades were undertaken. The verdict may be appealed under article R. 621-44 of the monetary and financial code.
05/12/2011

Madoff: Trustee may appeal J.P. Morgan verdict

Irving Picard, the trustee appointed by the courts to recover funds for victims of Bernard Madoff, has been granted clearance to appeal the verdict in a legal action against J.P. Morgan Chase, with nearly USD20bn at stake, the Wall Street Journal reports. In November, US Federal judge Colleen McMahon found that Picard did not have a standing against J.P. Morgan Chase.
05/12/2011

We would like to strengthen our presence in alternative multi-management and emerging markets

Inflows at Rothschild & Cie Gestion owe much to its conviction-based management, growing expertise and developments in Europe. Jean-Louis Laurens discusses these developments at the firm, in the broad sense of the term, with Newsmanagers. He also takes the occasion to offer his opinion about the current economic situation, and to blast the inadequate progress that is being made on the markets and at the banks.
05/12/2011

Natixis Global Associates launches a US equity fund

With the Harris Associates Concentrated US Value Fund, Natixis Global Associates, a fund distribution affiliate of Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM), has launched a sub-fund of its Luxembourg Sicav Natixis International Funds (Lux) I, which will have a concentrated portfolio of 20 positions, on US large and midcap equities, Hedge Week reports.The product, available in the United Kingdom, is managed at the US firm Harris Associates (an affiliate of NGAM), by Robert Levy, CIO, and the portfolio managers Mike Mangan and Edward Loeb. They use a private equity-inspired approach to identify shares which are trading below their intrinsic value.
05/12/2011

Axa retains 49% stake in Bharti Axa IM

Bank of India has announced that it will be acquiring a 51% stake in Bharti Axa Investment Managers Pvt, an asset management firm owned by Bharti Enterprises and the French Axa group, Agefi reports. Bharti Enterprises is selling all of its 25% stake in the joint venture to the bank, while Axa is selling 26%, and retaining the remaining 49% of Barti Axa Investment Managers Pvt.
05/12/2011

Eurazeo PME recruits for investment team

Eurazeo PME, an affiliate of Eurazeo dedicated to investments in majority stakes in small and mid-sized businesses (SMB), on 2 December announced the recruitment of Emmanuel Laillier as a board member, alongside Elisabeth Auclair, CFO, and Olivier Millet, chairman of the board. Laillier, a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, began his career in corporate finance at Nomura, and then became an investor on the Fonds Partenaire Gestion (Lazard) team in 1999. He then spent nine years at EPF Partners as a managing partner. Eurazeo PME has an investment team composed of seven members: Miller, chairman of the board, Laillier, board member, Pierre Miegnen, managing partner, Erwann Le Ligné, managing partner, Mathieu Betrancourt, chief investment officer, Cédric Boxberger, chief investment officer, Rodolphe de Tilly, account manager. The Corporate team is led by Auclair, while Laurence Château de Chazeaux is director of sustainable development.
05/12/2011

Former Olympia chairman resurfaces at UniCredit

Laurent Dupeyron, former chairman of Olympia Capital Management, has been appointed as global head of wholesale and institutional equity derivatives distribution at UniCredit, effective immediately. He will report to TJ Lim, global head of markets at the Italian bank.Dupeyron left Olympia following its acquisition by Richmond Park Capital in April 2011. He joined the hedge fund firm in September 2008.
05/12/2011

New co-head of investment management at Goldman Sachs

According to an internal memo, Edward C. Frost, who has 16 years of seniority at Goldman Sachs, has decided to resign from his position as co-head of investment management, in order to take on educational, artistic and philanthropic projects, the Wall Street Journal reports, adding that he will be replaced by Eric S. Lane, COO of the investment management division.
05/12/2011

Heavy outflows from Spanish funds in November

Ahorro Corporación has announced that November was the worst month of the year for the Spanish fund management sector, with net outflows of EUR1.25bn, while the Inverco association of asset management firms estimates the net redemptions at EUR850m (see Newsmanagers of 2 December). These are the heaviest outflows since the EUR5.5bn outflow observed in November 2010.Funds People reports that Ahorro Corporación estimates total assets at EUR130.33bn as of the end of November, 3.2% less than at the end of October, and 10.3% less than as of 31 December 2010. In eleven months, assets in Spanish funds contracted by EUR15bn.
05/12/2011

Alternative management firm Castle Creek sets up shop in London

The alternative asset management firm Castle Creek Arbitrage, based in Chicago, has opened an office in London, Financial News reports. The registration document submitted to the British Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced that the British entity, CC Arb Global, has three employees in London. The firm claims that the European market currently offers opportunities, particularly in bonds. Assets under management at Castle Creek total about USD800m.
05/12/2011

Recruitment at M&G

M&G Investments on 2 December announced the appointment of James Tomlins as manager for its high yield bond fund, the European High Yield Bond Fund (GBP77m in assets), assisted by Stefan Isaacs. Tomlins, who joined M&G in June this year, has also been appointed as co-manager of the Hihg Yield Corporate Bond Fund (GBP1.1bn), alongside Isaacs, who will remain as manager of the fund. The changes took effect from 1 December.
05/12/2011

Les particuliers aisés délaissent la gestion alternative

Citant une étude menée auprès des gestionnaires de fortune à travers le monde par le consultant Scorpio Partnership et le groupe de pression Listed Private Equity, le quotidien souligne le désamour des investisseurs particuliers aisés pour les hedge funds depuis la crise de 2008. Sur six mois à fin novembre, leur allocation en gestion alternative a chuté de 23 points à 35%. Preqin souligne que 61% de l’actif des hedge funds est désormais détenu par des institutionnels, contre 45% avant la crise. Ce qui n’est pas pour déplaire à un responsable de l’activité de prime brokerage d’une banque américaine pour qui cette évolution permet une «meilleure qualité» du secteur.
05/12/2011

Zone euro, le dénouement

Les Bourses ont bouclé leur semaine la plus brillante en trois ans dans l’espoir d’une réponse décisive à la crise de la zone euro. Mais pour que le rendez-vous de vendredi soit un succès, bien des étapes devront d’ici là être franchies. Le première est la plus critique : Nicolas Sarkozy et Angela Merkel se retrouvent aujourd’hui pour arrêter les propositions qu’ils ont promises à leurs partenaires. Or leurs approches du rôle qui doit rester dévolu à la souveraineté des Etats diffèrent. Pour l’Allemagne, la Cour de Justice européenne doit avoir le pouvoir de condamner les Etats infidèles à leurs engagements et les sanctions être automatiques. Sur ces points, Paris rechigne. Et quand Berlin veut investir la Commission de pouvoirs importants, Paris insiste sur celui du Conseil européen. Lundi, l’actualité sera aussi italienne, puisque Mario Monti dévoilera son programme de redressement. Enfin jeudi, la BCE entrera en scène. Une baisse des taux est plausible mais Mario Draghi devra surtout préciser sa pensée sur les armes que la BCE tient en réserve pour soutenir les politiques si ceux-ci prennent les engagements budgétaires forts qu’il appelle de ses vœux. Vendredi enfin aura lieu le grand rendez-vous. Unité de lieu, Bruxelles, unité de temps, une journée, unité d’action, le sort de la zone euro : les trois règles du théâtre classique seront réunies. A l’Europe de trouver les réponses pour que le dénouement ne soit pas une tragédie.
05/12/2011

La CFTC attaquée sur la régulation

L’Association de l’industrie des valeurs mobilières et des marchés financiers (SIFMA) et l’Association internationale des swaps et des dérivés (ISDA) ont porté plainte contre le régulateur américain du marché des contrats à terme, la Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), contestant l’introduction de nouvelles règles destinées à freiner la spéculation sur les matières premières.
05/12/2011

Tocqueville Finance sanctionnée par l’AMF

La Commission des sanctions de l’Autorité des marchés financiers a prononcé un blâme et une sanction pécuniaire de 150.000 euros à l’encontre de la société de gestion Tocqueville Finance, ainsi qu’un blâme et une sanction pécuniaire de 250.000 euros à l’encontre du directeur général délégué de cette société, Marc Tournier. L’AMF leur reproche une manipulation de cours en juin 2009.
05/12/2011

CVC négocie avec Orange Suisse

Le fonds de capital-investissement négocie avec Providence Equity Partners pour tenter de fusionner son entreprise télécoms suisse Sunrise avec Orange Suisse. CVC a entamé des discussions en vue d’un possible rapprochement si Providence remporte l’enchère pour les activités de téléphonie mobile de France Télécom en Suisse.
02/12/2011

L'Autorité bancaire européenne ne devrait pas durcir les «stress tests»

L’Autorité bancaire européenne (ABE) a décidé de ne pas durcir les critères des tests de résistance auxquels seront soumis les principaux établissements financiers européens, ce qui aurait pu conduire à une augmentation de leurs besoins de fonds propres. Les besoins de capitaux supplémentaires des cinq banques allemandes concernées (Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, LBBW, NordLB et DZ Bank) sont désormais estimés à environ 10 milliards d’euros. Ce nouveau chiffre est supérieur à celui de 5,2 milliards évoqué en octobre mais n’atteint pas les estimations les plus élevées évoquées ces dernières semaines en cas de durcissement des critères des tests. Le président de l’Autorité, Andrea Enria, a demandé aux banques de soumettre avant Noël à leur autorité de tutelle nationale un projet détaillé de renforcement de leurs fonds propres. Les banques allemandes - qu’elles soient privées, publiques ou coopératives - lui ont adressé une lettre commune pour lui demander un délai supplémentaire, en suggérant la date du 13 janvier.
Andrea Enria, président de l'Autorite bancaire europeenne (EBA) - Photo REA

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