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01/09/2011

Sanlam Fund Solutions recrute le directeur de Titan Fund Management

Fundweb rapporte que, dans le cadre de ses «projets ambitieux de croissance» après l’acquisition de Border Asset Management cette année, Sanlam Fund Solutions (groupe Principal Investment Management) a recruté Barry Cowen, qui était le directeur de Titan Fund Management (île Maurice) après avoir travaillé chez SocGen Investment Management et George Petch International.L’intéressé sera responsable de la gestion et du développement de la gamme de produits retail pour le marché britannique.
01/09/2011

Les conseillers en gestion de patrimoine continuent de dominer le marché britannique

Outre-Manche, les conseillers en gestion de patrimoine (IFA et conseillers multi-cartes) ont maintenu leur part de marché durant l’année à fin mars 2011 à 43%, selon un rapport publié le 31 août par la Financial Services Authority (FSA).En revanche, les banques et les «building societies» ont vu leur part de marché passer de 29% à 22% durant l’année à fin mars 2011, alors que la part de marché des assureurs s'établissait à près de 13%. La FSA relève que ces statistiques ne tiennent pas compte des ventes réalisées par l’intermédiaire des plates-formes, très utilisées par les conseillers dont la part de marché est donc probablement supérieure à 43%. Les contrats de retraite ont été le produit le plus vendu durant l’année sous revue, représentant 36% du total des ventes. Les conseillers ont distribué 58% de ces produits de retraite.
01/09/2011
Fonds

Le M&G Dividend va doubler de taille

Prudential va fusionner son trust Equity Income (563 millions de livres) dans le fonds M&G Dividend (497 millions) dans le cadre d’une réorganisation de sa gamme de fonds, créant ainsi un portefeuille de 1 milliard de livres, rapporte Investment Week. Le gérant du fonds sera Alex Odd.
Fonds
01/09/2011

HarbourVest sur le point de boucler la reprise d’Absolute Private Equity

La société de capital investissement HarbourVest est proche de la reprise de la société de participation Absolute Private Equity, rapporte L’Agefi suisse. A l’expiration du délai supplémentaire, un total d’un bon 43 millions d’actions Absolute ont été servies à HarbourVest par les actionnaires d’Absolute, a indiqué la société. Le résultat final est encore provisoire. Les actions servies représentent une participation de 98,68%. La transaction devrait être finalisée le 13 septembre prochain. HarbourVest avait annoncé son intention de lancer une offre de rachat aux actionnaires d’Absolute en avril dernier.
01/09/2011

Mirae recrute un responsable des pays nordiques

La société de gestion coréenne Mirae Asset Global Investments Group a recruté Karl Waltré en tant que responsable des pays nordiques dans le cadre de sa stratégie d’expansion en Europe. Il s’occupera des clients existants de la société et aura pour mission de développer l’activité «wholesale» et «retail». Placé sous la responsabilité d’Elliot Berman, il sera basé à Londres. Précédement, Karl Waltré était directeur du développement chez Aviva Investors où il était chargé de la clientèle dans les pays nordiques et les Etats baltes.
01/09/2011

Oriol Delmau est promu PDG de CatalunyaCaixa Inversió

Ancien directeur général adjoint de Caixa Manresa et en dernier lieu directeur général de CatalunyaCaixa Inversió, où il a dirigé la fusion entre les sociétés de gestion de Caixa Catalunya, Caixa Tarragona et Caixa Manresa, Oriol Delmau a été nommé président directeur général de la nouvelle entité, rapporte Funds People. La gamme des trois gestionnaires a été rationalisée, passant d’un total de 40 produits à 17 fonds traditionnels
01/09/2011

Robeco vise 60 % d'encours institutionnels pour 2014

Global Pensions indique qu'à fin juin les encours totaux de Robeco ont reculé à 149,3 milliards d’euros contre 149,6 milliards douze mois auparavant, à cause de la forte dépréciation du dollar américain et de la baisse des marchés.Le CEO Roderick Munsters a précisé qu’au premier semestre, les souscriptions nettes des institutionnels ont représenté 47 % des rentrées totales (lire notre dépêche du 31 août) qui se sont montées à 4,9 milliards d’euros, après des sorties nettes institutionnelles de 4,9 milliards d’euros pour janvier-juin 2010.L’objectif de Robeco est d’augmenter d’ici à 2014 à 60 % contre 50 % actuellement la part des actifs gérés pour le compte d’investisseurs institutionnels.
01/09/2011
Fonds

Bons débuts pour le hedge fund de Citic Securities lancé en juin

Le CSI RMB Fund, lancé à la mi-juin par Citic Securities International Investment Management (CSIIM), a déjà collecté un encours de 50 millions de dollars, rapporte Asian Investor.Craig Lindsay, managing director et COO de CSIIM, espère drainer au moins 100 millions de dollars durant la première année et jusqu'à 1 milliard de dollars par la suite.Le fonds domicilié aux îles Caïman a, depuis son lancement, il est vrai seulement un peu plus de deux mois, enregistré des performances positives. Sur la base d’une appréciation du renminbi de 5 à 7% par an, le fonds devrait dégager un rendement de 15 à 20% par an.
Fonds
01/09/2011

Oppenheim AM Services recrute une grosse pointure chez Credit Suisse AM

Après douze ans chez Credit Suisse Asset Management, en dernier lieu comme directeur de la distribution retail en Europe (hors Suisse et Italie) et en Amérique latine, Thomas Albert rejoint ce 1er septembre Oppenheim Asset Management Services SARL (OPAM) à Luxembourg. Il entre dans l'équipe de direction comme directeur de la distribution internationale et sera chargé à ce titre du développement ainsi que de la mise en œuvre de la stratégie d’expansion à l’international.Sal. Oppenheim (qui a été achetée par la Deutsche Bank) a l’intention de faire du Luxembourg la base de départ de son expansion internationale dans le domaine de l’administration de fonds.
01/09/2011

SEC opens a consultation on use of derivatives by mutual funds

The Wall Street Journal reports that on 31 August, the SEC launched a market consultation to gather the opinions of the public about the use of derivatives by mutual funds, an element which obviously had not been provided for in the law of 1940. The consultation will remain open for 60 days.The question is largely, on the one hand, of how leverage should be calculated for derivatives used by funds, and on the other hand, to determine whether the SEC should issue rules governing the way in which funds are to value derivatives in their portfolios. The SEC currently forbids the use of derivatives by ETFs as a precaution.
01/09/2011

Pimco launches a "go anywhere" bond fund

Pimco is seeking to win over investors with a new bond fund which is intended to earn positive returns in all market environments, by relying on a wide range of bond strategies, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Pimco Credit Absolute Return Fund, launched on Wednesday, may use hedge fund strategies such as short positions. It will be managed by Mark Kiesel, head of corporate bond portfolios at Pimco.
01/09/2011

S&P launches a new Latin American index

The index provider S&P Indices has launched the first in a series of indices designed to measure the performance of the MILA (Mercado Integrado Latino Americano) Integrated Market platform, a trading vehicle which combines the stock markets of Chile, Colombia and Peru. The S&P MILA 40 measures the performance of the largest and most liquid caps on the MILA platform.
01/09/2011

Oriol Delman promoted as president and CEO of CatalunyaCaixa Inversió

Oriol Delman, the former deputy CEO of Caixa Manresa and most recently CEO of CatalunyaCaixa Inversió, who oversaw the merger of the management firms of the Caixa Catalunya group, Caixa Tarragona et Caixa Manresa, has been appointed as president and CEO of the new entity, Funds People reports. The product range from the three management firms has been rationalised, and reduced from a total of 40 products to 17 traditional funds.
01/09/2011

Robeco aims for 60% institutional assets by 2014

Global Pensions reports that as of the end of June, total assets at Robeco were down slightly, to EUR149.3bn from EUR149.6bn twelve months previously, due to a heavy depreciation of the US dollar and falling markets. CEO Robert Munsters says that in first half, net subscriptions from institutionals represented 47% of total net inflows (see Newsmanagers of 31 August), which totalled EUR4.9bn, following institutional net outflows of EUR4.9bn in January-June 2010. Robeco’s objective is to increase the proportion of assets managed for institutional investors from 50% to 60% by 2014.
01/09/2011

A good start for Citic Securities hedge fund, launched in June

The CSI RMB Fund, launched in mid-June by Citic Securities International Investment Management (CSIM), has already attracted assets of USD50m, Asian Investor reports. Craig Lindsay, managing director and COO of CSIIM, hopes that the fund will take in at least USD100m in the first year, and up to USD1bn eventually. The fund, domiciled in the Cayman islands, has posted positive returns, though this is only in the two months since its launch. On the basis of a projected 5% to 7% per year appreciation for the Chinese renminbi, the fund is expected to earn returns of 15% to 20% per year.
01/09/2011

Mirae hires a head for Scandinavia

The Korean management firm Mirae Asset Global Investments Group has hired Karl Waltré as its head of the Nordic region, as part of its expansion strategy in Europe. Waltré will handle existing clients of the firm and will aim to develop wholesale and retail activities. He will report to Elliot Berman, and will be based in London. Waltré had previously been director of development at Aviva Investors, where he was in charge of clients in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
01/09/2011

Sanlam Fund Solutions recruits director of Titan Fund Management

Fundweb reports that, as part of its “ambitious growth plans” following the acquisition of Border Asset Management this year, Sanlam Fund Solutions (Principal Investment Management group) has recruited Barry Cowen, who had been director of Titan Fund Management (Mauritius), after also serving at SocGen Investment Management and George Pech International. Cowen will be in charge of management and development of the retail product range for the British market.
01/09/2011

Wealth management advisers continue to dominate British market

In the United Kingdom, wealth management advisers (independent financial advisers, or IFAs, and multi-tied advisers) maintained their market share in the year 2011 to the end of March at 43%, according to a study published on 31 August by the FSA.However, banks and building societies increased their market share from 22% to 29% in the year 2011 to the end of March, while the market share for insurers held stable at about 13%.The FSA points out that these statistics do not take into account sales via platforms, which are widely used by advisers, and whose market share is thus probably above 43%.Retirement policies were the best-selling product in the year under review, representing 36% of total sales. Advisers sold 58% of these retirement products.
01/09/2011

F&C recruits for UK institutional sales team

F&C has added to its UK institutional sales team, according to reports in the British press. Simon Bentley has been hired as client director, and Simon Mooney has been hired as institutional sales director. Lydia Puricelli has also joined the firm as marketing manager in charge of UK institutional marketing, from Jupiter Asset Management. Bentley joins from UBS Global Asset Management, while Mooney was at P-Solve Asset Solutions.
01/09/2011

Argonaut hires a COO

The asset management boutique Argonaut Capital Partners has appointed Edward James as chief operating officer, as previously announced. The move comes as the firm becomes independent of Ignis (see Newsmanagers of 25 August 2011). Edward James joins from Octopus Investments, where he was chief operating officer. He has 15 years of experience in the sector, and has also worked at Euroclear and Gerard Asset Management.
01/09/2011

Japanese appetite for Brazil funds may drop off

In the past two years, Japanese clients have invested a total of JPY8trn (USD104.3bn) in Brazil funds, Lipper reports. But this love story may not last, the Financial Times predicts. Brazil funds have suffered a double setback. Investors’ recent aversion to risk has led them to pull back from emerging markets; and meanwhile, the Japanese yen has risen while the Brazilian real has fallen.
01/09/2011

Eaton Vance recruits for its institutional sales team

Eaton Vance Management has announced the recruitment of Michael B. Kotarski and Joseph L. Furey as co-directors of sales to institutionals. Kotarski and Furey join from Mellon Capital Management and Eaton Vance United States, respectively, a statement from the firm says.
01/09/2011

Convictions AM prefers stock-picking

The situation on the markets remains extremely tense on both sides of the Atlantic, largely due to a stalemate on sovereign debt, but it is no longer certain that the worst is yet to come. “The market has already taken into account many elements, and the dark scenario of another crisis is not the most likely one,” Philippe Delienne, president of Convictions Asset Management, said on 31 August. In the current market environment, which remains highly vexed, Convictions AM estimates that it is a time to privilege stock-picking, particularly since equities now offer higher returns than bonds, and valuations have never been so attractive. However, due to the chronic volatility of the markets, re-exposure to equities may only be progressive. Convictions AM is focused on emerging equities markets, and more recently, on US equities. In sectoral terms, tech stocks, media, energies, brands, and health are the best bets, along with companies which need a limited amount of capital, as access to bank financing is likely to become more difficult for some time. Convictions AM is also positive on corporate bonds rated investment grade or better, bonds with a AAA rating, and emerging market currencies.
01/09/2011

Alain Konrad joins Société Privée de Gestion de Patrimoine

Alain Konrad, deputy CEO of Swiss Life Asset Management, who is also head of sales and marketing activities at the management firm, resigned in mid-July in order to join the Société Privée de Gestion de Patrimoine (SPGP), where he will have identical responsibilities.The arrival of Konrad coincides with an ambition on the part of SPGP to develop its activities. At the firm with EUR1bn in assets under management, largely from private investors, Konrad, who occupies a newly-created position, has been assigned the objective of increasing the market share for the management firm, largely in the IFA, independent wealth manager, and institutional investor segments. Meanwhile, SPGP has also declared its intention to release its funds outside France.In order to achieve that, Konrad will rely on the services of third party marketers and, where possible, on his own experience, gained during ten years at Swiss Life AM, where he helped to increase assets to EUR4bn (excluding capital associated with management mandates from Swiss Life), with inflows fo EUR850m in the year 2010 alone. According to information obtained by Newsmanagers, SPGP is also planning to add to its range of mutual funds, with the launch of an innovative bond fund in the near future.
01/09/2011

William Harding promoted to head of manager research at Morningstar

The investment management division of Morningstar (250 employees in Chicago, London, Melbourne, Paris, Shenzhen, Syney, Tokyo, and Toronto) has a new head of manager research as of 31 August: William Harding.Harding, who will report to Thomas Idzoreck, CIO and head of research for the division, had been head of research at Morningstar Investment Services (MIS) since 2006. In his new role, he will be in charge of promoting best practices in the area of manager research and manager selection.Peng Chen, president of the investment management division, says that one of the main growth strategies for Morningstar is to make the group a global leader in the area of funds of funds.
01/09/2011

Pimco late to the game in equities

In 2009, Pimco (Allianz Global Investors group) recruited Neel Kashkari, formerly of the US Treasury Department and Goldman Sachs, to transform the major global bond manager into a front-runner in equities, the Wall Street Journal recalls. Since then, Pimco has launched only two equities funds, which account for only slightly over 0.1% of the USD1.3trn in assets at the management firm, and the team led by Kashkari has only 20 investment professionals.The performance of the funds also lacks lustre: the Pathfinder fund (USD1.5bn), managed by two former Franklin Templeton managers, Anne Gudefin and Charles Lahr, had earned only 0.4% since the beginning of the year as of 30 August, compared with 0.89% for its benchmark index, the MSCI World. The emerging markets equities fund (USD376.1bn), launched in March, had lost 10% as of 30 August, compared with 8.04% for the MSCI emerging markets index.
01/09/2011

Permal offers fund shares denominated in Chinese renminbi

The London-based fund of hedge funds Permal (which was acquired by Legg Mason in 2005) is now offering shares denominated in Chinese renminbi for two of its funds of funds, Permal Fixed Income Holdings (USD5.7bn) and Permal Macro Holdings (USD6bn). Renminbi shares in the Permal Fixed Income Holdings fund will be launched at the end of September, with a launch of shares in the second fund to follow soon after. Permal has recently intensified its focus on the Chinese market, with the recruitment in June of a China expert, Zhiwu Chen, professor of finance at Yale, as chief advisor.
01/09/2011

Le M&G Dividend va doubler de taille

Prudential va fusionner son trust Equity Income (563 millions de livres) dans le fonds M&G Dividend (497 millions) dans le cadre d’une réorganisation de sa gamme de fonds, créant ainsi un portefeuille de 1 milliard de livres, rapporte Investment Week. Le gérant du fonds sera Alex Odd.
01/09/2011

Prudential merges several M&G funds of funds

Prudential is to merge its Equity Income trust into the M&G Dividend fund, as part of a series of consolidations aiming to improve performance and lower costs, Investment Week reports. The merger of the Income trust, whose assets under management total GBP563m, and the M&G Dividend fund (GBP497m) will create a fund with assets of over GBP1bn. Several other mergers are planned, including that of the Prudential International Growth trust (GBP96m) with the Global Growth fund, managed by Greg Aldridge, which has about GBP855m. The operations are subject to the approval of shareholders in September, to go into effect in October.
01/09/2011

Private equity investments up

In first half 2011, private equity investors made more than EUR3.13bn in investments in German businesses, compared with EUR2.32bn in each of the two previous six-month periods, the German BVK private equity association states.The increase was sustained over the period under review, as investments totalled EUR1.84bn in April-June, compared with EUR1.29bn in January-March.

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