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28/06/2010

Symphony AM recrute Ann Popkin

Le fournissseur de services d’investissement Nuveen Investments a annoncé le 24 juin que Symphony Asset Management avait nommé Anne B. Popkin en qualité de président à compter du 12 juillet. Anne Popkin travaillait précédemment chez BlueCrest Capital Management où, en tant qu’associé principal, elle dirigeait le bureau de New York. Au 31 mars 2010, les actifs sous gestion de Symphony s'élevaient à environ 9 milliards de dollars.
28/06/2010
Fonds

L'ancien patron d'Amaranth sollicite à nouveau les investisseurs

Nicholas Maounis, l’ancien patron du gestionnaire alternatif Amaranth Advisors qui a implosé en septembre 2006 après une perte de 6,6 milliards de dollars à cause de paris démesurés sur le gaz naturel, tente actuellement de lever 1 milliard de dollars pour sa nouvelle société Verition Fund Management, dont l’encours de 235 millions de dollars est essentiellement constitué actuellement par la fortune privée de son fondateur, rapporte The Wall Street Journal.Verition s’interdit d’investir dans le gaz naturel et devrait se cantonner aux obligations d’entreprises, aux actions et aux obligations convertibles.D’autre part, Verition a mis en place différents éléments de contrôle du risque, Nicohals Maounis étant lui-même le chief risk officer, mais avec une équipe pour la gestion du risque au jour le jour dans chaque fonds et à l'échelon de la société de gestion tout entière.Le fonds principal de Verition a affiché une performance de 17 % pour 2009 et d’environ 2 % depuis le début de l’année.
Fonds
28/06/2010

Dreyfus compte lancer des ETF à gestion active

En date du 9 juin, The Dreyfus Corporation, filiale de BNY Mellon Asset Management, a sollicité de la SEC (form 40-APP 1) l’autorisation de lancer des ETF à gestion active qui seront logés dans une nouvelle entité, Dreyfus ETF Trust, et qui pourront faire appel à des sub-advisors.
28/06/2010

Odyssey IM recrute Mikhail Filimonov

Jayavardhan Diwan, co-fondateur (en 2009) d’Odyssey Investment Management, a annoncé l’embauche de Mikhail Filiminov comme CIO, rapporte Hedge Week. L’intéressé, qui a déjà travaillé avec Jayavardhan Diwan par le passé, avait fondé et dirigé Alexandra Investment Management. Odyssey compte lancer plusieurs fonds sur le crédit à l'échelon mondial, dont un de situations spéciales et un focalisé sur les obligations convertibles en Inde.
28/06/2010
Fonds

Blackstone et TPG divergent sur leur évaluation de Freescale

En décembre 2006, Blackstone et TPG ont tous deux contribué pour 1 milliard de dollars en capital au LBO de 16,6 milliards de dollars de Freescale Semiconductor. Selon le Financial Times qui a eu accès aux deux documents, le rapports trimestriel pour janvier-mars du fonds Blackstone Partners V estime la participation à 45 cents pour un dollar, contre 20 cents par dollars au quatrième trimestre 2009 pendant que celui de TPG V l'évalue à 20 cents pour le premier trimestre 2010.Par ailleurs, Blackstone estime à 100 cents par dollar sa participation dans Biomet, tandis que TPG, là aussi engagé, l'évalue à 90 cents par dollar. Cela est révélateur de la latitude dont peuvent jouir les fonds de private equity dans leurs évaluations, insiste le journal.
Fonds
28/06/2010

GAM green funds to be released in fall

The UCITS-compliant long/short environmental fund for which GAM has recruited Paul Udall from Climate Change Capital (see Newsmanagers of 26 May) will be launched in October, and will have 35 to 45 positions.
28/06/2010

BPM to distribute funds from foreign firms

The Italian newspaper Soldi, cited by Bluerating, reports that Banca Popolare di Milano has recently signed distribution agreements with several foreign management firms. Only four were selected at the conclusion of a competition; they include Franklin Templeton and BlackRock.
28/06/2010

Fidelity International recruits in Italy

Fidelity International is adding to its teams in Italy with the arrival of Cosmo Schinaia as director of professional and institutional sales for Italy, Bluerating reports. He was previously at Crédit Agricole Asset Management Sgr. Schinaia will be part of the team led by Paolo Federici, head of distribution for Fidelity products in Italy.
28/06/2010

A round of promotions at Fidelity

Peter Hicks has been appointed product director, UK equities, at Fidelity International, from 1 August, and will be leaving his current position as head of UK retail sales to Ben Waterhouse, who will join the firm on that date from Legal 7 General Investment Management (LGIM), as head of UK wholesale sales. Julian Webb is appointed head of sales for the FundsNetwork platform; he currently serves as head of UK defined contribution business.
28/06/2010

F&C launches an open-ended real estate fund

The British asset management firm F&C is launching its first open-ended real estate fund. The product, UK Property Fund, co-managed by Julian Smith and Guy Glover at F&C REIT, will invest in British commercial real estate at a point in the cycle which is considered favourable by managers. The fund will be diversified in all areas (geographical, sectoral, etc), and will retain a total cash allocation of 10% to 20%. F&C REIT, born of the merger in 2008 of Reit Asset Management and F&C Property Asset Management, manages about GBP7.5bn in assets.
28/06/2010

Appointment at BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking

BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking announced on Friday, 25 June that it has appointed Robert McAdie to the newly-created position of global head of credit research and strategy. McAdie will be based in London, and will report directly to David Brunner, deputy global head of Fixed Income. He will supervise credit research worldwide, which in turn includes the independent credit research activities. He will also be responsible for specialists in the sector and the credit trading desks, according to a statement from the bank. From 2000 to 2004, McAdie led the European credit strategy team at Lehman Brothers; he then spent five years at the head of European emerging markets strategy at Salomon Brothers, in London.
25/06/2010

Kneip rachète la participation de 3i à son capital

Le fournisseur de services au secteur de la gestion d’actifs, le luxembourgeois Kneip, a annoncé le 24 juin, le rachat auprès du groupe 3i, de l’intégralité de la participation de 3i à son capital. La société, qui emploie un effectif de quelque 150 personnes, précise dans un communiqué que sa forte croissance à l’international au cours des trois dernières années lui a permis de financer cette opération.3i avait pris une participation minoritaire significative au capital de Kneip en mai 2007 pour aider la société à enrichir son offre et à se développer à l'étranger. Depuis, Kneip a ouvert des bureaux à Londres et à Paris et réalisé trois acquisitions, notamment La Cote Bleue l’an dernier à Paris. Kneip fournit ses services à des grands acteurs de la gestion dont les actifs gérés s'élèvent à plus de 1.800 milliards d’euros.
25/06/2010

Aabar prend près de 5 % dans uniCredit au travers de l'IPIC

Le fonds souverain d’Abou Dhabi, Aabar (qui détient plus de 9 % de Daimler (voir nos dépêches du 23 mars et du 17 novembre 2009) a notifié jeudi à la Consob l’acquisition d’une participation de 4,991 % dans UniCredit au travers de l’International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), qui détient la majorité de Man Ferrostaal, 37,5 % de Cepsa, 19 % d'ÖMV. Cette transaction a été effectuée le 16 juin.Selon le site du groupe bancaire italien, les principaux actionnaires sont Mediobanca avec 5,143 %, Central Bank of Libya (4,998 %), ainsi que la Fondation des cvaisses d'épargne de Vérone, vicence, Belluno et Ancône (4,984 %).
25/06/2010

Kneip buys 3i out of its capital

The Luxembourg-based provider of services to the asset management sector Kneip announced on 24 June that it has acquired the entirety of the 3i group’s stake in its capital from 3i. The firm, which has about 150 employees, says in a statement that its strong international growth in the past three years has allowed it to finance the operation. 3i acquired a large minority stake in the capital of Kneip in May 2007, to help the firm to extend its range of services and develop internationally. Since then, Kneip has opened offices in London and Paris, and has made three acquisitions, including La Cote Bleue in Paris last year. Kneip serves major actors in the management industry, with assets under management of nearly EUR1.8trn.
25/06/2010

Deka board voted in for new five-year term

Though a number of rumours had recently hinted at differences of opinion between shareholders, the savings banks and the Landesbanken, and between shareholders and the managing board, the supervisory board at DekaBank has re-elected chairman Franz S. Waas and board members Oliver Behrens (head of securities funds) and Friedrich Oelrich (CFO) for a new five-year term, beginning on 1 January 2011. Financial industry circles were expecting them to be re-elected for only two years. Now, they may wonder what concessions Waas agreed to in terms of risk reduction.
25/06/2010

Madoff: Oddo loses Luxembourg lawsuit

Les Echos reports that an appeals court in Luxembourg has rejected an appeal from Oddo in its battle to recover money it had invested in Luxalpha. The verdict is far from ending the story, as other legal proceedings are still ongoing. “This decision of the appeals court affects only the case which was appealed, which was a provisional proceeding. However, in the main proceeding, the Oddo & Cie group has filed a restitution claim against Luxalpha, and a lawsuit against UBS on the basis of those claims,” says Grégoire Charbit, manager at Oddo & Cie.
25/06/2010

Banks and hedge funds face USD19bn costs

Banks and hedge funds will be hit with a USD19bn fee to pay costs associated with financial reform, Barney Frank, chairman of the US House financial services committee, said late on Thursday. According to the Financial Times, banks with more than USD50bn in assets and hedge funds with more than USD10bn will be required to pay into the fund as a proportion of their assets. Separately, banks will be allowed to invest up to 3 per cent of their tier one capital in hedge funds.
25/06/2010

Strong inflows to ING IM flagship money market fund

The AAA-rated flagship money market fund from ING Investment Management ING (L)Liquid Euro has seen about EUR800m in inflows since the beginning of the year, and now has about EUR4bn in assets, says Vincent Juvyns, money market strategist at ING IM. Juvyns admits, however, that the fund, which has about half of all assets in ING IM money market funds, is not representative of all its strategies, as some funds have also seen redemptions, particularly in Belgium. The Liquid, however is aimed at institutional and industrial clients, who are more attentive than ever to preservation of capital and returns, as well as liquidity. The fund maintains a permanent minimum cash allocation of 20%, while also limiting the percentage of less liquid assets in the portfolio. Meanwhile, the fund has a diversified presence both in terms of clients (businesses, institutionals, and pension funds) and of regions, with about EUR1.5bn from Belgium, but also about EUR1bn from the Netherlands, and EUR800m from France.
25/06/2010

BBVA repositions online product range

The internet platform from BBVA, Uno-e, has been renamed unoe as part of a relaunch which aims to attract 100,000 new clients over three years, with a complete redesign of the wise, a change of image, and new services. However, the web address of the site as of the afternoon of 24 June was still uno-e.com, though the new branding is already in place there. The Spanish banking group is counting on its guided architecture fund offerings, which are becoming one of the three pillars of its business model (savings and investment), alongside mortgages and savings accounts, as profitability increases the longer clients remain. Currently, assets in the form of unoe fund shares total about EUR120m, largely in three profiled products which invest in funds from 30 asset management firms.
25/06/2010

Blair Pickerell leaves Morgan Stanley IM

Asian Investor reports that Blair Pickerell is leaving Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) in Hong Kong, where he was managing director and CEO for Asia-Pacific. His departure is said to be due to a decision by Morgan Stanley to reduce its presence in retail activities, as illustrated by its sale of its US retail unit, Van Kampen Investments, to Invesco last year. Pickerell has said that he will soon take up another job in the asset management industry, but has not given any details.
25/06/2010

Hedge fund bill to go to vote in late September

Jean-Paul Gauzès, reporter for the proposed EU hedge fund legislation, has told Reuters that following the breakdown of negotiations to reach an agreement between European parliament members and member states before summer, a vote on the bill has been postponed until the second plenary session in September, to be held in Strasbourg from 20 to 24 September. Further meetings are planned in the meantime, this time under the Belgian EU presidency, on 28 June, 7 July, and in mid-July.
25/06/2010

Multiple departures from Stark Investments

According to Financial News, five out of 15 partners are in the process of leaving Stark Investments, a USD4.4bn hedge fund firm based in the United States. Assets are understood to have fallen by almost half over the past 18 months.
25/06/2010

US managers see market as undervalued

According to the most recent quarterly survey by Russell Investments, nearly half (47%) of US managers surveyed estimate that the market is undervalued, while only 28% thought so in the March survey. Only 9% see the market as overvalued. “Managers estimate that the market is undervalued, but they would also like to see a very significant increase in profits and some improvement in the job market before taking risks,” says Mark Eibel, director and head of client investment strategies at Russell Investments. 73% of managers cite economic trouble in Europe as a significant risk to the performance of US equities in the next 12 months. A vast majority of managers, showing a high sensitivity to risk, have given more weight to defensive sectors. Interest in money markets rose 10 percentage points to 16%, from the all-time low observed in March of this year. Treasuries gained only 6 points to 12%, while consumer sectors and utilities gained 5 points and 9 points, respectively. The IT sector lost 10 points, but remains the most popular, with 69% positively inclined.

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